Season six bachelor from ABCs "The Bachelor" Bryon Velvick and the woman he chose on the show, Mary Delgado have now split after five years of being together.
This makes Velvick not only the latest bachelor to end a relationship, but also adds him to the list of all other relationships that have failed from the show. In fact, he was the last one and now every relationship started on the show is reportedly over. Well, that is with the exception of the last bachelor, Jason Mesnick, who seems to still be dating the girl he left as runner-up after breaking off an engagement with the woman he actually chose.
"Rad and Bad Reality" hopes that at least one relationship in the future of "The Bachelor" will last at least forever, or maybe a couple will at least make it down the aisle. It is hard to really want to watch future seasons of the show knowing that no one has stayed together (except the guy who changed his mind). In the real world, it's a little harder to just decide who you want, even if you already told them you didn't want them, and then have them come right back. But, for lack of anything better to watch, and a love for reality TV, "Rad and Bad Reality" will watch next season anyway.
"Rad and Bad Reality" believes this is important because "The Bachelor" is one of the biggest reality TV shows and was actually one of the first, with the new season, which airs on Jan. 4, being the 14 season. A post like this mainly reflects the traditional news value of audience. The audience was absolutely shocked when Mesnick picked his runner-up and many viewers are always shocked to learn of a relationship ending. When the show is on, much discussion of the show can be heard by viewers in person and on the Internet. This show has a following of people who watch it every season and the audience plays a very crucial role in the show, including in news about couples breaking up after meeting on the show.
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"Generation Hot"
14 years ago
I know it is not "The Bachelor," but to be fair, isn't there a successful relationship from "The Bachelorette"? As far as I know, Trista and Ryan Sutter are still married and have a son. In no way does this indicate that reality show relationships work, but I thought it was worth a mention.
ReplyDeleteYup, they are still together. I almost mentioned it, but since it isn't "The Bachelor," I left it out. I don't know of any other couples from "The Bachelorette" that are still together, though. If Trista and Ryan ever go their seperate ways, then it may very well be the case that no one from "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette" have remained together (at least not yet). Oh, and they actually have two children now! A boy and a girl, I believe. They seem pretty happy together and I think it's fantastic that it worked out for them. Trista must have been the only one from both shows that picked correctly. :)
ReplyDeleteNo kidding. I didn't really believe that they were going to last with the whole reality courtship and reality wedding, although things look pretty good for them now. I do think they are the only people to actually have a successful relationship off these shows. They might actually be the only successful relationship from ANY reality dating show, but I would have to look into that. Good for them, although it's not a way I would recommend for finding a husband.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't recommend finding a husband that way either, but I am really glad it worked for them. I actually just saw them on a show the other day (something about psychics and celebrities) and they seem really happy. It is nice to see good things come out of shows where usually bad things happen!
ReplyDeleteConsidering Bailey's point about the "Bachelorette," it makes me wonder are women better at finding someone who would be in lasting relationship than men?
ReplyDeleteBuilding on Chris from Bailey. I think that could be the case could the woman be truly looking for love rather then just a person to show off.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Gabrielle. the bachelor seems much more superficial (not saying the bachelorette isn't), but the Bachelor does seem like the hunt for the ultimate trophy wife
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with all of you on the fact that maybe women are better at finding someone would be in a lasting relationship. I almost mentioned it, but tried to keep this one more newsy. But, I do have to think that maybe women are. Perhaps the women, like Gabrielle said, are truly looking for love rather than anything else. I hate to be sexiest or anything like that, but I also agree with Cameron and beleive that maybe the men aren't really looking for true love and maybe it is more superficial.
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