Bachelor Australia - Season 4 - Richie Strahan - F1-F6 - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

These are the comments from the psych on Facebook that I was talking about. She explains why she thinks Richie isn't into Nikki. I have just blacked out the names.

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If he does pick Nikki IMO I think he may have been heavily influenced by his family as she is from WA and perhaps to keep him there. I unfortunately don't think it will last if he does pick her IMO. Could also explain why he keeps saying "I'm super dooper happy." and not "I'm head over heels in love" like Sam W did.

Fifty wrote:These are the comments from the psych on Facebook that I was talking about.  She explains why she thinks Richie isn't into Nikki. I have just blacked out the names.

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Thanks for that! Well yes that`s what we talked about. He basically has no other options than to say yes of course you can kiss me. It would be a dead give away if he would say "oh no, you can`t". And I´m also paying attention to his body language especially with Nikki he is passive. There are even some moments where it feels like he is overwhelmed with her affection and by overwhelmed I mean in not a good way.

Fifty wrote:If he does pick Nikki IMO I think he may have been heavily influenced by his family as she is from WA and perhaps to keep him there.  I unfortunately don't think it will last if he does pick her IMO.  Could also explain why he keeps saying "I'm super dooper happy." and not "I'm head over heels in love" like Sam W did.

It would explain some things. It`s like Chris S. from US Bachelor all over again. I thought about it too. About the whole family factor. What a shame! This could have been such a great love story for Richie and Olena.

I finally took a look at the show's FB postings by the general audience & it's very clear that most folks see Nikki as F1 with many citing her interviews till date as evidence that she gave up the ending so no suspense etc. And IMO since most of the audience don't sleuth the show like we do, clearly the edit is telling folks that Nikki is F1. It could simply be that producers have decided that recycled contestants as leads (similar to Sam Frost) will have an obvious F1 edit or there is a massive decoy with the F1.

I just want the screen caps to tell the story at this point & right now they are not....so hopefully the producers will throw us a bone with new screen caps soon

mercieme wrote:I finally took a look at the show's FB postings by the general audience & it's very clear that most folks see Nikki as F1 with many citing her interviews till date as evidence that she gave up the ending so no suspense etc. And IMO since most of the audience don't sleuth the show like we do, clearly the edit is telling folks that Nikki is F1. It could simply be that producers have decided that recycled contestants as leads (similar to Sam Frost) will have an obvious F1 edit or there is a massive decoy with the F1.

To be honest I still think it`s Nikki and I take everything to grasping at straws because I see clearly a love story between Olena and Richie. As someone wrote before. It´s raw, it´s real, it´s natural, it´s there. And I like Richie but I don`t think he is going to have the guts to go against his family. And it´s clear as a day that they would prefer Nikki to Olena. IMO

With that said I need to stop watching it now because it`s gonna be painful for me to see it all unfolds till the finale.

I will wait til the facebook page posts the pics of Richie and the women surrounding him. I remember Snez was always positioned close to Sam Wood in these posts - yes I am getting desperate!

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]....I think all the girls appear ok now. I posted Keira's interview with Elle AU on the SM thread & she said all the girls chat on a FB page & discuss the episode together. It will be very raw for each of the girls again once the episode airs of when Richie lets them go though but eventually time is a great healer & they will move on.

I still don't see Alex, Olena or Nikki in the F2 spot.....still voting Rachel into that slot for now until screen caps convince me otherwise. Also Meghan in her interview with Elle AU mentioned that Rachel was a dark horse & that solidifies it more for me that Rachel is going to go really far on the show.....all jmo.

I hope it's not Olena TBH. I don't see a love story between them, just think he's intrigued by the mystery and the opposite life style. IMO, he is very sunny and warm, but OTOH she is very cold. I can't get behind this pairing, so I hope it's not Olena.

mercieme wrote:[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]....I think all the girls appear ok now. I posted Keira's interview with Elle AU on the SM thread & she said all the girls chat on a FB page & discuss the episode together. It will be very raw for each of the girls again once the episode airs of when Richie lets them go though but eventually time is a great healer & they will move on.

I still don't see Alex, Olena or Nikki in the F2 spot.....still voting Rachel into that slot for now until screen caps convince me otherwise. Also Meghan in her interview with Elle AU mentioned that Rachel was a dark horse & that solidifies it more for me that Rachel is going to go really far on the show.....all jmo.

I was going to ask if anyone thought Rachael had a real chance based on what is shown so far. Looks like she's been shown every episode in itm from the get go, so to me she is being prep for a role and I'm hoping at least F2. I've gotten a willing player role out of her so far. She'd been willing to say not so nice things and to be critical of others so far. 

Guess we will have to see which woman is a challenge for Richie...

I think that Nikki and Richie look very much into each other here...very cute actually.

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It's true that Nikki initiated the first kiss, however Richie did say that he wanted to kiss her since the start of the date...I am not ruling Nikki out at all - I still think she is FI, all my opinion obviously!

Re: the conversation about being attracted to eyes...I read an interview with Richie a few weeks back and he was asked what drew him to his final pick...Richie responded that it was her personality. IMO, he is intrigued by Olena (and those eyes!!), but won't pick her as F1...unless we see more of her personality shine through, or Richie sees something we haven't yet!