Chris came in to this week guns blazin’, ready to break some hearts. Poor Megan needed a motorcycle helmet on her heart, Carly needed buckets of Pepto, and Britt needed to get her story straight. Arlington: hot or not?
Now that we’ve all invested 4 hours of our week in The Bachelor, let’s see where it leaves our teams.
Wildcard Points Winners: Britt nabbed the wildcard points in each episode—see below.
Episode 7 Points
- Becca: 0 points
- Britt: 70 points
- Being selected to go on a group date (10 points)
- Kissing Chris on the lips (10 points)
- Crying on camera (25 points)
- WILDCARD points for saying she really needed the one-on-one time (25 points)
- Carly: 45 points
- Being selected to go on a group date (10 points)
- Kissing Chris on the lips (10 points)
- Crying on camera (25 points)
- Jade: 50 points
- Being selected to go on a one-on-one date (20 points)
- Kissing Chris on the lips (10 points)
- Saying “I’m falling in love with Chris” to the camera (20 points)
- Kaitlyn: 125 points
- Being selected to go on a group date (10 point)
- Getting the rose on the group date (30 points)
- Making it to Hometown Dates (50 points)
- Kissing Chris on the lips (10 points)
- Crying on camera (25 points)
Megan: 25 points- Crying on camera (25 points)
- Whitney: 60 points
- Being selected to go on a one-on-one date (20 points)
- Kissing Chris on the lips (10 points)
- Saying “I’m falling in love with Chris” to the camera (20 points)
- Mentioning a deceased loved one (10 points)
Episode 8 Points
- Becca: 130 points
- Being selected to go on a one-on-one date (20 points)
- Kissing Chris on the lips (10 points)
- Making it to the Hometown Dates (50 points)
- Getting a rose to stay another week (25 points)
- Getting the rose to stay another week at the end of the episode (25 points)
Britt: 60 points- Crying on camera (25 points)
- Kissing Chris on the lips (10 points)
- WILDCARD points for telling Chris she could see herself in Iowa (25 points)
Carly: 25 points- Crying on camera (25 points)
Jade: 160 points(stat correction)- Crying on camera (25 points)
- Getting the rose to stay another week (25 points)
- Making it to the Hometown Dates (50 points)
- Kissing Chris on the lips (10 points)
- Having a body part blurred out any point (30 points)
- Saying “I’m falling for you” to Chris (20 points)
- Kaitlyn: 40 points
- Kissing Chris on the lips (10 points)
- Singing for Chris (5 points)
- Getting the rose to stay another week at the end of the episode (25 points)
- Whitney: 165 points
- Getting the rose to stay another week (25 points)
- Making it to the Hometown Dates (50 points)
- Kissing Chris on the lips (10 points)
- Mentioning a deceased loved one (10 points)
- Crying on camera (25 points)
- Saying “I’m falling for you” to Chris (20 points)
- Getting the rose to stay another week at the end of the episode (25 points)
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Kaitlyn made it to hometown dates
She received her 50 pts in episode 7.
Yep, as CrazeMary pointed out, we awarded her those points in Episode 7, when she got the group date rose!
Poor Becca… Zero points :( Maybe she’s too nice or level-headed for the Bachelor :(
Can someone confirm my math for the last three remaining ladies?
Becca: 380
Kaitlyn: 455
Whitney: 485
I couldn’t believe the zero points thing either—I’m not sure that has ever happened on the Bachelor to a contestant where she wasn’t also kicked off. She would’ve earned points had they done the rose ceremony in Episode 7.
As for the math, do you mean the combined totals of the three remaining ladies from Episode 7 and Episode 8? If so, I have
Becca: 200
Kaitlyn: 165
Whitney: 225
Oh, sorry… I mean for the whole season. My husband still has Kaitlyn/Becca and I have Kaitlyn/Whitney.
I have the same points for Becca and Kaitlyn, but I have Whitney at 490 for her season total. I know Whitney had her stats corrected a couple times this season, which is where those 5 points might have been missed!
Jade said she was falling for Chris in episode 8 as well but didn’t get points for that.
Great catch; updating now! Thank you!
In Episode 8 didn’t Whitney tell Chris that she loves him, not just that she was falling for him?
Hmm, we only heard “falling in love” — when do you think she told him, “I love you”? Do you remember the specific scene? Because she did say something about her family to him, how “they’ll love you” and it sounded a LOT like “I love you.” I had to rewind and listen again!
I thought it was when she was telling him about the wine she bought to share with her future husband but I could definitely be wrong. I mostly remember it from the commercials, and Lord knows they edit those things to look way more dramatic than the actual show.
I r-ewatched that scene with the wine and Whitney says “I have absolutely fallen in love with you.” I think that counts, so I’m going to award those points in my league! I’m in last place and I have Whitney, so I’m really grasping at straws here ;)
I re-watched and heard the same
That’s what I heard too, Bethany!
Oh, I think we’re just getting confused with semantics! We counted Whitney saying THAT as earning the “falling in love with you” points category (20 points). We only reward the 30 points for saying those three little words: “I love you.”
Does Megan get points for leaving on her own in episode 7?
Nah, she didn’t really leave on her own! He confirmed that he didn’t really want her there (in nicer words) and escorted her out.
Great job ladies – so nice to have you guys doing it instead of me :) Question – our league all thought Megan eliminated herself…she asked Chris if he was into her, he said not really, so she said ‘okay i am going to go then’…thoughts?
Also – have you ever thought about having some ‘bonus questions’ – like if you guess the number of times Chris cries in the next episode you get 75 or a 100 points. It’s a way for those in the bottom of the rankings to get a boost and still be in the game? Our league has done that in the past and its been fun for those trailing in the numbers to have a chance to regain some ground.
Hi April! It’s a good question about Megan, because it’s not completely black-and-white. I think she had a similar exit to Britt—both ladies knew they were probably getting eliminated, so they asked Chris how he felt about their relationships, and then he gently told them he wasn’t into it and escorted them out. In the past, we’ve doled out points for “leaving the show on their accord” when a contestant approaches the Bachelor/ette with his or her bags packed and announces they’ll be leaving. It seemed like both Megan and Britt would definitely have stayed if Chris asked them to. I took Megan’s “Okay, I’m going to go then” as ending the conversation, like understanding that she had essentially just been eliminated.
Of course, if your whole league disagrees, feel free to award those points to Megan in your league!
And I like the idea of the bonus questions a whole lot. Would you be able to email us at [email protected] with the details on that? It seems like it might be a fun bonus to incorporate into next season.
Hey, now that the fantasy suites are coming up- why does a girl get NEGATIVE points if she turns down the fantasy suite? C’mon, we all know that any girl who turns down the fantasy suite with Chris is probably the sanest of the bunch. Also, any girl who turns it down is flexing some serious girl-power control over the situation. Why would a girl be penalized for asserting herself and for not caving to the pressure of the TV formula/Chris?
While I TOTALLY agree that turning down the Fantasy Suite is definitely the most sane move, you don’t typically get awarded points for doing anything sane on this show. There are points for crying, being blurred out for nudity, being drunk, etc. So I think negative points makes sense in Bachelor-land! But you’d get some definite real life points in my book for turning it down! Haha
Hey Lisa! Fair point and we’re happy to discuss! A bit of background first: this category isn’t coming from an intentionally gendered place—we first made up the rule during Desiree’s season, when we played with just our friends before starting this blog. So it does apply to both men and women who turn down the Fantasy Suite invitation. We definitely didn’t intend to reverse slut-shame, either. We thought of it more as, “This contestant is presented with an opportunity to majorly advance in the competition and he/she turns it down? Negative points!”
That being said, I do see how there might be icky implications with this category, and we will definitely re-examine to see if we bring it back next season. This is an evolving game, and we really appreciate you taking the time to comment.
Thanks so much!