ABC Kicks Off the Season of The Bachelor With an Interactive Contest

In conjunction with the premiere of “The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love,” ABC.com will launch an all-new interactive Rose Ceremony Game enabling fans of the show to put their matchmaking skills to the test. Viewers can go online each week and make their picks of which bachelorettes will receive a rose from bachelor Jake Pavelka.

Players will earn points for their correct picks and by correctly answering trivia questions about the previous week’s episode. Bonus points will also be awarded to players who correctly predict which bachelorette will get the first rose of the evening, and also if they correctly predict the order in which the roses are handed out.

At the end of the season, the player with highest score will win a grand prize vacation getaway for two to the luxurious Jalousie Plantation on the island of St. Lucia. Additionally, each week’s top scorer will receive a special “Bachelor” gift bag. For rules and more details regarding game play and prizes, go to www.abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelor/rose-ceremony-game-rules. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited.

Fans of the series will also be able to watch episodes of “The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love” with special expert commentary on ABC.com the day after their broadcast premiere. The premiere episode will feature special commentary from Jillian Harris, star of the most recent season of “The Bachelorette,” and her fianc, Ed Swiderski. Series host Chris Harrison will provide expert commentary for the second episode of the season. ABC.com’s new expert commentary feature allows viewers of the site’s Full Episode Player an opportunity to experience insights from the stars of ABC’s series and specials, as well as producers, writers, directors, production and costume designers, music supervisors and network executives, among others.

The site also offers a photo gallery featuring details on this season’s 25 bachelorettes, as well as a variety of short-form clips related to the series.

(courtesy of ABC)

Jillian Harris is the New Bachelorette

Jillian Harris, the intelligent, independent, passionate woman who fell just short of her goal — hoping that Jason Mesnick could be her best friend, soul mate and future husband on the just completed hit season of “The Bachelor” — will have her own opportunity to find true love, as the fifth edition of the female version of the ABC’s popular romance reality series premieres MONDAY, MAY 18 (9:02-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

An instant fan favorite on the last edition of “The Bachelor,” Jillian, 29, immediately charmed America with her irrepressible humor and emotional honesty. She currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia and works as a restaurant interior designer, successfully supervising projects in both Canada and the U.S. Vivacious and energetic, She always lives life to the fullest, but she is ready to settle down with her soulmate and is confident that she can find the love of her life on “The Bachelorette.” Jillian, who has enjoyed being part of a tight knit family, is an only child and is excited at the thought of starting her own family.

 

Anna DePappas Dumps the Snowboarder

They Bachelorette Anna DePappas made the wrong choice when she chose snowboarder Jesse Csincsak
after getting dumped not once, but twice by Brad Womack, and they must have been right. The Bachelorette and the boarder have gone their separate ways.

According to In Touch magazine: “…after the show was over and we settled in to our normal lives, I slowly came to realize that we are two totally different people and it wasn’t going to work out.” Anna will be donating her engagement ring to charity.

TV Land orders a Show Where Cougars Can Track Down Their Younger Prey

Well, the first person I would like to see on the show is Star Jones, whose “friendly pairing” with Dwyane Wade has been giving me slight stomach cramps all week. But I don’t think that is going to happen.

Nostalgia network TV Land, whose reality show niche seems to be geared to the over 40 crowd, has just ordered a show that sounds like a cross between The Bachelor and Age of Love for women. The show, which was developed by High School Reunion’sMike Fleiss , will have an older woman looking for love from a younger man.

According to the press release:

“TV Land announced today the pickup of a new elimination dating series, Untitled Cougar Project, where eligible young men vie for the attention of a sexy and accomplished mature woman (the Cougar). Through a series of creative and romantic challenges, the men will be eliminated weekly — all at the discretion of the Cougar. The network will produce one-hour episodes slated to air in early 2009. Casting for participants has begun nationwide.”

If you think you have what it takes to snare a younger man, or if you are a young man looking for a cougar to tame, click here to apply at the casting site for Cougars.

Maybe we’ll see Mariah Carey on the celebrity version, after she’s done with new hubby Nick Cannon. Hell, she’ll be 40 very soon.

The Bachelorette Will Be Returning

The Bachelorette will be returning to ABC on March 17th. At this point, we have no information on who the bachelorette is going to be, but hopefully it won’t be someone who will dump the man she chooses on national television, like a Bachelor who shall remain nameless…

The Bachelor Season 12!

Yes, it’s that time again for the Bachelor casting call. All of you hot, single, *eligible men and women please send me your contact info if you’re interested in interviewing. We’re flying in the finalists (both men and women, because we’re casting both The Bachleor and Bachelorette) to LA late November.

* “Eligible” means that you’re at least 21, single, have the ability to leave your job for up to 30 days and make  good-ass TV! It means you’re so hot that you could stand there and say nothing and still be captivating, or you’ve got the charm, wit and sense of humor of a stand-up comedian.”

Please email Casting Director, Shannon McIntosh, for application information at: shannon@kasstinginc.com

Baby Boy for Bachelorette’s Trista and Ryan

Trista Sutter of ABC’s The Bachelorette, and husband Ryan became the proud parents of a baby boy on July 26th. Trista and Ryan met on The Bachelorette and were married on television in 2003. For more information on the birth of little Maxwell Alston click Here.