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The Bachelorette countdown is finally over and the fun begins! The theme of this season is “How awkward can Hannah get” But we love it! She is a hot mess, unpolished, awkward, but just a whole lotta fun to watch! I like how ABC went with the goofy gal as opposed to the princess even though Hannah is a beauty queen, she is far from the stereotype and very flawed and real and America is going to be rooting for her. I just hope that the guys they bring in are genuine and will really ‘like’ her because she is definitely a different ‘beast’. Speaking of guys let’s get right to it and meet the men!

The 30 eligible men that ABC brought in were definitely the best I’ve seen in a long time in Bachelorette history. They were handsome, smart, sweet, and had jobs (with the exception of Grant) which is always a bonus. There were airline pilots, contractors, car salesmen, car bid spotter, musicians, pro golfers, surfers, pro baller, and even a Box King. The intros were pretty tame but there were some guys that stepped it up and made some bold moves with rollerskates, jumping fences, pizza, footballs, clever lines, a virgin (or so we thought) but the Top 3 entrances of the night were:

Joe The Box King… You either loved it or hated it. …but I loved the intro…Joe is quite the character…not exactly in a good way but he stayed in that that box for a really long time…he was probably running out of oxygen at some point. And the line ‘this package is not complete without you’. Classic entrance.

Grant the Unemployed, he strolled up eating a sausage and holding mustard and came up with the brilliant opening of “It’s a sausage party tonight..I have the mustard…I hope we can relish this evening and I’m going to make sure we ketchup inside” NAILED IT…that is going to be a T’shirt for sure.

Peter the Pilot: dressed in his airline pilot uniform, super handsome, and giving Hannah a pair of golden wings…a charmer for sure and she was very smitten. He ended with” I hope at the end of this journey, you and I can fly away together.” Keeper.

There were some not so great entrances that crashed and burned. The top 3 worst entrances:

1. Matt Donald…he rode in on a tractor and made up a song called “Matt Donald” to the tune of ‘Old Mcdonald’ and he is going to be singing all the way home.

2. John Paul Jones: His line was “My name is John Paul Jones and my friends call me “John Paul Jones…he actually reminded me of Tommy Lee Jones in the Fugitive..are they related?

3. Brian B. the Math Teacher: I think this picture pretty much sums it up.

I could tell Hannah was just as nervous as some of these guys. I’m actually more worried for her than for the guys! After Hannah said a quick prayer for smart words (yes she really asked God to give her the “smart words”) It worked because she did hold her own giving the opening toast which was sweet and genuine and well written. I think she might have had an ear piece. Either way it was a good start to the night!

Even though most of the guys were charming and genuine…it wouldn’t be The Bachelorette without a douche bag or two. Luckily for Hannah she had an undercover team consisting of former contestants of Colton’s season: Demi and Katie who were catching all the action behind the scenes and tipped Hannah off about one of the guys having a girlfriend back home. I’m surprised they didn’t wait a little while longer into the season to use “the girlfriend back home” drama, we usually don’t see that pop up until at least 3 episodes in. The producers really needed some drama to spice things up for the Premiere.

After confronting Hannah with the disappointing news about one of the guys, Scott, having a girlfriend back home, she decided to pull him aside and find out the truth. This obviously did not go well for Scott. He tried to defend himself by saying this girl wasn’t really his girlfriend and it made him look even worse and he was shot down by Hannah and sent home.

The interesting twist was that Hannah was more upset about it than Scott. She didn’t even know this guy at all or even have a connection with him, so I don’t really understand why she had a mini breakdown over it. If you are going to survive being ‘The Bachelorette’ you have to be able to handle when surprises like this arrive. Not all 30 guys are completely girlfriend free and probably most of them either just got out of a relationship or are still “dating” or definitely have ‘friends with benefits’ …I mean they are all single guys in their mid 20s. I’m glad she did send him home and set a precedent for the other 29 that she isn’t messing around or here just for fun. Hannah wants the real deal and wants someone mature enough and ready enough to put a ring on her finger.

The other douche bag guy I speak of is actually the one Hannah gave the First Impression Rose to. Yikes! His name is Luke P. and he looked like Justin Timberlake on steroids. He did have a great entrance and was super charming but in his Bachelorette video he talked a lot about how good looking he is and that all the girls like him…sounded just a tad bit overconfident… I did like that he was a Christian…but maybe a little too self-righteous vibe.

They had great chemistry and shared a steamy kiss so I could see him making it pretty far but I’m noting that there is something off about Luke P…perhaps not as genuine as he appears. Could make for some drama down the road…I can’t wait!

Luke P. wasn’t the only one that Hannah was kissing. The first kiss of the season went to Cam the rapper whom she gave a rose to before the show even began when she was announced as the Bachelorette. He opened with a rap again and was throwing all kinds of lines like “Im spittin bars like Willy Wonka” and “It’s all about the ABCs…Always Be Cam”. He was just the right amount of confident and smooth when it came to steal the first kiss.

The second kiss went to Connor S. who jumped the fence in his introduction. Connor S. is a total dork and I absolutely love him!

Hannah had connections with more than just these liplockers…Jed, the musician from Nashville, serenaded her with an original song and Hannah was loving it. I just hope he isn’t like a few contestants we have seen in the past who were just looking for 15 minutes of fame to boost their music career.

Another strong connection was with Mike, this guy is the Golden Boy …so smart, suave, handsome, I’m thinking he could be in the running for the next ‘Bachelor ‘ if it doesn’t work out with Hannah.

And Tyler C. the contractor…mainly because I think he is the best eye candy of the show…shrug….it is the Bachelorette right?!.LOL.

So many great guys but so little time. The fiasco with Scott the douche bag took over an hour of precious time so not all of the guys got to talk to her before going into the Rose Ceremony and lot of them were pretty nervous. Hannah handed out all the roses and there weren’t too many surprises…The not so lucky ones that didn’t receive the rose were:

1. Joe The Box King

2. Chasen the ‘other’ Pilot

3. Thomas Pro Baller

4. Ryan on Rollerskates

5. Matt Donald “Old Mcdonald” .

6. Brian B. the Math Teacher

7. Hunter (I don’t remember Hunter..not gonna lie)

I thought Joe the Box King who made such a crazy entrance would stick around a little longer since the producers like crazy but nope.. and the other airline pilot, Chasen, who seemed like a normal, nice, handsome fella but didn’t even get to talk to her was sent home and guys like John Paul Jones got to stay…sometimes the nice normal guys do finish last.

The best part of the night was actually after everyone went home. As the credits rolled, we see Chris Harrison cleaning up the big mess that Joe the Box King had left from his grand entrance. BAHHAAAAAAAA… pure comedy gold and my favorite part of the night! We need more Chris Harrison!!

As for the Season Premiere rating I’ll give it a solid 7…Not a whole lot of drama but the entertainment was there and Hannah will hopefully gett more and more confident in each episode. I see the potential for love and that brings me to my predictions which I based mostly off the scenes for upcoming episodes since we all know Episode 1 is always a crap shoot.