Bachelor Australia - Season 5 - Matty Johnson - Media Social Media - *Sleuthing Spoilers* #2

Is anyone other than Laura wearing her jewelry designs on the show?

AllAboutLove wrote:Is anyone other than Laura wearing her jewelry designs on the show?

Nope....I checked all the designers tagged and Laura is the only one with her design advertised...well she is wearing them so I expect that she made a deal to get free ads IMO.

I had asked if this was a first in the franchise in Laura's thread and someone posted that Laurina also had her Pialia Boutique advertised during Blake's season. Do you recollect this @allaboutlove. I did a quick search on TenPlay and I didn't find it listed as one of the wardrobe suppliers but maybe they just tagged Laurina's boutique like they are doing for Laura's now in the pictures.

Link to wardrobe suppliers on Blake's season
https://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/the-bachelor/season-2-episode-details/episode-1

@mercieme thank you So it looks like Laura is just wearing her own jewelry and the show stating this giving her free promo but her Toni May line isn't a sponsor.

I recall Laurina wearing her own clothes on the show and her posting about it on her IG back then but I don't believe her store was a sponsor for the show and none of the other contestants wore her clothes so likely like you stated, similar to Laura's deal she has.

This is off topic a little, but what do you all think of the girls being able to post on IG during the series? Tbh I'm torn. While I love seeing more of their personalities, and it's good for sleuthing to see who is friendly with who, I feel really sorry for the F2, 3 and 4 that they have to act like Matty is great when they're probably not feeling it at all (which potentially explains Elise's lack of posting compared to the rest), assuming they're contractually obliged to post.

@Hearts_And_Roses Don't you think it makes it easier spot which ones are odd one out though?

brownravens wrote:@Hearts_And_Roses Don't you think it makes it easier spot which ones are odd one out though?

It does, but odd one out for what reason we do not know - Heartbreak or F1

Hearts_And_Roses wrote:This is off topic a little, but what do you all think of the girls being able to post on IG during the series? Tbh I'm torn. While I love seeing more of their personalities, and it's good for sleuthing to see who is friendly with who, I feel really sorry for the F2, 3 and 4 that they have to act like Matty is great when they're probably not feeling it at all (which potentially explains Elise's lack of posting compared to the rest), assuming they're contractually obliged to post.

To me the IG posts feel very deliberate and controlled, like the posts are part of the production. IMO the only reason we havent seen much from Elise yet, is because she hasn't been "introduced" as part of the story yet. Social media forms a massive part of the show now, and I feel like the producers will use it as part of the story telling. That gives the show a "happening in real time" feel to it

@Sundy That's a valid point but the variation in and of itself is an interesting pattern.

@SugarAndSpice IA that this is deliberate on the part of the producers IMO. The shows has glossed over Elise compared to the other F7 and it's interesting to see how far they'll push the hidden/slow burn edit.

Interestingly even people like Alix and Belinda who have been relatively unseen as well have posted alot

Sundy wrote:Interestingly even people like Alix and Belinda who have been relatively unseen as well have posted alot

The difference is IMO Alex & Belinda know their time is limited so want to get their 15 minutes before they're booted off. Elise knows she's going to be around a long time and probably has a stack of "pre-prepared" pics she's been instructed to post later in the series, IMO.  I agree the whole thing seems very contrived and it feels like the girls are being used/manipulated a bit to further the storyline, IMO.

@Bobette where did you post all those pics of matty with GL? Like the kissing/intimate ones? (sorry for the off-topic!)

brownravens wrote:@Bobette where did you post all those pics of matty with GL? Like the kissing/intimate ones? (sorry for the off-topic!)

The kissing GIFs are in the SM No Discussion Thread for research and analysis.