Bachelor Australia - Locky Gilbert - Season 8 - Kaitlyn Bunyan-Hoppe - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Looking at her Facebook likes, she's a fan of Corinne from the US franchise  That says a lot about what type of role she's going to play on the show.

I think she's probably F3, IMO.

ETA: Her full name is Kaitlyn Bunyan and she's 26. This is from her mom's public Facebook, so I think it should be okay to share? @GuardianAngel please delete if not.

Oops looks like the above photo was removed.  

AKA Kaitlyn Hoppe.


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So many names to choose from.  



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Bobette wrote:So many names to choose from.  



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Yep, that is the legal name. https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View/74658047635

Hawaii Girl wrote:Looking at her Facebook likes, she's a fan of Corinne from the US franchise  That says a lot about what type of role she's going to play on the show.

I think she's probably F3, IMO.

ETA: Her full name is Kaitlyn Bunyan and she's 26. This is from her mom's public Facebook, so I think it should be okay to share? @GuardianAngel please delete if not.

So tonight Osher, the part of the trashbag villain will be played by Kaitlyn?

Kaitlyn's not on the initial cast list so must come in as an intruder.



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She's apparently still on the show long enough to piss people off.



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Strange that Kaitlyn hasn’t gone public yet? Maybe waiting until her first full episode, but it does seem strange as all the other girls went public pretty much as soon as they were announced. I can see mutual follows even though she’s on private, and she’s following Maddy, Kristina, Areeba, Bel, Leilani and Steph, which is not huge numbers, so she’s potentially going to be unpopular.
Although it looks like Roxi has the main beef with her, and she’s been made to look a bit of a fool so far, so maybe the edit will be kind to her? And even though I’ve seen very little of her so far, I hope that she has a lovely time in Paradise if they film it this year.

Dirty Street Pie wrote:Strange that Kaitlyn hasn’t gone public yet? Maybe waiting until her first full episode, but it does seem strange as all the other girls went public pretty much as soon as they were announced. I can see mutual follows even though she’s on private, and she’s following Maddy, Kristina, Areeba, Bel, Leilani and Steph, which is not huge numbers, so she’s potentially going to be unpopular.
Although it looks like Roxi has the main beef with her, and she’s been made to look a bit of a fool so far, so maybe the edit will be kind to her? And even though I’ve seen very little of her so far, I hope that she has a lovely time in Paradise if they film it this year.

I'm wondering about Paradise - seems too difficult. My feel is they will do it in December off the coast of Queensland.

Yes @Vjeff if they do it, it will be in Queensland IMO, filmed at the usual time. Apparently it didn’t rate that well overall, but it’s probably still a cheap show for them to make, and it would have done well in the key demographics and gets a lot of social media buzz, so I think they’ll do it if possible

Dirty Street Pie wrote:Yes @Vjeff if they do it, it will be in Queensland IMO,  filmed at the usual time. Apparently it didn’t rate that well overall, but it’s probably still a cheap show for them to make, and it would have done well in the key demographics and gets a lot of social media buzz, so I think they’ll do it if possible

When they (somewhat reluctantly?) renewed Bachelorette after Ali's dismally rated season, they mentioned around the same time as the Ten upfronts that the social media engagement with these shows is very high and that's what keeps them going.
I can't find the relevant tweet now but as a somewhat relevant source check this https://www.bandt.com.au/ten-reveals-launch-date-sponsors-bachelor/ it's about the main show not BiP, but I'm sure it's the same deal just on a smaller scale.
Basically, it's easy to sell advertising during that timeslot and really that's all that matters to them...

leavers wrote:Basically, it's easy to sell advertising during that timeslot and really that's all that matters to them...

Very true.   I think that's why they plowed on with this dog's breakfast of a season, because the advertising/sponsorship dollars would have already been in their pocket, and if they didn't produce a show, they would have had to pay it all back...

Dirty Street Pie wrote:Strange that Kaitlyn hasn’t gone public yet? Maybe waiting until her first full episode, but it does seem strange as all the other girls went public pretty much as soon as they were announced.

She has now. Her follower count is only up 25 though.