The premiere episode of 7th season of The Bachelorette will air tonight, May 23, 2011. As usual, Reality Steve has gotten the inside scoop of what will happen on this episode. So if you want to know what to look forward to tonight or simply want to know if you can skip this episode, here are the full details:
First, a couple of interesting first impression meetings out for the limo to note:
– Mickey is the first guy out of the limo and says exactly what Chantal said last season to Brad by saying, “This is from every guy in America…” You can see that part in the video preview of the limo exits on another spoiler post that I recently put up. But what you don’t see is that instead of slapping Ashley, Mickey kisses her on the lips and she’s shocked.
– Ben Flajnik brings a bottle of wine and two glasses out of the limo to impress her.
– Ben Castoriano speaks French to her, Nick Peterson reads her a poem, Jon Ellsworth picks her up and puts her over his shoulder, and Frank picks her up, spins her around, and dips her.
Now on to other interesting things to note from this episode:
– During Ashley’s opening conversation with host, Chris, before meeting the guys, Ashley tells Chris that she’s been told that one of the guys cast on the on the show, Bentley Williams, isn’t there for the right reasons. Ashley says she was told this by a former Bachelor cast member who is friends with Bentley’s ex wife. **Hint** Maybe the most talked about girl from Brad’s season that lives in Salt Lake City also. Ashley tells Chris that even though she was warned, she is conflicted because she’s attracted to Bentley and wants to believe him. This is probably the biggest storyline from this season. Stay tuned for more on that.
– Jeff Medolla is the guy who wears the mask because he wants Ashley to get to know him for what’s on the inside. Whatever dude. As Farmer Ted told his two dork friends in “Sixteen Candles”, “Take that ridiculous thing off”. This show isn’t very creative. Basically Jeff is this seasons Madison, without the fangs.
– Matt Colombo calls his mom on his cellphone while with Ashley so she can talk to her. His mom reminds both of them to use protection on the overnight dates. Obviously this was a set up by the producers since we know you can’t just knowingly carry a cell phone on you during your time on the show.
– Ben Castoriano writes on cue cards and holds them up to a window while Ashley is sitting and talking to two other guys.
– Tim McCormack is the guy who gets drunk on the first night and gets eliminated before the rose ceremony even begins. He’s the guy you see in the promo clip that is passed out on the chair in the backyard.
First Impression Rose – Ryan Park gets that. He’s the first guy to pull her aside for some 1-on-1 time once she enters the cocktail party. Based on a Chris Harrison quote saying, “Ryan rubs some guys the wrong way”, the consensus seems to be a few of the guys thought he was a bit phony and played it up for the cameras. However, the press release describes him as “high energy”, so maybe the guys mistook “high energy” for “phony, overacting, douchebag”. Despite that, he doesn’t get a 1-on-1 date until the 7th episode, which is a bit odd.
Rose Ceremony Eliminations – Tim McCormack (before the ceremony starts), Frank Carpenter, Jon Ellsworth, Anthony Santucci, Mike Burns, Rob Dahm, and Chris Malhomme.
So the 18 guys remaining after the first night are:
Ben Castoriano: 28, lawyer from New Orleans
Chris Drish: 25, account manager for Paragon Marketing Group outside of Chicago
Ryan “Mickey” McLean: 31, chef in Ohio, Cosmo Magazine’s Hottest Bachelor for 2010. You can read all about that here, “Q&A with Ryan ‘Mickey’ McLean”, and here, “Cosmo’s Bachelor of the Year”.
Bentley Williams: 28, From Tampa, lives in Alpine, Utah, divorced Mormon with a 2 yr old daughter (Cozette, but they call her “Cozy”), graduated BYU with a degree in Finance in 2007, used to work for Goldman Sachs
Blake Julian: 27, Orig from CO, but lives in Greenville, SC, is a dentist, graduated University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC) in 2010
Ben Flajnik: 28, Originally from Northern California, currently lives in SD, and co-owns Evolve Winery in Sonoma, CA.
Nick Peterson: 26, Tampa, Fla, played minor league baseball in the Yankee organization, currently a personal Trainer at Peety’s Personal Training, Univ of Tampa Alum. Has his own personal fitness blog at: http://peetystraining.com/
Stephen D’Amico: 27, Manhattan Beach, CA (originally from back east), is a stylist at Hush Hush Hair Salon in Manhattan Beach, CA
William “Will” Holman: 30, Fostoria, OH, retail sales rep at Sprint, never went to college and wants to be a stand up comedian
West Lee: 30, Columbia, South Carolina, Clemson graduate, Assistant Attorney General at the South Carolina Attorney Generals Office, got married out of college but wife died in 2007.
Lucas Daniels: 30, Odessa, Tx, co-owner of an oilfield supply company.
Constantine “Dino” Tzortzis: 30, Cumming, Ga, co-owner of Giorgio’s Restaurant with his father.
Ryan Park: 31, San Luis Obispo, Ca. Director of Business Development at REC Solar
Ames Brown: 31, New York, Yale graduate 2002, marathon runner and may be the smartest guy in the history of this show if you go by his bio.
Jeff Medolla: 35, St Louis, MO. Also is in the wine business with rappers Kyjuan and Murphy Lee of the “St. Lunatics”. Their wine is “Freaky Muscato”. Website: http://www.drinkfreaky.com/
Matt Colombo: 28, Ameherst, MA. Brother of Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Marc Colombo
Ryan Miller: 27, Michigan, works in construction.
JP Rosenbaum: 34, Long Island, NY. Construction manager
