Bachelor Australia - Season 3 - Sam Wood - (Male) - Media - SM- Vids - *Sleuthing* - *Spoilers* - NO Discussion

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The Bachelor Sam Wood confirms he's met 'the one'


Sam Wood just wants the world to meet the woman he has fallen in love with.
"It's a combination of mystery and frustration," the handsome Bachelor sighs.



"You'd just like to be able to introduce each other to your friends and be out in public and just be as normal as you could be."
The 35-year-old's close-knit family is also in the dark about the woman who has won his heart.
"They're really enjoying seeing if they can work it out, like my closest friends."

"It was really about just taking a big deep breath and putting the brakes on and finding out what my options were."
"I was thinking 'I've got five girls here that are all incredible and the sixth girl at this point is someone who I would have had one conversation with'.
"It just didn't seem fair to say goodbye to her before I've even had a proper conversation with her."

Wood says he's doing things his own way as the Bachelor and following his gut instincts when taking the unusual steps of either sending girls home early or sending none home at all.
"It all happens so fast, you don't spend any time with the girls off-camera, so you've got to be as perceptive as you can."
"It's not just conversations. It could be a look, it could be body language."

So how does he handle the pressure of having to choose which beautiful girl to send home each week?
"You just have to continually remind yourself that you're not here to make a group of great friends, you're here to fall in love and hopefully spend the rest of your life with them."
"I guess that's the thing that I kept my eye on and knew that if I did, everything would work out in the end, and it did."

On-screen tantrums
Allegations about meddling producers have rocked the show in recent weeks, the most spectacular coming from burned contestant Emily who got drunk and stormed out of a rose ceremony.

"To be honest, I just think they're excuses to justify someone's behaviour," Wood says.
"Honestly, the girls can have no alcohol if they want for the entire 14 weeks or they can drink champagne and get drunk.
"They're adults making adult decisions and if Emily was drunk it's because Emily decided to get drunk. That's the absolute truth.
"I genuinely believe that people are portrayed on the show how they are in real life."

A day in the life of the Bachelor
While the girls have each other for company in the mansion, does the 'Bachie' spent his days brooding in solitary confinement?
"I'm literally on a single date or on a group date five or six days a week for 12 or 15 hours a day for 13 weeks."
"It's a huge amount of filming that then cuts down to the highlights on a date. Sarah and I were on a yacht for five hours and then it cuts down to five minutes."
Wood says he also has input on the dates he takes the women on and tailors them to suit each girl, from glamorous yachts to not-so-glamorous bubble soccer group dates.

Osher Günsberg the wingman
Handsome host Osher Günsberg has stolen the show with his great hair and funny recaps, but he's also Wood's wingman and good friend following Wednesday night's difficult rose ceremony.
"To a point, he's as close to a wingman as you have in the Bachelor bubble," Wood says.
"Osher's the consummate professional. He doesn't really get too involved because that's not the right thing for him to do but in that moment I remember thinking 'I need to talk to someone and I guess Osher is the person to talk to' so I sought him out.
"We were developing a real friendship and now that the show's finished filming we are great mates and I talk to him regularly."

Kyle and Jackie O ‏@kyleandjackieo  30m30 minutes ago
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"I've been talking to the winner of the show everyday. Absolutely." - Sam Wood #TheBachelorAU

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