The Bachelor - Season 15 Episode 9 - South African Fantasy Dates

Brad is coming to South Africa!  And no, ladies, unfortunately no panties will need to be flung at Cape Town International this weekend, because tonight's action was sadly shot on location in South Africa more than a year ago.

Having whittled the lustful ladies down to a desperate threesome, Bachelor Brad Womack drags Emily, Chantal and Ashley to scenic South Africa for more exciting dream dates.  Expect all the usual cliches.  The couples dress up in ridiculous safari gear and then get driven around to gawp at animals.  (One wonders what the purpose of those drab outfits are these days, other than being a neon sign pointing out the naive and gullible fools to the local criminals of course.) Bugs are eaten too and the obligatory elephants are ridden, but ultimately very little can be done to disguise the fact that poor old Brad is still not ready for what these ladies have to offer.

Don't miss The Bachelor tonight on Vuzu at 20h30

ARE YOU WATCHING: The Bachelor - Season 15

He's back!  After rejecting both of his final choices in season 11, Brad Womack was labelled a bit of a bad boy, much to the delight of the producers and the female population of America in particular. And more so now, since he returns to The Bachelor in season 15 for another try at love and a happily ever after.

 

Clearly a great health and fitness aficionado, 37 year old Brad bulges in all the right places.  And yes, that bulge you are noticing in his pants is probably his wallet, because apart from being drop dead gorgeous and charming he is also touted to be a successful businessman who owns  four bars. No wonder he is still single.

Decidedly out of place in a shirt, expect Brad to be flaunting his stuff at every opportunity he gets, right up to the explosive climax shot on location in Cape Town.  Cheesy and outrageously gratuitous to the very end, don't miss Brad being pursued by 30 lustful ladies, biting and clawing for that one chance to have his babies.

The Bachelor Season 15 errupts onto Vuzu on Friday, 30 March 2012, at 20h30.


See also  The Bachelorette - Season 6  After the Rose

The Bachelorette - Season 6 - Episode 12

The Bachelor/Bachelorette franchise wants us to believe that if you are drop dead gorgeous, funny, smart and successful, yet sadly single at 30, you are just unlucky.  No, you are probably not self centred, difficult, unable to form strong emotional attachments or in denial about which team you are playing for, just unlucky. Okay?

On the show, sadly still looking bachelors and bachelorettes take turns to find happiness.  They have everything going for them, except a loving partner. And fame, but that is after all what they are here to remedy. When they are not trying to meet lots of hopefuls to fill those gaping holes in their souls that is.

The prospective soul mates are expertly selected based on time honoured criteria. For the men they consider  the depth of their wallets, the squareness of their jaws and the visibility of their abdominal muscles. For the women, well, I think you get the picture... Playing like an old Mills & Boon novel come to life, it actually pokes delicious and very subtle fun at the concept – frequently espoused by the media – that physically attractive people are not just eye candy, but make the best mates.  Aimed mostly at a female audience, it also analyses and replays the smallest bits of action to death in search of greater meaning.

The Bachelorette this time around is Ali Fedotowsky, a reject of the previous season's Bachelor, Jake.  The season finale is usually a dreary tell all and reflection, entitled "After the final rose", which features too many flash backs and too little scandal.  Ali's season finale is no different.

Ali chose hunky Roberto over good old Chris.  It is abundantly clear that she never felt much for Chris and just kept him on for the purposes of the show. The replay of her patronising dump speech actually leaves quite a taste in the mouth. Frank, who dropped out of the final three because of "feelings for an ex-girlfriend", has the good sense to refuse to attend the final exposition.  The happy couple tells us they are now taking it slow.  Yes, they got engaged within weeks of meeting one another but are now taking it slow.  We all know what that means.  [Ali and Roberto broke up on 21 November 2011.]


Will dear old Chris be the next Bachelor? Frankly, he seems too sensible.


The Bachelorette concluded on Vuzu on Friday 9 December 2011 at 20h00