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Trista Sutter Blogs About The Bachelorette: David the Belligerent Jackass

by Trista Stutter, http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b135202_trista_sutter_blogs_about_bachelorette.html

I can hardly believe we've already reached the always crazy "The Men Tell All" special. I guess I should know how time flies, though, with two kiddos under 2 years old! Here's my take on some of the highlights...

Here are some of the best (and worst) quotes and moments from the bantering boys:

• Sasha's description of Jake, saying he's probably had the same haircut since he was 6 years old.
• David: "As far as I'm concerned, that's as bad as it gets," referring to Tanner telling Jillian someone had a girlfriend. So let me get this straight. You think that coming onto the show with a girlfriend is better? Tanner's just the messenger, though I still don't think he was right to put it out there and not follow through.
• David saying that Juan should "go drown himself." And everyone thought my "filth of the earth" comment about Wes was bad!
• Tanner F. saying that Jake "pulled a Mesnick," which is when a grown man leans over a railing and cries, aka Jason Mesnick. Genius.
• David saying that the problem he had with Juan was that he wouldn't drink with the rest of the guys all day. Why is that cool? Why does that make you a man? Maybe downing beers all day with the dudes in your frat house was cool back in college, but life after you graduate should mean more than throwing back a few cold ones—especially when you are trying to focus on finding love.
• I had been looking forward to seeing Jesse, but the hair lip has got to go!
• Chris pointing out that being on the Bachelorette is a true violation of David's warped man code and then backing up Juan saying that he has no obligation to explain himself to David for not doing a shot. "Who gives a crap" is right! Thank you, Mr. Harrison!
• Tanner P. explaining that Wes winked at him that he had a girl back home and David saying "everyone has a girl back home." First, finally glad to hear where Tanner heard Wes had a girlfriend. Second, seriously, David? Did you not learn anything about how horrid your words and actions look to America when you watched yourself this season? Doesn't seem like change is in your near future, although I had hopes.

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The Bachelorette - The Men Tell All - Monday, July 20

via: http://www.channelcanada.com/Article3183.html


Host Chris Harrison puts Canada’s sweetheart, Jillian Harris and this season's most talked about men in the hot seat for a revealing question and answer session Monday, July 20. It's the bachelors like you've never seen them before.

"This season of The Bachelorette is a fan-favourite with Canadian viewers", says Malcolm Dunlop, EVP Programming, Rogers Media Television. "Citytv's audience has fallen in love with Jillian Harris and this next episode is sure to have all of Canada talking."

For the first time since their eliminations, Jillian meets face-to-face with the 13 men she rejected and the guys aren’t holding anything back! They openly confront Jake about his decision to return and tell Jillian that Wes has a girlfriend. Things get heated as David and Juan confront each other about their relationship on the show. Plus, the bachelors give their shocking opinions on one of the most controversial men this season, Wes. One man offers up a shocking secret that Wes confided in him and heated arguments ensue!

MORE BACHELORETTE RUMORS...

via: http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-bachelorette/the-bachelorette-finale-spoile-30006.aspx

Ed's Girlfriend

Among all the spoilers posted in the internet, this one surprised me the most. Word on the street is that Ed has a girlfriend back home. An email was reportedly sent to Ed asking "So I guess we're seeing other people now." Ed responded with "No, I just need to wait until this show is over." This girlfriend is under the assumption they are together and she just has to wait out the show.

I actually find this hard to believe. Ed seems like a sincere man and I don't think he's that good to pull off such clever acting. Still, I could be wrong. This is reality TV after all.

Kiptyn as the next Bachelor

With Kiptyn out of the picture, viewers are likely to feel sorry for the poor guy and will probably continue to support him as he attempts to find love as the new Bachelor. Sorry, Jake fans!

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WES IS NOT COMING TO THE MEN TELL ALL

Wes -- Not 'The Bachelorette' Bad Guy

via: http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2009/07/wes_--_not_the_bachelorette_ba.php

He was accused of having a girlfriend and of appearing on "The Bachelorette" to further his singing career and not to fall in love with Jillian Harris -- but Wes Hayden says he's not the villain portrayed on the reality TV show.

"People are saying things and they don't even know me," Hayden tells the New York Daily News. He adds, "It's hurtful that they have a perception that isn't true. They edited and clipped me. They were basically creating a character from the beginning," says the Houston native.

Wes confesses, "I didn't have a girlfriend when I went on, I don't have one now." He does admit his manager suggested being on "The Bachelorette" would be good for his career as a country musician, but his sister was the one who applied for him to be on the show.

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BACHELORETTE: POSSIBLE ENDINGS

Bachelorette Spoilers: Don't believe everything you read about Jillian's proposal, the next Bachelor

by Lindsay Connor, http://www.examiner.com/x-11850-Bachelorette-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Bachelorette-Spoilers-Dont-believe-everything-you-read-about-Jillians-proposal-the-next-Bachelor

The Bachelorette: Possible ending
With some potential foreshadowing earlier in episode 9, Jillian makes a comment that Reid is the guy she could see standing at the other side of that altar someday.

Reid's last words in the limo say it all. "It would have been a lot easier if I would've told her I loved her," he says. "If I could reverse things, I would."

And on that note, viewers are invited to speculate about one possible ending. (In many viewer's opinions, it's the most plausible.) What if Reid did not leave Hawaii, but stayed on the island long enough to make a dramatic comeback and proposal to Jillian, after she is turned down by one of her final two guys? In this fashion, he could show up in the last 5 minutes of the show and change everything, proving that he's willing to put himself out there, tell her he loves her and that he's willing to make sacrifices for her.

Remember that ABC is always inclined to promote a dramatic ending, and the producers will make special exceptions (like allowing Ed to leave the show and come back, or letting Jake return for a dramatic confrontation). Editing Reid in such a positive light and showing off him and Jillian as such a complete package, only to have him make a surprise return at the end--it's a brilliantly scripted possibility.

IF ED'S SHORTS DIDN'T SCARE HER OFF, IT MUST BE LOVE

‘Bachelorette’ Jillian fails to get a rise out of Ed

But it’s Reid who pays the ultimate price on the island of Maui

By Kristen Baldwin, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31907122/ns/entertainment-television/

WILL REID RETURN?

Reid Rosenthal Dumped On the Bachelorette

by Elizabeth Fairview, http://beat.bodoglife.com/entertainment/reid-rosenthal-dumped-on-the-bachelorette-85034.html

In a shocking episode last night, favorite to win Reid was booted by the Bachelorette. (ABC Images)

Last night it was pretty clear - Bachelorette Jillian Harris would give Screech a rose if he told her she'd get a proposal out of him. Last night, the three remaining bachelors were whisked away to Maui where producers pushed Jillian to give the guys a second shot at the Fantasy Suite hump-fest, as she had denied them all before in Spain. And they all took her up on her offer, though apparently, Ed Swiderski suffered a bit of stage fright.

Reid Rosenthal, who shared the most obvious chemistry with Jillian, was the sensible and realistic bachelor - not promising a proposal, but also not disqualifying the idea either. He just flatly told her that his feelings for her were growing and that he didn't want to jump into something just for the sake of romance. He's a level-headed thinker and he went home because of it. Jillian pushed and prodded the final three for confessions of their undying love for her, but alas, only Ed, the same guy who left the show a few weeks earlier only to come back to proclaim he'd made a huge mistake, took the bait. Ed finally gave Jillian what she'd been looking for by dropping the L-bomb in a video message she watched before the rose ceremony.

Bottom line is Jillian wants an engagement. The person who gives it to her is secondary. So the final winner will be Ed as Kiptyn Locke already admitted he was not ready for an engagement. However, sources say differently. Want Bachelorette spoilers? They're here!

THE BACHELORETTE THEORIES...

The Bachelorette: Reid Likes Jillian, But She Doesn’t Like Him Back
Recap and Commentary by RTVC Staff Writer Romantic Rose, http://www.realitytvcalendar.com/shows/bachelorette5/recaps/ep09-p1.html

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In this episode of The Bachelorette, Jillian continues her efforts to answer the question, How many rose-petal trails must a girl walk down before she finds The One? She takes the three remaining bachelors to Maui, where they will share romantic dates and have the opportunity to get to know each other better in the Fantasy Suite.

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After a recap of the dates in Spain, the show opens with Jillian walking along the beach and out into the ocean in a beautiful Hawaiian landscape. She stops to draw a heart in the sand with “J + ?” in it, except the ? may have been a “W” before it was edited. She tells us how excited she is by the idea of a proposal, an engagement, and a fiancé and hopes someone up there, pointing to the Hawaiian sky, or in here, pointing to her chest, will tell her which of the three amazing men to choose. To be fair, Jillian has so far avoided overuse of “amazing” and “connection,” but we’re getting near the end now, and it’s time to step up the Bachelor-speak.

JILLY BEAN AND HER FINAL THREE

‘Bachelor’ shows love their lack of romance

by Andy Dehnart, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31879853/ns/entertainment-reality_tv/

“The Bachelor” and its spin-off, “The Bachelorette,” have notoriously bad reputations for creating lasting relationships, even though that's why the ABC reality series supposedly exist.

The shows have always found drama from a single man or woman navigating a group of suitors who vie for their attention. But at the core, these shows are supposed to be love stories, romantic fantasies come true. A stunning mansion, candles, roses, exotic dates, a smarmy host. Well, almost a fantasy.

Just like the last season of “The Bachelor,” though, this season of “The Bachelorette” has been more about the drama than the full-throttle romance. The July 6 episode concluded with bachelorette Jillian’s dismissal of Wes, who’d grown to become a monstrous villain for apparently being on the show just to promote his music career (he boasted that he had a “No.1 hit in Chihuahua, Mexico,”). A rejected suitor, Jake, even returned to tell Jillian that Wes had admitted to secretly dating a woman named Laurel back in Texas.

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BACHELORETTE, JILLIAN GOES TO HAWAII

Bachelorette Jillian Harris ready for romance in the fantasy suite?

 

 

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Photograph by: Citytv Handout, Vancouver Sun

Romance is heating up for Vancouver's reality TV star, Jillian Harris, who takes her three remaining potential husbands to Maui on the next episode of The Bachelorette.

According to the Citytv website, sun and surf adventures await on Monday night as the brunette singleton takes her three suitors — Ed, Kiptyn and Reid — to Hawaii for intimate, overnight dates.

She once again has the option to spend the night with all three men in a "fantasy suite," but Citytv hints that one of the dates does not go according to plan.

First, the 29-year-old tests Kiptyn with a beachside ropes course designed to build trust. Later that evening, she confronts him with some intense questions. Is he ready to be the love of her life?

The next day, Jillian surprises Reid with a chopper tour of Maui, landing at a secluded beach for a picnic. Reid makes a confession that rattles Jillian, and later at dinner, she lays her heart on the line. Does he get to spend the night in the fantasy suite?

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WHO WILL JILLIAN CHOOSE?

Maui stars in penultimate episode of "The Bachelorette,"

By Derek Paiva, http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2009/7/10/ABC_Bachelorette_Maui_TV

Will it be Ed, Kiptyn or Reid?

Our feeling is it won't really matter which sparkling specimen of the XY-chromosome set is left without a rose when Jillian Harris selects her final two suitors on the July 13th episode of ABC’s The Bachelorette. The loser will at least be fortunate enough to get the boot on Maui, where the popular dating-competition reality series filmed the penultimate episode of its current season in May.

Yes, the suitor on the losing end of the rose ceremony will really be sent packing at the oceanside Olowalu Plantation House on Maui’s west side—one of the island’s most popular wedding locations. (Oh, sweet irony!) But before that episode-capper, he'll get to enjoy some darn fine Maui scenery, activities and dining.

Among the stuff lavished on Jillian (pictured left) and her trio of suitors on Maui:

• Oceanfront suites and haute cuisine for their private dates, at the Westin Maui Resort and Spa and Sheraton Maui Resort and Spa

• A Maui helicopter tour with Sunshine Helicopters

• A cliff-side picnic courtesy of the Hotel Hana-Maui and Honua Spa

• A snorkel cruise with Trilogy Excursions

• A day on the rope courses and ziplines of Kapalua Adventures.

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Bachelorette Spoiler: The Final 3

THE FINAL 3 GOES TO HAWAII!

via: http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/07/76208/

Jillian Harris takes the three remaining bachelors -- Ed, Kiptynand Reid -- to Hawaii where the overnight dates await on the romantic island of Maui. ET has a sneak peek!

Jillian is sure she has three great men left, after sending home dishonest Wes, who, after being eliminated, finally admitted he had a girlfriend back home.

In this clip, Jillian puts Kiptyn to the test with a "Leap of Faith."

"Kiptyn and I are going on a ropes course," she says. "Kiptyn seems like a perfect catch. I just want to make sure that when things get tough, Kiptyn is there for me. Today will be a really good indication how Kiptyn works as a team."

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KIPTYN GOES TO HAWAII

Storm clouds don't deter these guests from swimming at the Hotel Hana-Maui. Photo by Sue Frause.

THE BACHELORETTE GOES TO HAWAII

by Sue Frause, http://www.examiner.com/x-537-Seattle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d8-The-Bachelorettes-Jillian-Harris-and-three-bachelors-fly-off-to-the-Hawaaian-island-of-Maui

Having been to all Hawaiian Islands except for the Big Island of Hawaii, I'll be watching with interest when ABC's The Bachelorette journeys to Maui for a two-hour episode on July 13, 2009. Canadian Jillian Harris, who has narrowed her suitors down to three (Ed, Kiptyn and Reid), will explore the Magic Isle on her heart-wrenching dates, all leading up to the Rose Ceremony at Maui's Olowalu Plantation House.

Bachelorette Harris and her three bachelors begin their Hawaiian escape on the west side of Maui in Kaanapali, where they will stay in lavish oceanfront suites and enjoy fine dining at the Westin Maui Resort and Spa and the Sheraton Maui Resort and Spa. Each of the couples will go on individual dates that include a traditional beach luau, outdoor activities at Kapalua Resort, flying high with Sunshine Helicopters, a snorkel cruise with Trilogy Excursions and a cliff-side picnic at the Hotel Hana-Maui and Honua Spa. It's a lovely hotel, and my husband and I drove the Road to Hana (officially the Hana Highway) to get there several winters ago. The endless trip was a white knuckle drive for me in our rented Mustang convertible and I was the passenger! It's by far the windiest road I've ever been on, and the rain was coming down in sheets. For three days it poured, but the Hotel Hana-Maui and Honua Spa were so wonderful, we really didn't mind. So what if we came home without a tan? It was one of the most relaxing vacatons I've ever had.

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