Here’s what we know:
1. She’s 26
2. She’s Greek
3. She’s from Georgia and likes to play the Southern Belle card
4. She is strong and independent and will tell you where to stick it
5. She’s been shunned and wants to prove to America that she’s not a complete basket case
Based on these facts, I would say that she would prefer someone that is tall, dark and handsome who has a good job and ready to be married…therefore, older than her. No time to waste on snow boarders and kung fu dojo owners. I predict the following:
Check 1: Eric
Pros: Originally from Greece who is 31 years old and a senior analyst
Cons: Works in Boston and might be too uptight
Check 2: Jason
Pros: Good looking 31-year-old account executive
Cons: Lives in Cleveland
Check 3: Richard
Pros: Looks the part and is a school teacher
Cons: In New York
Check 4: Jeremy
Pros: Real estate in TEXAS
Cons: Questionable eyebrows and looks just like Richard the teacher
It seems like DDAHnna is always in a red string bathing suit, so we should get a lot more bare chest from the men this season. Matty let us down in that area, but I’m sure the hot tub will be bubbling in future episodes.
I also predict that at least one dude tells her that Hotter than Crap Brad was a fool, A FOOL, for letting her walk out of his life. And she’ll give him a rose boutonniere. And I’ll roll my eyes.
One last thing: MAKE SURE YOU SET YOUR TIVO AND VCRs because mine was NOT set to record this morning. Thank goodness I’m a good little recaper and checked before leaving the house.
Let the countdown commence,
LLCR
ABC has blessed us in so many ways!!! Not only with “Brothers & Sisters” (and the best eye candy one show has to offer), but also with back to back Bachelor / Bachelorette seasons! Do you know what this means???? MORE LINCEE THAN EVER!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the previews last week they showed Deanna frolicking on the beach in several shots with a longer haired guy…I don’t think it’ll be the snowboarder but maybe fourth row, 1st picture guy?
Lincee: I haven’t seen the Hills finale recap? Sorry to sound like a nagging wife!
Ooohhh… I was thinking very similarly to this while I was looking at the bachelors! Here were my thoughts:
(1) Eric – front runner
(2) Graham – except, pro bball player? really?
(3) Jason
(4) Jeremy
(5) Patrick C – could be a total tool, but I sorta like his shaggy hair
(6) Paul – could be too dorky
And, Spero? Twilley? SERIOUSLY??
Can’t WAIT!
Can’t wait. We are greatly blessed with two seasons right in a row!
I have my Tivo set up for season pass on The Bachelor right now. Is there a different title I have to change it to? Is there a different time? Thanks!
#3 Addy, don’t forget, we had a bachelor that was a pro athelete before—Jesse Palmer!
Cleveland’s not that bad!!!
yep – you have to set your Tivo to the Bachelorette – I set mine last night when I noticed it didn’t carry over from the Bachelor.
Great tip #8, thanks!
DDahnna Pa (little a) ppas was on the radio in Atlanta on the top station this morning and while very vanilla the djs had all met her a couple of times doing promotions they all said that she was geniune and gorgeous in person. She also said that she never wanted a guy to have to feel the way she did after the way Brad made her feel. I’m with Lincee on her choices except Sean the Martial Arts Master I think he will go pretty far.
What’s up with 5 over, 3 down’s hair?
Chandler? Could he BE anymore absurdly named?
I vote Donato. South Carolina Boy? Georgia Girl?
Southern is as Southern does.
Donato and DeAHNNA sittin in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!
OPAH!
Apparently, Twilley is part of his name….Blaine is his real name. Blaine is the middle son of former Miami Dolphins’ Howard Twilley.
Looks like it is an interesting crew. Funny how so many look alike….was it posted, DD did say, “tall dark and handsome”. Not much like Brad the Cad…hmmmm
Check mark number one looks kinda like a young Hugh Jackman? Anybody think so?
De-YAWN-ahh. I think I will pass and just read the recaps. The recaps are better than the show!
I can’t decide whether to watch or not also…I think I will give it a chance and go from there…Hope she (and the he’s') make it interesting also!
Did anyone else see how ABC now has an official blogger? Excuse me? Why didn’t they choose Lincee?
http://blogs.abc.com/livefromla/bachelorette/index.html
OMG! #17 Andrea, you’re right!!!!….and it is a guy!!! There is no way he will even have close to the charm and wit as Lincee…Go Lincee!!!
What was ABC thinking?!?!?!
Just so you know – Lincee would probably go insane having to worry about what that mouse at Disney thinks, I personally love her unfiltered remarks. Also, poor David Campbell has to write about all ABC shows – can you imagine a worse fate then blogging about America’s Funniest Videos and According to Jim??? Anyway, Dave is way over his head if he thinks he can keep up with Lin.. (Here’s his bio)
David Campbell is a Seattle-area writer who has specialized in expounding at great length about forgotten old comic books on his blog, Dave’s Long Box and now is stoked – stoked, I tell you! – to be writing for ABC.com.
As a freelance writer, Dave has written radio and TV commercials, plays, comics, humorous essays, and other sundry nonsense. His work has been featured in Image Comics and at Family.com and Cracked.com. Dave graduated with a theater degree from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA where he learned Pig Latin and how to throw a boomerang. A former whitewater river guide, Dave enjoys the outdoors and can grow a pretty good beard, but is sadly going bald. Dave once saved some puppies from a burning building. True story.
Dave lives with his two kids, two dogs, and one wife on an island in Washington State.
An article in OK magazine has publicity photos and an interview with Chris Harrison in which he says The 5 to Watch are Jason, Ryan, Richard, Graham, and Ron. Lincee picked 2 of the same ones, so we’ll see…
I’m acquainted with one of the bachelors, whose job description *looks* great, but he was new to his field and was actually forced to quit his job to do the show. I’m just sayin’, don’t judge these guys by their bios, half of them could be unemployed (but hopefully with lots of potential!). Good job, ABC Intern, for coming up with good descriptions! I’ll just judge on LOOKS alone for now.:)
Did anyone notice that one guy (4th row, 4th column) looks just like The Bachelor Aaron Burge? Scary…
A friend of a friend is one of the bachelors (sounds kinda like made up and all, but it isn’t)…she knows nothing (they all wondered where he had disappeared to for so long)…so, I am most interested to see how this goes.
Bananie….aww, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the name Chandler! So cute!
Not so sure about this particular Chandler…but the name is super cute!
They sure are playing up the whole “Greek” thing aren’t they? That is a little silly considering it says she is from Greek ancestory on her fathers side and a mix of ethnicities on her mothers. My grandmother is from Greece (actually born & raised there) and it really never occurs to me to make a big deal of being “part Greek”. But nevertheless…pretty cool to have the dude from Greece on there too!
what is LLCR?
Top row – 3 in… Ian Ziering?
Hot tub, yay! I wonder if any of the guys will wear speedos. That would be the kind of thing that would be scary yet couldnt look away from, kind of like a train wreck.
I did read somewhere that Jenni Couric will be there the first night, to help DDAHnna.
Jenni Croft……
she sounds like she’s making excuses for her bf in this article:
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/bachelor-suitor-jenni-croft-reunited-with-ex-immediately-after-filming-6163.php
DYAWNA is lucky to do this because she is not all that but she did get done so wrong by such a commitment phobe. HTCBrad will be mentioned more than once no doubt. Just so happy for more of Lincee’s wit. woo hoo!
I watching the show and am in tears over Jason and his son Ty!!!! Too adorable. JASON…JASON…JASON!!!!
Please no martial arts guy…2 CHEESY
No snowboarder…showboating
The Brother…Nope
The blonde with all the hair product….HEEEEEECCCCCCKKKKKK NOOOOOOOO!!!!
Thanks for the pics and predicts…and for the reminder to set the tivo…what would we do without you? Here’s to another season of waiting to see what you have to say the next day…it’s the best part!
watching now… what is abc thinking? I can eliminate at least half of them IMMEDIATELY. Not cute, too cheesy, too dorky… the contestant pool must have been mighty shallow !!
OMG I am so glad I checked my email and saw the posts – I can’t believe I forgot the bachelorette was on. I just finished the season finale of Gossip Girl – so bummed it’s over for the summer. okay commercial break is over. Snowboarder, NO! Martial arts master, NO! A couple of them have rockin bods!
Boston, uptight?! Hey Lincee the Puritans are gone… they all died out!
We’re not uptight… look at Manny R, Tommy B, and the Amazing Mr. Paul P!
Anyway, I digress. For this series, only Richard has my vote.
Someone else mentioned knowing a prior bachelor, and I too knew one (I think it was in Jen’s season). I had worked with him and he was such a poser. I wouldn’t have dated him in a million years. Of course he never got past Night #1, unsurprisingly.
Does anyone else think D’s dress sucked ,tonight? It looked sloppy and “ill-fitting”, if I may. She is sooooo freaking boring and vanilla with a capital V. She sounds like a slightly more risque Laura Bush when she says things like “Awwww…my name was on that boys booty!!” I’m just not feeling it, and quite frankly, could do with a Matty/Shane-Monkey update or Hotter Than Crap Brad “where is he now” season. Chris Harrison (our beloved host) used ZERO terms of exaggeration (as in “the MOST exciting seaon, EVER) in the intro to D’s upcoming 6 week stint. Yawn. (except for your re-caps, Lincee)
Boring.
Could the ABC intern not find a seamstress to hem up her dress? She kept having to pick it up every time she took a step! It was WAY too long.
Does anyone else think she had a mic in her ear during the rose ceremony? her expressions seemed so weird and she looked like she was waiting for the intern to feed the name to her. I feel bad for Chandler – he was a cutie.
Blink, blink, blink. Deanna is lame. She’s too intense, and blinks WAY too much. These guys were a bunch of tools, too. I think I can count the decent guys on 1 hand, and some of them still have questions marks for the time being.
Quick question – did the guy who shaved his chest in the toolbag montage make the cut tonight? Were there multiple manscapers? I was a little distracted with the Stars laying an egg tonight. I was also a little distracted my the dress that was perhaps ill-fitting, but not necessarily in a bad way if you’re trying to get a bunch of guys to pay a lot of attention to you.
I think she is just this 26 year old girl who was presented with this opportunity. Maybe after the Bachelor, ABC kept calling and she said ok ok.. who knows. I think the gold dress she wore tonight was a lil remisiscent of her 2nd to official last meeting with Brad (even his tie matched her dress then) and maybe thats a subliminal way of ABC to stir up nostalgic feelings, who knows. But I dont think everyone should be so hard on her, if she was more “exciting” we wouldnt relate to her and the guys who mattered wouldnt be interested.
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems so much more dramatic (the pretend TV kind) with a bunch of guys vying for one girl’s affection. The background music seems so… fake. Speaking of, I’m not sure we’ll ever see the real Deanna. She seems so well-trained at this bachelorette stuff with all the “right” answers. Kind of let down. I’ll give it one more week, then I might have to save myself for Lincee.
The boyz sure were dissin old Brad, huh? Too funny. You know he’s hatin that! Getting dissed like 35 times in 2 hrs on national tv..ha! You could have played a drinking game for every time he got dissed and gotten quite a buzz.
Yeah, her dress could have been better. MASSIVE blinking too.
The awkward hugs as she was meeting them were painful. It was funny watching her have to smile and be nice to all the dorks. And how many of them were checking out her boobs?
Spero cracked me up! He looked kind of like a Clark Kent. And I thought the little oyster farmer was sweet…I was so sad for him when he didn’t get picked! Ron is hot! Graham is sexy too. Who was the guy crying in the previews? And did it seem like that Sean guy was maybe in some of the fantasy scenes? It seemed like it was someone with long hair. I’m hoping it’s not him!
This is my first time watching Bachelorette and I am loving it. It is way more fun watching guys compete…plus it reminds me of my bachelorette days! Plus some of those guys were so sweet, it makes me have hope for the whole world!! lol It’s way more fun than watching trashy girls compete, or watching insincere fake girls… (sorry guys!)
Go Lincee!
P.S. I liked her dress! (Although a train was a little impractical…)
I barely watched the last 15 mintues of the episode. I just kept wondering if the Canadian was going to have pants on at the rose ceremony. Maybe the intern threw them in the dryer for a few minutes?
Did anyone notice the big blonde guy (Patrick) looked just like the dad from the “Incredibles”? FREAKY! There were SO MANY cringe worthy moments on tonight’s show (mostly from the dudes)!!
#35 YES! Her dress was lame and didn’t do anything for her booty. It looked like something left over from a disco themed prom!
I agree w/ #42, DeAnna did look really awkward meeting the guys tonight! Awkward hug after another… Jason’s hometown is Cleveland, but he’s currently living in Kirkland, Wa.
That was so boring I read a magazine during it and only looked up every so often. I didn’t realize it was two hours and therefore only got the last hour, but I have a feeling I didn’t miss anything. And the guys were below average in my opinion. I think I might just read the recaps this time around.
the blinking! i can’t stand the blinking! someone get this girl some eyedrops.
i kind of liked the crazy jacket guy – only for the reason of keeping the show interesting. she won’t pick him. he reminded me of the guy on kate and leopold – kate’s brother, the goofy looking guy who was also in clueless. he cracks me up.
all the guys they showed looked like dark hair guys – the ones that she ends up with.
the swimsuit thing was kind of unbelievable/ridiculous but his body helped pull that one off.
karate chop lemon guy – psycho. the producers made her keep him – or it was an act of God.
the kazoo guy – bless his heart.
the pearl guy – double bless his heart.
the ab guy – gay.
the whole jenny thing – taking notes! she was cute and nice but the notebook thing kind of left me with a jim halpert face. and then i was trying to remember – were they even nice to eachother when they were fighting for brad?
and what happened to brad? i haven’t heard anything about him in a long time.
My vote is for Jason. I loved him!
Does anyone else see resemblance between Eric and Barry Manilow? Look at his smile.
I LOVE that the actor – Spero – got the boot. No repeat of the Shayne experience.
I forget who the bar manager is…..did he make it through the rose ceremony? I would think that alone would expel him (can we say HTC Brad all over again??)
I thought we were done with the “like” talk after the girls…….but I guess not. Argh!!
I think its Grahm…..he looks HOT with the scruff in the previews for the next several shows.
On a side note, my husband was in the same fraternity at SMU with Twilly and he can’t believe he is on the Bachelor! My hubby, who has absolutely always refused to watch the show with me, just happened to be in the kitchen when Twilly was introduced so of course he is now in until Twilly gets the boot.
Good question #25 MC. My middle name is Leigh. Last name is Ray. L.L. Ray. A girl deemed me LL Cool Ray one night a million years ago at a Pi Phi meeting and it stuck. I always sign my initials LLCR to see if anyone is paying attention, secretly hoping that they call me out and I am able to tell that story. Thanks for making my dreams come true.
I thought the oyster farmer was so sweet! I was a little sad she didn’t keep him at least through one rose ceremony…
I also thought that Deanna’s dress was a poor choice. She has such a gorgeous figure and it seemed to be too big and flowy for her. I don’t think she is as vanilla and boring as everyone else seems to think she is. I am looking forward to this much more than I did the Bachelor. I would think that most women would prefer this version of the show because all of us secretly wish we could be in that position with 25 guys trying to impress us and vying for our attention.
I can’t believe abc doesn’t have it up so we can rewatch the episode….I am stuck in the dinosaur age with only a vcr….no tivo or dvr thingies……I always rewatch the bachelor online several times the following week….bachelorrette is not up to watch! Frustrating…..
So glad she kept Jeremy-he’s the cutest….but several others grew on me last night. I like Graham, Jason & Richard too….we’ll see how it all turns out.
I have been waiting for a truly tall (Matty), dark (?at a loss?), and handsome (HTCB) bachelor for so long but only seem to get bits & pieces of what I want…..this bachette gives me a little more eye candy, so I’m in for the season!!!!
Lincee, can’t wait for your recap….goooooo LL Cool Ray!! Love it……
What was up with all of the tan suits last night? Did these men show up with nothing forcing the intern to run to JCPenney? Madness!
#55 Aggie Fan, it looks like the episode is up on abc.com now….
I am shocked no one has mentioned the blonde guy that hit on Jenny!!! That was TERRIBLE! Was he just totally drunk?? He looked like it. Did he get a rose? By the end they just all blended in together. I thought he did tho. The blonde guy?? Does anyone know?
How could she not pick the smoking hot black guy?????
Interesting that the guys are all driven with pretty good jobs…and the girls on the Bachelor are hot dog vendors and actresses. And slutty drug reps (Chelsea) – lol.
#58….Noooooo!!!! That guy that asked Jenni to ‘come sit on his lap’ did SOOOO NOT get a rose! What a loser…what was he thinking? Well, we know what he was thinking with!
And jenni still bugs the crap out of me. Blech.
Thank you Brittany! I missed the whole first hour (forgot somehow) so I didnt know them as well as I should have. SOOO glad she dissed him! I watched to see if Jenny mentioned it to her, but didnt see anything.
Agree – what up with not picking the hot black guy! He didn’t seem to interested anyway – but I would have liked to see him with his shirt off!
Do you really like Jason – isn’t he the daddy? Interesting how he is so proud to be a dad but didn’t bring it up? I am just saying – as a mom – I would probably let that out right away. I wonder if Jenni found out in her notebook questioning? But, he seems too pushy and competitive…he is like crazy Robin from Matty’s season.
I like Jeremy, too but I couldn’t help wondering if he was the straight-lawyer who used to blog on Bachelor back before Renzo.
I love Richard and his nerdyness. He is actually very handsome and shy – I like that.
I loved the Kansas City hair dude – who let out he was married before. He is too cute and I think he will be sincere and romantic.
So, no comment on the Boot Scoot Boogie segment and what about getting to have some guys come and live with her for a week? Personally, I like DeAnna and have from her season with HTCBrad (which by the way was mentioned way to often by our favorite host Chris). So, I think this will be a good Bachelorette! Maybe the most DRAMATIC ever!
I personally hope they do not continue to bring up Brad again and again…and yet again……I think someone said earlier about how there could have been a drinking game over how many times he was brought up last night- I mean Brad was- IS- hotter-than-crap…but give it a rest already….I’m just sayin’….:)
Patrick C was so hot. Why did she not keep him? They did not show him much at all, I just remember his long hair.
Jesse seriously, cmon. She might as well as kept Spero.
I was a little sad at the selection. Did ABC just go out searching for hot bodies not looking at their personalities or faces?
Am I the only one who is perplexed with Brian from Texas hair. It looks like he goes and gets it frosted.
I thought Richard (science teacher) was so cute! if I had a science teacher that hot when I was in high school, I probably would have paid a lot more attention in class!!
Also, I did notice that Brian called her DeeAnna in the strange opening, where all we saw was naked torsos, and not DeHaaana. But by the time he had gotten out of the limo to meet her he had fixed it. I was secretly hoping she would get to correct him.
by the way, does anyone know what Jason’s story is about the mother of his son? I jsut went back and watched and he doesn’t mention her. Just curious. I’m so nosey.
I, too, wondered about Jason’s kid’s mom. Seems like the son would have stayed with her and not Aunt So-and-So. Speculations… is she a crazy loon? Deceased, thus a tragic love story? What do we think (or know!). Richard and Jason are my favs. I personally don’t think the 36 year old KC divorcee is for her but a few of you disagree!
Has anyone read the ABC blog of last night? I’m just saying…Lincee is unparalleled in her recaps.
I thought some of you Lincee fans from the email days might enjoy this….I still have a folder of some Lincee’s old recap that we all used to forward- I guess I have just left them in there…
ANYWAY- # 67 was asking who Jen chose…
Here is the final recap of that season…
Written by our beloved LINCEE- (sent march of 05!!!!)
Subject: Do We Really Care?
What a waste of time. What a crock. Does ABC really think we didn’tknowwhat was going on? Have I really just poured seven weeks of my precioustime into a show that ended with, “I just want to be friends?” Am Iwatching Nick Jr? Am I watching the Disney Channel? Where is my copyofthe Babysitter’s Club? Didn’t I live this myself in tenth grade? DidJenreally pick the ugliest dress to wear on the show? Where are myBrush-Ups? These were the questions and thoughts that went through my head as Isuffered through yet ANOTHER terrible season finale of the Bachelorette.Luckily, I had my Mom and sister there with me to yell profanity andsnidecomments to the big screen. This is the point in which I usually insert my disclaimer. I’m notgoing todo that this time. Because I ENCOURAGE you to share my thoughts withanyonefrom ABC or anyone from the show that you may know. What in the world? So instead of a dumb recap that doesn’t mean ANYTHING anymore, I decidedtowrite a top 10 list of the “what the he!! moments” of the night: 1. Let the record show that my Mom stated from the very beginning thatshefelt Jen didn’t like any of the Bachelors. I don’t know what my Mom wastalking about. Jen showed all the signs of a woman ready to get engagedtothe man of her dreams…the turning of the head so the guy could notkissher lips, the constant grilling of her parents to see if she could bewitheither of the men, the fact that she thought JP was the “smart” choiceandJerry was “confusing” her, the look of sheer vomit while trying ondresses,the loss of breath as she tried on rings and the constant crying andhyperventilating. I don’t know why Mom would think she didn’t likeeitherof them! 2. Was it me? Or did JP’s lip move a little bit more during “After theRose” ceremony? And the hair? And the tan? He was looking NICE!!! 3. Jen’s Mom is so excited that JP bought her a vase…something thatdoesn’t die. Of course, little did she know that the ABC internpurchasedthat vase from the new African section of Target for only $5.99. Had tocutback after he gave his Princess a pair of diamond earrings. And whatdoesshe do to show Jerry that you should never give flowers as a giftbecausethey die? You put them in the “other” man’s vase. And ABC proceeds tothink this is TOTALLY AWESOME and cuts to the vase during the wholedinner.Classic. 4. I find it odd that Jerry doesn’t know what he does at the Gallery.$10his best friend or brother actually owns it and he had to have something”cool” to write down on the application. 5. I hate how Jerry uses the word “partner” instead of bride or wife.Justa pet peeve. 6. Whatever that JP would sell everything and move to Chicago. 7. Was it the zit that made Jen pick Jerry over JP? 8. I hate that ABC thinks we were “shocked” that she didn’t pick eitherguy. It was so evident (after making us believe that Jerry had waitedmonths to hear his answer) that she was going to say no. WE ARE NOTSTUPIDABC! And how funny that Jen believed that Jerry would “go with theplannedstory” that they BOTH felt that it would not be good. Jerry actedshocked.Trying to get “sympathy” from America. We don’t believe your lines Mr.Macho. We know you are just trying to kick-start your 15 minutes offame inhopes that you would be the next Bachelor after Kush’s brother. 9. Host Chris did a terrible job trying to act like he didn’t know whatwasgoing on. So much…that he sort of poked fun at the fact. And theplantedquestions in the audience were terrible as well. Blah. 10. It’s obvious that Jen either broke the contract or got caughtsmoochingwith someone else. The rumors were flying. We were forced to watch yetanother hour without “hearing” what Jen’s answer was…and were forcedtobelieve that Jerry had been waiting for months and months to get hisanswerlive. Give me a break. What a waste of time. What a waste. So that is it. Non-climatic. No sparks. No excitement. Terriblerecap.Not worth the words. But we do have something to look forward to…in four weeks, we will beexperiencing Jerry O’Connell’s brother. Should be interesting. They’vekicked up the “make-out” factor for ratings. We shall see. Thanks for everything. Sorry the finale sucked. We should start aletter-writing campaign to the ABC intern and producers. Nah… All about the shame, not the fame… Lincee
Final two…Jason and Graham
My mom thinks Jason and Jeremy
We both like Richard too but don’t think DD will for long.
So far, Graham is my personal favorite. So cute and nothing wrong with a thumb ring.
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