The Bachelor Pad: TV Review

In the world of reality tv shows, according to the Huffington Post the Bachelor Pad is one of the most watched series based on its 4.4 million viewers.

Chris Harrison

The Cast

Chris Harrison is a 42 year-old former sportscaster who has been hosting the show for 2 years and has been keeping the audience hooked!

     Being in the house was described as fun, crazy, lots of tears and alcohol.  Deception, lying, honesty, are all descriptions of the show described by the jury of contestants who were voted off.  However, all were not losers, some couples found love like Blakely and Tony who had absolutely no interest in each other in the beginning, Lindzi and Kalon also connected on the show and indicated that their relationship was still going strong when they appeared on the finale. Even though Erika, a former Bachelor Pad player tried warning Lindzi on the finale that she had seen Kalon with other women in photos, Lindzi was not influenced.When Michael, also a former contestant that got heartbroken last season, was on the hot seat he explained how the evil scheme he planned backfired on him and actually got him thrown off the show by Ericka because he lied to try to get himself further in the game.  Jacklyn a witty, likable player explained how she has forgiven but will never forget the fact that Rachel, her best friend, did not take her to the finals!  Blakely explained how she was deceived by Chris, her partner that betrayed her. Eventually got her thrown off the show instead of propelling her forward.  But love rules all and she ended up with Tony and he proposed on the finale; she said yes and is moving to Portland to start her new life!

      In the finale only 2 couples remained: Nick and Rachel and Chris and Sara. When it was time to vote, 

The Season Finale Twist

Nick and Rachel recieved the majority of votes hands down when votes were tallied In the end, Nick successfully won the $250,000 by deceiving Rachel.  You see the final couple have choices to make;  they either put  “Share” or “Keep” on their board.  If both of them  put “share” the lucky couple gets to split the money.  But if they both put “keep” the jury on the show who were voted off gets to split the $250,000.  However, if one player answers “keep” and other lists “share,” the one who had “keep” wins all of the money and the other one gets nothing!  And that is exactly how Nick manipulated the game to trick Rachel into believing him so that he could get all the cash for himself!

      I don’t know about you, but I think Nick is a jerk and was very selfish for tricking Rachel out of getting any money.  It was obvious she was devastated by what he did and she tried to confront him and talk to him about it, but he showed her no compassion and continued to celebrate his victory by claiming he didn’t care about her feelings; he was the winner and was proud of it!!  Even the jury was stunned by his insincere behavior.  In my opinion she should have won because she worked hard by creating alliances, etc.  He just floated along to the end. I know this was a game based on deceipt and lies, but I think she left as a richer person because she maintained her integrity which is something money can’t buy.