Bachelorette and The Boys Round 2

Week two of The Bachelorette and we are loving every minute of it! The Blogerettes gathered at my house for some delicious tandoori chicken, couscous and a lovely BC Pinot Grigio. We sat outside and caught up briefly on new jobs, the latest hairstyles (everyone loves the braids) and recent trips to Pheonix. 8pm sharp we re-filled our wine glasses and assumed our positions on the couch.

The show opened with our quirky Canadian Jillian looking extremely hot, sun tanning by the pool as she waits for the boys’ arrival at her very own pool party. Chris Harrison explains that this week there'll be three dates: two group dates and a one-on-one. At each date there'll be a rose. A rose earns you the privilege of moving into the mansion with Jillian.

First, let's see who the remaining guys are:

Brad, 27, financial advisor from Chicago, IL.
Brian, 32, IT consultant from Atlanta, GA.
David, 27, trucking contractor from Dayton, OH.
Ed, 29, technology consultant from Chicago, IL.
Jake, 31, commercial pilot from Dallas, TX.
Jesse, 27, wine maker from Carmel Valley, CA.
Juan, 35, general contractor from Santa Monica, CA.
Julien, 34, restaurateur from San Diego, CA.
Kiptyn, 31, business developer from Encinitas, CA.
Mark, 26, pizza entrepreneur from Denver, CO.
Mathue, 26, personal trainer from Wichita, KS.
Michael, 25, break dance instructor from Astoria, NY.
Mike, 28, baseball camp owner from New York, NY.
Reid, 30, realtor from Philadelphia, PA.
Robby, 25, bartender from Spring, TX.
Sasha, 27, oil and gas consultant from Tiki Island, TX.
Simon, 26, soccer coach from Bradford, England
Tanner F., 28, sales representative from Derby, KS.
Tanner P., 30, financial analyst from Dallas, TX.
Wes, 32, musician from Austin, TX.

The first group date includes: Michael, 25, break dance instructor, Brian, Sasha, Wes - the Texan guitar player Mathu,Tanner P. the foot fetish dude, Ed, and Brad. We were quite impressed as the date begins with a very good looking group of eye candy hanging out in the pool…but not for long. Quickly into this swim-up date Jillian takes off with the rose. No one is too sure where she is - one minute the Baywatch guys are showing off their tans and the next she takes off like a dress on prom night! Pool party is over and the Amazing race begins. Winner will receive a one-on-one date with Jillian. Go boys go!

Tanner P. and Michael prove to be hilarious with their school girl squeals at discovering Jillian hadn’t been rescued yet “Put her on speaker phone”, Michael screams. Although Tanner is still creepy and Michael is too young, these two got us laughing out loud…we hope they stick around for a bit.

Wes and Brad are extremely frustrated with one another in their car. Brad thinks he is the brains and Wes thinks he is too cool for school. Somehow these two do manage to rush into first place. They select a fancy necklace for Jillian to wear and then Jills must select between who receives a romantic dinner with her in the vault. Wes is the big winner of course, who wouldn’t pick him over Brad?!?! Not only does he get the first one-on-one date, but he receives the rose and the first kiss! He is safe…but only for now. Carla thinks he comes across as a player….be careful Jillian.

Fast forward through the commercials to Jake, our confident pilot getting ready to go on a solo date. What was up with the blue shirt tucked into pleated, yes pleated khaki pants? Bad form. Thank God she made him change into some Calgary Stampede country get-up and we got to see some of the hardest abs we have ever seen! The new outfit wasn’t much better but very appropriate for their private concert by Martina McBride. A very good date, although Jake went in for an abrupt and slightly weird 2nd kiss, Jill seemed to like it and he got the 2nd rose.

The second group date brings out not only our 6 hot bachelors: Juan, Kiptyn, Simon, Nate, David, and Mike but we have a special appearance by the Harlem Globe Trotters to take on the mighty bachelors in a game of basketball. The poor bachelors don’t stand a chance but do impress Jills with their enthusiasm and hot bods. Later Michael trumps them all with his spontaneous dive into the ocean wearing a pair of teeny, weenie black speedos…smart move as it does earn him the 3rd rose before the final rose ceremony.

Dave isn’t happy with any of it and seems to just want to fight someone. Actually he seems to just want to fight Juan…could there be any secret feelings there? We love Dave’s manly spirit but come on already!

Shortly after our delicious cookies from Meinhardts we see the boys move to another cocktail party with a shocking twist – NOT! The ballot box appeared. The same thing happened last season with the girls…the boys must vote off the person that they want to leave the house the most. Chris reappears with the results of the vote: third is Julien; second is Dave; and the man the majority of the house wants to send home is Juan. Not a big shocker, this guy just tries way too hard with lines like “your eyes were so green and piercing”..yuck!

Unfortunately Jillian was able to overrule and decided to keep Juan so he received the 4th rose.

Of the 20 boys, 4 are safe with 12 more to go. 4 must get voted off.

Jillian pulls Jesse aside because she wants to get to know him better and we agree…we likey Jesse! He's not a relationship guy, he says, but he did turn down a chance to live in Italy when he heard she was the Bachelorette. If he doesn't get a rose tonight he’ll be devastated. No pressure.

Then we have a repeat streaking performance, unfortunately this time it was with sleazy Brian taking off all his clothes and jumping into the pool completely naked. Yes naked. Not exactly his shining moment but he summed it up well on his way out stating "…when I stripped it off I was pretty much hung like a light switch. It was a little cold." A LIGHT SWITCH, you heard him correctly.

We head back to the rose ceremony with twelve roses still to be handed out. And the winners are: Jesse, David, Ed, Sasha, Mark, Michael, Tanner P (really, the foot fetish dude?), Kiptyn, Reid, Robby, Tanner F and . . . last and definitely least in our books . . . Brad.

So, Simon, Julien, Mathue and Brian are out.

We still think her prince is inside the mansion as well as some major toads, BUT all pretty good decisions for this week.....

Until next week my BF's!