Carlin Sterritt - First Date Guy - Bachelorette Australia - Angie Kent - Season 5 - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

mercieme wrote:

Just Looking wrote:Just wondering - why do people think that Carlin is F1.  Yes, they had an amazing kiss and obviously there’s chemistry, but it’s such early days.

First on the list, Sportsbet I have learnt the hard way sleuthing this series that that they are never wrong But also IMO, Carlin’s SM postings are classic F1 narratives. Do you think there is another contender for F1 based on what we know so far?

Bobette wrote:

Just Looking wrote:Just wondering - why do people think that Carlin is F1.  Yes, they had an amazing kiss and obviously there’s chemistry, but it’s such early days.

TAB and Sportsbet both have him at unbackable odds of 1.15 and 1.33 respectively and the bookies have never been wrong.  It's beyond doubt IMO.  I was hoping she may have done a post-show switch to another contestant during the 2 week delay but that now seems like a long shot.

Giving Carlin the first date, and then having to reshoot so many of her ITMs about their date says to alter what she originally said IMO is a strong indication that he was definitely not her first choice from the start and IMO she may have been more interested in Ciarran, who self-eliminates.

Bobette wrote: ...snipped

I'm also very interested to see who gets the next two SDs, since that will be an indication of who she initially had her eye on IMO. In the past the F1 has always had their first SD on ep 3 or ep 4, other than Stu who had his first SD as soon as he arrived.  

S1 Sam
F1 Sasha - Second single date (episode 3).  

S2 Georgia
F1 Lee - Second single date (episode 3).

S3 Sophie
F1 Stu - Intruder - had his first SD when he arrived (episode 7).

S4 Ali
F1 Taite - Third single date (episode 4).

Loulou wrote:Imo this year is unique with yellow rose. So producers mixing it up. 24hrs is a long time if u r not attracted to someone. Also that her brother recommended Carlin I think confirmed her decision. Imo Carlin being honest so early was a huge risk as Angie could have sent him home.  Not sure producers would have wanted him on first date due to that risk. Even with producer manipulation I think Angie’s face expression give a lot away.  

GuardianAngel wrote:

Vjeff wrote:Not sure if this has been posted
https://www.google.com/amp/s/au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/amphtml/second-bachelorette-contestant-revealed-to-be-married-052807888.html

Whoever is in charge of casting should get let go!

Anytime there is an ex girlfriend/boyfriend, or a girlfriend/boyfriend that was still in a relationship when the contestant left for filming, or in this season's case a wife, this brings other people in the mix and the tabloids hound them. They never asked for that.  Not only that, IMHO It's totally unfair to the lead.

Bobette wrote:I agree @GuardianAngel contestants should be legally single IMO.  Fair enough if separated people choose to date IRL because anyone interested in them can ask around, do some Googling, and get a full/more accurate picture of the situation.

Angie being locked down with no access to phone, friends or internet doesn't have that ability and TBH it almost feels like a breach of TPTB's duty of care to put her in the vulnerable position of only having the man's version of events to rely on IMO.

We have seen with Adam and Carlin that there can be very different reasons for why someone would still be married but still, IMO contestants should have to wait till divorces are final.  TPTB can always keep their applications on file till next season...

And yes the wives should be considered also IMO unless they want to speak out.  I doubt we will hear anything from Adam's wife but Carlin's is lining up to tell her side of the story IMO and I'll be very interested to hear what she has to say.

Bobette wrote:

Storybook wrote:On a recent Instagram post Carlin said 'married at 27, divorced at 30'. I interpret this to mean he is now divorced and has an ex-wife. Sadly sometimes marriages don't work out. Carlin said in his case they drifted apart.

If you are referring to this post, it's not recent, it's from March - before filming began.  His date with Angie when he told her he is still married was in June (reported here).  So his claim to be divorced in this IG post is misleading and factually incorrect IMO.



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stoneleigh wrote:The lead always goes back and films extra bits for all their ITMs every season (after filming has finished). It was easy to spot in Matt Agnew's season as one of the candles in the back right of screen was either lit or not lit even though he was wearing same clothes. He went through about 5 clothes changes spread out through the season with the dodgy candle...

I don't think it means anything different for Angie's season than it did in any other season. It's standard.