‘ello ello! Welcome to what is sure to be another thrilling go-round of the original Bachelor Fantasy League. If this is your first time playing, read on for all the gory details below. If you could play BachFantasy in your sleep at this point, welcome back, my beautiful butterflies. We’ve missed you.
HOW OUR BACHELOR FANTASY LEAGUE WORKS
1) Gather your “Bachelor”-loving friends and coworkers, and choose a League Commissioner. The Commissioner is responsible for tallying league members’ points each week and sharing the standings with the league.
2) Choose how your league is going to run your draft (read more on that below) and submit your contestant picks to your league commissioner.
3) Watch “The Bachelor” every Monday night, beginning January 2 on ABC.
4) Visit this blog every Tuesday morning to see how each of your contestants scored. The league commissioner should add up the point totals for each team in order to figure out the weekly rankings. You can use our BachFantasy Scoring Template to keep track of your league members’ scores.
THE DRAFT
You have a few options when it comes to drafting your Bachelor fantasy league team of five contestants. Click here to read more about how to draft your team.
POINTS CATEGORIES
When picking contestants, you’re the team owner. So, go with your gut. The Crazies earn a lot of points (and they’re the very lifeblood of the show’s existence), but you’ll be most rewarded for picking contestants who go the distance.
Points are divided into Phrases, Actions, and Roses. We post a wildcard points category on Twitter every Monday before the episode airs, so be sure to follow us there for the latest info.
There will also be a mid-season draft after Episode 5 in which you’ll be able to add one player to your team if it’s no longer intact. Don’t worry about that for now; there will be more deets later. Onto the points!
Phrases
- Talking about her parents’ relationship (5 points)
- Mentioning her kid (5 points)
- Mentioning a deceased loved one (10 points)
- Mentioning a previous fiance or husband (10 points)
- Expressing fear of a date activity (10 points)
- Discussing her virginity (15 points)
- Saying “I’m not here to make friends” (20 points)
- Saying “I’m falling for/in love with you” to the Bachelor or “I’m falling for/in love with him” to the camera (20 points)
- Saying “I love you” to the Bachelor (30 points)
- Telling the Bachelor that someone in the house “is not here for the right reasons” (30 points)
- Being told “I love you” by the Bachelor (50 points)
Actions
- Interrupting someone’s one-on-one time (5 points)
- Bonus: using the phrase “steal [the Bachelor] away” during said interruption (5 points)
- Dancing (5 points)
- Wearing a helmet (5 points)
- Singing or playing an instrument (5 points)
- Hot tubbing (5 points)
- Giving the Bachelor a gift (5 points)
- Going on a picnic (5 points)
- Must be sitting on the ground
- Wearing a costume or clothing native to another culture/country (5 points)
- Attending a concert (10 points)
- Riding in a helicopter (10 points)
- Riding on a boat (10 points)
- Kissing the Bachelor on the lips (10 points)
- Being apart of the “team” who wins alone time with the Bachelor on a group date (15 points)
- Appearing visibly drunk (15 points)
- Meeting the Bachelor’s family and/or friends (15 points)
- Interrupting a rose ceremony to ask to speak with the Bachelor alone (20 points)
- Needing medical attention at any point (20 points)
- Crying on camera (25 points)
- Must actually see moisture fall. We’re sticklers on this.
- Having a secret boyfriend at home (25 points)
- Having a body part blurred out any point (30 points)
- Only for nudity; having your mouth blurred for profanity doesn’t count
- Leaving the show early on her own accord (30 points)
- Drafting the next Bachelorette on your team (40 points)
- Coming back to the show to beg for another chance (50 points)
Roses
- Getting the First Impression Rose (35 points, only available first night)
- Being selected to go on a group date (10 points)
- Being selected to go on a one-on-one date (20 points)
- Being selected to go on a two-on-one date (30 points)
- Getting the rose to stay another week (25 points)
- Getting the rose on a group date (35 points)
- Getting the rose on a two-on-one date (40 points)
- Making it to Hometown Dates (50 points)
- Accepting the Fantasy Suite (75 points)
- Refusing the Fantasy Suite when the Bachelor is game (-75 points)
- Proposing or being proposed to (85 points)
- Winning the Final Rose (100 points)
WILDCARD POINTS
Each week, we’ll announce the upcoming wildcard category for the week on Twitter (so follow us to see what it is). It will change weekly and is only awarded to one lady per episode. For example, one wildcard category might be: the first woman to jump in the pool this week gets 20 points.
SCORING
We’ll score each episode for you and post each contestant’s scores every Tuesday morning. Be sure to check back every Tuesday to see how your teams are stacking up against one another. We’ll also be posting an episode recap for those of you just can’t get enough Bach.
Will you be joining us this season? Let us know your league or individual team name in the comments. We love your puns.
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