Author: Allie, Host of Reality Check Radio
Reality TV haters and lovers alike know one thing, Reality TV is not so….realistic. Yes, it’s true, in my everyday normal life I do not win a million dollars by staying on an island, traveling around the world or losing 100 pounds. Reality TV just means you are taking people and putting them in interesting situations and watching the results. The Bachelor is one of those shows; watching 20 women compete for the love and (or like or lust) of one single guy. Last night on my show, Reality Check Radio, people were up in arms over this long running dating show.
It all starts with Jason, a single father from Seattle, and this season’s bachelor. We watched over the summer as his heart got broken by Deanna, the bachelorette choosing Jesse over him at her finale. Fast forward a few months we Jason where Deanna left off choosing between two women; Melissa, the bubbly girl from Texas, and Molly, the more reserved girl from Michigan. Jason chose Melissa, or so the audience thought; there love and engagement lasted about 15 minutes in TV time until Jason announced on the after the rose special that he didn’t love Melissa and loved Molly instead. He then broke up with Melissa on TV and reconnected with Molly, again in a matter of minutes.
Long time fans of the show were outraged, vowing to never watch the show again, but I ask why. For entertainment value this was huge and ABC was beside themselves promoting it the first time in history this happening, with Jason making the rounds on all the TV talk shows to discuss the fact he simply chose one girl over the other. For you hopeless romantics out there, let’s face the facts. We have watched so many seasons of both The Bachelor and The Bachelorette and only one couple has been married and one or two others still in their on-again off-again relationships. If you really want to find true love, don’t go on a reality show ; if you want to watch fun Reality TV then watch dating reality shows.
One last thing, Jason has a 3 year old son who has been featured a lot this season. He is not the only person on a dating reality show to have a child and put them on TV. My point is this, Jason signed up to be on a reality show where he got to date 20 women at the same time, his son did not. The question remains, will I continue to watch The Bachelor and the answer is of course, as long as the show continues to be entertaining. However, I am not expecting the fairy tale happy ending where the guy and girl go off and get married. After all, this is reality television.
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