TASH TALK is the column from Busselton-Dunsborough Mail journalist Tasha Campbell. Tasha is a perfectionist, optimist and Paris obsessionist (pretty sure she made that word up).
She loves nothing more than weekends, a chai latte or two and delving into a good book only to be devastated when the book comes to an end and she realises that luckily, life is still happily carrying on around her.
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I have a slightly embarrassing confession to make.
Wednesdays and Thursdays are currently my favourite days of the working week, not because our paper is out or because it’s pay day – but because it’s the night The Bachelor Australia airs.
Sad huh? My boyfriend seems to think so.
I was always a fan of the American version of The Bachelor so when I heard a second season of the Australian show was about to air you can imagine my excitement.
Network Ten’s scripted form of reality has me hooked. But, why, I ask myself?
Narrowing it down was quite simple really.
Let’s start with the fact that one rather tall, dark and handsome 31-year-old man with a voice as deep as the Pacific Ocean originally had 25 bachelorettes going a tad cray-cray over him: cue the catfights.
But there are three particular favourite cray-cray’s of mine currently in the house.
Not to name names or anything but let me just ask you this – what 28-year-old woman in their right mind keeps a colourful display of fluffy toys on her bed and wants to be married at Disneyland by a celebrant dressed up as Mickey Mouse?...
My second favourite fruit loop is a certain dog-lover who my demure boyfriend took one look at and referred to her as a “serial killer” after hearing her self-proclaimed nickname she told the bachelor to refer to her as.
My third favourite, who tries her very best to channel her inner Audrey Hepburn, is on a whole other level.
Cleaning a table at the cocktail party to avoid the bachelor at all costs in order to “leave a bit of mystery” – do you really think The Bachelor mansion, which appears on national television, would have one skerrick of dust on the table? No, no it would not.
I also find it really strange and somewhat unbelievable that some of these women claim to never have had a boyfriend before.
Mind you, this is what Anna Heinrich claimed and she ended up winning last season’s Bachelor.
However, I do sometimes find myself questioning whether Tim and Anna’s relationship is actually just one big ongoing PR stunt to attribute to the “success” of the show (I mean seriously, what two people’s skin is ever that flawless anyway?).
Despite making this somewhat embarrassing confession, I will continue tuning in every week purely based on the little bits of crazy most of the girls seem to possess.
Apart from the girl with the big smile – I like her.
Plus who wouldn't want to marry a guy who thinks that dating 25 women at the same time is socially acceptable anyway?
What do you think? Do you have a slightly embarrassing reality TV confession? Post your comments below.
