Американский Холостяк #19 Chris Soules

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<center></center>One of this season's most controversial bachelorettes, Kelsey, opens up about her panic attack: Was it real or fake?
Kelsey takes the hot seat with Chris Harrison and realistically discusses what it might be like to see the other bachelorettes at "The Women Tell All." But what about her panic attack? She admits it was "bizarre," but what else does she disclose?
THE BACHELOR also shares his thoughts about another OUTRAGEOUS woman: Ashley S. and reveals why he gave certain ladies a second chance. He also weighs in on Jimmy Kimmel's attempt to help him find love.
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<center></center>Finally, Andi reveals the happy times and heartbreaking memories of her engagement to Josh and where she thinks their relationship went wrong.
Andi assesses how she and Josh, "two very passionate, very strong personalities," tried to make their love work and how their relationship went off track. Showing a seldom-seen side, a tearful Andi explains her own self-doubt and disappointment on "The Bachelor: Chris Tells All," on a special night and time, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

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"The Bachelor" Two-Night Special Event continues tonight with "Episode 1907"

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Chris puts a difficult, heart-wrenching week behind him, but tough decisions remain at the cocktail party in Deadwood, South Dakota, where he sends home an easygoing, carefree bachelorette. He proceeds to break the rules once more and the other lucky women accompany him to his home state of Iowa, where they get a sneak peek of what life with the Bachelor might be like.

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Jade snares her second one-on-one date and the chance to visit Chris’ hometown of Arlington, Iowa.

Jade has the other women pea-green with envy as Chris picks her to go to Arlington with him. She is skeptical as they tour the tiny town, but falls in love with its people – including Chris’ parents -- once they attend a local high school football game. Is she convinced small town life is for her?

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Another one-on-one date with Whitney to Des Moines has the couple celebrating love in photos, but then she is grilled by Chris’ best friends. What will be their verdict?
Whitney and Chris visit Iowa’s state capitol of Des Moines, where they are inspired by a photo exhibit celebrating love to snap their own photos, capturing what love means to them.

Afterwards, Chris introduces Whitney to his best friends, who grill her on her intentions. Will she raise red flags or win their hearts?

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The rest of the women decide to take their own road trip to Arlington, and they are in for a reality check. How will they react to the town being that small?
Back at the hotel, the remaining women decide to take a spontaneous road trip to Arlington to explore it themselves. In an OMG moment, they all finally realize what their future might be like. One woman is having second thoughts about whether this is what life really has in store for her.

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One woman shares a dark secret she has been keeping from Chris, but when will he find out?

On this week’s group date, Chris takes three women to an ice skating rink for some fun, but clashing interests has one jealous woman warning him that another bachelorette on the date isn’t being truthful about her love of his hometown. After Chris presents one lucky lady with the rose and the guarantee of a hometown date, one of the other devastated bachelorettes faces off with him. Will it push Chris to the edge or will he cave to her demands?
A high stakes group date pits two frontrunners against an underdog with the rose winner automatically getting a hometown date. It all culminates in one jealous woman confronting Chris in a devastating meltdown.

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Sharleen blog:
Thanks for your warm wishes this week! For those who don't know, I got engaged this past weekend. Andy and I are over-the-moon happy, and all the kind support has just been the cherry on top. Thank you!

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Episode 6

"You think I'm not as smart as you because I don't use big words? Sorry I'm not from Pleasantville. I'm from friggin' 2014." —Ashley, killing it.

WHERE WE LEFT OFF

Kelsey!!! Why must she make it so hard to give her the benefit of the doubt?! Just when I think maybe she's just misunderstood and perhaps really did have a panic attack, she has to say this: I'm gonna get a rose for sure.

I get that she was being sarcastic but it doesn't matter. If you don't want people—and I mean millions of people—to think you faked a panic attack for a sympathy rose, you just don't say that.

Fun Fact #1: Beauty over comfort, look closely at the girls' body language during the Rose Ceremony...
They are literally shivering. Depending on the location (and its climate), Rose Ceremonies can be positively agonizing. There were a few in Juan Pablo's season—Seoul will forever stand out to me as having the most brutal Rose Cermeony—where we weren't dressed for the weather. That's not to say we didn't have jackets. But, because we hadn't worn them while walking into the Cocktail Party, we weren't allowed to wear them for the Rose Ceremony, for continuity's sake. I'd say those are some of the less fond memories.

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DEADWOOD
In Deadwood, South Dakota, the girls try their darnedest to seem excited about this:

I'm not saying Deadwood has nothing to offer, but it does seem like they're getting the travel shaft this season. Not to rub it in, but by Episode 6 of our season we were in one of the world's top-rated resorts, located in Lake Taupo, New Zealand.

BECCA'S ONE-ON-ONE
For the whole first half of this date I confess I wasn't really paying attention.

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<center></center>Back at the house, Carly, Whitney, and a carefully silent Kaitlyn confront Kelsey...and man, was it painful. Not because of anything they did, but because of Kelsey's retaliation style. We all know that person. The person who, when you air what's bothering you, plays victim. They don't deny the accusations but don't take responsibility either. By victimizing themselves they make YOU the bad guy for ever feeling that way and for having the audacity to bring it up.
Carly: "Sometimes we see this person who's not very nice and has these sly comments that we all just shove under the rug because they hurt our feelings but we let them slide."
Kelsey: "I don't know that I'm saying these things. I'm embarrassed. Because I don't see... I have so much respect and admiration and I genuinely like you guys..."
The above response just isn't productive. She isn't admitting fault yet doesn't defend herself either. Instead, she acts clueless, as though the other girls are ganging up on and blindsiding her. She thinks she's rising above the confrontation but she's really doing just the opposite.

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THEN, Kelsey gifts us with:


I personally enjoy words so I feel I have a place to chime in on this. I love words. Big or small, it doesn't matter. My love for words comes from the satisfaction of having the EXACT RIGHT WORD for what I want to say. It's not a matter of being or sounding smart. It's a matter of expression and clarity. Particularly after living in a foreign country where I struggled to verbalize even the simplest things, I LOVE narrowing down my thoughts to the most concise, best fitting words. That is why Kelsey's above ITM irritates me. Being "blessed with eloquence" shouldn't entitle you to a sense of superiority. Being articulate might make you better spoken than someone else but does not automatically make you smarter. Those are two different things. Kelsey gives us wordy girls a bad rap.

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Back to Becca's one-on-one, how cute was that laughing segment?

I liked how Becca poked fun at Chris' high-pitched laugh: "Some of the things he says or that I say that he laughs at, I probably wouldn't laugh until he starts laughing because that's what I'm actually laughing at."
Notably, Chris casually says in an ITM: "I think this is the most easy, most real date that I've been on." In case there was any doubt that Becca is this season's dark horse.

Fun Fact #2: Voiceovers can make you believe anything. The last time I touched on analyzing voiceover edits was in Episode 9 of Andi's season. I hear choppy edits all the time but rarely deem them worth spending the time to point out. (They're constant.)
Dots indicate cuts to listen for:
“It's been awhile since I've had a kiss, but” • “I'm a virgin” • “so it's kind of awkward for me." • "If he kisses me" • "America's gonna see.”

It's nothing we don't already know, but it's a bit irksome that Becca's virginity is reiterated. We've learned by now that Becca doesn't feel the need to advertise her being a virgin, so it doesn't align with who she is that she'd mention it in this context.

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GROUP DATE

I confess this group date is in the realm of being my worst nightmare. You might say, "But aren't you a singer? This should be easy for you."
First, I can't write music to save my life. (And when I "compose" ditties in the shower or while doing my hair, they always sound conspicuously classical.) Second, while I might be a singer, I'm very specifically an opera singer.
Also, um..... confession: I don't like country music. Don't hate me! I know how rabid you country fans can be. I just don't like that "twang" and never have. So, yeah.
at wasn't lost on me was Carly's song. Holy shit. It was incredible (тут я с ней совершенно согласна!).


And I don't just mean her voice, which was obviously beautiful. She wrote a legitimately terrific song that would be at home in any Top 40 list. Plus she sang it completely a capella while maintaining such perfect pitch that editing was able to add on accompaniment. She knocked it out of the park in a serious, professional way, while coming off modest and while keeping it heartfelt. From one musician to another, Carly, I admire you!

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The evening portion of the group date consists of a regular cocktail party, although it really shouldn't be. Why in the world should all six girls get dressed up for an evening date if only one gets to go to the concert?

Technically, Chris could have brought all six girls to the concert, OR he could have sent the other five home in the afternoon and just kept Britt for the evening portion. I was equally miffed by Chris' cavalier attitude at the girls' cold stares.
That, combined with his behavior with Britt in plain view of the girls during the day...

...secures him a spot on my bad side. It's a matter of sensitivity and manners. It bothered me that, when rejoining the girls after the concert, Chris didn't even apologize. In fact, even though she technically didn't do anything wrong, BRITT was the one to apologize... albeit while licking her lips to keep from smiling.

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ASHLEY AND KELSEY'S TWO-ON-ONE

WHAT WAS CHRIS THINKING?
I'm the slightest bit curious who would have gone home had there been no explosive drama. That said, this date was pure entertainment so no one can complain.
Perhaps my favorite part of this already juicy episode was when Chris told Ashley he didn't think he could give her the lifestyle that she really wants, and she, without missing a beat, retorted, "So wait. You think that Britt wants that lifestyle? Like, seriously?" I literally shouted, "YES! Go Ashley!!!" at the TV. :D

Everyone (including myself) was happy to see Kelsey and her accompanying air of superiority go.

WHO SAYS "I AM IMMEASURABLY BLESSED"?? Why not, "I am so lucky" or "I feel very lucky"? That's just unnecessary pretentious talk, and believe me: As someone who has been told the way I speak can sound pretentious, I do not say that lightly. I think Kelsey will watch all this back and learn a lot about how she comes off to others. It is a hard lesson—I learned it, too, thought not nearly as harshly—but she'll be fine. She's smart, after all.

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I must dedicate a very special shout-out to Ashley. Say what you will about her, Ashley is TELEVISION GOLD. She's emotional, honest, and transparent. She's gorgeous to boot and always brings it—whether successfully or not—in the fashion department. She wears her heart on her sleeve, says what she thinks, gloats when she's up, and cries when she's down. You can't ask for much more on a show like this and these last six episodes would have been far less interesting without her. Ashley, we'll miss you!

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Максимилиан

всё надеялся перечитать все посты о шестом эпизоде и рассказать о своих впечатлениях, но никак не получается
шестой эпизод очень понравился
Шарлин уже поставила Бекку на второе место
так как Бритт мне не нравилась с самого начала, у меня Бекка была на первом месте уже после 4-го эпизода

надеюсь, что смогу перечитать предыдущие посты )))

в воскресенье будет спецэпизод - интервью с Крисом?

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Мне тоже он очень понравился и уже поняла про занятость.

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Originally posted by Максимилиан@Фев 15 2015, 03:17 Шарлин уже поставила Бекку на второе место так как Бритт мне не нравилась с самого начала, у меня Бекка была на первом месте уже после 4-го эпизода

Шарлин пишет с точки зрения того, кто на данный момент больше всего нравится Крису. Хоть ей и очень не хотелись ставить Бритт на 1 место, но до настоящего времени было очень четко видно, что Бритт ему нравилась больше всех, а в следующем выпуске его ожидает если не шок, но очень неприятные открытия о ней. Я уже посмотрела превью, где Карли сдает ее ему со всеми потрохами.
Отношение ко всем остальным девушкам очень зависит от того с кем были индивидуальные свидания, а в этом выпуске как раз было свидание с Беккой.
Дальше будет все меньше девушек, но с оставшимися он будет проводить больше времени. Для себя я уже примерно поняла кто когда будет будет выбывать.
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в воскресенье будет спецэпизод - интервью с Крисом? [/quote]
Да, в воскресенье будет 3-х часовой выпуск, сначала интервью с Крисом, потом с Келси и потом с Энди.
Потом поездка в Айову с 6-ю девушками.
В понедельник уже домашние свидания, сезон стремительно близится к концу! :rolleyes:

Информация об обручении Шарлин - в соседней теме...

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Chris Harrison Blogs 'The Bachelor' Episode 7:

Hello and welcome to blog No. 1 for this week's two-night Bachelor extravaganza. We kicked things off with the Chris Tells All special. There have been so many storylines to keep up with this season it was good to check back in with Chris to see how he's holding up. It's such a rare opportunity to be able to watch your life decisions on TV and be able to dissect what you've done — though it's not necessarily an opportunity most of us would want. I'm sure in our minds we're all much cooler, smarter, and more articulate than we really are. Chris was a great sport sitting down and going over some of his decisions. He's the first to admit he's not perfect and that some of these situations could've been handled better. I also always love bringing you some of the unseen moments from this season — like Ashley S. discovering the Bachelor "betting" ring. Our secret's out!

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The sit down with Kelsey was an important one for me. I look forward to seeing her at the Women Tell All special but before that, I really wanted to get her perspective on all that happened this season.
My sit down talk with Andi, meanwhile, was unlike any chat I've had before. First of all, I should confess that when it comes to Andi, I'm biased. I love her to death and consider her a good friend, and I also like Josh. I truly believed these two were in love and I wanted to see them walking down the aisle instead of sitting down to do this interview. This was a brutal, emotional talk and neither of us enjoyed it, but in an odd way I'm glad we did it, because it was cathartic.
<center></center>You never want to see a friend this heartbroken, and that's exactly what Andi is right now. Still, she did a phenomenal job expressing her feelings and explaining as much as she could. I appreciate the fact that she respects me enough to sit down and open up the way she did. I wish Andi and Josh peace and happiness as they continue to move forward with their lives.

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