Bachelor Australia - Season 8 - Locky Gilbert - Episodes - Discussion - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

I think Locky is in Perth but not his own home. I am not sure why Osher has to say he is in lockdown in the Bach pad

Bobette wrote:

leavers wrote:

Enough wrote:

leavers wrote:Umm how are they in ‘lockdown’ when they clearly have a producer or cameraman in all their places (which suspiciously seem like airbnbs to me)???

This is as boring as I always thought it would be ... glad it’s only like two episodes

So  I am not the only one to think their homes are just too perfect, like a show flat

Absolutely! They all have the same flower arrangements as the mansion ... candles, fairy lights ... I feel like it’s all just a stunt, not real lockdown at all

Watching now - Bel, Nicole and Maddy are at their own family homes IMO, Juliette is probably at her own flat since it looks small and crappy and if she was faking a place I think she'd choose somewhere a bit fancier.  Several others look like Air B & Bs to me.

Oh and this is definitely NOT the Bach Pad kitchen (compare Helena's Bach Pad dinner date with Matt A, Sam Wood etc - can't be bothered digging out the screencaps but trust me, not the same place) so this must have been shot somewhere in Perth IMO.



But yeah @leavers I agree - this sucks as a format.  Two episodes will be more than enough.  

Quite a few are 100% Airbnbs IMO. The places are way too nice except Juliette's. They use fake houses for hometowns all the time so wouldn't be out of the ordinary. No one on these girls' salaries has floral arrangements like that at their houses and all of the stuff in the background doesn't look like real people's stuff.

I am confused about the filming also. Did they have a cameraman in each city?

Add Roxi to the list of girls filming in their own homes - neon sign matches:



Source: Tenplay



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Fair play to the girls who used Air B & Bs though - can't really blame them.

ETA: Just caught Juliette looking at the cameraman - this is no DIY cinematography.



Source: Tenplay

Wait I am currently watching it and my flatmates say that is the same kitchen he cooked in with Nicole...so he is at the Bach pad??

Vjeff wrote:Wait I am currently watching it and my flatmates say that is the same kitchen he cooked in with Nicole...so he is at the Bach pad??

It's definitely not the Bach Pad they used in previous years.  Interesting.  Might go back and revisit Nicole's date after I'm done watching this mess...

Yikes Roxi getting emotional again?! Even that dog looks miserable having to hang out with her. Such a shock she couldn't find someone outside The Bachelor .

I did love Bella's response to the social media question - she is coming off well. No matter how much her image is manipulated, girl know how to play the game.

@Vjeff What the hell?!  Please give your flatmate an honorary Sleuthing Star from me.



They must be using a different Bach Pad because this is not the one from previous seasons.



Source: Tenplay

When was this filmed then?  

When did we get that report of the girl filming in their onesie in the backyard?

This requires further investigation...

Bobette wrote:

Vjeff wrote:Wait I am currently watching it and my flatmates say that is the same kitchen he cooked in with Nicole...so he is at the Bach pad??

It's definitely not the Bach Pad they used in previous years.  Interesting.  Might go back and revisit Nicole's date after I'm done watching this mess...

I have a look and it does looks like the kitchen in the Bach Pad.
So they must have filmed the lockdown episodes quickly and then Locky went back to Perth

Nup - it's not the usual Bach Pad (I know the street address and there are real estate photos on the net - def not the same place)

To add to the intrigue, THIS is the exterior shot they showed before Locky's lockdown date with Izzy:



And THIS is the exterior shot they showed before Locky's date with Nicole - so it's definitely the same place, but where...  



Source: Tenplay

If it's in NSW and they filmed them before Locky went back to Perth, that was MONTHS before he was caught with that MAFS chick.

Need to find that post about the neighbour seeing someone (Roxi) in a onesie and see if that was in late March/early April.  BRB...

Onesie date was around 28 May.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8364245/Inside-Bachelor-Locky-Gilberts-chaotic-Zoom-dates.html?adobe_mc=TS%3D1599211565%7CMCAID%3D2F7111100515D55D-40000BE423B958BB

Well done @Enough you beat me to it.  

So... filming ends March 26 and everyone goes home including Locky to WA.  He gets caught with that MAFS chick April 29 and reportedly says he's not digging any of the girls and is only staying in contact with them to humour TPTB and fulfill his contract.  

He's then told he has to come back to film, has one last day out with the Survivor gang May 19, and returns to NSW and into this apparently new Bach Pad.  They then film Izzy's Spa date, the onesie date etc.  Then the girls return to NSW sometime late June. 

So he was in contact with the girls by phone etc for a MONTH before he hooked up with the MAFS girl.  If he was genuinely into Irena he would have known by then IMO, so this whole concept of bonding over the phone/Zoom is BS and F1 is a default, IMO.

FRC would have been mid-July at the latest.  You cannot convince me he went from "not into any of them might as well hook up with trashy MAFS girl" to "in love with two of them" in < six weeks (let alone "totally in love" with F1 immediately post-FRC   ).

So this year it is a different Bach pad. Not the massive one like last year