The Bachelor 20 - Ben Higgins - F1 to F4 - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

Diana wrote:I hear it'll be Lauren or no one.

I am totally confused. 
At midnight you heard Emily and Caila were being eliminated. Then later this afternoon Becca is F2. Are these things your opinion or things you are hearing?

Rolly wrote:Can you imagine what it would be like to be the parent of one of these girls reading this board a few days before HT's! Yikes!

Frankly they all shoud! Would save them from getting their hopes up for nothing.

BlackHalo wrote:Are pics usually leaked for every HTD?

Many times if the date is in the public at all a pic or more will show up. It's hard to keep things completely private unless they stay instead a house the whole time or on private property. I'd be shocked if we didn't get social media spoilers from at least 2 of the HTDs this season but I wouldn't be surprised if all of them are spoiled to some degree.

Kashathediva wrote:

Diana wrote:I hear it'll be Lauren or no one.

I am totally confused. 
At midnight you heard Emily and Caila were being eliminated. Then later this afternoon Becca is F2. Are these things your opinion or things you are hearing?

Sorry just my opinion aboiut Emily and Caila being eliminated. Worded wrong. clearly wasn't right either.

One thing I have learned is:
- recycled contestant = BAD from the getgo (can change but that's the initial reaction)
- recycled lead = GOOD from the getgo (can change but that's the initial reaction)


ETA: For example:
If JoJo has a great campaign for next Bette the initial response by viewers will be positive if she is lead and a returnee but as a lead... but if she tries to return on another Bach season as a recycled contestant? No go. It's just funny to me.

Just speculation, but if it's truly Lauren or bust in Ben's mind, then that is much more of a sure thing than him being undecided at this point. Which is GREAT. I just want to see a love story!! And if the story is with Lauren, then I'll be more than happy to root for that

I don't think Ben has much of a choice as to picking a F1. He pretty much has to pick one of the girls and get "engaged".

Whether that will end up being a love story other than a manufactured one on TV only time will tell.

Diana wrote:

Kashathediva wrote:

Diana wrote:I hear it'll be Lauren or no one.

I am totally confused. 
At midnight you heard Emily and Caila were being eliminated. Then later this afternoon Becca is F2. Are these things your opinion or things you are hearing?

Sorry just my opinion aboiut Emily and Caila being eliminated. Worded wrong. clearly wasn't right either.

So you hearing it will be Lauren or no one and hearing she is a sweet girl, is just an opinion? Not personally knowing someone who knows her or something?

The only thing I've actually HEARD from sources or whatever is basically it'll be Lauren or no one. But this is their opinion and they only saw Ben with Lauren so they could be wrong.

Sorry for the confusion. I didn't mean to cause any problems.

It's good to be clear. 

It will be interesting to see Ben with JoJo and Caila since we haven't seen much of them. I hope all the girls have a lot of personality and are fun to watch with Ben. From watching Ben with Lauren he looks pretty smitten to me already.

Just speculating -- Ben acted decisively about Emily after their meeting with his parents. Could it be that he changed his mind about Becca at that point as well? The production staff could have been preparing for a HT with Becca based on their read of Ben's top 4. But maybe after talking with his parents, something changed.

An alternate scenario -- the producers were pushing to include Becca in the F4 but something made them change their minds.