Bachelor 19 - Chris Soules - General Discussion - *Spoilers*

^^ Actually, not even Harper Collins. Patheos is sponsored by Six Seeds, which does have a connection with Nancy French, Sean's co-author on his book.

I'm very happy to hear that Nick is not in the running for TB. Too controversial. I'd like the character of Tricky Nicky to be retired and for Nick to move on from this show and get back to his normal life. I wish him good things, but not TB.

MiaHawk wrote:I'm very happy to hear that Nick is not in the running for TB.  Too controversial.  I'd like the character of Tricky Nicky to be retired and for Nick to move on from this show and get back to his normal life.  I wish him good things, but not TB.

I am a huge Nick fan but I totally agree with you on everything! I think it's best he move on while he can with a lot of public's opinion of him is on the upswing and like you, wish him all good things but no TB (not that TB is necessarily a good thing)

chloep wrote:^I think so. From what I've been told Chris has been the 1st pick all along. Marquel, (and after Marquel officially backed out) Arie were/are just the alternates(the "other option").... I fully expect it to be Chris. I also don't trust MF or Milsy that they really are undecided. IMO, the decision probably has been made already(behind closed doors).

I would love it to be Chris!!!! Just because he seems to be a great guy, would be there for the right reasons and is "settled" - a lot seem to not want him because he would be boring! I don't see him as boring.  I would love to see a real love story without all the made up drama or the lead being a "horn dog".  I also think that there is a lot of Chris's personality that we didn't get to see! AND HE IS HOT!!! CAN'T WAIT!!!

chloep wrote:Nick is not int the running. He has never been in the running. Nick is not going to be the Bachelor. Period.   
Sean reached out to him right after the finale, before Arie's post even came along.
Sean's blog is not ABC affiliated. (it is actually Harper Collin's affiliated.)

are you sure chloe? i just posted in the media thread an article from US saying they are seriously considering nick for next bachelor.

^^ Yes. 99.9%. Of course I only know as much I am being told, but if all the sources/info matches up, I have no reasons to believe that they are incorrect. (Plus, the have been good to me through out the season.)

chloep wrote:^^ Yes. 99.9%. Of course I only know as much I am being told, but if all the sources/info matches up, I have no reasons to believe that they are incorrect. (Plus, the have been good to me through out the season.)

So why the US Weekly story then?  Just to continue to drum up interest for the Bachelor selection and keep it in the media?

Chloep, you r so kind to share info with us. May I ask why Nick is never being considered? Is it because producers don't like him? Or is he too controversial? If the latter, I think the edit they gave him contributing to it. Not that I want Nick to be the Bachelor, just curious.

^^^my guess is two fold (I may be wrong)
1)they are still not happy with him for the video and will not reward him with this role

2) They showed him as still chasing after Andi and still hung up on her as of the ATFR, hard to go from that directly to I am over her and ready to find Love.  

My money is on Chris S being the bachelor. If not him Arie, we know Arie wants it.

Tiggerlgh wrote:^^^my guess is two fold (I may be wrong)
1)they are still not happy with him for the video and will not reward him with this role

2) They showed him as still chasing after Andi and still hung up on her as of the ATFR, hard to go from that directly to I am over her and ready to find Love.  

My money is on Chris S being the bachelor. If not him Arie, we know Arie wants it.

I think both of your guesses could well be correct, and maybe a few more.

In spite of how MF tries to play this choice as influenced by the BachelorNation I think the bigger influence is ABC and who the network feels will best resonate with their target audience, a big portion of which is women who may not approve of what they might see as ungentlemanly behavior. And both the network and the show need a lead who will respect the show "guidelines" and contract, which Nick didn't.

Both Chris S and Arie have pluses but also minuses. Chris S is a true gentleman (IMHO) and would be a great catch for the right woman, but they have to find the right woman and a way to spice a storyline up a bit (beyond "farmer wants a wife"). Arie is a very popular figure and would be charismatic and entertaining but a season with Arie could have women coming out of the woodwork with stories about him. Many of them might not be true but some would be and neither the network nor the show can predict who's going to leak what story to a tabloid.

It seems to me that most of the negative stories about Arie have come from RS who had a negative attitude about him from day one.

As I was reading this thread, all of a sudden my mind started playing the old children's song, The Farmer in the Dell. I keep humming, "The farmer picks a wife, the farmer picks a wife..." How funny! If they choose Chris, I wonder if they'll stoop to using this old music as background noise.