Of the 13 cycles of The Bachelor and 5 cycles of The Bachelorette, only 2 relationships survive.
Let the record speak for itself. Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter, of the first season of “The Bachelorette,” are married and have two children. Byron Velvick and Mary Delgado, of the sixth cycle of “The Bachelor,” have been together for nearly five years. The rest of the couples involved in those shows have broken up.
But does that surprise anyone? Isn’t being on those shows all about getting your 15 minutes of fame anyway?
I don’t keep up with celebrity/pop media at all. Did any of the participants get more than 15 minutes?
The concept of these shows are so dumb. How can you expect to find “true love” with 15 women (or men) fighting to get you. First of all they aren’t meeting the “Real” them. Plus you know the producers fix the show to add drama, which makes for better ratings.
So yes, it’s for the 15 minutes of fame.
Did any of the participants get more than 15 minutes?
Didn’t that one girl from last year get on Dancing with the Stars?
If there was any story posted here that would require a “DUH!” I imagine this one would be it. Slow newsday?
Everyone involved in this stupid show, including Fleiss, has never done it for anything except the ratings and the exposure.
Btw, it could be three couples. Not that I ever watch the show consistently, but I think Charlie O’Connell and the woman he picked are also supposedly back together.
shelly, it’s a Sunday in mid July, of course it’s a slow news day!
Well, of course, Bill. I’m just joshing with ya.
I reread my earlier comment and realized I’ve made too blanket of a statement – I was referring to the makers of the show more than anything else when I said they’re only in it for exposure. I do think there are some poor sods who go on the show thinking they’ll find someone and The Bachelor’s female contestants seem to be more genuine and sincere about this than the Bachelorette ones, who seem far more likely to be famewhores and entrepreneurs who want to pimp their business ventures or go into showbiz. Except for the ones who already have money, fame, or recognition of some kind (Andrew Firestone, Charlie O’Connell).
Bill, I hear you about slow news day lol I posted a video of Jimmy Fallon…now THAT’S a slow news day
Its a better success rate than those on VH1. What is it now, 0 for 14 or something like that? (Flavor of Love (1,2,3), I Love New York (1,2), Rock of Love (1,2,3), For The Love of Ray J, Real Chance of Love (1,2), Daisy of Love, Megan Wants a Millionaire, and The Entertainer of Love. I probably missed some…
Any chance on an update for the “Joe Millionaires” and “For Love or Money’s”?
Man, I wish I could be as jaded about The Bachelor and Bachelorette as you guys are. It’s much cooler that way.
I, like a sap, watch every season with a dorky belief that “this time they’re going to get it right, by God!”
And if you’ve noticed, the trend they are going with is that an “audience favorite” who is rejected becomes the next Bachelor or Bachelorette. Not to be the show Historian, but Bob, Mary, Trista, Jason, and now Jillian (and I might be forgetting some) are all previous season’s rejects. So that extends their 15 minutes of fame. So there.
The ratings still hold up (most every) season to season, so I must not be the only idealistic goof out there.
And as a media planner buying local spot broadcast TV in the summer, thank goodness there’s something to buy on broadcast right now!