Bachelor New Zealand - Season 3 - Zac Franich - Episode Discussion - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

@Katiebelle  yes! He was too adorable

Oh... Claudia going to talk to Zac

She says in ITM she felt like in Zac's eye she may have gone down a bit... (I happen to agree)

Takes him photos and a beer... so definitely a strategy on her part (not in a bad way)

Claudia saying she executed her plan perfectly...

hmm... I guess she's doing what she can to chase the man

Problem is that she seems to be doing the chasing more than him... could be an F2 candidate if she makes it to F4. I struggle to see her as F1

RC

Dom tells the girls that Viarni wasn't feeling well and so wasn't at RC but received a rose

The music for different girls is very interesting...

It almost feels like this season may have a lot more slow burners than usual.

Rosie called first
Hannah
Claudia
Molly
Luce
Nina
Jess
Ally
... Sophie is going home. Girls (Claud and Ally) crying...

I love how Zac (and Art) says something positive and affirming and encouraging to each of the women when they are eliminated. It reminds me of how Georgia was as a lead for Bette Aussie - so empathetic and kind. It's nice to see that again in a male lead.

Preview for next week's episode!!

@Katiebelle you were spot on with sleuthing! Off to Bali?!

Interesting that Bel got the SD right before this. Seems planned almost.
Looks like Hannah gets SD per SCs? Zac talking about a spark...

OMG I knew it! Intruders. Bel's face!
Zac talking about intruder I think being absolutely beautiful...
This could throw a spanner in the works and intruders go far?
I really wish they wouldn't do the WR and Intruders...

Nevertheless it will be interesting to see what happens.
I have a feeling this may not be as cut and dry anymore...

Good point about Claudia @AllAboutlove Zac appears to very insightful and not the kind of person who would tolerate game playing, in fact, he seemed very attentive towards Lucia she is very athletic and I suspect a dark horse in that there is more depth to her than meets the eye. Claudia may well be F4. As you say Zac seems to be taking his time in getting to know the girls. Rosie is another one who may do well. Do they usually have intruders? and historically do they go far?

Lovely to read all your recaps.

Claudia - I'm surprised the first kiss happened to be with Claudia. I really like the girl, you can tell she is a very nice person, but I don't see it happen between the 2 of them. She definitely is more into him then him into her imo.
I felt a bit bad for her when she came to make up to him for the kiss "bragging" and brought all her photos with her. Did you see Rosie's reaction when she saw she was bringing all those pictures?

Lilly - I think he is really into her wild side, and her outdoor, sporty side. He likes that about her, but I don't really see a romantic connection between the two of them. I'm don't think she'll end up in the F4.

Bel - I first didn't see her as a potential F1 (or even finalist), but now I do. I really liked their SD. She seems to be a very guenine person. I like her more and more. And OMG her hair!!!! I thought she looked lovely in her flower print dress and the hat. I wish they had kissed when they were dancing in the grapes juice! I think the kiss will come later on. To me she will probably make it to F4, if not F1 or F2.

Molly - If the preview was not mentioning a kiss, I would never think a kiss would happen. I don't see chemistry at all between those 2.

Rosie - I do agree with something mentioned in a previous post that she might not be F4 due to her being out of reach. That is also my feeling. To me she is the catch, drop dead gorgeous, smart and everything, but the edits do not show her as a potential finalist imo. I wish there is gonna be a SD to see what could happen between the 2 of them. Also I have the feeling he is into blondes ... like really into blondes ...

Lucia - Really interesting to read your thoughts Karina about her. I ddidn't see it that way (like she might be a dark horse). I had the feeling that he was planning to send her home at the CP but because of their talk and how she had confidence issue and stuff, he felt bad for her and sent Sophie home instead (which we could see coming as well because their one on one time was not really productive imo). But who knows, she might make it far in the game.

Viarni - She made a really good impression at first and was edited very quickly as F1 imo but for the last 2 episodes I felt like she is not pictured the same. I thought her comment to Claudia about kissing a princess before finding his queen was really mean ... and her attitude during the last CP (the one she is supposed to be sick but still is sipping some alcohol) was average "Game on bitches" ... not a fan of that

Nina - totally agree with the previous post mentioning she was friend zone ... I just hope for her he will send her home quite soon, just because the longer she'll stay the most devastated she will be (she looks really sensitive imo)

I don't really see a GD curse, but what I see is that the show doesn't make it easy for the bachelor to have actual conversations with the girls. Like Molly said, he barely spoke to Sophie before, so therefore he was not really able to see if there could be something between the 2 of them. The one on one time he got to spend with the girls made it possible for him to have a pretty good idea about the chemistry with the girls.
Taylar had one on one time with him during a GD - got sent home because he kind of figured out that she was not a good fit for him.
Then he got 2 on one time with Katey and Lucia and same happened. Then with Sophie. Imo that only shows that the bachelor spends really little time with the girls. And remember there is only on SD a week ... not much.
So based on that, the Bachelor has only 2 options : send girls home based on their looks and his physical attraction to them (which probably happens during the first few episodes) or send girls home that he got to talk to during one on one time and figured there was no chemistry during the very little time he got to spend with them. what do you think?

@cocoHoney yes, you may well be correct I really wanted to get some discussion happening because I never seem to read it correctly. Thanks so much for your wonderful insights.  It is so great sharing as someone always will see something different.
I was going through their bios and other information out there and was surprised to find Lucias PinInterest and was blown away at the quotes she had chosen. Also, she is from a very sporty family and is very athletic herself. There is a lot they have in common but chances are she will go next week. I notice The Bachelor NZ FB, Twitter promoting Lilly a lot. I always thought that these 3 would be the final 3.

Thanks for posting your thoughts @cocoHoney and @Karina !