This year’s “The Bachelor” season is something completely different. Even on the first date, people jump out of a plane.
the essentials in brief
- This year’s “Bachelor” season starts with a test of courage.
- Already on the first date with David Jackson, people jump out of the plane.
- The distribution of roses is different this time than ever before.
The first date of the current “Bachelor” season starts with a test of courage. This is not initiated as usual with a letter, a video message or even an invitation from Bachelor David Jackson (32). Instead, four masked men wearing “skydiving” shirts come to the villa and pick up four women.
You could also see it as a test of courage, but the exciting part is yet to come. Tami (29) and Henriette (25) have a thirst for adventure. Angelina (28) and Leyla (26) are afraid of everything when they meet David in front of the plane.
He has been skydiving twice and is all the more enthusiastic: “It’s one of the coolest things you can do in your life!” Angelina is not very convinced when boarding: “I’ll start crying right away.”
But the peer pressure is stronger than the fear: everyone, together with a parachute instructor, falls from 4,000 meters into the depths. Although David’s flight guide has the most physical contact with the bachelor, the date is a hit for everyone thanks to the adrenaline kick. Well, except for Layla. She still complains in the air: “I hate you David.”
Then it’s time to calm down: the group has a drink on the beach. The highlight is the one-to-one conversation with Tami, in which she finally reveals her true name: “Attention, here it comes: Tamara.”
Afterwards Angelina is allowed to stay. She and David play “Mother Father Child” in the reptilian version. They bring baby turtles to the sea to release them into the wild. “It was really a special experience,” David said afterwards.
The first single date goes without words
Chiara (26) gets the first single date. But first she has to meet a trainer who will teach her the choreography for a “flirty couple dance”. Only in the second step does she meet David.
Without having spoken a word to each other, the two dance the choreography together in a sea of lights on a jetty. Body language instead of blah blah, the unusual date inspires both.
“It felt so right. It was really a hit,” David says happily afterwards. “It’s a whole different level of intimacy,” says Chiara.
The conversations afterwards are deeper than usual, it’s about questions like “What is love?”.
Chiara impresses the bachelor with her remarks: “Often I just wanted to listen to her and had aha moments. […] I find that kind of thing attractive, really attractive.”
But first, other women are listened to again. The next group date goes to: Manina (30), Saskia (29), Pamela (25), Jana (27), Alyssa (36), Coleen (27) and Fiona (29). You can go for a spin with the bachelor.
They all drive through Mexico in a VW bus like a high-spirited community to a beach bar. There it comes to more or less involuntary speed dating.
Everyday racism on a group date
Saskia shoots herself with one of her sayings: Alluding to David’s skin color, she says in front of the group that she would like “you as chocolate”. A no-go for David: “I couldn’t laugh about it.”
The situation is also discussed again during the night of the roses. David explains: “It triggers something in me, whether I want it or not, regardless of how you mean it…” Saskia apologizes and thanks for the explanation, because as a white person she has not had such experiences.
The distribution of roses is different this time than ever before: David asks the women who didn’t get a date this week and are therefore trembling the most to gather.
Then he gives all seven their roses ahead of time and raises the glass to them: “Thank you for your patience!”. That’s never happened before. “What a hammer man,” the ladies agree after this gesture.
In the end, two who had their chance have to go: Pamela (25) and vanilla Saskia. Whereby David makes it clear that the expulsion has nothing to do with Saskia’s statement. He just noticed that they don’t fit together.
By the way, there was also a voluntary departure: Danielle (28) left the show in a hurry before the night of the roses.