50 secrets only true Bachelor fanatics know

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THE BACHELOR -“Episode 2108” – Corinne, Rachel, Raven and Vanessa are left in Bimini, still shocked that Nick sent Kristina home before the rose ceremony. They wonder if they still will get a coveted hometown date from the unpredictable Bachelor. But with the stakes being so high, Nick will go on an emotionally charged journey to visit these final four women’s hometowns. Raven meets him in Hoxie, Arkansas, and cute couple have some great, sexy fun, but Raven’s father reveals some serious news. Then, it is on to Dallas where Rachel and Nick confront the challenges that might meet an interracial couple. Corinne is waiting in Miami where her father waits with some tough questions. Finally, Nick travels to Montreal to reunite with Vanessa. Although her special needs adult students give him a big thumbs up, things don’t go quite so well with her big Italian family, especially after her father drops a bomb about Nick that has Vanessa questioning their relationship. Just as Nick gets ready to make the gut-wrenching decision to send one woman home, he gets a surprise visitor, who could change everything, on “The Bachelor,” MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EST), on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Drew Cason)NICK VIALL, RAVEN /

22. There Is An Endless Supply Of Alcohol In The Mansion

The quickest way to get some juicy TV moments is provide endless amounts of alcohol. It’s kind of like the very first commandment of reality television. The drunker the stars, the more insane they’re going to act. For a series that’s been on for as long as the Bachelor has, they have to keep us tuned in. The best way to keep audiences interested is to consistently deliver outrageous and ridiculous characters. The best way to make folks act ridiculous is get them drunk.

Leslie Hughes appeared on Sean Lowe’s season, and she remembers how ready the producers were with the booze. “It’s how they get you to be more talkative, more sensitive,” Hughes said of all the alcohol. “When I came in for the producers’ weekend, I remember it was like 12 noon, and they were like, ‘You want some champagne, wine?’ And I was like, ‘It’s 12 p.m., noon!’ And they’re like, ‘Welcome to the Bachelor family.’”

It would a long, grueling two months if you couldn’t drink to pass the time. If you are a sober contestant, you would have to come equipped with endless patience and all the zen you could muster because everybody around you would be constantly drunk, and we all know how little fun it is to be the only sober person at a party full of drunk people.

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