A lot has been said about how contestants on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette “reality tv” shows on ABC have to sign a contract, but very few people have been able to actually read the “shocking” contract themselves. Now you can. Reality Steve has talked at great length about the crazy contract, and how the heavy editing causes some contestants to be given “bad edits”, where they are made out to be and are treated like villains on and off the show.

Rozlyn Papa got a very bad edit during her stint on The Bachelor with Jake Pavelka “On The Wings of Love”, where claims were made that she and a producer had a shocking sexual affair or “inappropriate relationship”. Didn’t happen. What may be good for boosting ratings and viewership for the show hasn’t been good for Rozlyn’s reputation.

Reality Steve, Steve Carbone of Dallas, has done everything he could to dispel the lies and innuendo perpetrated against Rozlyn, including a two-hour interview with her, but a lot of people still choose to believe what they saw on TV was reality. Not so fast.

Frankenbiting

What is frankenbiting? Remember Wes Hayden from Jillian Harris’ season on The Bachelorette? Wes was the chosen villain during that season, with bad edits via “frankenbiting” editing practices that made it appear as though Wes had a girlfriend while “dating” Jillian. Frankenbiting is a controversial editing practice where editors combine bits and pieces of various soundbites to create new but purportedly representative quotes.

Time Magazine refers to frankenbiting as the splicing/dicing and editing of dialogue and action in reality TV shows to create interesting and completely false stories. It’s called “drama”. Ratings. Frankenbiting happens on reality tv a lot more than most viewers realize. In a post-show interview with KHFI-FM’s “Bobby Bones Show” radio program in Austin, TX, Wes explained how taking words out of context via frankenbiting on The Bachlorette (including his exit interview) made him look like a cheating dog:

“That is a bold-faced lie, I did not have a girlfriend,” Wes said. “I had a girlfriend last summer. She’s still a very good friend of mine, I mean every now and again we’ll go out and to lunch or something like that. I mean, I did some work for her mom, I’m good friends with her family.”

Regarding his exit interview, where it appeared that Wes admitted to having a girlfriend, he says:

“They [didn't] play what I say after that. I said, ‘I’m the only guy in Bachelorette history to make it to the final four with a girlfriend’ [and then] I said ‘Get real dude, if I had a girlfriend, I’d be home with her right now and I wouldn’t be putting up with this,’” Wes told the radio station. “They said stuff like that all the way through, all the way through like that. They can take whatever they want and just play what they want.”

Bachelor and Bachelorette Contract Controversy

Now, about the Bachelor/Bachelorette contract that contestants have to sign to participate on the show. Contestants that sign the legal contract to be on either The Bachlelor or The Bachlorette are setting themselves up for bad edits and frankenbiting. Question is, Who will be the chosen villain for Ali Fedowtowsky’s season on The Bachelorette?

Excerpts of the 22-page Bachelor/Bachelorette contract that contestants sign, Part 1 under DISCLOSURES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

“If I am selected to be a Participant in the Series, I understand that my actions, voice, and statements during the pre-production period and on the Location during production will be filmed and recorded for the Series on and up to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week basis, including, without limitation, by means of hidden cameras and microphones and I hereby consent to such videotaping, filming, or recording and knowingly and voluntarily waive any privacy rights I may have, regardless of whether I am aware that recording of my actions and conversations is taking place.”

With all the hidden cameras and microphones used on The Bachelor and Bachelorette, why is there NO video or audio of Rozlyn Papa’s “inappropriate relationship” or sex scandal with the producer? Huh ABC? Huh Chris Harrison?

Under “KNOWLEDGE OF SHOW” excerpt:

“I agree that before, during and after the Dates, I will appear in the Series to be interviewed and make observations concerning my experiences on the Dates and thoughts related thereto. I understand that the Series is an unscripted and/or reality series that may involve the element of surprise. I have been informed and understand that I should be prepared for anything, at any time during the production of the Series and that the Series may involve “twists” and that that Producer may make misrepresentations intentionally or unintentionally concerning the Series and/or any element or aspect of the Series. Said misrepresentations may be made by, without limitation, Producer, Host, other Series Participants, Producer’s affiliates and/or other parties connected to the show.

Knowledge of Potential Embarrassment and Surprises: I acknowledge that interviews on or in connection with the Series may consist of another Participant and/or my statements about other Participants, personal relationships and, perhaps, the opinions and statements of my family and/or friends and other people connected with the Series, and that some of these statements and/or statements by the host of the Series, Producer or Producer’s employees or agents or others may be considered surprising, humiliating, embarrassing, derogatory, defamatory, or otherwise offensive or injurious to me, the viewing audience, Producer or Producer’s employees or agents and/or other third parties.”

AstroChicks.com has Part 1 of the 22-page contract that contestants sign here for those interested in the entire first page of the contract excerpted above. Also, The Smoking Gun has a copy of the 17-page contract from Trista’s season on The Bachelorette here for anyone interested in comparing them.

Reality Steve’s blog and reported computer viruses:

A few people have emailed me saying they got a computer virus when they clicked on Reality Steve’s blog, and they wondered if I’ve had any such problems. No, I haven’t, but I did send a message to Steve Carbone on Facebook on January 17 letting him know that McAfee Security has a warning that his blog is in the red zone. The warning message found here on McAfee about RealitySteve.com says: “When we tested this site we found links to sirlinksalot.net, which we found breaches browser security on our test PC.”

I haven’t had any problems or gotten a computer virus going to Reality Steve’s blog, but I also haven’t clicked on any links to “sirlinksalot”. I had no problem downloading Steve’s interview with Rozlyn, and I haven’t had any virus issues reading Steve’s episode recaps or Bachelor spoilers, except for the occasional server problems he was having before changing servers. If you have had computer virus problems from Reality Steve’s blog, leave a comment below explaining your experience.

The Bachelorette season with Ali Fedotowsky begins shooting on March 13, with at least some parts being filmed in New York. The Bachelorette is scheduled to premiere on May 24, 2010 on ABC. It will be interesting to see if Reality Steve gets to spoil Ali’s season too, and which contestant gets the short end of the stick with bad editing, a frankenbite hatchet-job and becomes the “love to hate” villain.

What do you think about Ali being the new Bachelorette? What do you think about the raw deal some contestants get from the editing process to make the “reality show” more dramatic for viewers?

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Spoilers alert! Bachelor fans out there want to know if Ali is going to return to The Bachelor, fight for Jake Pavelka’s heart and actually be the “winner” on this 14th season of The Bachelor in a major reality tv coup de jour? Not so fast. Sure, sure, ABC has a promo circulating with Ali making a phone call to Jake saying she wants to come back to the show. Is Ali returning to The Bachelor this season? No.

Not gonna happen. Reality Steve, our sarcastic and snarky reality tv blogger at www.realitysteve.com sure knows how to tell a great story about the Bachelor goings on, doesn’t he? Reality Steve (Steve Carbone) makes clear on his blog that Ali, just like all the other Bachelor contestants, are under contract to say and do what they’re told to do while they’re on The Bachelor and thereafter.

They’re all under contract. Including Ali, who left the show because her job with Facebook was in jeopardy. Ali hadn’t been working at her job for very long and she took off the amount of time to appear on The Bachelor that she could squeeze out, but the time came where Ali was given the ultimatum to return to work or lose her job.

With this economy and the difficulty people are having finding work, Ali’s decision to “leave Jake” and leave the show for her job vs. thumbing her nose at the job on the 1-in-4 chance that Jake would choose her at the final rose ceremony, was a risk Ali couldn’t take. Is she coming back? Nope.

If you’re a Bachelor fan, or even a Bachelorette fan, have you ever paid real close attention to the video promos ABC puts out? Do you watch The Bachelor or The Bachelorette so closely that you can spot where videotape has been edited and spliced together? Have you noticed the editing, splicing and dicing of video promos in order to make things appear how Bachelor bigwigs want them to appear? Yes, no, maybe?

Take a real close gander at ABC’s promo video of Ali placing a phone call to Jake, telling Jake that she wants to return to the show and fight for him. While you’re watching the short video clip, pay very close attention to the bathroom/hotel phone call scene, and see if you notice something suddenly/instantly appearing on Jake’s arm that wasn’t there a split second before? Watch the video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Did you catch the editing of the videotape where Jake is in the bathroom doing some primping, with no watch on his arm at all, but as he suddenly turns the corner from the bathroom to go answer the phone call from Ali, suddenly/instantly he has a watch on? It’s called editing, splicing and dicing of videotape to make things appear as they’re not. For drama and ratings.

The phone call from Ali is completely staged. She HAS to make that phone call. She’s under contract with ABC to do whatever they tell her to do. For drama. For ratings. To get everyone, like you the viewer, all in a dither wondering… Is Ali going to return to The Bachelor and win Jake’s heart and get the proposal at the final rose ceremony in St. Lucia? Nope. Not going to happen.

But all the buzz about Ali coming back sure got people excited and anxious to find out all they can about what’s going to happen on The Bachelor, didn’t it? Reality Steve says on his blog that Ali is very likely going to be the next Bachelorette! How Ali would work all that out with her job is unclear at this point. While you’re over there on Reality Steve’s blog (www.realitysteve.com), be sure to read word-for-word the blog post he wrote about all the humiliating and embarrassing shenanigans (and outright lies) that ABC can do in the taping of the show in the legal contract all the contestants have to sign in order to be on the show. It’s an eye-opener for sure.

RealitySteve says that Ali will be at the “Women Tell All” taping, as will Rozlyn Papa, who was booted from The Bachelor because of the so-called sex scandal that never was. I don’t expect there to be any real revelations about the scandal between Rozlyn and the fired producer, who were accused of having an “inappropriate relationship”. The WTA is being taped this weekend in LA, and you can/should expect a lot more heavy editing. ABC certainly can’t allow Rozlyn to actually prove she is completely innocent, now can they? The Bachelor show is heavily edited. Very heavily edited.

Don’t believe everything you think you see going on with the show. It’s about as real as some of the female Bachelor contestants “ta-tas”, if ya catch my drift. Wouldn’t it be great if Reality Steve could attend the Women Tell All, in disguise if necessary, then post what REALLY went on at the WTA taping?

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Fans of The Bachelor reality television show on ABC are likely familiar with Reality Steve and his blog. Reality Steve, AKA Steve Carbone of Dallas, has revealed the final 4 Bachelor contestants and who Jake Pavelka picks as winner at the final rose ceremony, due to having a very reliable inside source.

There are many Bachelorette and Bachelor blogs, forums and message boards for fans to read recaps, spoilers and speculations about what happens before the show even airs on ABC, but if you really want to know the reality of what has been going on behind the scenes on The Bachelor, you have to read Reality Steve’s blog at realitysteve.com.

I’ve been a fan of a few “reality television” shows over the years, but the recent so-called sex scandal involving Bachelor contestant Rozlyn Papa and former producer Ryan Callahan has created a negative but well-deserved buzz about the show’s integrity and host, Chris Harrison. Rozlyn has said in interviews on National Television that there was no “inappropriate relationship” between her and Callahan whatsoever, no kissing, no sex, nothing “physical” as Chris Harrison has claimed.

Who is telling the truth? Who is lying? Why was Rozlyn Papa really kicked off The Bachelor, and if there was no inappropriate relationship or affair between Papa and Callahan, why is Rozlyn being raked over the coals? Reality Steve says the sex scandal is a lie and a hoax to get Rozlyn off the show because she had a meltdown conniption fit when she couldn’t talk to her young 7-year-old son on the phone every day as she was promised and started trashing the show.

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WARNING: If you don’t want to know who Jake Pavelka chooses at the Final Rose Ceremony, stop reading NOW!

With some good editing and splicing of video and audio tape, Steve says the obviously scripted show created the appearance of an improper relationship where none existed. Reality Steve was right when he blew the top off the Jason Mesnick/Melissa/Molly fiasco and previous seasons with his spoiler blog, and it seems ABC will do just about anything to boost ratings for The Bachelor, including outright lie, manipulate and deceive viewers and fans of the show.

Have you noticed how Chris Harrison is oh-so-careful when choosing the words to imply the supposed sex scandal, never actually giving details about the “inappropriate relationship”, “unfortunate incident” or that it was a sexual affair? Harrison told RadarOnline.com “It was an incident that we’ve never had to deal with before. It was tough for everyone, the crew, the women and Jake. Hopefully we can quickly move past this and it won’t dominate the season. But definitely everyone will see what happens.”

Harrison has referred to the scandal as being a “physical relationship” but never refers to the “incident” as being a sexual relationship of any kind. Various reports online say some of the other female contestants saw Rozlyn snuggled up on the couch with the producer, where some said Rozlyn had her hand on Callahan’s leg. That’s it?! That is the “inappropriate relationship” that has been blown so far out of proportion that Rozlyn Papa gets kicked off the show for an alleged sexual affair and is being made out to be a cheating skank? Puh-leeeeze.

In an exclusive interview with RadarOnline, Rozlyn Papa vehemently denies the rumors that there was an inappropriate or sexual relationship between her and the then-crew member now known to be Ryan Callahan.

“No, I did not have a sexual relationship with a producer on the show,” Rozlyn said. “What they mean by inappropriate relationship is not what inappropriate relationship means in the real world.”

“I had a relationship with someone on the show that didn’t benefit them,” Rozlyn said, referring to the ABC network and the show’s senior producers. “We remained really close but we are not dating now,” Rozyln said of the since-fired producer.

“This is a TV show and it’s made for entertainment, but it is a far cry from reality,” Rozlyn revealed. “I know that things on television weren’t always as they seemed, but I had no idea the extent of the show manipulation.”

“ABC told me I could bring my son to the show to visit and that I could talk about him each day on the show,” Rozlyn told RadarOnline. “But then they didn’t let me. The other girls on the show all knew about my son and ABC kept telling me to hold off and not tell Jake about him yet. At that point all the other girls knew I had a son and they were spending time alone with Jake and it looked like I was hiding the information.”

Who do you believe is telling the truth about the scandal? Chris Harrison or 28 year-old former Bachelor contestant Rozlyn Papa? Rozlyn referred to the show as manipulated entertainment, where she has been used to boost ratings. Considering everything Reality Steve has revealed about the show and all the spoilers with the help of his insider source, I believe Rozlyn and not Chris Harrison or ABC.

WARNING: If you don’t want to know who the Final Four Bachelor contestants are, or who Jake Pavelka picks at the final rose ceremony, stop reading right now.

Final Four Contestants and Winner on The Bachelor Season 14

Reality Steve reveals that Tenley, Gia, Ali, and Vienna are your final four contestants on The Bachelor. Steve says that Ali voluntarily leaves the show at this point (possibly job related), leaving Tenley, Gia and Vienna as the final three. Who does Jake choose?

Gia gets sent home after the overnight dates, leaving Tenley and Vienna as the final two contestants for Jake to choose from to propose to and marry. Who does Jake choose at the ending rose ceremony finale? Jake chooses Vienna Girardi as his final choice over Tenley.

Whether or not Jake Pavelka actually proposes to Vienna at the Final Rose Ceremony Finale, or if the couple are still together or even engaged at this point is not known. Yet.

Head on over to Reality Steve’s blog at www.realitysteve.com for all the spicy recap details of what happens with each episode this season on The Bachelor.

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Not sure if this qualifies as a “Bachelor spoiler” or not, but Bachelor host Chris Harrison has confirmed the ongoing rumor of a sex scandal involving one of the Bachelor contestants and a producer of the show, and Jake Pavelka had nothing to do with it. Ruh Roh! Drumroll please….

As much as some of you Bachelor fans would love to see scandal and sexy mayhem on Season 14 of The Bachelor, such as a sordid lesbian girl/girl kind of scandal, Harrison has confirmed the scandal involved a male producer and one of the contestants.

In the promo leading up to tonight’s premiere of The Bachelor “On The Wings of Love” with sexy hunk Jake Pavelka the pilot, we’re teased with “She’s been having this sexual affair with somebody else in the Bachelor house.”

In a radio interview with Sean Valentine, Chris Harrison called the affair “a barn storm. It was a fire.” Any reality television loving bachelor fan knows it’s a big no-no for contestants and show producers or big-wigs to be um…playing house onscreen or offscreen.

Chris Harrison is quoted as saying “It was incredibly unfortunate. Horrible decisions were made. This is something that we took very serious, and it’s something that we couldn’t just sit by…because of things in the past. This was embarrassing for us, for Jake, and for the other women, so we were like, let’s nip this in the bud, take care of it, and that’s what we did.”

Harrison says the sex “scandal” was incredibly uncomfortable for everyone involved. “I’m in the control room, and before I had to go talk to the girl, Jake and then the women, I had lawyers, psychologists, producers, executives telling me, ‘These are the words you can say.’ It was intense. It was a wild night, and I knew nothing until I got there.”

Chris Harrison (of course) didn’t identify who the producer was or which Bachelor contestant stirred things up, nor did Chris explain any punishments that were handed out, but it’s a pretty good guess that neither were allowed to remain on the show. Whatever the decision was, it will be addressed on the show. “I felt bad for everybody,” Harrison said. “It was an uncomfortable deal.”

Season 14 of The Bachelor On The Wings of Love with Jake Pavelka starts tonight at 8 p.m. EST on ABC. Can’t wait! Do you think Jake will find love appearing on The Bachelor or not? What do you think Jake’s chances are of marrying one of the contestants?

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