Inside the ‘raunchiest’ season of The Bachelor EVER – including steamy bathtub dates, flirty phone calls and lingerie-clad video diaries
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Fans of The Bachelor Australia are bracing for some of the ‘raunchiest dates’ the franchise has ever seen during the upcoming isolation episodes.
Producers reportedly encouraged the women to do some ‘very eyebrow-raising things’ to keep the spark alive with Locky Gilbert after the COVID-19 pandemic halted on-site production in March.
Locky enjoyed a series of steamy bathtub dates, flirty phone calls and video chats with the ladies, with a source telling Woman’s Day: ‘The crew had lots of lingerie available and encouraged the girls to wear it.’
Steamy! The Bachelor viewers are set to be taken aback by some of the ‘raunchiest dates’ the series has ever seen after producers encouraged girls to do some ‘very eyebrow-raising things’ during their lockdown dates with Locklan ‘Locky’ Gilbert
Filming at the Bachelor mansion was suspended in March, shortly after the World Health Organization declared coronavirus a global pandemic.
The dating show continued production via digital means, including Zoom dates, phone chats and virtual hangouts.
The impromptu new concept started well, with the source saying: ‘There was a whole lot of raunchy phone chats, let’s put it that way. The producers encouraged the girls to be as flirty and open as they could be.’
The women were urged to flirt with Locky, 31, on Zoom and through a series of video diaries they recorded for the former Australian Survivor star.
‘Encouraged girls to wear lingerie’: Locky was said to have enjoyed a series of steamy bathtub dates, flirty phone calls and video chats with the ladies
Going digital: Girls were also urged to overtly flirt with the hunk on Zoom and through a series of video diaries they filmed of themselves
However, producers reportedly believed that they weren’t being racy enough, and so encouraged them to resort to more extreme measures.
‘Because the girls were separated from him, the producers were concerned he would lose interest and that the lack of physical connection could see him become disinterested,’ a source said.
They then decided on a new idea: ‘bathtub dates’.
It was during these bubbly Zoom chats that things supposedly took a daring turn – much to the satisfaction of producers.
‘Steamy bathtub dates were then introduced’: However, producers reportedly believed that even those actions weren’t racy enough, prompting them to resort to more extreme measures
In a separate interview with TV Week, contestant Roxi Kenny admitted that her feelings for adrenaline-junkie Locky changed during lockdown.
‘It definitely changed how I was feeling because it made me realise, “I just met this guy. Do I actually have those strong feelings or did I just get caught up in it all?'” the 29-year-old said after returning to Queensland for the lockdown period.
The Bachelor continues on Channel Ten, Wednesday, 7.30 pm.
‘Did I really have those strong feelings?’ Contestant Roxi Kenny admitted that her feelings for adrenaline-junkie Locky changed during lockdown