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The Bachelor: Rome: Season Premiere

by Deidre Woollard, posted Oct 3rd 2006 9:01AM
the bachelor(S09E01) Watching The Bachelor tonight I have to wonder at what age the princess myth should die in young girls? When do they stop seeing the Disney movies about Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella as potential life paths? In the latest crop of Bachelor girls the dream is alive and well as they chase the slightly skeevy Prince Lorenzo Borghese.

Forget the name, this guy's pretty much all-American, rich American, but American just the same. No Italian accent, no smoldering charm but that's not enough to stop the girls from squealing with glee over the New Jersey boy. After all, he's a real live prince. This season they have stacked the deck even more than usual with the young, blonde and bubbly, perhaps realizing that anyone over 30 and The best thing about the prince is that he's a bit sarcastic, unfortunately his attempts at wit are lost on the girls who are deadly serious. After all, he's a prince.

As we have the cattle call lineup and the girls are paraded before their prince. Lorenzo has a habit of inhaling when he sees a hot girl. It's easy to tell when he is interested, he watches the girl stroll down the red carpet. You have to feel bad for the girls who don't even merit a glance at their hindquarters on the way in.

Erica, the Houston socialite seems to be princess enough already. Erica seems to be the type of person who views Paris Hilton as a role model. She even wears her tiara for the occasion. Rosella, a girl with gorgeous eyes and a deep Chicago accent admits that she sold her car to afford her prince-catching wear. She also knows more Italian than the prince does.

Desiree calls the prince baby and dances around for the prince who seems a bit smitten even though he says he doesn't usually like forward girls.

You have to have a gimmick in this game. Lisa, who has her "whole life planned out" and believes she needs to be married as soon as possible gets the prince to hug a tree with her. Andrea breaks out with a balcony serenade. Sadie's got her virginity but she's not giving that secret away to the prince yet.

This year they throw in a distraction, a pair of Italian babes who make the other girls very upset.

Our token drunken girl is Heather who is very reminscent of Farrah Fawcett, all ringlets and loopiness.

The first rose and a pair of diamond earrings go to Lisa. Ugh, our bachelor is devoid of taste. She's very cute but extremely competitive.

This time the rose ceremony takes place after an all-night party. Forcing the girls to stand outside in the harsh light of day during the rose ceremony just seems a bit unfair. Amazingly enough socialite Erica gets a rose, as does sweet Sadie and Gina, who makes the most horrible faces during the whole ceremony and one of the Italian ringers. The girls who are leaving took it fairly well, no major confrontations this year.

I'm not sure if I can stick around for this season, it's looking to be pretty dull thus far. The only thing that might lure me to stay is the previews for the whole season which hint at a psycho bachelorette and a rather tantalizing shot of the prince with big tears rolling down his face.

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Katie

Thanks for the info, smiley. I did know some of the history of the Borghese family already, so I was more just being a smartass. I guess my point is that, while it's wonderful to have a rich family history, is it really a big deal that he's a "prince"? I just have to wonder why these girls are falling all over themselves chasing some magical royal fantasy. Then again, I wonder the same thing with every season of the Bachelor.

October 03 2006 at 5:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tammy

I didn't care for a majority of the girls. I got sick of hearing them hype on the whole 'prince' title. I actually think Lorenzo seems fun but he's buying into the whole ego trip like most of the Bachelors. Doubt this relationship will go anywhere but I wouldn't mind getting an update on Byron and Mary.

October 03 2006 at 5:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
N

Funny recap at:
http://badgirlsdoitbetter.blogspot.com/

October 03 2006 at 4:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
N

Funny recap at:
http://badgirlsdoitbetter.blogspot.com/

October 03 2006 at 4:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
faustine

This is a joke. An italian prince does speak Italian... or he is not an Italian prince. Only a newly-rich American guy who show off. Real royalty cares a lot about children's education and the first thing they do is teach the family language to their children.

October 03 2006 at 2:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
smiley

All you need to do is some research. There is plenty of information online about the Borghese family. I was in the same class and was a friend of his older sister. They are Italian royality. His grandmother a Princess who started the Princess Borghese cosmetics line. His father is a prince, and so is Lorenzo. So, he is the member of a royal family. It's not a gimmick, the only thing is that he was raised in NJ, not Italy.

October 03 2006 at 1:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
faustine

This guy, a prince ? Let me laugh ! He doesn't even speak one word of Italian, even though he is supposed to have been born in Milano... That's a joke. Plus, he clearly has a very bad taste in girls.

October 03 2006 at 1:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
az1324

This guy is horrible. But I will watch until Agnese gets eliminated. Oh language barrier, cruel twist of fate.

October 03 2006 at 12:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Katie

Can anybody explain to me why this guy is a "prince"? Or what he is prince of? Generally a prince is a member of a royal family, or will someday inherit leadership of a country. It's just another gimmick by ABC. I'm sick of the Bachelor.

October 03 2006 at 10:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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