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

Haven't seen that hand kiss on the date with olena. Has Richie ever done it with anyone else? He also turned to her when saying he knows exactly what he wants when describing his decision to send kiera home to the women during the CP

I didn't see Richie do the hand kiss with anyone else either, but may have missed it (or it not been shown).

I think F1 is between Nikki and Olena and if I had to guess based on everything sleuthed/speculated thus far:
F1 - Nikki
F2 - Olena
F3 - Alex
F4 - Rachael

If Nikki is not in F3 then I can see Olena as F1 and Rachael as F2.
If the s/caps for Olena are not from F3/Bali, then I can see Olena as F4 or less.

AllAboutLove wrote:I didn't see Richie do the hand kiss with anyone else either, but may have missed it (or it not been shown).

I think F1 is between Nikki and Olena and if I had to guess based on everything sleuthed/speculated thus far:
F1 - Nikki
F2 - Olena
F3 - Alex
F4 - Rachael

If Nikki is not in F3 then I can see Olena as F1 and Rachael as F2.
If the s/caps for Olena are not from F3/Bali, then I can see Olena as F4 or less.

@AAL, I think Rachael is the only girl that we can safely say was in Bali. The SC of her in white walking with Richie seems to be in Bali as Richie has shorter hair cut. I think somewhere in the thread there is a photo of Richie at the airport enroute to Bali with a very short hair. I think if that was the case, all the SCs of Richie with shorter side burnt will be in Bali. I think the one he was
kissing Rachael (not screen yet) showed he has shorter hair.

Just a thought. I might be wrong though.

AllAboutLove wrote:I didn't see Richie do the hand kiss with anyone else either, but may have missed it (or it not been shown).

I think F1 is between Nikki and Olena and if I had to guess based on everything sleuthed/speculated thus far:
F1 - Nikki
F2 - Olena
F3 - Alex
F4 - Rachael

If Nikki is not in F3 then I can see Olena as F1 and Rachael as F2.
If the s/caps for Olena are not from F3/Bali, then I can see Olena as F4 or less.

Argh. It's so hard at the moment.

I'm thinking
F1 - Nikki
F2 - Rachael
F3 - Olena
F4/F5 - Faith and Alex

I think we will start to see the demise of Alex this week and it will become more of a battle between the 'women' Nikki and Rachael. Please don't jump all over me, I see Olena as a woman as well but in a different way than Nikki and Rachael. I see Richie drawn to the innocence of Faith and Olena and equally drawn to the confidence of Nikki and Faith

Quane wrote:

AllAboutLove wrote:I didn't see Richie do the hand kiss with anyone else either, but may have missed it (or it not been shown).

I think F1 is between Nikki and Olena and if I had to guess based on everything sleuthed/speculated thus far:
F1 - Nikki
F2 - Olena
F3 - Alex
F4 - Rachael

If Nikki is not in F3 then I can see Olena as F1 and Rachael as F2.
If the s/caps for Olena are not from F3/Bali, then I can see Olena as F4 or less.

@AAL, I think Rachael is the only girl that we can safely say was in Bali. The SC of her in white walking with Richie seems to be in Bali as Richie has  shorter hair cut. I think somewhere in the thread there is a photo of Richie at the airport enroute to Bali with a very short hair. I think if that was the case, all the SCs of Richie with shorter side burnt will be in Bali. I think the one he was
kissing Rachael (not screen yet) showed he has shorter hair.

Just a thought. I might be wrong though.

Hmm.. I saw the s/caps but I am not sure that those are proof that Rachael is in Bali just because Richie has shorter hair.

Will need to post in s/cap thread but IMO it is possible that Richie had a haircut before HTDs (before meeting the girl's families) and so his hair would be shorter in all subsequent s/caps.

^ I agree. I think my initial point was it was later in the season. I do think though going by the way Richie is dressed in the Vespa screencap it is a warmer climate.

Sundy wrote:^ I agree. I think my initial point was it was later in the season. I do think though going by the way Richie is dressed in the Vespa screencap it is a warmer climate.

Yeah I think so too they both look like they are dressed for Bali....so if that sc of Rachael in the garden with Richie is Bali...and the jumping off the boat is Alex though could it be Nikki? Nikkis hair did seem to get darker in her 2sd and the swimsuit the girl jumping of the boat is wearing almost looks like the one Nikki wore in the photo shoot they had for the top 10 girls with the banana?..

I watched the first episode again and had an idea. After meeting Richie Olena is whispering on her way to the mension "Oh God he is so cute". So I opened the extended promo video and played those parts back to back. And it could very well be Olena who is whispering "I love you". It sounds pretty identical. I know crazy me. I would like to know what you guys think?

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]....I can't confirm if it's the same voice but Olena did say "Oh God he is so cute" at the first meeting. The voice at the end saying "i love you" could also be Olena and VO'ed in and not necessarily match that hand holding screen cap in the extended promo. So it could be Olena but may not be definite that she actually said that at the FRC, it could be at HTD or LCD for all we know and the producers may have dubbed it in

That said, the only thing I am willing to put a stake on now is that Rachel is F2. And IA that F1 right now is between Nikki and Olena...we will see how it pans out.

Hi everyone!.. new to this season

Just finished binge-watched Richie season, and loving it so far... very refreshing to see the Richie being a charming, dorky, genuine Bachie, fun group of women..and hilarious dates....(the 'baby date" in particular...LOL)

Thought i would throw my prediction for the F4 :

F1 - Nikki
handsdown...obvious connection since epis. 2. Much edit was done to conceal the interactions since their first date. To me, its no different than Art-Matilda, Ben-Lauren, Sam-Snez type of thing. IT is there, from the very beginning and it's real..JMO.
-Nikki is the only girl that got  comments for her connection with R from many girls in the house (cough2 Lauren and Matilda  with their respective F1s). She also "played" the 'nicest girl in the house' card, drama-free, just like Matilda and Lauren.
-Her dates with R had the background riff used to highlight the F1. The same riff can be found on Sam-Snez HTD. (the grand-opera-ish riff..)

F2 -Olena
IMO she is the front runner to be the next Ette. Her edit was 'chemistry', 'mystery', 'chase me'. She could be the next Sam Frost IMO- young, gorgeous, drama free.
Nikki did say that she was a 'threat' on the last episode. Interestingly, IIRC, Matilda did mention similar thing about Danni, Art's F2.


F3/F4- Alex/Khalia. (interchangeable)
-Had she not a mom, i believe production had no probs to string Alex to the F2.  At the moment i put Alex in the F3...(although i can't comprehend why on earth R had to take her to the FD). The reason is bc she got the 'clingy', 'jelly', 'broken past' edit ala Alysha, Art's F3. Its so unfortunate, since Snez, also being a mom, has gotten a very good highlight last season. (pretty sure partially bc she is the F1..LOL)
- Need to see more of Khalia. But i believe, they throw out an educated, sophisticated girl as one of the intruders not for going home very soon. Her edit reminds me of Lana, Sam's S2, who went far, despite coming on epis 9. If anything, i presume they would want to gauge Khalia as an Ette candidate, so she must be put in the F4 somehow.

Just my 2 cents.   .Look forward to the rest of the season! ...

on a second thought..after scrolling SC thread...i think there is an evidence that Rachael had an HTD..so she must get the F4 spot. Guess for me the F3/F4 is between Alex/Rachael then...

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I pretty much agree with everything you are saying.

The other thing that is swaying my opinion towards Nikki being F1, is that she has a "Get to Know" on the Channel 10 website and Olena doesn't. I am pretty sure Olena didn't have any background info mentioned about her before she stepped out of the limo either.

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I pretty much agree with everything you are saying.

The other thing that is swaying my opinion towards Nikki being F1, is that she has a "Get to Know" on the Channel 10 website and Olena doesn't. I am pretty sure Olena didn't have any background info mentioned about her before she stepped out of the limo either.

thanks Katie... .IMO i don't think there is "a grand rule" about the F1 Intro/highlight (on the official website, the episodes or clips). Matilda did get a fab intro (mind you,,it was shown first ), while Snez didn't get one. Not sure about Lauren, but IIRC Catherine got an ET/Extra (?) clip despite not being introduced on the premiere episode, while Whitney had hers in full glory as a fertility nurse . So yeah.. pretty sure i am firm in the Nikki F1 train....