The Bachelorette: Live Blog

Next week!

The competition heats up next week as the fifteen survivors of Week One take it to the next level.  It looks like massive heaps of drama ahead, which always makes for some good TV watchin'.  See you next Monday!

Exit interviews

Luke the oyster guy is hurting inside a little and he's heading back to the mud flats.  Chandler is bitterly disappointed that abs of steel defeated his duck call.  Fighting back the tears.

Greg gets all crazy and motivational  before he gets the Limo Ride of Shame.  He, um, he tears off his shirt and howls like a coyote.  Is this really happening?  Dear Lord, who let him on the show?

The Rose Ceremony continues

The personal trainer guy is going to snap.

Paul the swimmer from Alberta gets a rose.  His strategy works.

Fred gets a rose.

Twilley also gets a rose.  Only two left.

Jason looks very relieved to get a rose.  That's good, I like him.

And the final rose of the night goes to Bryan from Texas. 

OK, everybody with roses stand to one side.  Everybody else?  There's the door.

The Rose Ceremony

OK, here we go.  Jeremy, Richard, and Jesse have all received first impression roses so they're off the hook.

DeAnna thanks erverybody, and then prepares to break some hearts.  How can she keep track of all them, seriously? 

Ron gets the first rose.  He seems nice, but serious.

Graham also gets a rose.  He made a good impression, I think.

Eric the Greek gets a rose as well.

Next up, Robert the Chef gets a rose.   That's going to go to his head.

Sean!  American Ninja scores a rose.

Ryan gets a rose despite his gaff outside on the porch. 

Chris gets a rose, too.  He looks a bit like Greg Brady.

The deliberation room

Chris takes DeAnna away from the pack into the creepy Deliberation Room, where pictures of the suitors line the wall. 

Chris interviews her about her first impressions.  She liked Jason and seems to like Eric well enough.  She was not turned on by Brian's abs of steel but admits that Paul's pool stunt did get her attention. 

Now DeAnna must decide which fifteen guys stay for another week at Bachelorette Manor, and the ten guys that get chased off the grounds by the Bachelorette Dobermans. 

Figuratively speaking, of course.

Promo voice of DOOM

The promo voice asks us:  "Who will get a rose?  And whose dreams of love will be crushed FOREVER?"  Come on, promo voice, it's not that bad is it?  I'm sure some of these guys will rebound and find love some day.

Except Paul the pool diving Canadian.  He'll be crushed for life.

The third rose

Greg tells DeAnna that he has a lot of different levels - and three out of five of his levels are CRAZY.   He's going to have a breakdown right on this show, isn't he?

Brian gets edged out by Chandler on the couch but Brian's going down without a fight.  He busts out the secret weapon - the abs.  Paul from Alberta jumps in the freezing pool, then reveals his special monogrammed Speedos - yes, DeAnna's name is on his tush.  Again:  I'm not sure if women dig stuff like that...

Graham and DeAnna seem to be getting along.  He's a basketball player and entrepeneur from the South who is starting up a children's charity.  They seem to be hitting it off. 

Richard the science guy gets the third rose.  Geek power!

The second rose

Sean the mulleted martial artist kicks a lemon off of Jesse's head.  I'm no girl, but I don't think stuff like that goes over as well as guys think it does.

Jenny liked Jesse the snowboarder, Graham who was very well-spoken, and Jason the single dad and recommended those three to DeAnna.  Good call.

Jesse the guy with the crazy loud jacket gets that second Immunity Rose, so he's sticking around.

Call in some back up!

DeAnna brings Jenny, the other finalist from last year's The Bachelor.  Jenny's engaged and is sporting a huge rock.  She's helping to screen the applicants and is taking notes.  I don't know how they keep track of all these guys' names.

Richard seems sweet and a little goofy.  He offers her a Herkimer (sp?) diamond and makes a good impression with her.  Eric the old school Greek guy seems nice.

Jenny's asking questions like, "Would you win if you wrestled a bear?" and "Why are you wearing that jacket?"  Good questions.

OMG, Donato is tanked.  He's trying to get Jenny to sit on his lap, which is a non-starter.

More face time

Everyone stands in awe of Robert's culinary skills.  He whips up a Dungeness crab cocktail that looks awesome.

DeAnna gets some alone time with Luke, the oyster farmer from South Carolina, who teaches history and surfs.  I like him a lot better now.

Robert admits that he's not a master in the art of seduction, "but I'm working on my degree."  Jeesh.

Donato is confident... and maybe a little drunk.  I smell a wipeout coming.