The Bachelor Pad 2, which airs on ABC on Mondays at 8pm.
If your immediate thought is “that show is definitely wayyy too feminine for me”, you’re wrong. The Bachelor and The Bachelorette- Yes, wayy too feminine, but The Bachelor Pad 2 is far from it. The best way to describe it is that it’s a reality show on steroids. It literally takes the best parts of your favorite reality shows (The Challenge, Survivor, Big Brother, Flavor of Love, The Bachelor(ette), Top Chef, The Apprentice), and puts them all in one show.
Crazy people- What these shows are basically selling (in no particular order) is drama, entertainment, urgency, and interesting. The key to this is casting people that a little unbalanced. In case you haven't noticed, if normal, everyday Americans were on these shows they wouldn’t be nearly as successful. The premises of these shows can only go so far. You have to have a little bit of crazy to make things more interesting (you know- tears, arguments, yelling, freak outs, etc.) and the people on The Bachelor Pad 2 are more than a little off kilter. In the cast are two couples that were previously engaged, a professional wrestler who goes by the name "Rated R", a guy who got a tattoo of a rose to impress a girl he knew for less than a month, a chick that hooked up with an NBA player (Carlos Boozer), and a girl (I wish I was making this up) that refers to herself as “The Princess”.
Intriguing Format- Every contestant on The Bachelor Pad plays for $250,000, but there’s a twist (at least this is how it worked last season). Two contestants (one female, one male) get voted off every week (the women vote off the men and the men vote off the women) until 4 females and 4 males remain. These remaining contestants then become four couples who compete with one another. In the finale only two couples remain. All of the past contestants then vote for the couple that they feel is most deserving of the $250,000, but that’s just the beginning. The winners are then put into what is known as a “Prisoner’s Dilemma” where they each go into a concealed, sound proof room and have to decide if they want to keep the money for themselves or share it with their partner. If they both vote to share the money then they share the money. If one person votes to share and the other person votes to keep it the person that voted to keep it gets all of the money. And if both of the contestants vote to keep the money for themselves the money is split evenly among the all of the other contestants.
This format obviously involves a lot of strategy for the contestants. From what I can tell being in a couple from the get go is a major advantage because the person you are hooking up with will do whatever they can to convince the other girls/guys not to vote you off. That said, you also have to flirt/be as nice as you can to the other girls/guys so they don’t vote you off and vote for you in the end. As with the other shows alliances, promises, etc. come into play.
Challenges- Every week/episode the contestants take part in a challenge that sets the stage for the rest of the show. The winners are granted immunity and thus safe from elimination. The challenges on other shows usually involve physical skill, athleticism, and a little bit of brains. The challenges on this show include all of the same things, but with the addition of sexual tension. Last week the contestants picked a partner of the opposite sex and were then suspended above a bed. The couple that held on the longest won.
Last year challenges involved a best kisser contest, a water balloon throwing contest, and a superlative contest (which contestant is most likely to…).
Attractive women- The Bachelor Pad 2 is loaded with very, very good looking women who are in bikinis about 50% of the time. The other 50% of the time they are all dolled up in cocktail dresses, evening gowns, etc. Here is a sample of the women on this show.
Element of love- What makes these extremely attractive women even more enticing to watch is the fact that they are all looking for love. All of these people live together in a mansion and there’s a lot of hooking up going on. The Bachelor Pad 2 also sends the winners of the challenges out on lavish dates that usually include a fantasy suite where they can get down and dirty. This element of love, if you will, makes the show more interesting in every respect.
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