During casting, the producers pick two girls they think the Bachelor/Bachelorette will really like.
The other 23 contestants are cast only because they will make good TV.
Its required (and enjoyable!)
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reading for any fan of the series.
[*] During casting, the producers pick two girls they think the Bachelor/Bachelorette will really like.
The other 23 contestants are cast only because they will make good TV.
[*] The other executive producer, Lisa Levenson, is the characterUnRealis based on.
She was making $10,000 a week.
[*] You dont own the Neil Lane ring unless you are together for two years.
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[*] For two years after the show you cant get married unless you let ABC film.
They only pay you $10,000 per hour of TV.
(It wasnt made clear if this was per person or per couple).
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It would be hard for me to believe they have SO many casting options after eliminating this pool.
Really wish the author would have followed up here.
[*] It used to be the case thatcontestants would go into debtbuying dresses for the show.
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Now people get them discounted or free with the promise of showing them on social media.
You will have to do your own laundry and cook your own food.
Prior to that the only book allowed was the bible.
Contestants also usually bring vibrators.
Theyre quoted as saying Theres no allegiance to what happened in reality.
[*]Sharleen Joyntfrom Juan Pablos season is one of the few former contestants interviewed in the book.
Every one was about how she was somehow different/better than the other women on the show.
Eventually she had to ask producers to pay her rent for her (which they did).
[*] Meredith Phillips was the secondBachelorette.
She was paid only $10,000 for the whole season.
[*] Now, the bachelor or bachelorette typically receive $100,000+.
[*] The author, Amy Kaufman, has a viewing party in her Los Angeles apartment.
He asked for a percentage of the profits in order for him to spill all.
He said: I would work out before work.
I would work out when I got home from work.
Id run, like, six miles before I went to bed.
Production let him pass out in the sand and allowed crabs to crawl over his face.
He eventually was asked to leave after Sarah Herron gave production an ultimatum.
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[*] Clare Crawley recalled her famous conversation with Juan Pablo.
In the helicopter she was trying to discuss the proposal/ending of the show with him.
She asked him how he was feeling about it and he responded, I dont know.
I liked fucking you.
[*] The sex Juan was referring to didnt take place in the ocean.
(Fuck that guy).
Chris Bukowski was pressured by Elan Gale and production to propose at the end ofBachelor in ParadisetoElise Mosca.
Should I propose to her?
I dont, like, love her or anything.
he was very close to going through with it.
In retrospect, Papa says You go on that show and you are meat for the grinder.
[*] Ben was the runner-up on Ashley Heberts season ofThe Bachelorette.
He said of proposing to Ashley I liked Ashley enough.
Youre not really in love with a person.
But Ashley was super cool, and I was like, Who knows where this is gonna go?
If she says yes, Ill just do a very long engagement.
[*] Lauren Bushnells $100,000 Neil Lane ring was the most expensive in the series history.
She had to give it back when her and Ben Higgins broke up.
Bachelor in Paradise tonight.
Lets get the hell out of here so everyone can watch it.
[*] Mike Fleiss is the producer and creator ofThe Bachelor.
His second cousin is famed Hollywood madamHeidi Fleiss.
[*] Mike is a decent writer and started his career as a journalist.
However, he was jealous of people like Howard Stern, who had more creative freedom.
He discovered that he didnt like to be restricted by facts.
[*] Mike sounds exactly like the character onUnRealbased on him: a total nightmare to work with.
[*] ABC originally passed onThe Bachelorwhen it was pitched to them.
They only bought it when Fleiss added on a proper ending for the season: the bachelor would propose.
[*] He named his son Aaron, in part after Aaron Spelling.
[*] Dating is something basically everyone has in common.
