And the Bachelor Chooses...Vienna!

Last night's season finale of The Bachelor proved what spoiler sites have been claiming for weeks: Bachelor Jake said good-bye to the sweet and lovable Tenley, and proposed to the widely disliked Vienna.  After watching the show for two hours last night, which included the girls meeting Jake's family and each having an appropriately named "Last Chance Date" (for Tenley anyway) with our bachelor, we watched Jake get down on one knee and pop the question to the beady-eyed blonde.  You could tell throughout the episode that Jake was leaning toward Vienna, especially when he asked Tenley if she felt that they didn't have physical chemistry (FYI: it's never a good idea to ask someone that). Although Jake's family immediately fell in love with Tenley and were less than enthused by Vienna, they eventually came around and "saw what Jake sees in her" (I watched for weeks and still don't see it, but okay).  Then, as if devoting two hours of my night to this show wasn't bad enough, we then had the "After the Final Rose" special.  Poor Tenley returned to ask Jake "what went wrong" (hello, chemistry remember?) and see Jake and Vienna still happily together (for now).  I will say that Vienna did look a little less trashy than usual, with her platinum blonde hair a little darker and styled a little classier.  We'll see how long the couple lasts in the real world.  I'm not envisioning a wedding anytime soon (Jake will be too busy with Dancing with the Stars anway! haha I think someone likes being on TV!). 

Also announced was the next Bachelorette, and, BIG SURPRISE, it's ALI!  So much for loving her job and not being able to take time away from it.  Guess the idea of 25 sure-to-be gorgeous men all competing for her love and attention was just too good to pass up.  Shocking.

So do you think Jake made the right choice? And how do you feel about the (predictable) announcement of Ali for the next Bachelorette?

The Bachelor: My Guilty Pleasure

So here it is...the inevitable post about my favorite "reality" show: The Bachelor.  Let's be honest, we all have our guilty pleasure show.  Whether it's Wife Swap or Real World/Road Rules Challenge,  we all have that one show that we hate to admit we love to watch.  I've been a Bachelor fan since season one oh so many years ago (I belive this is currently season 14 or something).  And while I prefer watching the endless parade of ridiculous man-candy on The Bachelorette over the catty, back-stabbing drama queens on The Bachelor, I don't discriminate.  I watched Trista and Ryan meet and make Bachelor history with their marriage; I watched Brad dump not only one but both of his final girls; I watched Jillian be completely manipulated by the country-singing dog Wes; and now, for the past however many weeks, I have watched pretty dull but nice guy Jake be fought over by many trashy, annoying and downright crazy women.  It's like a car accident--I just can't look away.

Next week is the finale, where Jake will choose between the beady-eyed, hated-by-everyone Vienna, and Tenley, the girl who is so sweet it's like she fell out of a Disney movie as one of the girls put it.  As is tradition with the episode before the finale, last night was "The Women Tell All" special, where all the women Jake dumped get to come back, talk about how devastated they are and trash on each other.  Quality television if you ask me.  For you non-Bachelor watchers, the scandal of the season was Rozlyn, who was kicked off the show for sleeping with one of the producers while she was chasing after Jake with the rest of the girls.  Classy.  Rozlyn was in attendance and continued to deny that anything happened with the producer, even though multiple girls confirmed that they saw them together and the producer himself confessed and was subsequently fired.  Yes Rozlyn, we totally believe that everyone is lying except you.  Because that makes perfect sense.  She then continued to make herself look even worse when she accused the lovable host Chris Harrison of hitting on said producer's wife sometime back.  Again, classy.

Also in attendance was Ali, the girl who had to choose between keeping her job and staying on the show, ultimately choosing to keep her job.  I'm sorry, I know Ali was at times bitchy and whiney, but at least she has some sense.  Having a career and being able to pay my bills or unemployment and a 25% chance of getting the final rose?  I'm with Ali on this one...although I'm willing to bet she'll "choose love" when they inevitably offer her the chance to be the next bachelorette.  Which we all know is coming. 

After various other (crazy and trashy) women got their chance to talk, the man of the hour finally came on stage.  When Harrison asked Jake if he's happy, he delivered a less than enthusiastic "yes," leaving viewers to ponder the hidden meaning behind his emotionless response.  And so ends the two hour segment, with an actually pretty funny gag reel and a look ahead at next week's oh-so dramatic finale.  We're nearly at the finish line. 

So who do you think Jake chooses?  Will it be public enemy #1 Vienna or sickly-sweet Tenley?  My money is on Vienna unfortunately.  And what did you think about the "reunions" with previous Bachelor and Bachelorette losers contestants?  This show just gets better and better.