Is The Bachelor doomed to failure?
Of course, we all know the idea behind this enduringly sappy ABC reality show: Some supposedly desirable guy meets women from all walks of life, goes on romantic dates with the few he connects with, falls in love with the one who's perfect for him -- and then, supposedly, the two of them live happily ever after.
Of course, that last part pretty much never happens. Case in point: Andrew Firestone, the somewhat dorky winemaker and tire-company heir who proposed to marketer Jen Schefft during his final episode, then broke up with her some time later. (Schefft herself went on to star in a season of The Bachelorette, which ended with her turning down marriage proposals from the two finalists.)
So who would a guy who could marry just about anyone really want?
The answer came this weekend, when Firestone wed the actual woman of his dreams: Ivana Bozilovic, a stunning Serbian-born model-actress who's appeared in swimwear and lingerie catalogs, in films such as Van Wilder and Wedding Crashers, and in magazines such as Maxim and Stuff.
And that's why The Bachelor will never work. You can introduce a guy to all sorts of attractive women, with all kinds of different personalities and careers and lifestyles. . . but in the end, all you're doing is making him seem like such a catch that he can go ahead and find himself a gorgeous starlet-slash-lingerie model.
Now, we're pretty sure that's not the sort of happy ending the show's romance-minded viewers were counting on. But if you're going to turn the search for true love into show business, you really can't complain if that's where someone ends up finding it.
Previously:
The Bachelorette: What Went Wrong?
