Bachelor Australia - Season 5 - Matty Johnson - Media Social Media - *Sleuthing Spoilers* #2

AllAboutLove wrote:

Bobette wrote:

AllAboutLove wrote:I am not sold that there was a SHV this past weekend going by SM acitivity where both Matty and Laura have been liking pics this weekend. 

Usually the lead/F1 aren't on their phones while on SHV and most often can't be if service is bad since they usually have SHV in more remote locations.

No, I don't think someone else is manning their phones to make it seem like they are active.

Perhaps since they both live in Sydney, they don't need to leave the city for a SHV?  It might actually arouse more suspicion if they both disappeared?  Maybe they're just meeting up in someone's basement.  That would be cheap, too

Georgia and Lee both lived in Melbourne and all their planned SHVs were outside of Melbourne. I suspect the same for Matty and his F1, that all planned SHVs would be outside Sydney and a bit more remote. Then again, with Ten's money issues, someone's basement may be just the thing for a SHV!

It's not about the location though that I don't think SHV this weekend. It's more the SM activity which is something noted for past leads/F1s that during SHVs they are usually not active on SM. Sure Matty and his F1 could be together spending time on their phones scrolling through pics and liking them instead of spending those few days they have together out of the weeks apart but to me that's not such a great sign if so

I agree, that's not my idea of a fun date either

There does seem to be a huge emphasis on SM this year though, with all the girl using their Bach photos as their avatars on their IG pages, posting of official professional photos, lots of commenting on each other's posts etc, product placement of sponsor's goods, tagging the stylist etc.  Maybe SM visibility is just something that ALL the girls had in their contracts this season - F1 to F22 inclusive.  And if Laura has to do it, maybe Matty is doing it in sympathy, or maybe he has a similar clause in his contract?

SugarAndSpice wrote:

AllAboutLove wrote:Awesome @Bobette!  The Bach pad definitely looks like a downgrade since last year and imo definitely due to Ten's financial problems.

I am now convinced, along with the fact that Ten is in financial voluntary administration that Matty probably got paid $20K and not $200K. I think someone put an extra "0" in that number mistakenly and it took legs and became a thing. No way imo that Ten, who has never paid its leads more than $50K (and even that amount was high for their leads) would be paying so much more when they can't afford to do so. 

I am also thinking that they nixed having intruders from the getgo of filming because no WR in the first ep makes me think no intruders was planned from the start to save money. Since whenever they had the White Rose they always have intruders. So they may have wanted to eliminate intruders to cut down on filming time and if any filming breaks were because they didn't have money. Yes, it makes more sense to keep filming to save money but if they didn't have any to pay for something (different location, etc) then I could see them having to put some things on hold. It also makes sense to me given that quite a few of the GDs seem to be in the backyard of the main mansion and/or in a field etc while past GDs usually were somewhere else. 

I don't expect Ten to admit to any of this really but the fact that they have been having financial issues speaks more loudly imo.

Still not as low budget as Sam Wood's season ...so many cheese platters on lawns! Poor ladies thought they might at least go somewhere exotic for FD.. oh Sydney for FRC.. yeah sure

Ah those cheese platters! So hilarious and true. His GDs were better though and not board games in the backyard   For FDs and FRC, I think SamW's extra $30K paycheck probably made the budget for FDs and FRC remain in Sydney though 

Seriously though, the real reason and which was noted back then by Ten for SamW's season being less money was because it was the First year that Australia had the Bachelorette AU first season show and so Ten had to fork out more money for two shows that year instead of one. 

With two shows, BachAU and Bette AU, and Ten budgeting for both it makes sense why SamW's season got less money for travel, etc, since most of it had to be budgeted for the new Bette show. Given that Sam Frost's season is still the highest overall rated season for all shows, including all 5 BachAU seasons thus far, (Matty's is currently ranking 3rd for BachAU seasons, with SamW and then Richie's being the highest rated for BachAU) it was a worthwhile investment/risk for Ten at the time for SamF's season given hers is the highest rated of all and since SamW's season still did well with less money being second highest rated of all and highest of Bach AU shows   

For Matty's season, hopefully it will do well in ratings against its competitors in the time-slot its in because that's what matters more than ratings compared to past seasons. I think it should be fine and hopefully the ratings go up and at least match Richie's season or close to it to ensure that ther's a BachAU S6 (I love my Bach/Bette Aussie shows so please watch the show those who are in Australia   )

Rikkim wrote:Not sure if this is of any interest but Matty has used an old pic on his instagram today, the same pic of him and his mum appears in this 23 July 2017 Sydney Morning Herald article.

http://amp.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/the-untold-story-behind-matty-js-search-for-love-on-the-bachelor-20170721-gxfsaj.html

OMG

Re: the above pic, DM is reporting that:

"... fans were quick to notice something peculiar about the photo, noting that someone had clearly been cropped out.
'I think the winner is cropped out on the left,' one wrote, another writing: 'I feel like you cropped out your girl.'
The thoughts were echoed by many more, with some assuming the identity of the cropped person to be widely rumoured winner, Laura Byrne."  

Oh yes, CLEARLY.  

anything for clicks by the DM   Still, the fact that DM has been pushing Laura for F1 makes me think that if Laura is F1 they are doing so because they can't post their actual evidence so they just pick and choose stuff that supports their insider knowledge. Same as what they did last year for Lee for F1. Same for what BachNZ media did for Viarni for F1. And on and on...


When it comes to Matty posting photos on his IG that are latergrams this is actually a VERY common thing that Matty has done since last year. In fact, I'd say it's rare for Matty to post a pic on his IG that took place the same day/time as when he posted it. So I don't think it means anything at all SHV-wise or F1-wise that Matty posted a latergram pic of him and his mum.

Publicity for Laura in DM I can understand because they have an obvious agenda but why on earth did she give an interview to Cosmo. It's like the producers aren't even trying to hide it - through edit or media...

AllAboutLove wrote:
Seriously though, the real reason and which was noted back then by Ten for SamW's season being less money was because it was the First year that Australia had the Bachelorette AU first season show and so Ten had to fork out more money for two shows that year instead of one. 

With two shows, BachAU and Bette AU, and Ten budgeting for both it makes sense why SamW's season got less money for travel, etc, since most of it had to be budgeted for the new Bette show. Given that Sam Frost's season is still the highest overall rated season for all shows, including all 5 BachAU seasons thus far, (Matty's is currently ranking 3rd for BachAU seasons, with SamW and then Richie's being the highest rated for BachAU) it was a worthwhile investment/risk for Ten at the time for SamF's season given hers is the highest rated of all and since SamW's season still did well with less money being second highest rated of all and highest of Bach AU shows   

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I have to say I LOVED the dates to WA in Tim's season as we stateside viewers got to see more of Australia! I think many of the contestants had never been to WA either.

@Bobette Thanks for posting the house pics! Have to say nothing special!

I also loved the dates that were in parts of Australia as I think the scenery there is gorgeous and prefer dates to be in Oz to the ones in Thailand and Bali which I find to be a bit lackluster. 

I loved final dates in South Africa for Blake's season (love Cape Town and the bushveld and safari) and New Zealand (it's a character on its own it is so stunningly picturesque) and Singapore I loved too (especially for a city it was simply gorgeous and has such a romantic sexy vibe at night).

Matty is back in Thailand this season for finale as Tim was first season so kind of been done already. That said, I prefer the connections shown rather than the location so hoping they show more of that 

Re the house...sure seems the architect has a thing against right angles.... Such unusually shaped rooms...with my OCD I think it would actually be distracting for me, .

Leah and Simone hanging out in Melbourne....seems they made up since they left the show.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4765122/The-Bachelor-s-Leah-flaunts-painful-scratch-arm.html

I think they're all probs fine with each other now and blame the "2/3 avocado rationings" for any issues while filming  

AllAboutLove wrote: anything for clicks by the DM   Still, the fact that DM has been pushing Laura for F1 makes me think that if Laura is F1 they are doing so because they can't post their actual evidence so they just pick and choose stuff that supports their insider knowledge. Same as what they did last year for Lee for F1. Same for what BachNZ media did for Viarni for F1. And on and on...


When it comes to Matty posting photos on his IG that are latergrams this is actually a VERY common thing that Matty has done since last year. In fact, I'd say it's rare for Matty to post a pic on his IG that took place the same day/time as when he posted it. So I don't think it means anything at all SHV-wise or F1-wise that Matty posted a latergram pic of him and his mum.

YES.  I completely agree, @AllAboutLove.  I expect that's one reason they poach info from here so often - they can avoid any lawsuits by saying they're "just reporting fan theories".