BACHELOR PAD 9/12/11: Season Finale

FINALLY the season has come to an end.  While this season was SO much more dramatic than last season, I have to admit I was waiting for it to be over.  With all the personalities on this season, I think my tolerance was tested a lot more this time around.  Just some thoughts on the finale:

• It wasn’t a surprise that Kirk & Ella were the ones voted off in that first challenge.  While their determination was very high, they just didn’t have that chemistry and connection that the other 3 couples did…and really why should they…they were the only couple who WASN’T a couple (or wasn’t one at some point).  Felt bad for them…they really didn’t cause any drama and they really could’ve used the money.  But at least Trista, Jason & Alli were fair with their voting.
• OMG…how worried was I that Michael & Holly were going to bring Kasey & Vienna to the finale?!  MAN.  Especially after that talk they had with Michelle & Graham.  But I guess that was the show trying to make us THINK that K&V would make it to the end.  THANK GOD Michael stayed true to his alliances/friendships.  If anyone was a stand-up guy, it was Michael.  And I’m glad he stuck to that.  Still don’t understand WHY the other teams/couples KEPT giving K&V all that power!  Did NOT understand that.  Altho really…K&V had NO CHANCE of actually winning this whole thing.  I don’t think ANY of the contestants would’ve given it to them.

Now on to the actual finale:

• First of all, WHAT THE HECK happened to Ella’s nose?!  I know Vienna got a nose job, but Ella?!  WHY?!  It looks horrible!  At first she almost looked like a different person!  Don’t understand WHY she did it!
• Felt bad for Jackie that she was still so devasted about her breakup with Ames…but truthfully I never thought they were a good fit.  And obviously Ames felt the same way.  Still sad tho.  Poor Jackie is STILL SO hung up on Ames…she kept looking over at him, she looked SO sad.
• I’m still more Team Jake than I am Team Vienna…and I think I always will be after this.  Vienna is just ridiculous and still is.  You can tell most of the housemates (with the exception of Erica) don’t believe her, and she never really said anything nice to Jake.  She only tried to cover her own butt/reputation…which really did NOTHING.
• Kasey seemed genuine about how he couldn’t believe the way he acted on the show…but somehow I just didn’t totally buy it.  You can tell he has some heart tho…When he apologized to Jake, that was pretty big of him.  Yet on the other hand, altho he says the relationship he had with Vienna on the show ISN’T what he wants, I can see her just manipulating him after this taping and him just falling right back into it.  So…my feelings towards Kasey haven’t really changed.  He still annoys me.
• Blake was probably the hardest to watch.  I still can’t believe he and Holly are ENGAGED.  ALREADY.  Man that was fast!  I didn’t have the most respect for Holly anyway, so I guess they’re made for each other…and they can go off and live happily ever after with each other.  Blake is still so fake to me, and when he was trying to cover himself about the way he “played the game” with Melissa…Umm…NO.  Not buying ANY of it.  He totally led her on, and her being SO unstable…that was the worst thing he could do.  So even if he didn’t mean it, he was THAT DUMB that he still did it.
• Michael finding out about Holly & Blake’s engagement was THE MOST AWKWARD thing EVER.  Did they HAVE to do it like that?!  Never heard SO MUCH SILENCE in my life on TV!  Poor guy.  You could tell he was just blindsided by it.  And Holly didn’t really say anything to try to appease the situation.  Michael handled it really well tho, considering the circumstances.  Holly is actually SO LUCKY that Michael’s such a good guy…the reaction could’ve TOTALLY gone another way…

RESULTS:

• You could tell Holly & Michael were going to win.  Especially after Michelle explicitly said NOT to give her any sympathy votes.
• You KNEW Holly wasn’t going to choose “Keep,” not after everything she put Michael through.  They made you think Michael MAY have considered screwing Holly…but after all we’ve seen of Michael, he could never have done that to Holly, no matter how hurt he was about her and Blake.  It was a very “sing song” ending…very sweet.  Not the happiest that Holly got money, but glad that Michael didn’t get screwed in the end.  Now THAT would have been the ultimate wouldn’t it?!

THE NEW BACHELOR:

• So it’s offical — Ben is the new Bachelor.  Good choice?  I guess so.  I would’ve rather had Ames, but I don’t think he could do that to Jackie…knowing how hung up she still is, and for him to go and do the show…that would’ve be a total “kick her while she’s down” move.  Ben is deserving of finding someone tho…he really did get his heart broken by Ashley…especially because he got down on one knee and everything!  I wouldn’t say I’m the biggest Ben fan…and he’s not the most open and outgoing guy to be THE Bachelor, but he’s a nice guy so I’m glad he’s getting his chance now.

BACHELOR PAD 9/5/11

Wow.  I didn’t even realize that this is the 2nd to the last episode already!  That was fast!  Just some quick thoughts:

• Haha to Kasey & Vienna during the Nearlywed Game!  See what you get for being SO SMUG…idiots.  They new NOTHING about each other!
• Gotta give it to Michelle & Graham…how smart to come up with a strategy like that!  In a way it was SORTA cheating since practically all their answers weren’t true, but…no one ever said they needed to be!  And it paid off ’cause they won!  They actually seem to make a good couple.  Amazing how DIFFERENT Michelle comes across this time around huh?
• Vienna & Kasey’s fight over sex was RIDICULOUS.  They are SUCH DRAMA QUEENS.  BOTH of them.  I CANNOT STAND them.  To be  honest, Kasey irritates me way more than Vienna…mainly because I KNOW Vienna’s like that.  Kasey is just so smug and I can’t stand the way he talks/sounds with Vienna.  Ugh.  So annoying.  Still don’t understand WHY he’s with her…altho he’s so irritating that they’re kinda made for each other.
• Holly & Michael…Again I’m still torn.  I understand what Holly was saying about how Michael broke her heart…and let 3 months pass without trying to win her back…NOW only when she’s falling for Blake is Michael now throwing himself at her.  I can see how that hurts her and is sorta annoying.  But on the other hand, it’s pretty bad that Holly’s blatantly flirting/making out with Blake WELL-KNOWING how Michael feels about her.
• WHY in the world did Blake & Erica give the roses to Kasey & Vienna?!  SERIOUSLY?!  IDIOTS!  It’s SO ANNOYING how people STILL think Kasey & Vienna have THAT MUCH power.  It’s only because EVERYONE is ALLOWING that to happen!  Come on!
• SO HAPPY that Ella & Kirk didn’t get booted!  The two of them are the ONLY ones I actually am kinda rooting for.  Mainly because they really do both need the money…and they don’t get totally sucked into the whole drama thing.
• THANK GOD Erica & Blake are gone. Actually, mainly BLAKE.  If I had to watch him in ONE MORE EPISODE…I don’t know if I could take it.  He EPITOMIZES SLEAZE.  Ugh.  I couldn’t STAND him.  Him and Holly…UGH.  Holly’s little “love letter” to Blake after he got booted?  GAG ME.  Good riddance…that’s all I can say.

Finale next week…Rooting for Ella & Kirk.  Kinda looking forward to seeing all the previous booted people too.

THE BACHELOR 1/31/11: 11 Down To 8

We really haven’t seen much of Shawntel until now.  I’m glad she got a one-on-one date.  Ai, I know you were saying you liked her…and after this date, I will say YES…I like her too.  She’s very cute.  I actually wouldn’t have expected that she would’ve embraced a HIGH-END (and we’re talking HIGH-END) shopping spree…she didn’t seem like “that type” to me.  But she looked great in all the clothes and outfits.  She seems very normal, and she’s very pretty…I’m trying to pinpoint who she looks like…Ai?  I wanna say Ali the Bachelorette but a brunette version…but I don’t think that’s quite who I mean.  Just can’t think about anything else.  Brad & Shawntel’s “embalming” conversation was QUITE entertaining.  She seems very serious about her job, and Brad was a good sport about listening/being interested in it, especially considering they were discussing it over dinner.

The only thing I wasn’t too fond of with Shawntel was when she came back from her date with all her shopping bags, she basically gave the rest of the girls a fashion show of all the things Brad “bought” her.  It was a bit much.  She should’ve “toned it down” a little.  I know she said she felt bad about showing them…but she still did.  I guess it’s kinda hard NOT to when the girls are all bugging her…and I didn’t necessarily feel like she was “rubbing it in,” but I felt like she could’ve somehow handled it better.

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES that for the group date, they’d be going to the RACE TRACK like that?!  And that it had that much of a connection to Emily and Brad didn’t know?!  I’m thinking SOMEONE behind the scenes gave him the race track suggestion for the date on purpose.  I mean…COME ON!  That COINCIDENCE was just ridiculous!

I totally DON’T BLAME any of the girls for feeling slighted during this date.  Brad went a little OVERBOARD with his attention to Emily.  YES he felt bad for the whole race track thing, but…he was a bit too insensitive about the other girls.  I know he explained it later that he would’ve acted the SAME way no matter WHICH girl this happened to, but…GIVE ME A BREAK.  We all know he’s definitely got a soft spot where Emily is concerned, so he’s GONNA try to REALLY make it up to her even more.  It was too much.

I was really sad that Ashley S. got sent home on the 2-1 date.  I really liked her!  More than Ashley H.!  She seemed more down to earth to me, and she was a bit more insecure about HERSELF than Ashley H was, which I think may have been her down fall.  She’s too sweet for her own good.  And then her reaction to getting the boot?  AWW!  That was a genuine reaction…I didn’t get “drama queen” from it at all!  You could tell she just beat herself up over WHY she didn’t get picked…and I’m worried this rejection really made her think something’s wrong with her!  Poor thing!

Brad’s attraction to Michelle is PURELY PHYSICAL.  That’s pretty evident.  What annoys me more than that fact that Michelle is a PSYCHO is the fact that Brad isn’t bothered with her attitude.  Like YES…it’s good that she’s obviously there to be with him/she only has eyes for him.  But on the other hand, he should be bothered by the fact that she’s always making comments like “time to send these girls home…”  and stuff like that.  You can be very honest about how you want to be with him/think you’re made for him…but you don’t have to “bash” the other girls in order to get him.  Altho there are parts of her “advantage” that are bothersome, I can’t see Emily EVER saying anything like that about any of the other girls.  THAT’S the difference.  And Brad should recognize that.  UGH.

Chantal is starting to annoy me.  She’s always been the TOUGH one with Brad…after all, she’s the one who slapped him when they first met…but this week especially, the way she was acting was irritating.  She’s obviously VERY jealous about the fact that Brad has actual connections with other girls, but she’s very good at “calling him on it.”  And you can tell that Brad is bothered by that too.  Their 1-1 time before the rose ceremony, he seemed kind of annoyed when she was talking to him.  And I don’t know if her getting the last rose this week is a sign…but she better watch out.  Whatever connection they HAD, some of these other girls are definitely pushing that connection down a bit.

BACHELOR PAD VIDEO: Diaries of the Departed – Juan & Michelle (Week 1)

ABC posted “video diaries” of the people who got booted off of the Bachelor Pad. This first week it was Juan & Michelle.

Juan STILL doesn’t understand WHY Nikki may have had a problem with him…Come on guy! THAT REASON was the REASON you got booted!

Michelle actually said “I don’t know what I could’ve done to get myself booted”…SERIOUSLY?! Umm, maybe it was the fact that you TRAPPED Tenley in the bathroom with you and wouldn’t let her out until you basically “chewed her out.” HELLO?The video’s pretty short, but interesting.

Enjoy!