Bachelor Pad

Another show that has been an offspring of the Bachelor is called the Bachelor Pad. It is a show that is similar to that of the bachelor but also like a real world challenge where there is competition in the form of "challenges" or games and not love. The cast is made up of past bachelor's and bachelorettes and they're teamed up in partners to work together to ultimately win the grand prize of a half million dollars to split between each other. Though throughout the show the castmates are able to have a chance at love again and of course all the drama. They're all housed under one huge mansion in california as well and if they win a challenge they get a rose. There has only been two seasons so far of this show and they're currently casting for the third season.

What it takes to be a Bachelorette or Bachelor

So after being an avid watcher of both the bachelor and bachelorette and starting this blog I have become more intrigued with the behind the scenes stuff of what it takes to get on the show. I remember during this past season of the bachelor there were so many commericals or advertisements for viewers to call into the show to try to either be a person for the next bachlorette to date or become the next bachelor. After remembering these advertisements and trying to come up with this blog post i decided to research or see what the heck the application process is like to be on this show... soo this is what i found out...

• This summer there are casting calls that girls or guys can attend! They're being held in three different cities: Dallas, TX (June 13), Detriot, MI (June 14th), New York, NY (June 21)
• You can fill out an application with an array of different photos and you also may provide a video of yourself - not necessary but the best way for them to get a feel for your personality it says!
• Or you can also do it online as well!

The application is pretty lengthy on the website there are seperate boy and girl applications but on the girls application questions such as family (how many siblings), legal (have you ever claimed bankruptcy), personality (3 adjectives to describe yourself) are just the major areas that are covered over the paper portion of the application.

If you would like to apply or want more information here is the link for the casting of the show.


Trista and Ryan Sutter

As I stated in my last post - Ashley Herbert and her man have been the only couple to stay together with the man that they actually picked from their time on the bachelorette. So I decided to see what Ryan and Trista have been up to or finding out if they had any personal blogs, twitter accounts and so on...and I came across Trista's Twitter and her husband, Ryan's personal website. Their episode aired back in 2003 and after she picked Ryan - their wedding was also aired on ABC. They now have two children, Max and Blakesley. Ryan, i know when the show aired and what not was a firefighter but it may look like he is also an athlete - runs marathons and or maybe triathalons. i am not quite sure what Trista's occupation or if she's just a stay at home mom! It makes me happy that atleast some people after a show like the bachelorette can escape the limelight and return to their "normal" selves and be happily inlove! Here is a photo of the two:

Ashley Herbert - Past Bachelorette

So on the episode called, "after the final rose," Ashley Herbert, the latest bachelorette, was on the show to update her and JP's relationship. As we all know she chose JP Rosenbaum over Ben Flajnik, and they are still happily together. During the episode Chris Harrison asked Ashley if they had made a date yet for their wedding day but instead got prank pulled on him from her fiance, who said that they were instead expecting their first child. Haha! soo funny - but they just now got their first home together in New York City. Here is a the link to see a video of their new home that they gave US Weekly. This couple is one of the few to still be together, i believe the only other bachelorette  that has thus far stayed with the one that she picked was all the way back in the first season of Trista.

Present Day: Ben and Courtney

So since the finale of the Bachelor and the episode "After the Final Rose" my biggest curiosity is Ben and Courtney still together? During the airing of the Bachelor I was unable to find a twitter/facebook account for any of the bachelorettes on the show but now I have been following or seeing posts from Courtney and her facebook page. From the looks of the posts on her page they're still together and in love. They're also what they call dengaged? or some weird word like that they're dating but engaged haha weird but anyways - They were just seen recently at a red carpet together for an even for reality stars! SO PRECIOUS hahaha So anyways i am happy that they've been able to go back to "normal" and are still working on things together! Courney on her facebook has an album called B+C= <3 GAG ME! Haha Anyways Here is a link to courtney's facebook and all of her fabulous photos of herself and her beau.

Bachelorette

So now that the season of the Bachelor is at close for the mean time.... the next shows i have to look forward to is that of Bachelor Pad and of course the Bachelorette!! I am sooo sooo sooo excited for the new season of the Bachelorette to begin!! This next season of the Bachelorette is from Brad's Bachelor season - when he proposed to the "southern belle", Emily Maynard!! She won over Brad's heart that season and in the end after the show has ended - their engagement broke off and they went their separate ways.... Now she has the chance at love again! She is the only Bachelorette to have had a child prior to the show and be the one be in the hot seat! Before she was on TV she had a high school sweetheart that who was also a racecar driver and got into a serious accident and was killed on the track at a race... only to find out about a week or two after his passing that she was pregnant. So her daughter does not have a "father" in her life - so I do hope that Emily can find someone not only for herself but for her daughter as well!! Not sure though when this season actually airs though....hmmmm

The Final Rose...

So the finale of this season's Bachelor aired last Monday. In this episode, the Bachelor was with his two final ladies in Switzerland where he would finally go on one knee to propose to one of them. I thought that this was a shocking location because usually, the engagement usually takes place near an ocean and not a mountain side. I was bummed and was mad with who Ben decided to pop the question too... "The girl that America loves to hate on"... as Chris Harrison likes to put it... Courtney. She was in the end who Ben had been waiting for so long to tell that he loved her.... BAH sick. Anyways, After the final episode then there was another episode called "After the Final Rose" This was a time to see where Ben and Courtney where at in their lives since the taping had ended back in November around Thanksgiving time. With the media and press, along with finding out what Courtney was like when Ben was not around.... Ben had broke off the engagement for some time to Courtney between the taping and the airing of the show. Though as this episode ended, Courtney and Ben told the audience that they were back together and that they were ready for life to go back to "normal." Overall I really enjoyed this season even though there were times of anger and disgust and I am so excited for the Bachlorette!!!