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

Flawless wrote:Hey all do we have any screenshots of Nikki that prove she makes it past home towns?  

No screen shots, but there were photos in the New Idea that were in Bali

Does anyone think that Rachael could be F1 bad on all of their common interests

Sorry, that should read - based on all of their common interests

Just Looking wrote:Does anyone think that Rachael could be F1 bad on all of their common interests

I would be surprised if she was. I am not seeing a love story between the two.

Based on the WHO magazine (official mag for the show) I would say Nikki is F1 even if I never watched the show.

Nikki
- Cover of magazine with word "love" in caption
- full page spread of who gets the rose as heading and first girl shown in article with a photo of Nikki that is from bottom to top of page in the full page spread and smiling

Alex
- full page spread of who gets the rose as heading and is the 2nd girl shown in article on other page opposite of Nikki and photo of Alex from bottom to top of the page but not smiling like Nikki is

Olena
- back of the page, small excerpt and half of the page shared with Rachael

Rachael
- back of the page, small excerpt and half of the page shared with Olena

AllAboutLove wrote:Based on the WHO magazine (official mag for the show) I would say Nikki is F1 even if I never watched the show.

Nikki
- Cover of magazine with word "love" in caption
- full page spread of who gets the rose as heading and first girl shown in article with a photo of Nikki that is from bottom to top of page in the full page spread and smiling

Alex
- full page spread of who gets the rose as heading and is the 2nd girl shown in article on other page opposite of Nikki and photo of Alex from bottom to top of the page but not smiling like Nikki is

Olena
- back of the page, small excerpt and half of the page shared with Rachael

Rachael
- back of the page, small excerpt and half of the page shared with Olena

But why would the official mag for the show be so obvious with the F1? I think the opposite is the case, and the F1 would not be so prominent in their PR materials. They want the ending to be a surprise to the average viewer. In the US series Chris Harrison's "five to watch" rarely includes the F1.

Mirzam wrote:

AllAboutLove wrote:Based on the WHO magazine (official mag for the show) I would say Nikki is F1 even if I never watched the show.

Nikki
- Cover of magazine with word "love" in caption
- full page spread of who gets the rose as heading and first girl shown in article with a photo of Nikki that is from bottom to top of page in the full page spread and smiling

Alex
- full page spread of who gets the rose as heading and is the 2nd girl shown in article on other page opposite of Nikki and photo of Alex from bottom to top of the page but not smiling like Nikki is

Olena
- back of the page, small excerpt and half of the page shared with Rachael

Rachael
- back of the page, small excerpt and half of the page shared with Olena

But why would the official mag for the show be so obvious with the F1? I think the opposite is the case, and the F1 would not be so prominent in their PR materials. They want the ending to be a surprise to the average viewer. In the US series Chris Harrison's "five to watch" rarely includes the F1.

The official affiliated magazines (WHO, OK mag) for the past seasons (Snez, Sasha, etc) all had the same thing and the largest spread for the articles coming out before finale week.

It is standard practice from what I have seen for this show that the official affiliated magazines showcase the frontrunners and nothing outside the norm from every season no matter AU, NZ, US, etc.

Us Weekly does the same thing for the US show when it gets to finale week and has spreads on the F1 as well. CH's 5 to watch is before the season airs so not before finale week and US weekly and other media for US usually have the bigger spreads for the potential F1 in articles.

So based on all the seasons sleuthed and last year's seasons, from what I have seen, so far all of them I have seen where the F1 gets the biggest spread and first spread about them (Snez did, Sasha did, etc...).

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] what are your thoughts on no SCs for Nikki past F3?

Seems with the editing etc, that if Richie lets her go at F3, the outrage towards him will be intense.

Based on her edit and their connection, I feel she is best suited for him and what he wants. But it isn't my heart doing the choosing its his. Only explanation for her edit is next Bachelorette.

Which I am totally okay with.

@Spoil Me Again ......I am sure AAL will provide wonderful insights shortly but want to provide my understanding of the season as it came across to me so far.

1). IMO, two edits shown: an obvious no obstacle edit for Nikki vs the hidden F1 obstacle edit for for Alex or Olena. IMO there is always an obstacle shown, could even be minute. For Sam Frost on Blake's season, she demonstrated a lot of doubt throughout & she ended up overcoming it. For Sam Wood, it was the distance with Snez plus they used Heathef as a red herring. For Sam Frost with Sasha, arguments could be made that she was all in from the M&G but she actually was a nervous wreck around Sascha & had to overcome that & once she did it was all golden; but we did find out post show that Sasha actually wanted to quit at some point but producers left that out of the edit.

If F1 is Alex, the obstacle would be if Richie was ready to be step dad, however the producers pretty much shut the door with Alex IMO with the edit they gave her, post show interviews from other girls said Alex is fun & cried about as much as the others, producers just chose to focus on hers.  If F1 is Olena as I believe it is, then it's the girl Richie was shown chasing but would not give in till she knew where she stood with him & also discuss real deep issue they might face post show which leads to point 2 below. In addition I believe the producers left out some fun & easy going conversations that Richie had with Olena, she confirms this in the OK mag.

2). First fundamental that dear poster murasaki thought me when it comes to sleuthing is "Who is the Lead Chasing? We were shown that Richie was chasing Olena & the edit that came with it was Rachel providing the one liner "Richie is chipping away at a rock that won't crack". So well done to the producers because most viewers were posting on FB that ...no way Olena is going to be F1 with that seed sown.

3). The producers did a masterful job did this season & have caught on that we use SCs to sleuth out the ending & intentionally left out some SCs for mis direction IMO.

4). I believe the producers also influenced the paps & mis-directed what the media was reporting. Somehow the news that the paps know the outcome surfaced but the proof has not leaked yet. The New Idea article that only shows the F3 outcome but if they had the finale pic IMO it would have floated well let me hold there because who knows maybe they will release it next week

These are JMHO but I believe the producers hit a gold mine this season with how they have played on the edit & mis-directed....I am very keen to hear what Richie has to say in terms of what truly went down versus what we were shown.

Spoil Me Again wrote:[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] what are your thoughts on no SCs for Nikki past F3?

Seems with the editing etc, that if Richie lets her go at F3, the outrage towards him will be intense.

Based on her edit and their connection, I feel she is best suited for him and what he wants. But it isn't my heart doing the choosing its his. Only explanation for her edit is next Bachelorette.

Which I am totally okay with.

If there are no s/caps and there are s/caps that are LCD/F2 for Alex and Olena then Nikki definitely won't be in F2. S/caps usually always tell the story.

I also love how Nikki and Richie are but if she is not F1 it won't be the first time I have watched a love story that is not an F1 story. I mean, Richie himself is an example of this.

I agree that if Nikki is not F1 she could have a bachelorette edit, SM comments already I have seen that are top comments under her pics say this but no way to know if so since filming is quite a long time after finale airs.

If Nikki is not F1 then I will be heartbroken for her as she will undoubtedly get her heartbroken as talked about on her HTD so if not F1 then I could see Richie letting her go at F3 so as not to make her suffer at FRC (kind of like what Sam Frost did for Richie).

Will have to see with the s/caps, but regardless of whether the contestants one likes is F1 or not, at the end of the day for me, if Richie is happy then I am happy for him.

IMO Nikki is slipping away. They gave a great connection but Lack of passion. Sadly she will not make F2

Perfectly put [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

From what Richie himself has said, he is really happy and as you said that"s what counts.

Thanks [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], that explanation makes sense.