It’s that time again. Time for one man and 25 women to set their sights on 15 minutes of fame true love. For those keeping tabs, here is the full The Bachelor 11 cast list (name, age, occupation, location). This season’s bachelor is Brad Womack, a self-made millionaire from Austin, TX.
Brad starts off by telling his sad story of how he was born rich but then supposedly became dirt poor after the divorce. He discusses how he had a choice of either going to college or working in the oil ffields and eventually decided that college wasn’t for him. Now, he and his brothers own four bars/nightclubs. Despite all the money and success, he’s missing a soulmate. So the best way to get one is going on national television. And if it helps his business like what happened with Mike Boogie, even better. Apparently, everybody is calling Brad the sexiest Bachelor ever, or so we’re told repeatedly.
He says he wants somebody who couldn’t care less about his money. He’s got an identical twin brother, and they hint that they might consider putting the women through a test to see if they can tell the difference. He’s probably going to end up proposing at the end of the season. Brad does seem like a genuinely nice guy.
It’s time for the introductions. Sheena seems sweet. Jenni’s kind of… bubbly. Kim was concerned she might be taller than him. Sarah’s obnoxiously perky. Erin broke her face four months ago (huh?). DeAnna speaks to him in Greek. Like Brad, Solisa is also from Austin, TX. Brad’s informed he needs to send 10 of them home tonight. He must then hand out a first impression rose to the woman who he definitely wants to be safe.
DeAnna says she’s been trying to straighten out her southern accent since she feels like the countriest person there, but being from Texas, Brad doesn’t mind. She then tells a story about her mom, who was given 6 months to live after being diagnosed with cancer, but ended up living for another decade. Many women aren’t shy about butting in when Brad’s trying to talk to someone else. Jenni stands out in his mind because of her laugh, then adds to that by doing some dancing moves (she’s a cheerleader). Lindsey gives him a yellow rose and sings him a song (badly). Tauni just sticks her ass in his face. Juli (without an e) makes herself into a human pretzel. Melissa has way too much to drink and loses her boob, in conjunction with her dignity. Morgan has webbed toes. Mallory just puts on a bikini and hops in the pool.
Roses:
Jenni (first impression rose)
Jade
Bettina
McCarten
Hillary
DeAnna
Michelle
Sheena
Estefania (Stefi)
Erin
Solisa
Lindsey
Sarah
Mallory
Kristy
Sent home:
Jessica
Juli
Kim
Lori
Melissa
Morgan
Natalie
Rigina
Susan
Tauni
As with most first episodes like this, there’s so many people in the house that they have to make as much an effort as possible to not jump all over the place from random face to random face, and while we learned a few things, not a great deal happened, aside from 40% of the contestants being eliminated.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Bachelor 11 episode 2, which airs Monday at 10/9c on ABC