After hitting 5.9 million viewers during the fourth episode, the Bachelor has gone viral everywhere, including through these very walls. Many students have mixed feelings about the ending of the show, but some expected the intriguing ending from the beginning.
“I do think Kelsey should have won, I think that’s who Joey had the biggest connection with,” said senior Emma Pierce.
With the foreshadowing clip at the beginning of the first episode, many viewers were on the edge of their seats from the start of the season.
“I knew Kelsey would be the winner after her and Joey’s first one on one date, I think they are fit for each other and will actually end up getting married,” said junior Kerrigan Oss.
Although many think that Kelsey was the one for Joey and are so happy she ended up with the final rose, some viewers strongly disagree.
“I wanted Daisey to win, because I just think that she was a lot sweeter and cuter,” said senior Kenzie Ratcliff. “ I think that she and Joey had a stronger connection.”
During the live After The Final Rose Ceremony, the bachelorette for the next season was announced. Daisy ended up publicly declining their offer to be the next bachelorette. It was expected to be one of the final four girls, Maria Georgas. However, fans were shocked when it was revealed the next bachelorette would be Jenn Tran.
“I was sad that the next bachelorette wasn’t Maria or Daisy, but I follow Jen on social media and she honestly seems pretty fun,” said Pierce “I don’t think it will be as fun if Maria were to have done it, but I’ll watch it either way.”
One concern brought up by the media, is that there won’t be as many viewers of the show next season, since neither Daisy or Maria are the next bachelorette. Although many people continue watching the seasons, many fans also disagree with this process of finding the one.
“I don’t think that this process is worth it because a lot of the couples don’t even end up staying together.” said Ratcliff, “the main benefits of going on the show are to get famous.”
Even through different controversies and plot twists, this show still stands to be one of the most popular reality shows in the nation with record breaking numbers in views.
“This season was one of the best ones I’ve watched and I will definitely continue watching the upcoming seasons of both the bachelor and bachelorette,” said Oss.