Bachelor Australia - Season 4 - Richie Strahan - Episode Discussion - *Sleuthing - Spoilers* #2

I don't think the shot of the gold shoe in the preview really matters all that much, since both girls will be getting out of the limo before meeting him at the FRC. The shoe could very easily be the F2, I think they just included that shot to get people speculating.

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Dirty Street Pie wrote:A red dress would clash really badly with a blue suit, not a good sign for Nikki either...

Isn't the flower in his coat pocket red?

Ohh, didn't notice that! That could work!

Yes! Can't tell if it's red or pinkish?!

Hanate wrote:did anyone catch any bracelets on right wrist???

Yep they both had one but Alex's was thicker!both had one on the left wrist

Need some s/caps to sleuth the bracelets on the wrists!

The s/cap with the bracelet and VO of "I love you" at the end of season preview maybe can be matched? (VO speculated to be Alex so far)

I will try to get some s/caps but if anyone can get s/caps and post in s/cap thread that will be so appreciated!

fangirlsamuri wrote:I don't see Olena to be rude or a princess in away - she's just being real IMO. However, when all there is to contrast her with is two girls falling head over heels in love, of course she'll come across a bit cold. And that whole thing about her being 'traditional' for me was BS. You don't have to be ethnic or traditional or culture-orientated to love and respect the decision of your parents, and if thats the way Olena is, then that's how she is! She didn't fall in love, Richie wasn't for her and thats that. Kudos to her for staying to true to herself.

She could easily have jumped on the love bandwagon if she was after publicity and ended up F1. She stayed through to herself and wasnt going to let a tv show or producer rush her. Just because she didnt fall for Richie does not make her rude or a bad person IMO. Given the record of the show, most of the ones that "fell" were wrong.

I wish Richie the best and hope he found a sustainable relationship just as I wish the ones who dont end up with his the same. All IMO

Olena: "Oh, look, we had a great relationship. We had a really fantastic relationship but I think after the home dates it made me question so much about things with Perth [where Richie lives] and . . . I knew the other girls had a lot of feelings for him and I knew that it was not fair. I didn't want to go in for the win, I really wanted to be honest to myself and to him, so he could find his true love. I knew it wasn't me."

No, I was just being myself. I wasn't going to lie to him about who I am, or that I like camping. I really enjoyed the mud, you know Tough Mudder? I enjoyed that. I wasn't going to lie to him about the person that I am and how I felt. I wanted him to know the real me, and then he could judge if I'm the girl for him, like I was judging if he's the guy for me

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I loved watching Olena this season.
This interview gives us her viewpoint.

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I give Olena credit for "being herself" but her attitude about it was so combative to me on the show with her date with Richie and if she really knew that he wasn't the one for her, then why not leave like Megan if he was not the one for her? Why get to the point of having to go on about where one lives etc when the issue is beyond all that imo, and if Richie lived in the same city I still think Olena would have similar reasons.

That said, I give credit that despite it all, they realized that they weren't compatible with each other and good thing they didn't waste any more time struggling through since they both said they didn't think it would last if they were together.

Good luck to Olena and I am sure she will do well in her future endeavors.

I can see where you are coming from 100%. She had made up her mind by that date that it definitely wasn't going to work no matter what he said.

I think the major turning point for Olena was her parent's opinions. I too come from a traditional, tight knit family. If my family disliked someone I brought home, and I wasn't head over heels in love, I wouldn't move for him either. I think she tried to find a way out. Plus I think she saw that Alex/Nikki were almost in love/in love with him so she didn't want to take their spot. However, she could have said it as entirely because of this that she wanted to end it. We don't know what happened.. she could have been straight forward with him. They will always try to show Richie in the best light IMO. But judging from what we saw, she could have handled it better.

Richie said in the episode that he would be willing to move to Sydney (same with Alex and Melbourne and if he chooses Alex and moves then he will prove this). Plus, Richie has said he would bend over backwards for the one, so the moving issue wasn't an issue and just an excuse for Olena, imo.

Not to mention, Richie was already working in NSW closer to where Olena lives so already showed that it's not so much about location. And that's what I think the FD revealed... that it wasn't about distance at the end of the day, they just weren't compatible and after the intrigue/physical attraction wore off IMO, what happened on the FD was evidence that like Richie said, there wasn't much more there and Olena agrees based on her interviews so I guess the one thing Richie and Olena didn't struggle with was not wanting to be with each other

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All along i thought Nikki would be F1 because of her flawless edit. I thought Alex's edit was to make people not like her that much to save Richie from backlash when he sends her home at F3 (i never thought she would go further than that).
If today's episode is exactly the same as last year, then Alex is F1. The order of dates last year (Snez, Lana, Sarah) and the order of roses at the rose ceremony (Lana, Snez).