Bachelor 12 Media Thread ~ Spoilers

[sanlee]

Thanks for the write up Pajamasam!
I am now more excited about the FRC..It sounds like whoever the F1 is, she is amazing!!

I missed the show but hopefully someone will have it up soon!

[Google]

 

[hopelessroman]

Originally Posted by girlsmom

Great report pajamasam: I saw the show, but enjoyed seeing the recap. He came across, to me, as not particularly "buff", but cute in a scruffy way and genuine. I am not expecting to see a train wreck this season. I hope we're not disappointed.
Also, I too thought that it is not unlikely that he couldn't say anything about Amanda w/o "giving away the farm" as pajamasam said. If this continues it strengthens the evidence for f1 being Amanda, imo.

Great JOB pajamasam!!!! awesome report! thanks I am at work and will miss the show as my direct sat won't let me have a DVR so thankiess....you rock!

[pajamasam]

Aw. Can you use an old fashioned VCR with satellite hopeless? They are pretty cheap and still work well.

[muslady]

Originally Posted by cupcakes

Holland native Robin Canfield is on 'The Bachelor'

When The Press featured Robin Canfield as a Superstar Senior in 2003, we didn't know TV stardom was in her future.

The Holland High School grad, who turns 23 next week, has made it past the first round of cuts on ABC's "The Bachelor."

On the Monday night premiere of the show's 12th season, Canfield was among the 15 women to receive a rose from bachelor Matt Grant, of London, meaning she will continue to the next round.

Canfield, who grew up in Holland and now lives in Florida, is an accomplished violinist and pianist. While in high school, she twice won concerto competitions that gave her opportunities to perform with the Holland Symphony Orchestra.

"She's a fun-loving kid who would be up for trying something out of the box like that," said Kay Walvoord, Holland Symphony Orchestra president and the symphony's executive director when Canfield performed. "I wasn't surprised at all."

Canfield is the daughter of John Canfield and Sharon Dwyer, a violinist in the Holland Symphony Orchestra. They are prohibited by ABC from talking to the media until the season's end.

In 2003, Robin Canfield told The Press music was a huge part of her life.

"I've been taking music lessons for 14 years and playing violin since the third grade," she said then. "While everyone was out doing high school things, I was practicing my music."

In high school, Canfield also was active in theater and the Holland Area Youth Orchestra. She received a Mayor's Youth Award and was featured as a Superstar Senior in The Press, which each year recognizes 100 outstanding local high school seniors with the honor.

The next episode of "The Bachelor" airs 10 p.m. Monday on ABC-TV.

Holland native Robin Canfield is on 'The Bachelor' - mlive.com

Oooooh!! Why didn't we see her play?? That would have been great! I'll bet she played but they didn' show it, they featured Michelle instead. I hope we get to hear her later!

[twothumbs]

I know this is "so 15 pages ago" but I will agree with TedC on one thing...Matt Grant is a very "Mr. Darcy" sounding name!

[Ryvetted]

Originally Posted by muslady

Oooooh!! Why didn't we see her play?? That would have been great! I'll bet she played but they didn' show it, they featured Michelle instead. I hope we get to hear her later!

If that is Robin in the screencaps playing piano next week, maybe we will!

[cupcakes]

MORE SECRETS FROM THE BACHELOR
More Secrets From the Bachelor
(Courtesy of ABC)

There was no way ABC was going to have a repeat of last season’s disastrous final rose ceremony on The Bachelor (Brad Womack wimped out and left both girls empty-handed). So the network traveled to England to find a hot new specimen, 27-year-old financier Matt Grant, who had never seen the show. I spoke with Bachelor host Chris Harrison, who gave me the scoop of the upcoming season. (We can only hope Matt hasn’t learned that the Bachelor is supposed to dump his new love within weeks of the show’s finale!)

Chris, why is this the season to watch?

It’s probably the best season we’ve ever done. We have really good girls, dynamic, whether it’s craziness or cattiness, and we have this foreign bachelor. It was kind of like starting over with the Bachelor from day one because he had never seen the show. It was kind of fun to be with someone who didn’t fall into the same traps and the same bachelor speak they all fall into. It made it very interesting.

Did the girls come in knowing Matt is English?

They had no clue. They had seen no pictures, no names and no background. We told Matt not to tell the girls he was from England to see if they could figure out where he’s from.

Is Matt genuine in his search for love?

I was very skeptical of him because my thoughts were, “Why is this guy coming over from London to do The Bachelor? What could his motivation be?” But the more I got to know him and the more the season went along, the more I saw that he’s incredibly intelligent and a very genuine guy. It’s very rare the more a season goes on, the more we like our bachelors and bachelorettes. But everyone really loves Matt. He’s very sincere.

Since no Bachelor has ever gotten married, why should viewers believe this one will?

This is not a game show. You don’t have the promise or guarantee you’re going to win a million dollars, or that we’re going to roll out a priest and get a wedding. The interesting thing about our show is that it’s kind of a double sword, it’s up to human will in the end. Like Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft, I would have bet a million dollars that they would have gone on and gotten married. They were living together in San Francisco and had this fairy tale life and then they break up. Then you have a guy like Charlie O’Connell and Sarah Brice, who I would have guessed would have stayed together maybe 30 seconds after the tape stopped rolling. And they lived together and stayed together for several years. Byron Velvick and Mary Delgado are still together and they might get married. This season, we’ll just have to see what Matt does. I know he’s very happy with who he chose and they are very much in love. Our fingers are definitely crossed for them.

So we do get a happy ending?

We know for a fact he is very happy and very much in love, which is surprising for this show. Our crew, we get just as sucked in as the viewers do. We’re sitting there at that final rose ceremony just hanging on every word. Is there going to be a proposal? How’s it going to end? Is he going to stay? I know some of our fans were peeved after what happened, but after seeing this, they’re going to be very back on board.

The Bachelor, season premiere, airs at 9:30 p.m. on ABC.

OK! Magazine - First for Celebrity News

[BlondieGal]

Wow, this is VERY promising! Even Chris Harrison is excited. Thank you for the article cupcakes!

[Ryvetted]

Originally Posted by cupcakes

MORE SECRETS FROM THE BACHELOR
More Secrets From the Bachelor
(Courtesy of ABC)

There was no way ABC was going to have a repeat of last season’s disastrous final rose ceremony on The Bachelor (Brad Womack wimped out and left both girls empty-handed). So the network traveled to England to find a hot new specimen, 27-year-old financier Matt Grant, who had never seen the show. I spoke with Bachelor host Chris Harrison, who gave me the scoop of the upcoming season. (We can only hope Matt hasn’t learned that the Bachelor is supposed to dump his new love within weeks of the show’s finale!)

Chris, why is this the season to watch?

It’s probably the best season we’ve ever done. We have really good girls, dynamic, whether it’s craziness or cattiness, and we have this foreign bachelor. It was kind of like starting over with the Bachelor from day one because he had never seen the show. It was kind of fun to be with someone who didn’t fall into the same traps and the same bachelor speak they all fall into. It made it very interesting.

Did the girls come in knowing Matt is English?

They had no clue. They had seen no pictures, no names and no background. We told Matt not to tell the girls he was from England to see if they could figure out where he’s from.

Is Matt genuine in his search for love?

I was very skeptical of him because my thoughts were, “Why is this guy coming over from London to do The Bachelor? What could his motivation be?” But the more I got to know him and the more the season went along, the more I saw that he’s incredibly intelligent and a very genuine guy. It’s very rare the more a season goes on, the more we like our bachelors and bachelorettes. But everyone really loves Matt. He’s very sincere.

Since no Bachelor has ever gotten married, why should viewers believe this one will?

This is not a game show. You don’t have the promise or guarantee you’re going to win a million dollars, or that we’re going to roll out a priest and get a wedding. The interesting thing about our show is that it’s kind of a double sword, it’s up to human will in the end. Like Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft, I would have bet a million dollars that they would have gone on and gotten married. They were living together in San Francisco and had this fairy tale life and then they break up. Then you have a guy like Charlie O’Connell and Sarah Brice, who I would have guessed would have stayed together maybe 30 seconds after the tape stopped rolling. And they lived together and stayed together for several years. Byron Velvick and Mary Delgado are still together and they might get married. This season, we’ll just have to see what Matt does. I know he’s very happy with who he chose and they are very much in love. Our fingers are definitely crossed for them.

So we do get a happy ending?

We know for a fact he is very happy and very much in love, which is surprising for this show. Our crew, we get just as sucked in as the viewers do. We’re sitting there at that final rose ceremony just hanging on every word. Is there going to be a proposal? How’s it going to end? Is he going to stay? I know some of our fans were peeved after what happened, but after seeing this, they’re going to be very back on board.

The Bachelor, season premiere, airs at 9:30 p.m. on ABC.

OK! Magazine - First for Celebrity News

Thank cupcakes! It sounds like it's going to be a pleasant ending!!

[talldede]

GREAT article! Thanks cupcakes.