Bachelor Winter Games - General Discussion - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

@ishkabaha great sleuthing!

@TheWrongReasons Nice job. She must have lasted a long time.

Oooh, wonder who's on a date?

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I've been seeing so many of the cast posting, liking or following in Instagram the last few days, I'm now wishing I'd kept track to figure out who's still left that could be on a date????

Just checked a few.  I don’t know if any posted vid that has since expired as I don’t follow any of them.
Posted - Ben, Lesley, Micheal
No posts - Ashley, Dean, Kevin (CA)

Perhaps others can extend the list 

Eric posted a photo yesterday

@ishkabaha, Great idea about watching the IG accounts.  Should we compile a list?  I can see last posts but don't know how to check who's been liking things (I only have it on laptop not mobile which I think limits what I can see...)

Anyway here's what I've pulled together so far:

AUSTRALIA
Courtney: https://www.instagram.com/courtneydober/ Last post Dec 1
Tiffany: https://www.instagram.com/tiffany_janes/?hl=en Last post Dec 2

NEW ZEALAND
Lily: https://www.instagram.com/liilymcmanus/?hl=en Last post Dec 3
Ally: https://www.instagram.com/allythompty/ Last post Nov 30

JAPAN
Yuki: https://www.instagram.com/poyo_ngy/ Last post Dec 14

CHINA
Zhuoyi/Qianlan: https://www.instagram.com/zuo__et/ Last post Dec 8

CANADA
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/kevin.c.wendt/?hl=en Last post Nov 27
Benoit: https://www.instagram.com/benoitbeausejour/ Last post Oct 3

USA
Ben: https://www.instagram.com/higgins.ben/?hl=en Last post Dec 3 BUT posted/deleted on Dec 13 (@AllAboutLove's SC)
Dean: https://www.instagram.com/deanie_babies/ Last post Dec 3
Ashley: https://www.instagram.com/ashley_iaconetti/?hl=en Last post Dec 1
Lesley: https://www.instagram.com/lesleyannemurphy/?hl=en Last post Dec 15
Claire: https://www.instagram.com/clarecrawley/?hl=en Last post Nov 26
Luke: https://www.instagram.com/luke__pell/?hl=en Last post Dec 3
Eric: https://www.instagram.com/ericbigger/?hl=en Last post Dec 15
Josiah: https://www.instagram.com/josiahdgraham/ Last post Dec 2
Jamey: https://www.instagram.com/jameykocan/?hl=en Last post Nov 6
Michael: https://www.instagram.com/michaelgarofola/?hl=en Last post Dec 14
Jasmine: https://www.instagram.com/jasminegoode_/?hl=en Last post Dec 14 Rumoured but I don't think she's on?
Two spoiler contestants from Arie's Season:

Girl 1:

Girl 2:

SWEDEN
Rebecca: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccamcherie/ Last post Dec 13
Stassy: https://www.instagram.com/stassy_yaramchuk/ Last post Dec 2

GERMANY/SWITZERLAND
Christian https://www.instagram.com/christian_rauch/?hl=en Last post Aug 6

UK
Laura: https://www.instagram.com/thelaurablair/ Last post Dec 14

FINLAND
Jenny: https://www.instagram.com/jennyaurajoella/?hl=en Last post Nov 23

I hope I got all those right - I'm a bit iffy on some of the USA contestants so feel free to copy/paste/add/change/delete anything I've got wrong and I'll edit in details for anyone I missed.

All "last post" dates are AU time - sorry if that throws anything off for anyone overseas (we are a few hours ahead of the rest of the world so it may show as the day before by your time!)

@Bobette as usual, great job! I will put a copy in the NO Discussion thread.

TY for all that work!

@Bobette  it's really helpful having all the names and accounts gathered together like you did!!  Well done!!

I'm really wondering what the format is going to be like.  We have 14 girls to 11 boys, so are some girls sent home early to even things out??  then what??  We have 13 International to 12 US, which is also not an even break down for competing as 'teams'.    

I've been watching the Instagram accounts for likes and follows, not all the time, but when I have a chance.  I can see that a lot of them are following at least one other person from the cast.  I've also been noticing many different cast liking posts enough to have me wondering if they are given their phones to use every once in a while.  However, in the past week, I haven't seen ANY activity AT ALL from only Dean, Luke, Courtney and Kevin for the men, and Ashley, Tiffany, Lily and Stassy for the girls.  It could just mean that they don't use IG that much or are careful not to do anything when they have their phone.  Some other cast  I haven't observed likes or follows, but I can see people in the cast in their following list and don't know when they followed them -- could be they were already following them prior to showing up, or early on.  For example, Ally and one of Arie's girls are only following one other cast member, while several other cast members have followed them.  Arie's girl with the private account, I suddenly noticed a follow by one of the other cast today, which I think would have had to be approved since it's private.  Then, there's Lesley, who has had posts practically every day since filming started and also likes mostly comments made on them so I'm assuming someone is/was handling her account while she's gone.  Ben made an instagram post that someone noticed a few days ago and it was soon deleted, and he made some twitter posts yesterday.  Are they still there or gone, when??  

Bottom line, I've decided the activity of likes and follows isn't conclusive in determing when folks leave, but if it was, there are only a few people left!! And I'm baffled as to who AshleyI could be coupled with....

@Bobette thanks for the compilation of IG accounts/activities - it's great!

I'm really curious about the format as well... I kind of hope Kevin and Clare are together as I like them both

Chris Harrison had a couple of stories on IG earlier this week showing him cleaning the car off because of all the snow. On one of them he commented about what he does for love.

I'm wondering if they don't have the comings and goings of contestants but instead all stay for the whole time and have the focus of the show as the athletic games with a little lovin' on the side. If they had people leave at rose ceremonies like BIP, I could see the international contestants going out first because of not being known.

I can also see them getting their phones during down time because the cast is pretty much known because of the public parade to start it. No need to hide the contestants.

Of course, I could be all wrong as well!

According to this, filming ends tomorrow.  And with cast/crew of 220, I'm sure it's been great for the economy of the area!!


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a few quick observations from my look at IG (it's not extensive as I just glanced at the recent follows):

For the guys, Ben, Dean, Luke, Kevin W. and Courtney seem to have not followed anyone new from the cast. I haven't seen any new IG stories from Luke or Kevin and I have no idea about the others as I don't follow them. I haven't looked at likes so can't comment on that (and Ben did have that one Generous Coffee pic posted and deleted as noted upthread, so who knows what's up with that).

For the girls, Ashley, Stassy, Lily and Tiffany are in the same no-new-follows situation. Ally follows Laura but I'm not sure if that's from before or after filming - she doesn't seem to be following anyone else in the cast yet.

So that seems to be 5 guys/5 girls who still may be filming.

All others in the cast have definitely followed someone new from the cast and/or had some sort of IG activity as noted by other sleuthers.

I'm not familar with the international girls so I'm not sure who would be compatible with each guy listed above ... I am extremely curious who Ashley is "with" though . I'm assuming not Ben or Dean so that leaves Luke, Kevin and Courtney. I guess no Kevin/Clare or Kevin/Lesley matches from this info. Watch him be with Ashley

Thanks to everyone tracking the likes & follows - all of that stuff is fascinating!  If as has been suggested, the ones not following others are still filming, that could make for some really interesting couples.  

I could see Lily with any of the guys listed - she is unique and nothing like the guys would have seen on their respective seasons, IMO.  She's hilarious, rough around the edges and is wise beyond her years.  Oh yeah, and HOT! (IMO).  I'm just going to leave these here for anyone interested in a Lily preview...



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Courtney I could see wanting to "make amends" for his time on AU Bachelorette.  The Lead was gaga about him but he just didn't seem that into her to the point where it made for very uncomfortable viewing.  He got a tonne of backlash for being a coldhearted azz, so I think he will want to show a romantic side.



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Meanwhile, I really really want to know who's in this house!  Especially if filming is almost over - whoever's in here must be a success story, I would think (hope!). Need to do some more research on Stassy etc to assess potential matches.

ishkabaha wrote:Oooh, wonder who's on a date?

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As for Ashley, Jared was filming Bachelor in Paradise AU recently, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if she went on this as "tit for tat".  Likewise, I think she would have hooked up with someone in an attempt to make Jared jealous.  Girl has issues, IMO.