It's called the "Blond-Out" because at the beginning the Bachelor acts like he’s looking for love with women of all races, creeds and hair color. By the end, all pretensions have faded away; the Bachelor has looked deep within his soul and has realized that he just wants to pick the girls he’s most attracted to. Which is OK and I'm not sure why everyone's dogging Colton on this. He's attracted to Blondes. So what? That's usually how relationships start. With attraction. You're attracted to someone for some reason. It may be their height, it might be you find their sense of humor attractive. You might find something attractive about their physique. You might find their mind attractive. It's that first spark. And if Colton's not attracted to Sydney (who was a bit of a downer) or Nicole because she lacks self-confidence or Oneka (spelling?) because she caused some drama, is it really his fault? Would it be OK if he was only attracted to red-haired, one-eyed, left-handed girls under 5 ft tall?
There appears to be some confusion as to whether this season is to be considered a "Total Blond-Out" given the fact that Tayshia has blond highlights and is full-on blond in her Instagram avi. But, for all intents and purposes, let's just rule her a non-blond (let's just agree to consider women with brunette hair who have gone ombre as blond. For example, Kirpa has natural black hair but has dyed it primarily blond).
Only one blond woman was eliminated this week, and it was the one all of Twitterverse was divided on. Demi. Cute, little Demi from Texas. Demi with the convict mom. Aggressive Demi. Yes folks, Demi is gone. Felled by either her own hubris or Colton’s inability to see greatness. I'm thinking it was the former. That girl was bound and determined to take Colton's V-card.
Demi didn’t get into any hijinks this week or make any snarky comments about the ages of the other contestants (because let's face it. All the old ladies were gone already. It was past their bed time). She let Colton talk to her newly-released-from-prison-mom on the phone (which was weird but sweet. She clearly loves her mom). Demi then later told Colton she was “falling in love” with him. While some folks are blasting Colton for his reaction to this, I think it was smart to let her know they were not on the same page. So he immediately sent her home (which kinda stinks because it's a long flight home from Vietnam and she left in the middle of the night during a thunder storm).
Many have said that Colton’s getting the formula of this Bachelor thing wrong. He’s supposed to eliminate women as he gets closer to finding the person he wants to propose to. What formula? Maybe some of these viewers have watched one too many seasons and have become jaded? Maybe I'm looking at this with fresh eyes?
In back-to-back weeks, Colton is the one who has gotten dumped rather than doing the dumping. Last week, Elyse left Colton because she felt she wasn’t getting enough one-on-one time after a strong start. Sydney left because, among other things, she felt Colton was making “easy choices” instead of picking women who were actually interested in getting married to him. My only issue with Sydney is that rather than take the high road and wish everyone well, she decided to label the remaining contestants as "shiny objects." I thought that was a bit much coming from a Knicks dancer. To me, it came across as Sydney was a bit jealous that she didn't have that spark (or sparkle) to capture Colton's eye. Which is ironic considering she's a dancer for the NBA. Doesn't she have to have some spark on the court???
According to Wikipedia’s Bachelor season summaries, 11 women voluntarily left the show over the course of the last 10 seasons. Usually one woman leaves per season but Colton's already lost two. But going even deeper, the timing is worrisome. Like Colton, Ben Higgins lost two women on his season, but they both left by Week 3. Six of the 11 self-inflicted departures came in the first three weeks.
I get it. A woman auditions for the show for whatever reason, gets cast, gives it a shot, and then realizes they hate cameras, would rather be with their family/friends/dog, and goes home. Or, if they are like me, they would have tapped out the minute they heard they were going to Singapore and Vietnam. The humidity would have killed me. No lie. My hair would have been a hot mess, my make-up would have slid right off my face and the boob sweat would not have been pretty. If the producers handed me a ticket to Singapore, I would have instanteously replied, "Yeah. No thanks. That's not gonna happen. Good luck Colton!"
Colton has lost women in Weeks 5 and 6—well over a month into his relationships with them, over halfway through the season. Only one Bachelor has lost a contestant after Week 6, as Colton did—Juan Pablo, who was ditched by Sharleen and Andi within the final four episodes. From what I've heard, Juan Pablo is considered The Worst Bachelor. With capital letters just like that.
These girls are not only dumping Colton, they are messing with his head. When Sydney walked off, she told Colton that he might be in trouble because some of the remaining women were “not ready” for marriage. Colton explained to the camera that he thought she meant Demi, so then he went and dumped Demi. But then Demi told Colton the same thing as she was leaving. And then after eliminating Katie in the rose ceremony (who came out of NO WHERE this week! I swear to God, I had never seen that girl before last night!!!), she said the same thing. Colton is now officially flabbergasted and sputtering “Am I fucking missing something?” to the camera as he tries to figure out who the unready one is.
I'm guessing Hannah B is one of the ones "not ready" for marriage. I also think Heather (who has now been kissed) is the next to go home. She doesn't bring anything to this relationship. Hannah B started out by forgetting how to use her big girl words by turning a simple toast into a minute-long self-destruction which ended with a #RollTide. Since then, she has learned that she’s quite capable of communicating nonverbally. She has beaten up several opponents (all during sanctioned fights, don’t worry) and now it’s become clear that her favorite form of communication is unhinging her jaw and emitting a whispery shriek, like a wild animal. She refers to it as the Hannah Beast.
In other, exciting news, Colton and my girl Hannah G went on a spa date where they were wrapped up in large leaves which caused Colton to make the awkward joke "I'd eat that sushi." Hannah's doing great. She's made herself noticed, in a good way, and is staying out of the drama. I've said it before but I'm really proud of the way she's handling herself. She's not desperate or showy and is just letting this thing evolve. Good for her!
The mystery of how Kirpa suddenly showed up last week with an unexplained bandage on chin has been explained. Nothing nefarious, it turns out she fell while trying to take a selfie. This is the second time this season that an episode has left an obvious mystery unsolved—the first being whether or not Bri ever told Colton about her fake Australian accent. I thought she was so cute and would have gone a lot farther than she did! I guess Bri didn't realize there was a "formula" to this show. But what do I know?
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