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The bachelorettes head overseas. Later, Zac gets intimate with one girl; and a surprise arrival changes everything.

The Bachelor meets 19 Kiwi women! Which of these beauties will receive a red rose, ensuring more quality time with NZ's most eligible bachelor? #TheBachelorNZ

Primary Title
  • The Bachelor New Zealand
Date Broadcast
  • Sunday 9 April 2017
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 20 : 35
Duration
  • 95:00
Series
  • 3
Episode
  • 7
Channel
  • Three
Broadcaster
  • MediaWorks Television
Programme Description
  • The Bachelor meets 19 Kiwi women! Which of these beauties will receive a red rose, ensuring more quality time with NZ's most eligible bachelor? #TheBachelorNZ
Episode Description
  • The bachelorettes head overseas. Later, Zac gets intimate with one girl; and a surprise arrival changes everything.
Classification
  • PGR
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Television programs--New Zealand
  • Reality-based--Television series
Genres
  • Game show
  • Reality
  • Romance
Hosts
  • Dominic Bowden (Host)
THIS WEEK'S GONNA BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. EVERYTHING THAT I'D ASSUMED BEFORE HAS JUST GONE OUT THE WINDOW. EVERYTHING'S CHANGED. PREVIOUSLY ON THE BACHELOR... ZAC'S STRING OF SINGLE DATES... WHOA. (GIGGLES) ...AND ONE-ON-ONES... I FELT VERY, VERY SPECIAL. ...SAW EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS,... AW, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ...BUT LITTLE PHYSICAL INTIMACY. I DID WANT TO KISS ZAC. APART FROM ONE. ZAC: IT JUST HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS. IT WAS THE PERFECT END TO A PERFECT DAY. AND ONE GIRL'S SPARK WITH ZAC... (WOMEN EXCLAIM) ...IGNITED A FLAME IN OTHERS... SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN, BITCH. ...WHICH LED TO EVERYONE QUESTIONING THEIR PLACE IN ZAC'S HEART. I'M GOING TO THROW UP. I'M TRYING NOT TO LISTEN TO WHAT OTHER GIRLS ARE SAYING ABOUT THEIR DATES OR THEIR CONNECTIONS. BUT ALL THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE, AS TONIGHT... I'M GONNA NEED YOU GUYS TO PACK YOUR BAGS. ...THE BACHELORETTES HEAD OVERSEAS... TO CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY. ZAC: I REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE'S A SPARK. THERE'S SOME SORT OF CHEMISTRY THERE. BUT NEW TWISTS... THIS GROUP DATE TODAY IS NOT GONNA GO DOWN LIKE YOU THINK IT'S GONNA GO DOWN. MY ENTIRE WORLD HAS BEEN THROWN UPSIDE DOWN. SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL. ...BRING EVERYTHING TO A HEAD. IS THIS A GROUP DATE OR IS THIS A COCKTAIL PARTY? WE'RE THINKING, 'HAS ZAC STOOD US UP?' (GASPS) WHAT? YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW. THIS IS ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. I FEEL BETRAYED. EVERYTHING'S CHANGED. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) WITH THE WHITENING INGREDIENT DENTISTS USE, IT'S PART OF MY EVERYDAY BEAUTY ROUTINE. COLGATE OPTIC WHITE ` PROUD SPONSOR OF 'THE BACHELOR NZ'. HEY, EVERYBODY. WOMEN: HEY, DOM. MORNING, LADIES. COME ON THROUGH. HOW WE ALL DOING? GOOD. AWESOME. WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK. WE'VE GOT SOME INCREDIBLE DATES PLANNED. BUT... THIS WEEK'S GONNA BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. (TENSE MUSIC) AND I'M GONNA NEED YOU GUYS TO PACK YOUR BAGS... (ALL SCREAM) ...BECAUSE THESE DATES ARE TAKING PLACE ON THE SUNNY BEACHES OF THAILAND. (ALL SCREAM) (ADVENTUROUS MUSIC) I'M VERY ECSTATIC TO BE GOING TO THAILAND. THIS IS CRAZY. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE ALL DOING THIS. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THAILAND. NEITHER. I'M SO EXCITED TO GO TO THAILAND. AS SOON AS WE HEAR IT I'M JUST LIKE, 'YAY!' I CAN'T WAIT. I WANNA GO NOW. AND WHO'S BEEN TO THAILAND? I MEAN, LOOK, TELL THE OTHER GIRLS WHAT IT'S LIKE. BEL? OH MY GOD, IT'S INCREDIBLE. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PLACES IN THE WORLD THAT I'VE BEEN TO. IT IS A-MAZING. THE CULTURE IS INCREDIBLE. WELL, LOOK, THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE TO GET TO KNOW SOMEONE EVEN BETTER THAN BEAUTIFUL THAILAND. YOU GUYS ARE GONNA HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TIME. BUT LITERALLY WE'RE ABOUT TO GET ON AN AIR ASIA FLIGHT COS WE'RE HEADING TO THE AIRPORT. OFF YOU GO. (ALL SCREAM) LET'S GO, GO, GO! LET'S GO TO THAILAND. (PERCUSSIVE MUSIC) (CHEERFUL MUSIC) (WOMEN CHATTER EXCITEDLY) SO I HAVE BEEN TO THAILAND BEFORE. I WENT A WHILE BACK WITH MY FAMILY. I FEEL LIKE IT'LL BE A BIT DIFFERENT WITH ZAC AND A BUNCH OF GIRLS THAN WITH MY MUM. NO OFFENCE, MUM. (INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT) THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. WE'RE ON THE WAY TO THAILAND WITH AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE AND AN AMAZING MAN, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO GET THERE AND SEE WHAT AWAITS US IN THAILAND. (CHEERFUL MUSIC) OH MY GOD. I'M SO EXCITED. THIS IS GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN. HELLO. HI. HI. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? WELCOME TO AIR ASIA. THANK YOU. CAN I GET YOUR PASSPORT PLEASE? BOTH: YEAH, SURE. EVERYONE'S DEFINITELY SUPER EXCITED. I THINK, LIKE, IT'S A BIT OF A REALITY CHECK. WE'RE GOING. IT'S TOP 11. LIKE, IT'S GETTING QUITE SERIOUS. HERE'S YOUR TICKET. THANK YOU. ENJOY YOUR FLIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. HI. WELCOME ABOARD, SIR. MAY I LOOK AT YOUR BOARDING PASS, PLEASE? THIS WAY, PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO IT'S QUITE A LONG FLIGHT, AND I'M THINKING, 'WHO CAN MAKE THIS EXPERIENCE A LOT OF FUN?' (TENSE MUSIC) THANK YOU. (WOMEN EXCLAIM) AIR HOSTESS COMES AND BRINGS ME A DATE CARD. NOT EXPECTING A DATE CARD ON A` ON AN AIRPLANE AT ALL. YEP. (TENSE MUSIC) SO WHEN A DATE CARD ARRIVES I ALWAYS WANNA BE ON IT. I'M ALWAYS HOPING IT'S MY NAME NEXT. LILY. (WOMEN GASP) 'ZAC WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN HIM UP FRONT IN AIR ASIA BUSINESS CLASS.' IT'S QUITE A SURPRISE. I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS EXPECTING IT. BUT, LIKE, LILY HASN'T HAD A SINGLE DATE, SO IT'S NOT UNEXPECTED EITHER, SO IT'LL BE COOL FOR HER. OH MY GOSH. THAT IS SO COOL. STOP IT. I'M SO` NO, ACTUALLY. LOOK. I'M SO JEALOUS THAT SHE'S GETTING TO GO INTO BUSINESS CLASS. LIKE A (BLEEP!) I'LL PUT IN` I'LL PUT IN A GOOD WORD. THANKS. IT IS NICE THAT HE WANTS ME IN BUSINESS CLASS WITH HIM. I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THOSE, UM` WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? ARM CANDY. (CLICKS TONGUE) (ROMANTIC MUSIC) HI. HELLO. HOW YOU DOING? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? NOT BAD. THANKS FOR THE INVITE. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I THINK LILY'S EPITOMISED BY, LIKE, THE STYLE SHE ROCKS. LIKE, SHE'S WEARING FISHNETS AND SOME DENIM CUT-OFFS AND A CHILLIES TEE. LIKE, SHE'S ROCKING IT. SHE'S COMFORTABLE IN WHO SHE IS AND DOESN'T CARE ABOUT WHAT ANYONE ELSE THINKS, AND THAT'S WHAT I ENJOY THE MOST ABOUT HER. (ENGINES ROAR) (TWINKLING MUSIC) I'M GLAD. I'M GLAD. MAYBE. (LAUGHS) A LITTLE BIT. A LITTLE BIT? YEP. I DO FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT A CONNECTION WITH LILY FOR SURE. EVEN THOUGH THE TIME I SPENT WITH LILY WAS ONLY SHORT, I KINDA GOT A BIT OF A GLIMPSE INTO A SOFTER SIDE OF LILY. I LIKE YOUR WATCH. I LIKE YOURS. YOU WANNA TRADE? NO, I THINK I LIKE MINE BETTER. JUST WHENEVER WE HANG OUT IT SEEMS TO BE REALLY FUN AND SHE MAKES ME LAUGH AND I MAKE HER LAUGH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO WORRIES. AND IT'S` YEAH, LIKE, WE JUST DON'T TAKE EACH OTHER TOO SERIOUSLY AND IT'S JUST A LOT OF FUN. CHEERS. CHEERS. YOU GOTTA LOOK AT ME WHEN YOU CHEERS. THAT'S THE RULES. IT'S HOW IT WORKS. IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? YEAH. I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WORKS WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS, BUT I'M GONNA` YEAH, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO KIND OF` OH, DO ONE OF THOSE? YEAH, OK. NOT BAD. I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME THAT I TALK TO HIM I'M ALWAYS HAVING A GOOD TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER REALLY TIME WASTED OR ANYTHING. THERE'S A LITTLE, LIKE, BUTTON NEXT TO YOU, AND WHEN YOU PRESS IT DOWN... THIS ONE? UH, YEAH, THAT ONE. YEAH. AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN. THIS IS GANGSTA. WHAT ELSE CAN THEY DO? UM... CAN THEY DO BACKFLIPS? ONE` YOU DON'T WANNA PUSH THE RED ONE. IT'S AN` IT'S AN EJECTION SEAT. (CHUCKLES) AND, UH, YOU MIGHT NOT MAKE IT. A LOT OF THE GIRLS HAVE BEEN LIKE, 'SO WHAT'S HE DOING? WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH HIM?' AND I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST, LIKE, THE PIMP GOING, 'YEAH, YEAH, HE'S GOOD. DON'T WORRY. I GOT THIS.' (CHUCKLES) I'VE GOT ALL THIS SECRET INFORMATION THAT THEY DON'T KNOW, BUT REALLY WE JUST TALK ABOUT, LIKE, SHIT. YOU GET A LIGHT TOO. THANK YOU. IT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE WELCOME. (EXCITING MUSIC) THE FIRST LOCATION I'M TAKING THE GIRLS TO IS THE NORTHERN CITY OF CHIANG MAI. IT'S A PLACE I'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO EXPLORE THE REMOTE MOUNTAIN VILLAGES AND JUST GET OFF THE BEATEN TRACK. (EXCITING MUSIC CONTINUES) I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THAILAND, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED JUST TO SEE THE CULTURE, REALLY, MORE THAN ANYTHING. (EXCITING MUSIC CONTINUES) I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CRYPTIC MESSAGE, THOUGH. I ALWAYS LIKE THE CLUES ON THE DATE CARDS. LIKE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE, WHAT IT IS, AND THEN, LIKE` YEAH. OH, HELLO. ALL: HI. WOMEN: SAWASDEE KA. WELL, YES. HELLO, LADIES. OR SHOULD I SAY SAWASDEE KRAB SAAO SAAO? (LAUGHTER) THAT'S 'HELLO, LADIES' IN... WOMEN: OH! THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO THAILAND. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TRAVELLED A LONG WAY TO BE HERE AND ZAC REALLY APPRECIATES IT. SO FAR HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING CHIANG MAI? (ALL TALK AT ONCE) IT'S AMAZING. AMAZING. WHAT'S CHANGED NOW THAT YOU'RE OUT OF NEW ZEALAND WITH ZAC? IT'S KIND OF JUST, LIKE, A REALITY CHECK, EH. LIKE, IT'S TOP 11 AND WE'RE, LIKE, IN THAILAND. IT'S JUST KIND OF CRAZY. YEAH. BEING HERE IS AMAZING, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO, LIKE, GO OUT AND EXPERIENCE IT JUST WITH ZAC I'D BE GUTTED AND I THINK ANYONE WOULD BE. IT'S LIKE A FRESH START. LIKE, COMPLETELY STARTED OVER. WE'RE HERE ` SOMEWHERE NEW. YEAH, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I'M DEFINITELY HOPING FOR A DATE IN THAILAND. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MOST CRUCIAL THING HERE. NOT ONLY BECAUSE YOU CAN GO EXPLORE THAILAND, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SPEND IT WITH ZAC. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK IN CHIANG MAI. WE'VE GOT TWO INCREDIBLE DATES THAT ARE GONNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO EXPLORE STUNNING CHIANG MAI WITH ZAC. AND I HAVE THE FIRST OF THOSE DATE CARDS RIGHT HERE, OK? NOW, THE NAME ON THIS CARD IS THE WOMAN THAT'S GONNA GET THE FIRST SINGLE DATE WITH ZAC HERE IN THAILAND. (TENSE MUSIC) OK, SO I'M GONNA LEAVE THAT HERE. WHO WANTS TO READ IT? ME! ENJOY AND I'LL SEE YOU GUYS SOON. ENJOY IT. EXCITING. YEAH. (TWINKLING MUSIC) OK. 'SHOW ME YOUR ADVENTUROUS SIDE.' ALL: OOH! OK. NINA: I'M VERY ADVENTUROUS. I'M ALL ABOUT, LIKE, NEW EXPERIENCES. HELL YEAH, I WANNA BE ON THE FIRST SINGLE DATE IN THAILAND. THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. AND THE LUCKY CHICA GOING ON THIS ONE... (WOMEN MAKE DRUM ROLL NOISES) (TENSE MUSIC RISES) # You make me... # You don't have a girlfriend. You don't need a lot of calls or text. You need data ` for dating sites, like Honey Badger. (LAUGHS) You do have a girlfriend. You need less data and more calls ` lovey-dovey calls. # You make me... # You don't have a girlfriend again. She won't return your calls. You need more text. Things change. Now your Prepay can too. Get more of what you need and less of what you don't with Vodafone My Flex Prepay. AND THE LUCKY CHICA GOING ON THIS ONE... (WOMEN MAKE DRUM ROLL NOISES) HANNAH. (ALL EXCLAIM) YAY! WOMAN: OH MY GOD, THAT'S SO EXCITING! YAY! OH MY GOSH. THAT'S SO EXCITING. IT DEFINITELY MAKES ALL THE WAITING WORTH IT AND IT KIND OF JUST CEMENTS IN YOUR MIND THAT YOU'RE HERE FOR A REASON AND YOU'VE GOT A PURPOSE. OH MY GOSH, THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO OVER HERE. LIKE, ANYTHING. I KNOW. I COULDN'T EVEN` OI, ADVENTUROUS. THAT'S, LIKE, YOUR IDEAL. THAT'S ME TO A 'T', FULLY. OH MY GOSH, COOL. YOU'VE GOTTA GET READY. YOU'RE THE FIRST. YOU'RE THE FIRST IN THAILAND. (TENSE MUSIC) SO I'M NOT ON THE SINGLE DATE ` AGAIN. SO I'M HOPING TO BE ON THE GROUP DATE. AND MAYBE THE NEXT SINGLE DATE, IF I'M STILL HERE. FINGERS CROSSED. AW, HAVE THE BEST TIME. (ALL TALK AT ONCE) BYE! (UPBEAT MUSIC) TODAY I'VE DECIDED TO TAKE HANNAH ALONG WITH ME BECAUSE SHE STRIKES ME AS SOMEONE WHO'S ALWAYS UP FOR A CHALLENGE, KEEN TO GIVE SOMETHING A GO. TODAY'S SINGLE DATE IS GONNA BE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ` SOMETHING A BIT MORE ACTION AND ADVENTURE, WITH A FEW SURPRISES ALONG THE WAY. I THINK SHE'LL REALLY APPRECIATE IT. HELLO. FANCY SEEING YOU HERE. LIKEWISE. (CHUCKLES) SO IN THE FIRST INSTANCE WHEN I SAW ZAC, I THINK I DESCRIBED HIM AS A GOD. HE IS INCREDIBLY GOOD-LOOKING AND HE'S GOT SUCH A WARM PRESENCE, AND THAT HASN'T CHANGED. WHEN I SEE HIM TODAY I FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. HOW CRAZY IS IT THAT WE'RE IN CHIANG MAI? UNBELIEVABLE. SO COOL, RIGHT? SO COOL. THIS IS AN AMAZING PLACE. YEAH, I KNOW. SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA DO SOME OFF-ROADING STUFF. OK, COOL. HOW'S THAT SOUND? AWESOME. THAT SOUNDS LIKE SO MUCH FUN. YEAH, I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTO A BIT OF THAT. YEAH, PERFECT. YOU NAILED IT. I'M EXCITED. SO SHOULD WE GET KITTED UP? YEP. LET'S DO IT. RIGHT, COOL. THIS IS SO COOL. IT'S GONNA BE SUCH A WILD DATE. SO ADVENTUROUS AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED. (TWINKLING MUSIC) SO HAVE YOU DRIVEN ONE OF THESE BEFORE? UM... HOW MUCH DO YOU TRUST ME? WHOA. (LAUGHS) TODAY WILL BE A GOOD DAY TO FIGURE THAT OUT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH HANNAH TODAY. FOR ME SHE'S ONE OF THOSE GIRLS WHO I WAS PRETTY CONFIDENT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF SPARK AND SOME SORT OF CONNECTION THERE. (UPBEAT MUSIC) THIS IS GETTING WILD. WE ARE GOING SO FAST. IT'S SO THRILLING, AND THERE WAS A POINT WHERE I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO HOLD ON TO HIM. AND SO I WAS LITERALLY JUST LIKE A LITTLE KOALA, LIKE, CLINGING TO THE BACK OF HIM. (ENGINE ROARS) (MAJESTIC MUSIC) ALL OF A SUDDEN WE ARE STOPPED BY THREE INCREDIBLE ELEPHANTS. (ELEPHANTS BELLOW) IT WAS OVERWHELMING. I NEVER IMAGINED HOW CAPTIVATED I WOULD BE BY SUCH INCREDIBLE ANIMALS. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE KIND OF HISSING THROUGH THESE HILLS AND OVER THESE BIG DROPS AND THROUGH THIS RUGGED TERRAIN, IT'S STILL A REALLY INTIMATE TIME I GET TO SPEND WITH HANNAH. I'D SAY THE SAME ABOUT YOU. YEAH? IT'S JUST BEEN EASY. THERE ARE SOME MOMENTS WHERE WE JUST STOP AND LOOK OUT OVER THE VIEW AND WE JUST BE. LIKE, IT'S SO COOL TO JUST SIT THERE WITH HIM, AND I THINK THOSE TIMES ARE PRICELESS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE COOL WITH SOMEONE ` LIKE, YOU'RE FULLY COMFORTABLE. (CHUCKLES) (ROMANTIC MUSIC) I REALLY ENJOY BEING CLOSE WITH SOMEONE I CARE ABOUT AND EXPRESSING AFFECTION PHYSICALLY, I SUPPOSE. AND IT'S BECOME REALLY EVIDENT THROUGHOUT MY TIME WITH HANNAH THAT SHE'S KIND OF SIMILAR. (UPBEAT MUSIC) I REALLY WANNA JUST HAVE A RIDE, SO WE SWITCH OVER. (UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES) AND I TAKE CONTROL. YOU'VE JUST GOT THIS POWERFUL BIKE BENEATH YOUR FINGERTIPS AND YOU JUST HIT THE THROTTLE AND YOU JUST HOON OFF, AND IT'S SO MUCH FUN. I THINK HANNAH'S A BIT OF AN ADRENALINE JUNKIE. SHE'S SMASHING IT. SHE NAILS IT. (UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES) WHEN DID YOU THINK YOU WERE GONNA HAVE BABIES AND MARRIAGE? I DUNNO. I` I ACTUALLY ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BE QUITE A YOUNG MUM, BUT I THINK THAT'S COS MY MUM WAS REALLY YOUNG. I DON'T KNOW IF I'D SAY I'M AT A POINT WHERE I'D LIKE TO SETTLE DOWN, BUT MY PARENTS ` THEY MET WHEN THEY WERE 20, AND THE IDEA'S ALWAYS APPEALED TO ME TO MEET SOMEONE YOUNG AND GROW OLD TOGETHER. COS YOU'RE 21? YEAH. 22. 22. DON'T YOU THINK IT'S A BIT WEIRD THAT, LIKE, WHEN YOU WERE 10 HE WAS, LIKE, FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL? AT 20 YEARS OLD I WOULDN'T SEE MYSELF DATING A 28-YEAR-OLD. BUT THEN I GUESS IT'S A MATURITY THING AS WELL. OR, LIKE, WHEN YOU WERE 15 HE WAS, LIKE, 23 AND EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT THINGS. I KNOW, BUT` ANYTHING AFTER 20, I RECKON IT JUST` YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. ZAC'S AGE AND HIS MATURITY LEVEL IS DEFINITELY REALLY APPEALING TO ME, THAT'S FOR SURE. SO WHO'S THE MOST MATURE? LIKE, I` I WANNA SAY HANNAH, BUT... (LAUGHTER) OH, YEAH. ...I DON'T THINK SO. HANNAH MIGHT BE THE OLDEST BUT I DON'T THINK SHE'S THE MOST MATURE. MAYBE ROSIE? OH, YEAH, NAH. SHE ACTUALLY IS. YEAH, I THINK ROSIE'S QUITE UP THERE. AND IMMATURE? MAYBE MOL` (LAUGHS) DAMMIT! I'M LIKE, 'MOL?' (LAUGHS) I'M NOT SAYING, LIKE, I WANNA MEET SOMEONE RIGHT NOW, BUT IF I DO MEET THE RIGHT PERSON THEN I'M 100% READY TO SETTLE DOWN. ZAC DEFINITELY HAS THE QUALITIES I WOULD LOOK FOR IN A PARTNER. DEFINITELY. (SERENE MUSIC) THE NEXT SURPRISE I'VE GOT PLANNED FOR HANNAH IS FOR US TO GO TO ONE OF THE LOCALS' HOUSES WHICH OVERLOOKS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VALLEY. ON ONE OF THEIR DECKS ` WHICH IS AMAZING ` THERE'S A FIREPLACE THERE. OH MY GOSH. THIS IS SO CUTE. AND JUST SOAK IN THE VIEW. WANT SOME ROSE? YES, I WOULD LOVE SOME ROSE. (ROMANTIC MUSIC) DELICIOUS. CHEERS. CHEERS. (CHUCKLES) BEING ALONE WITH ZAC IN THIS SETTING IS JUST SUPER ROMANTIC. WE'VE GOT THE AWESOME VIEWS AND THE SUN IS SETTING AND THERE'S ACTUALLY JUST NOWHERE ELSE I'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE CUTEST THING IN THE WORLD. (ALL SING IN THAI) THIS IS THE BEST. (SINGING CONTINUES) I AM FEELING REALLY CLOSE TO ZAC AT THIS POINT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU GET TO BOND WITH ANOTHER PERSON OVER THESE KIND OF EXPERIENCES, ESPECIALLY IN SUCH A DIFFERENT CULTURE SO FAR REMOVED FROM WHAT YOU'RE USED TO. (SINGING CONTINUES) AW, THAT WAS AMAZING. WELL DONE, GIRLS. I THINK IT IS REALLY SPECIAL THAT WE'RE DOING THIS TOGETHER AND I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY BRINGING US CLOSER. (ROMANTIC MUSIC) YOU'RE HALF-AUSTRALIAN, EH? YEP. MY MUM'S AUSTRALIAN. LIKE, WORD ON THE STREET IS... OH, YOUR MUM IS. SO WAS SHE BORN AND RAISED IN...? BORN AND RAISED. AND THEN MET YOUR DAD? BRIZZY. YEP, AND THEN MET MY DAD WHEN THEY WERE TRAVELLING. OH! FUNNY. MY PARENTS DID THAT TOO. IN KUALA LUMPUR, ACTUALLY. REALLY? YEAH. OH, WOW. YEAH, MUM AND DAD MET IN, LIKE, A SPA OR SOMETHING. WOW. IT WAS CRAZY. IT WAS, LIKE, LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. WOW. KIND OF A SIMILAR STORY TO MY PARENTS. YEAH? GOT MARRIED IN AUGUST, I WAS BORN IN DECEMBER AND THAT WAS 28 YEARS AGO. WOW! THAT'S PRETTY COOL. THAT'S FATE, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I BUY INTO THAT. I, LIKE, BELIEVE IN THAT SORT OF STUFF. I DO TOO, YEAH. THINGS, LIKE, HAPPENING FOR A REASON. LIKE, UNIVERSE AND ALL THAT KIND OF... THERE'S A REASON FOR THINGS HAPPENING. LIKE, WHAT I GOT OUT OF SPORT WAS THAT THERE'S` YOU CONTROL THE CONTROLLABLES. YEAH. THERE'S STUFF THAT IS OUTSIDE OF YOUR POWER THAT IS GONNA IMPACT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU AND YOU JUST GOTTA DEAL WITH IT. IT'S JUST ABOUT DOING WHAT YOU CAN DO AND JUST BETTERING YOURSELF. YEAH. IT FEELS REALLY NICE TALKING TO ZAC ABOUT THIS SORT OF STUFF. I LIKE THAT HE FEELS COMFORTABLE TELLING ME ALL THESE SORTS OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, I GREW UP, LIKE, DOING SURF LIFESAVING AS A SPORT, AND THAT WAS, LIKE` THAT WAS MY FIRST PASSION AND MY FIRST, LIKE, LOVE WHEN IT CAME TO COMPETING AND RACING AND STUFF. SO I KNOW HOW YOU START TO QUESTION YOURSELF, AND... YEAH. YOU LOSE YOUR IDENTITY AND YOU'RE LIKE, 'OK, WHO AM I WITHOUT THAT?' LIKE, IT` LIKE, ESPECIALLY WITH GYMNASTICS, WE TRAINED, LIKE, SO MANY HOURS A WEEK` A LOT. ...AND FOR ME BEING IN INVERCARGILL AND OUR MAIN CLUB BEING IN DUNEDIN, LIKE, WE LOST WEEKENDS. SO WE HAD TO GO THERE EVERY WEEKEND AND IT JUST, LIKE, CAPTIVATES YOU AND IT'S WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON, LIKE, ENTIRELY. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE ZAC IS COMING FROM. BACK WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS TRAINING FOR THE NEW ZEALAND GYMNASTICS TEAM TO COMPETE OVERSEAS AT AN INTERNATIONAL MEET, AND I MISSED OUT ON THE TEAM BY ONE SPOT. IT'S A BIG PART OF WHO I AM. IT'S A BIG PART OF WHO I WAS AND... IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE THAT KIND OF STUFF, THOUGH. LIKE... YEAH. ...TO, LIKE, UNDERSTAND AND... YEAH. I CAN RELATE TO SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW? LIKE, YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. I BET YOU CAN. YEAH. YEAH, ESPECIALLY WITH, LIKE, YOUR GYMNASTICS. YEAH. IT'S NICE TO KNOW ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT YOU. YEAH. HANNAH AND I HAVE QUITE A BIT IN COMMON. WE'VE BOTH BEEN HEAVILY INVESTED IN OUR SPORTS AND WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THROUGH THAT, BUT WE'RE ALSO AT KIND OF SIMILAR STAGES IN LIFE AS WELL. THIS IS JUST SO COOL. IT'S UNREAL, HEY? WE SEEM TO HAVE SIMILAR OUTLOOKS ON LIFE IN GENERAL, REALLY, AND WE'RE BOTH PRETTY LAID BACK. YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU HAVE THOSE TWO BUILDING BLOCKS THEN THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO START ANY SORT OF A RELATIONSHIP. (ROMANTIC MUSIC) SO I COULD'VE BROUGHT A ROSE WITH ME TODAY... YEAH. ...BUT I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A BIT MORE FITTING. OK. THIS IS ONE OF THE HIBISCUSES THAT GROW IN, LIKE, THIS AREA. OK. SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD ACCEPT THIS FLOWER. YES! I WOULD LOVE TO ACCEPT THIS FLOWER. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. IF I GIVE A ROSE TO SOMEONE IT'S BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE ` THERE'S A SPARK, THERE'S SOME SORT OF CHEMISTRY THERE ` AND THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT I FEEL TOWARDS HANNAH. IT'S SUCH A NICE FLOWER. IT'S THE BEST. I LOVE THAT FLOWER. IT'S SO PRETTY. (ROMANTIC MUSIC) A BEAUTIFUL VIEW. I KNOW. IT'S SO COOL. YEAH. A BEAUTIFUL GIRL... IT'S BEEN A GOOD TIME. AW, STOP IT. CUTE LITTLE KIDS SINGING SONGS. I KNOW. IT'S BEEN FUN. YEAH, A LOT OF FUN. (ROMANTIC MUSIC SWELLS) (CHUCKLES) I'M HAVING THE BEST DAY EVER. HAPPY! (LAUGHS) (CHUCKLES) YOU KNOW, YOU COULDN'T FAULT HOW IT FELT. IT WAS JUST THE PERFECT SCENE FOR A PERFECT KISS. YEAH, IT WAS ELECTRIC. (GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC) I CAN ABSOLUTELY SEE SOMEONE LIKE HANNAH FITTING INTO MY LIFE QUITE SEAMLESSLY, YEP. STILL TO COME... WAS THERE A KISS? (LAUGHS) (TENSE MUSIC) AND THEN... LOOK, I HATE TO DO THIS TO YOU, BUT THIS GROUP DATE TODAY IS NOT GONNA GO DOWN LIKE YOU THINK IT'S GONNA GO DOWN. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) and there was a pig in the middle of the road. Anyone over there know anything about it? No, no, mate. Bobby, it's Keith. I was driving along Dundas Ln, and there was a pig in the middle of the road. Anyone over there know anything about it? No, no, mate. You're in a different valley. No one knows a thing. No one? Yeah, you don't know anyone out that way who has pigs? Moa Creek? No, I'm not too sure over there. (SIGHS) You bloody pig. Hey, Michael. It's Keith. So you got the picture? Yeah, it's not mine. You don't know anything about looking after pigs? Not really. I just know they taste all right. (OINKS) (OINKS) COMPUTER CHIMES I got your email about Sue. Yeah, uh, the pig. (CHUCKLES) VAN IDLES (OINKS) GENTLE MUSIC (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES (OINKS) UPLIFTING MUSIC Life's better together, so stay connected on NZ's leading mobile network. (CHEERFUL MUSIC) DO YOU THINK SHE GOT A ROSE? ALL: YEAH. GOT A ROSE? DEFINITELY. YEAH. DEFINITELY. WE HAVEN'T SEEN HANNAH YET FROM HER DATE. SHE GOT IN QUITE LATE. (WOMEN GREET HANNAH) HEY. HEY, TEAM. HOW YOU DOING? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? HEY, BABE. HEY, DARL. HOW DID IT GO? IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. WHAT DID YOU DO? GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND I WALKED UP AND I SAW ZAC AND HE WAS STANDING THERE NEXT TO THIS, LIKE, GIANT QUAD BIKE, AND I WAS JUST LIKE, 'OH MY GOD, THIS IS SO COOL!' YEAH. AND THEN THERE WAS, LIKE, A LITTLE VILLAGE. SO, LIKE, WE WERE REALLY HIGH UP AND, LIKE, THE VIEWS WERE REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND, LIKE, YOU COULDN'T TAKE A PICTURE OF IT AND DESCRIBE IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO SEE IT. THIS PLACE IS INCREDIBLE. I HAVE A FEELING SOME OF THE GIRLS MIGHT HAVE FELT PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THE WHOLE DATE. THERE ARE A FEW GIRLS WHO SHOW THAT THEY DON'T REALLY WANNA HEAR ABOUT EACH GIRL'S DATES. AS WE WERE QUAD BIKING UP THE HILL WE DROVE PAST THREE ELEPHANTS. (ALL GASP) COOL! THAT'S SO COOL! OH MY GOD. IT WAS LITERALLY THE COOLEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN. WE HAD A COUPLE OF GLASSES OF BUBBLES AND JUST, LIKE, LOOKED OUT INTO THE VIEW. (TENSE MUSIC) SO WHERE'S YOUR ROSE? MY ROSE... OK, SO HE GOT UP AND HE POPPED BACK AND HE HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL LOCAL HIGH MOUNTAIN HIBISCUS FLOWER. WOMEN: WOW! UNFORTUNATELY IT MET A VERY UNTIMELY DEATH AND IS NO LONGER WITH ME. (LAUGHTER) HOWEVER, AS IT WOULD HAPPEN, IT KIND OF LOOKED A BIT LIKE THIS. AW! PRETTY. HANNAH GETS A HIBISCUS FLOWER INSTEAD OF A ROSE, SO, LIKE, DOES THAT REALLY COUNT IF IT'S NOT A ROSE? IT REALLY WAS, LIKE, THE PERFECT DAY. I'VE NEVER, EVER, EVER HAD AN EXPERIENCE LIKE THAT BEFORE. YEAH, I DEFINITELY THINK I DO NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH ZAC. EVERYONE'S STARTING TO GET THEIR OWN TIME WITH HIM AND I STILL HAVEN'T REALLY HAD MINE YET, SO YEAH, DEFINITELY WANTING A BIT MORE. (TENSE MUSIC) SO I THINK SOME OF US WANNA KNOW ` WAS THERE A KISS? (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) (LAUGHS) YES. (LAUGHTER, WOMEN EXCLAIM) YEAH, THERE WAS. (CHUCKLES) YAY! YOU GO, GIRL. I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE. IT DOES MAKE ME KIND OF REFLECT ON MY OWN KISS, AND I'VE STARTED TO WORRY THAT MAYBE IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE AWKWARD, MOSTLY BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH LIPSTICK INVOLVED. (LAUGHS) YEAH, IT WAS A LOVELY DAY. I COULDN'T COMPARE IT TO ANYTHING. AW, THAT'S SO NICE. YEAH. (TENSE MUSIC) MY CONNECTION WITH ZAC IS THERE AND IT'S REAL AND I KNOW THAT, AND I'M NOT SOMEONE TO KISS ON A FIRST DATE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL AND PRIVATE FOR ME. I GUESS THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF KISSING. THERE'S, LIKE, KISSES YOU GIVE YOUR GRANDMA AND THEN KISSES YOU GIVE YOUR BOYFRIEND AND KISSES YOU GIVE YOUR DOG. SO WHAT KIND OF SCALE WOULD IT BE? LIKE, A PECK ON THE CHEEK OR A FULL-ON MAKEOUT? WE'RE NOT TOO SURE. (EXOTIC MUSIC) AND STEP. RIGHT LEG. TOES POINTING TO THE FRONT. WARRIOR TWO. OK, SO WE'RE GOING INTO TREE POSES, GUYS. WE'LL ALL BE EXPERTS AT THIS NOW. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. HI, HOW ARE WE ALL DOING? ALL: GOOD. GOING INTO TODAY WE'VE STILL GOT A GROUP DATE AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT. WHAT'S THE THEORY, GUYS? THE GROUP DATE CURSE. THE GROUP DATE CURSE. WHA`? (CHUCKLES) MOLLY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING ON A GROUP DATE, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT YOU COULD BE GOING HOME. EVERYONE WHO'S GONE ON A GROUP DATE, THERE'S ALWAYS ONE PERSON FROM THAT GROUP DATE THAT GOES HOME. I DON'T THINK ANY GIRL WOULD BE COMFORTABLE AT THE MOMENT ACTUALLY GOING ON A GROUP DATE. EVERYONE IS A LITTLE BIT SCARED OF THE GDC. I DEFINITELY AM. WELL, GUYS, I'VE GOT THIS HERE. YIKES. OH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA LEAVE THIS HERE. AND I'LL LET YOU GUYS GET BACK TO IT, OR YOU CAN OPEN IT NOW. ENJOY AND I WILL SEE YOU GUYS SOON. ALL RIGHT. BYE! THANKS, DOM. ALL RIGHT. I THINK I MIGHT GRAB THIS ONE, GUYS. IF I'M HONEST, I THINK MY CHANCES OF BEING ON THE GROUP DATE ARE PRETTY HIGH. I AM THE ONLY GIRL THAT HASN'T RECEIVED ONE YET, SO I'M REALLY HOPING MY NAME'S ON THAT CARD. ALL RIGHT. GROUP DATE. CURSE. (LAUGHTER) 'THAILAND IS THE LAND OF SMILES.' I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE SEEN ZAC. IT FEELS LIKE MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO. IT'S CRAZY. SO I'D LOVE TO GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A BIT MORE TIME WITH HIM AND JUST SEE HOW HE'S GOING AND ENJOYING THAILAND. 'SO I'M THINKING ` DOT DOT DOT ` 'THE MORE, THE MERRIER.' (WOMEN EXCLAIM) IT'S GOTTA BE EVERYONE. IT'S GOTTA BE EVERYONE! I THINK THAT ANYONE HERE AT THIS POINT HE DOES WANT TO GET TO KNOW BETTER. IT'D BE A LET DOWN TO COME ALL THE WAY TO THAILAND, NOT GET ON ANY DATES AND THEN JUST GET SENT HOME. ALL RIGHT. FIRST NAME... (TENSE MUSIC) JOKES, IT'S EVERYONE! (ALL SCREAM AND LAUGH) YAY! SO WE'RE ALL CELEBRATING, BUT SECRETLY I WAS KINDA SITTING THERE LIKE, 'OH, YAY! I'M SO HAPPY! BUT KINDA WISH YOU WEREN'T ALL THERE.' (LAUGHS) LET'S SEE. OH MY GOSH. THE GROUP DATE CURSE IS VERY, VERY ON NOW. VERY ON. SHOULD WE GO GET READY, GUYS? YEAH, LET'S GO GET READY! (CHEERFUL MUSIC) (PEACEFUL MUSIC) TODAY I'VE GOT A FUN GROUP DATE PLANNED FOR ALL THE GIRLS. I'M BRINGING THEM OUT TO AN ESTATE IN CHIANG MAI ` BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS, LOTS OF FUN THINGS TO DO AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO HANG OUT WITH THEM. (TENSE MUSIC) (CHUCKLES) DOM. HEY, MAN. HOW YOU DOING? GOOD. DOM'S WAITING THERE FOR ME, WHICH IS KINDA WEIRD. WHAT'S UP? WELL. LOOK, I HATE TO DO THIS TO YOU, BUT THIS GROUP DATE TODAY IS NOT GONNA GO DOWN LIKE YOU THINK IT'S GONNA GO DOWN. I KNOW HOW SERIOUS YOU ARE ABOUT FINDING A PARTNER TO SHARE YOUR LIFE WITH, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. I GUESS I'M SURPRISED AND I GUESS, YEAH, A LITTLE BIT INTRIGUED. AND TO YOU LIFE IS ABOUT TAKING CHANCES. (CHUCKLES) IT'S ABOUT EMBRACING THAT ADVENTURE. YEP. OK. (EXHALES) (CHUCKLES) SO ZAC, HERE TO MEET YOU TODAY ARE THREE WONDERFUL WOMEN... THAT YOU HAVE NOT MET. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) STILL TO COME... MY ENTIRE WORLD HAS BEEN THROWN UPSIDE DOWN. HAVE WE BEEN STOOD UP? ZAC HAS NEVER BEEN LATE BEFORE. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) WHAT THE (BLEEP!)? (DRAMATIC MUSIC) WHAT'S YOUR FEELING? GIVE ME THE EMOTION RIGHT NOW. UM,... (EXHALES) MY MIND'S JUST BEEN BLOWN. LIKE, MY ENTIRE WORLD'S BEEN THROW UPSIDE DOWN, AND I'M SITTING THERE TRYING TO PIECE IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN WITH DOM, LIKE, LOOKING AT ME EXPECTING ME TO SAY SOMETHING GOOD. A LOT OF THINGS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND, I IMAGINE? YEAH, SO MANY THINGS GOING THROUGH MY MIND, UM, BUT EXCITING. REALLY EXCITING. I'M ALL ABOUT, YEAH, THE EXPERIENCE, I SUPPOSE, AND, I GUESS, PLAYING THE CARDS YOU'RE DEALT AND GOING FROM THERE. I'M... (CHUCKLES) WOW. YOU'RE SPEECHLESS? YEAH. YEAH. WELL, LOOK, TODAY YOU'RE GONNA SPEND THE DAY HERE. YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME TIME ALONE WITH ALL OF THESE GIRLS, GETTING TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER. OK. OK, SO ARE YOU READY TO DO THIS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT, COS THE FIRST LADY'S ON HER WAY RIGHT NOW. BEST OF LUCK. ENJOY THE DAY. CHEERS. THANKS, MAN. I'LL SEE YOU SOON. I WAS JUST GETTING MY HEAD AROUND THE GROUP OF ORIGINAL GIRLS AND HOW I FELT ABOUT THEM, AND NOW THERE'S THREE COMPLETELY NEW GIRLS WHO I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. IT'S LIKE THREE BLANK BOOKS I HAVEN'T READ YET, AND ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M JUST REALLY HOPING IT'S SOMEONE THAT I COULD POTENTIALLY FALL IN LOVE WITH. (CHUCKLES) HELLO. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD, THANKS. HOW ARE YOU? VERY WELL. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I'M ZAC. ZAC. I'M KARINA. NICE TO MEET YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU, KARINA. HAVE YOU BEEN TO THIS PART OF THE WORLD BEFORE? NO, I NEVER HAVE. FIRST TIME I SEE KARINA, AND I'M BLOWN AWAY. SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL, LIKE DREAM GIRL BEAUTIFUL. I'LL SEE YOU SOON, THEN. I'LL SEE YOU IN A BIT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL SEE YOU LATER. BYE. I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A NEW ADVENTURE AND TO MEET SOMEONE NEW AND SOMEONE TO HAVE IN MY LIFE. I AM ABSOLUTELY NERVOUS AND QUITE AWARE THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE THE SPARK THERE AND HE MIGHT NOT BE WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN. HELLO. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? I'M REALLY NERVOUS. YOU'RE NERVOUS? I'M ZAC. HI, ZAC. I'M SARAH. NICE TO MEET YOU, SARAH. NICE TO MEET YOU. HOW ARE` WOW. (LAUGHS) SARAH WALKS OUT, AND THE FIRST THING THAT I NOTICE ABOUT HER IS SHE FLASHES HER NICE BIG BEAUTIFUL SMILE AT ME, AND I CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE BACK. HOW'S THAILAND GOING? IT'S NICE. IT'S REALLY WARM. YEAH. IT'S INCREDIBLE. PEOPLE ARE SUPER FRIENDLY. HAVE YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE? UM, YES, JUST TO BANGKOK. I JUST GOT BACK FROM CAMBODIA. OH, NICE. WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU AND FINDING OUT A BIT MORE ABOUT YOU LATER. YEAH. SEE YOU LATER. I'M NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT HE'S GONNA LIKE AND WHO HE IS AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, HOW I'M GONNA REACT TO HIM. BUT I JUST HOPE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A SPARK AND SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PAIR OF US. (CHUCKLES) HELLO. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? I'M FINE, THANKS. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M ZAC. I'M VANESSA. NICE TO MEET YOU, VANESSA. NEXT CAME VANESSA IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT ORANGE DRESS, AND SHE LOOKED STUNNING. SHE LOOKED REALLY BEAUTIFUL. HOW ARE FEELING AFTER THE FLIGHT? IT WAS, LIKE, REALLY TURBULENT, SO... (LAUGHS) I BET, YEAH. YEAH. JUST A LITTLE BIT SPACEY. (LAUGHS) THE WAY HE HOLDS HIMSELF IS, LIKE, QUITE SEXY, I GUESS, COS HE'S CONFIDENT AND KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING. YEAH, SO GOOD TO MEET YOU. YEAH, REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU AS WELL. CHEERS. (SIGHS) IF I'M GONNA BE TRUE TO MYSELF AND FAIR TO THIS PROCESS, I'VE GOTTA GIVE THESE NEW GIRLS THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW THEM. FOR ME, IT'S THREE COMPLETELY NEW CARDS IN A DECK. THEY COULD BE THE ACE. I CAN'T HELP BUT BE EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT. SO WE ARRIVE TO THIS BEAUTIFUL, LIKE, MANSION WITH ALL THESE LITTLE TRINKETS AND AWESOME LITTLE DECORATIONS. IT'S GORGEOUS. BUT THERE'S NO ZAC. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT. I'VE EVEN ARRANGED SOME... TREATS. WHAT DESSERTS HAVE YOU GOT, MOLL? WELL, WE'VE GOT THE BLUE ROSE, THE PINK ROSE. WHAT ONE WOULD YOU LIKE? I MIGHT GO FOR A BIT OF THE PINK ROSE. OK. I THINK IT'S ONLY ME, NINA AND ROSIE WHO HAVE HAD NO SINGLE TIME OUTSIDE OF COCKTAIL PARTIES AT ALL. SO AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD BE SO INCREDIBLE TO ACTUALLY SPEND SOME TIME WITH ZAC AND ACTUALLY GET TO KNOW HIM. I'M FEELING LIKE CHINOS MIGHT BE HIS ATTIRE TONIGHT. WELL, MAYBE EVEN SOME SHORTS. YEAH, HE MIGHT EVEN SURPRISE US AND WEAR SOME SHORTS. SOME DENIM CUT-OFFS. (LAUGHTER) IT'S PRETTY WARM. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GETTING IN THE POOL? YEAH. YEAH? THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE GONE ON A FIRST DATE, SO I WAS FULL OF NERVES, VERY EXCITED, BUT I WAS DEFINITELY HAPPY WITH WHAT I SAW. AFTER YOU. GO ON. SARAH DOES THIS REALLY, LIKE, ELEGANT LITTLE DIVE. AND I FOLLOW WITH THIS, LIKE, HORRENDOUS ATTEMPTED MANU, WHICH DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING. JUST WATER GOES EVERYWHERE. (LAUGHS) WHERE DID YOU MOVE TO CHRISTCHURCH FROM? UM, I DID A FEW YEARS IN PARIS. WOW. WHAT WERE YOU DOING OVER THERE? TWO YEARS. MY DAD'S FRENCH, SO I WAS CONVINCED I HAD TO GET OUT OF NEW ZEALAND; IT WAS TOO SMALL. THAT'S AWESOME. SO I BOOKED MY TICKET AND WENT THERE FOR A BIT. GOOD ON YOU. I'M REALLY ENJOYING SPENDING TIME WITH SARAH. IT BECOMES REALLY CLEAR WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS IN COMMON. SIMILAR INTERESTS AND, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL AND READING. AND SHE LIKES TO BE ACTIVE, AND SHE ENJOYS A CHALLENGE. SHE LIKES TO BE ADVENTUROUS. SHE'S GONE TRAVELLING SOLO, BUT THEN I AM A BIT WORRIED ABOUT HOW THE OTHER GIRLS WILL RECEIVE THREE NEW GIRLS INTO THE MIX. DO YOU GUYS RECKON THAT THE NEXT GROUP OR SINGLE DATE WILL BE? I WANNA SEE SOME ELEPHANTS. SURELY THERE'S ONE WITH ELEPHANTS. YEAH. THAT WOULD BE SO COOL. IT'D BE AMAZING TO SEE ZAC. IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER. AND SOME MARKETS, MAYBE. I'D LOVE A GOOD MARKET. OH, THE NIGHT MARKET. TEMPLES. I THINK AT THIS RATE BECAUSE THERE'S 11 OF US, IT'S STILL IN THE VERY 'GETTING TO KNOW' STAGE, BUT AS THE NUMBERS DWINDLE, THAT'S WHEN IT WILL START GETTING REALLY SERIOUS. CHEERS TO THIS. CHEERS TO THIS. AND A NEW ADVENTURE. HMM. YUM. MANGO, YOU RECKON? MM-HM. ARE YOU OK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND OR WHAT YOU'RE HOPING TO FIND? UM, I REALLY DON'T KNOW... WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, WHAT I'M HOPING TO FIND. I JUST FIGURED... WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN. (LAUGHS) I DO FEEL LIKE I'M DRAWN TO SARAH. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HER WHICH REALLY INTRIGUES ME. IT'S A FUNNY WEE RIDE, THOUGH, EH? I GUESS SO. (LAUGHS) YEP. THERE'S THAT PHYSICAL SPARK, AND THERE'S ALSO THAT DEEPER EMOTIONAL SPARK AS WELL BETWEEN US. OH, WOW. SO EVEN THOUGH I'VE ONLY HUNG OUT WITH YOU FOR NOT VERY LONG, YEAH. I JUST FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ON THE SAME PAGE ON A LOT OF THINGS, AND I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO ACCEPT THIS ROSE. THANK YOU. I WILL ACCEPT THIS ROSE. IT'S KIND OF A NICE SURPRISE. I THOUGHT I WAS DOING A GOOD JOB FIGURING OUT WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IN A PARTNER, AND THESE THREE NEW GIRLS HAVE DEFINITELY THROWN A SPANNER INTO THE WORKS. IS THIS A DATE? IS THIS A GROUP DATE OR IS THIS A COCKTAIL PARTY? WELL, HE'S LATE FOR HIS OWN DATE. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S GOT PLANNED FOR US? I HOPE THERE'S SOME GARDEN ACTIVITIES. YEAH. YEAH, I'D LOVE SOME GARDEN ACTIVITIES. I HOPE HE DOES A LITTLE BIT OF GARDENING. SPECIFICALLY SOME ROSES, MAYBE? (LAUGHS) SOME ROSES IN THAT GARDEN. THAT'D BE A DREAM. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR NOW AND HE STILL HASN'T TURNED UP. AND I'M WONDERING IF WE'VE BEEN STOOD UP. (LAUGHS) VANESSA IS A REALLY INTELLIGENT, ATTRACTIVE GIRL, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING SOME TIME WITH HER TODAY. WHAT SORT OF STUFF DO YOU LIKE TO EAT? LIKE, DO YOU COOK? UM, YEAH, I CAN COOK. I MAKE, LIKE, THE MEANEST NACHOS. DO YOU JUST? YEAH. (LAUGHS) I LOVE MEXICAN FOOD. YEAH. WOULD THAT BE YOUR FAVOURITE? UM, MEXICAN OR THAI. LIKE, A REAL GOOD, UM, PAD THAI OR LIKE GREEN CURRY. I'M A MASSAMAN CURRY FAN. OH, SAME. LOVE MASSAMAN CURRIES. I LOVE MASSAMAN CURRY. I'M AN ONLY CHILD. OH YEAH? YEAH. SPOILT LITTLE BRAT. (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) NO, I'M NOT. I'M JUST JOKING. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SHARE? UM, YEAH, I CAN SHARE. (LAUGHS) I MEAN, IT'S GIVE AND TAKE. I'M SEEING SOME GOOD THINGS ABOUT VANESSA. SHE'S A REAL HARD-CASE GIRL, AND, YEAH, I ENJOY THAT. LOOK AT THEM. OK, SHALL I PUT MY FINGER IN THERE? YEAH, GO. (SQUEALS) (LAUGHS) ARE THERE ANY ANIMALS THAT WOULD SCARE YOU? THAT WOULD SCARE ME? HMM. LIKE LIONS AND TIGERS AND STUFF, EH? I DON'T KNOW IF I'D BE SCARED BY LIONS AND TIGERS. IF A LION TURNED UP RIGHT NOW... POSSIBLY. IF A LION CAME AROUND HERE, AND HE WAS LIKE, 'HEY, ZAC.' YEAH, I'D PROBABLY. YEAH, I'D BE FREAKING. 'I'M GONNA EAT YOU.' YEAH, WOULD YOU PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE? NO, I WOULD NOT. I'D PROBABLY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO. POOR LION. I'D GO SWIMMING. IT'S REALLY HARD NOT TO HAVE A SMILE ON YOUR FACE WHEN YOU'RE AROUND VANESSA. SHE DOESN'T TAKE HERSELF TOO SERIOUSLY. SHE CAN LAUGH AT HERSELF. SHE SEEMS LIKE SHE'S A REALLY FUN GIRL TO BE AROUND. HAVE YOU BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP AND BEEN OUT OF IT FOR A WHILE? UM... SO WHY NOT OR? SO I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN MARRIED BEFORE. REALLY. YEAH. WOW. YEAH, DON'T TAKE THAT AS, LIKE... NAH, NOT AT ALL. ...A BIG SCARY THING. NAH, NAH, NAH. COS IT'S JUST LIKE A NORMAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A PIECE OF PAPER. YEAH, THAT'S INTERESTING. I WAS QUITE YOUNG. WE JUST GREW APART, AND, YOU KNOW. AND NOW HERE I AM. NOW YOU ARE. THE CONVERSATION MOVES QUITE QUICKLY TO A DEEP TOPIC, I GUESS, AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT WE MANAGED TO GET ON THAT LEVEL SO QUICKLY. AND YOURSELF? UM, YEAH, I SUPPOSE, KIND OF, SIMILAR. LIKE, UM, CAME OUT OF SOMETHING QUITE SERIOUS AND LONG-TERM. YEAH. SIMILAR STORY. YEAH, SO KINDA SIMILAR. YEAH. IT HAPPENS. IT DOES. SHE'S SUCH A VIBRANT, FUNNY, CARING GIRL, AND I WANT TO FIND OUT MORE. HAVE WE BEEN STOOD UP? (LAUGHTER) IS THE DATE LATE, OR...? CLAUD, HOW'S YOUR FIRST GROUP DATE GOING? (LAUGHS) BEST GROUP DATE EVER (!) BRILLIANT. THE CLUE'S ABOUT SMILES. HOW IS THAT COMING INTO THIS? ZAC HAS NEVER BEEN LATE BEFORE. HE'S ALWAYS ON TIME. WE'RE THINKING, 'HAS ZAC STOOD US UP?' SO TELL ME ABOUT YOU, KARINA. WHAT DO YOU DO? I STILL GO TO UNI, ACTUALLY. I'VE ONE YEAR LEFT. WHAT ARE YOU STUDYING? I'M STUDYING LAW. OH, YEAH. YEAH. ASIDE FROM BEING STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL, KARINA'S INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT, VERY ARTICULATE, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT IN COMMON. TALK ABOUT YOUR PARENTS. MY MUM IS VERY RUSSIAN. (LAUGHS) QUITE A STRONG WOMAN, YOU KNOW? OK. SOME PEOPLE CAN SAY A LITTLE BIT SCARY AT TIMES. (LAUGHS) BUT SHE'S ACTUALLY AWESOME. MY DAD'S JUST A TYPICAL AUSTRALIAN, YOU KNOW, JUST LOVES A GOOD LAUGH. YEAH. I'M REALLY ENJOYING SPENDING TIME WITH KARINA. SHE JUST SEEMS LIKE A REALLY KIND-HEARTED GIRL, JUST A REALLY KIND SOUL, JUST A REAL SWEETHEART. SO HOW YOU DO YOU FEEL ABOUT, KINDA, COMING IN A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PIECE? ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT HOW THE GIRLS WILL RECEIVE YOU? I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'LL BE SLIGHTLY WORRIED ABOUT THREE NEW GIRLS COMING IN. YEAH, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT THREATENED. I DO FEEL FOR THE ORIGINAL GIRLS, YOU KNOW. IT'S A HARD ENOUGH SITUATION AS IT IS, AND I FEEL THIS SORT OF THING HAS JUST KINDA MOVED THE GOALPOST. I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE HAD A BIT MORE TIME, OBVIOUSLY, TO GET TO KNOW THE OTHER GIRLS AND STUFF, SO IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE DETRIMENTAL ALMOST TO COME IN THIS LATE. BUT IF THERE'S A CONNECTION, THERE'S A CONNECTION. ABSOLUTELY. I'VE JUST MET THE THREE NEW GIRLS, AND I'VE SEEN SOMETHING IN EACH ONE OF THEM. THEY'VE, LIKE, THROWN A BIT OF A CURVEBALL, BUT I'M HERE TO FIND THE RIGHT GIRL FOR ME. MAYBE IF WE SAY HIS NAME THREE TIMES, HE MIGHT APPEAR. YOU GOTTA RUB THE LAMP. RUB THE LAMP! (LAUGHTER) ZAC, ZAC, ZAC. (LAUGHTER) NOT YET. WE'RE ALL GLAMMED UP, READY TO GO, BUT THERE'S NO ZAC, AND WE'RE ALL JUST, KINDA, SITTING AROUND. AND THERE'S JUST NOTHING REALLY GOING ON. I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS. IS IT A GROUP DATE OR A COCKTAIL PARTY? YEAH, WHAT THE (BLEEP)'S HAPPENING? YOU THINK THAT THIS GROUP DATE IS, LIKE, GONNA TURN INTO, LIKE, A COCKTAIL PARTY? TOTES. YEAH. NAH! ONE OF THOSE FEELINGS. COME ON, HANNAH. WE'RE NOT DRESSED FOR A COCKTAIL PARTY (!) I KNOW. THERE'S NO SEQUINS. (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) (LAUGHS) WHAT THE (BLEEP)? (BLEEP)! (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) HELLO. # You make me... # You don't have a girlfriend. You don't need a lot of calls or text. You need data ` for dating sites, like Honey Badger. (LAUGHS) You do have a girlfriend. You need less data and more calls ` lovey-dovey calls. # You make me... # You don't have a girlfriend again. She won't return your calls. You need more text. Things change. Now your Prepay can too. Get more of what you need and less of what you don't with Vodafone My Flex Prepay. (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) HELLO. I'M FEELING VERY, VERY NERVOUS. IN FACT, I'M PRETTY MUCH FREAKING OUT. HELLO. HOW IS EVERYONE? AS SOON AS THOSE THREE GIRLS WALKED IN, MY BODY TEMPERATURE JUST WENT... ALL THE WAY UP HERE AND MY CONFIDENCE WENT ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN. HI. HOW ARE YOU? SIT, SIT. THANK YOU. I'M NINA. THIS IS ROSIE. I'M JESS. HEY. HOLY SHIT. THE NEW BACHELORETTES. DOES THIS NOW MEAN BECAUSE THEY'VE ADDED THREE EXTRA, IS THERE GONNA BE THREE ELIMINATED? (ALL EXCHANGE GREETINGS) I FEEL SICK. I FEEL SHOCKED. EVERYTHING I'D ASSUMED BEFORE HAS JUST GONE OUT THE WINDOW. (BLEEP) REALLY? EVERYTHING'S CHANGED. HMM. SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? WE'VE JUST ARRIVED TODAY. YOU ARRIVED TODAY? WELCOME. THANK YOU. I FEEL BETRAYED BY ZAC, BY DOM AND BY THESE THREE NEW PEOPLE. HAVE YOU MET HIM BEFORE? OH OK. OH! THAT'S MORE ONE-ON-ONE TIME THAN SOME OF US HAVE HAD. BUGGER. THIS IS ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. AND I'VE HAD, LIKE, ZERO TIME. ANGER AND MOLL. PANIC AND MOLL. IT'S HAPPENING, YEAH. YOU ARE FROM NEW ZEALAND, RIGHT? YEAH. JUST CHECKING, OK, WOW. THAT'S, LIKE, A LONG FLIGHT. YEAH. OH MY GOD. YEAH, MET THE BACHELOR AND HAD SOME ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH HIM. WHEN DID YOU MEET HIM? TODAY. TODAY? OH MY GOD. YEAH, WE ALL HAD SOME TIME WITH HIM. OH, NICE. YEAH. NO, IT'S GOOD. I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT BEING AN INTRUDER. IT IS WHAT IT IS. DON'T GET TO TALK TO HIM, DON'T GET TO FIND OUT FACTS ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND HIS LIFE, YEAH. IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, JUST ASK US. (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) YEAH. I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE THINKS OF ME. I'M NOT HERE TO JUST MAKE GIRL FRIENDS. I'M, YOU KNOW, HERE TO MEET A BOY. YES, WOW. HELLO, EVERYBODY. HEY, GUYS. I KNOW TODAY TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A TWIST. TWISTS AND TURNS. THREE TWISTS. YOU THINK? SARAH, KARINA, VANESSA. YES. I WANNA WELCOME YOU GUYS. I'VE JUST SPOKEN TO ZAC. I KNOW HE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME... GETTING TO KNOW ALL OF YOU TODAY. IT'S A BIT DISHEARTENING TO KNOW THAT THEY'VE SPENT TIME WITH ZAC. IT'S KINDA LIKE, 'OH OK, WE'VE JUST BEEN SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR HIM, 'AND HE'S BEEN SPENDING TIME WITH OTHER GIRLS.' SPEAKING OF ZAC, HE'S ON HIS WAY HERE NOW. SO I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU GUYS FOR A MINUTE TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AND I'LL SEE YOU A LITTLE LATER ON AT THE ROSE CEREMONY. OH! YOU'RE SUCH A... IF THERE'S ONE THING I HATE MORE THAN COCKTAIL PARTIES, IT'S ROSE CEREMONIES, WHICH ARE THE WORST. I'LL SEE YOU GIRLS SOON. SEE YOU, GUYS. WHAT A GROUP DATE. HAVING THREE GIRLS ARRIVE, IT'S BAD NEWS FOR A FEW PEOPLE. I KNOW THERE'S STILL A FEW GIRLS THAT HAVEN'T MADE CONNECTIONS WITH ZAC. THAT PUSHES EVERYBODY ELSE'S CHANCES BACK TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME SINGLE TIME WITH HIM. ROSE CEREMONY? I'M A GONER. NO. (BLEEP). NO, MOLLY. DO YOU RECKON TWO? YOU RECKON ONE INTRUDER AND ONE...? I THINK ONE NEW AND ONE OLD. WHAT? I RECKON ONE NEW AND ONE OLD. ONE NEW, ONE OLD? I HOPE SO OR TWO MIGHT BE GONE. OH MAN, THIS HAS GOTTEN WILD. THIS IS JUST... THIS HAS PUT ME ON THE WORST POSITION, I THINK, OUT OF ANYBODY. AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT FEELING THE GREATEST HERE, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT THESE GIRLS HAVE MADE MORE TIME THAN I, PRETTY MUCH, HAVE. IS IT GOING TO BE A DOUBLE ELIMINATION TONIGHT? OH, THAT'S SCARY. DON'T SAY THAT. WELL, HANNAH, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO HAVE A ROSE. YEAH, DID ANY OF YOU GUYS GET ROSES? NO, NO ROSES FOR US YET. I AM BLOODY STOKED THAT I'VE GOT A ROSE TONIGHT, COS THIS WOULD BE THE ABSOLUTE ONE TIME WHERE YOU'D WANT TO HAVE A ROSE. (ALL EXCHANGE GREETINGS) EVENING. HOW ARE WE ALL? ARE WE GOOD? YEAH. (CHUCKLES) UM, YEAH, I GUESS... SURPRISE! YEAH. I KNOW, RIGHT? I'M JUST AS SURPRISED AS YOU GUYS WERE. (LAUGHTER) GOOD FORM, ZAC. WHEN THOSE OTHER GIRLS WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR, I WAS A LITTLE BIT, LIKE, 'OH NO, 'DOES THAT MEAN MY POTENTIAL TIME IS GONNA BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE?' SO WHEN ZAC WALKS IN, I JUST KINDA WANT TO ASK HIM WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT IT ALL. HOW WAS YOUR DAY? YEAH. YEAH, HOW'S THAILAND SUITING YOU? UH, YEAH, IT'S GOOD. YEAH. HOW ARE YOU GUYS FINDING THINGS? WELL, WE EXPECTED A GROUP DATE. SO DID I. (SIGHS) I WAS ABSOLUTELY DREADING WALKING INTO TONIGHT'S COCKTAIL PARTY. I WAS JUST AS SHOCKED AS EVERYONE ELSE WAS WHEN THE THREE NEW GIRLS CAME ALONG. YEAH, I WAS JUST AS SURPRISED AS EVERYBODY ELSE. (LAUGHTER) MORE THE MERRIER, EH? (LAUGHTER) CHEERS TO THAT. (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) I HOPE THE ORIGINAL GIRLS DON'T FEEL LIKE I'VE KNOWN THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN ALL ALONG, COS I DEFINITELY HAVEN'T, AND I REALLY CARE ABOUT ALL THE GIRLS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE CAN BE REALLY STRESSFUL, AND WITH THE THREE NEW GIRLS COMING IN, THAT'S ONLY GONNA ADD TO THAT. I KINDA WANT TO HIDE SOMEWHERE. (LAUGHTER) NOWHERE TO HIDE. (LAUGHS) WELL, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO STEAL YOU, SERIOUSLY? YOU'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO STEAL ME? YES. SHALL WE? ALL RIGHT, NINA. YES. TAKE ME AWAY. SHE'S WASTING NO TIME. I THINK ZAC HAS BEEN AT THE PARTY FOR 30 SECONDS BEFORE I GRAB HIM. HASHTAG SAVAGE NINA... HAS COME OUT TO PLAY. I SAVED YOU FROM THAT SITUATION. ALL RIGHT, SO I NEED TO THANK YOU, COS THAT WAS EVERY BIT AS TERRIFYING AS I THOUGHT IT'D BE. (LAUGHS) I CAN THINK OF MULTIPLE WAYS YOU CAN THANK ME. OH, I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST SAID THAT. (LAUGHS) YES, NINA, YES. SORRY. I HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING UP MY SLEEVE. I HAVE PREPARED... UM, SOME THAI PHRASES THAT I CAN TEACH HIM. WE HAVE WAN NI XAKAS DI. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS 'TODAY THE WEATHER IS NICE'. OH, NO, SAY IT AGAIN. SAY IT AGAIN. WAN NI. WAN NI. WAN NI XAKAS. WAN NI XAKAS. DI. WAN NI XAKAS DI. WAN NI XAKAS DI. GOOD WORK. GOOD WORK. REPEAT AFTER ME. OK. MEU RI. MEU RI. KHUN. KHUN. JA PA. JA PA. CHUN. CHUN. PI DI. PI DI. IT MEANS 'WHEN ARE YOU GONNA TAKE ME ON A DATE?' (LAUGHS) ALL IN GOOD TIME. ALL IN GOOD TIME. (LAUGHS) YOU SEEM WAY MORE RELAXED, NINA. (LAUGHS) I JUST NEEDED TIME, THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL. (LAUGHS) WE HAD A REALLY ORGANIC, FRIENDLY CHAT, AND IT FLOWED, AND I'M HAPPY, AND ALL I CAN HOPE NOW IS THAT HE ALSO THINKS IT WAS A GOOD CHAT. (SOMBRE MUSIC) (INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION) (LAUGHTER) IT'S DEFINITELY GOT A LOT OF US ORIGINAL GIRLS A BIT WORRIED. THE CAT IS, LIKE, FULLY AMONGST THE PIGEONS TONIGHT. YOU ALL GOOD, GIRLY? YES. SO WEIRD. I KNOW! IT DOES, EH? IT'S LIKE, 'WHAT ABOUT ALL YOUR OTHER WIVES?' WHAT ABOUT US? SO THERE'S THREE NEW GIRLS, AND WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEM, SO THAT'S REALLY SCARY. I MEAN, THEY COULD BE SUPER COMPATIBLE WITH ZAC, AND THEN THAT REALLY THROWS US OUT OF THE WATER. CLAUDIA, I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD STEAL YOU AWAY FOR A LITTLE BIT? ABSOLUTELY. I AM SO THRILLED THAT ZAC PULLED ME AWAY. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THREE NEW GIRLS IN THE HOUSE. YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE HE STILL REMEMBERS YOU. HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? I'M REALLY GOOD. YEAH? CLAUDIA SEEMS A LITTLE BIT SHAKEN UP AT THE ARRIVAL OF THE THREE NEW GIRLS, SO I'M JUST KEEN TO SEE HOW SHE IS AND JUST MAKE SURE SHE'S OK. WHY? WHY? WHY ARE YOUR LEGS SHAKING? I DON'T KNOW. YOU NERVOUS? THIS WHOLE NIGHT JUST, LIKE, THREW ME OFF COMPLETELY. AS I SAID TO ONE OF THE GIRLS EARLIER, IT ALMOST FEELS AS IF, LIKE, YOU'VE JUST FOUND OUT THAT HE'S CHEATING ON YOUR OR SOMETHING WITH, LIKE, THREE MORE GIRLS. (LAUGHS) IT'S A REALLY WEIRD FEELING. IT'S KINDA LIKE YOU GET FEELINGS FOR SOMEBODY, AND THEN, LIKE, OTHER GIRLS COME INTO THE PICTURE, AND YOU'RE LIKE, 'OH.' WHEN THERE WAS 11 OF US, YOU COULD KINDA FIGURE OUT WHO YOUR BIGGEST THREATS WERE, BUT NOW WE'VE GOT THREE NEW GIRLS, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE LIKE. I GUESS, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK IN AND SEE. NO, I'M REALLY GOOD. I'M FINE. DON'T WORRY. IT JUST TOOK ME BY SURPRISE. IT TOOK ALL OF US BY SURPRISE. YEAH, I'D APPRECIATE IT IF HE STOPPED SEEING THE OTHER, NOW, 13 GIRLS, BUT IT'S OK. IT'S ALL PART OF IT. HAVE YOU BEEN TO THAILAND BEFORE? NO. HAVEN'T YOU? YOU? YEP. I WAS HERE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. THAT'S A LITTLE FUN FACT ABOUT ME I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU YET. FUN FACT, OH. (BOTH CHUCKLE) DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD. (LAUGHS) WHY NOT? NO, IT'S, LIKE, WHEN I WAS LAST HERE, I HAD A SURGERY. RIGHT. SO YOU HAD A SURGERY? HM-HM. OH. (LAUGHS) YOUR EYES! YEAH, RIGHT. YOU MEANT` OH OK. GOING THROUGH, LIKE, PUBERTY AND ALL THAT, I'D BE LIKE, 'WHEN AM I GETTING THEM? LIKE I WANT BOOBS.' NEVER REALLY GOT THEM. I GUESS IF YOU'RE DOING IT FOR YOU, THAT'S TOTALLY, FINE, AND I TOTALLY RESPECT THAT. THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. YEAH, I'M REALLY HAPPY I DID IT. I JUST CAN'T PUT MYSELF IN YOUR SHOES, LIKE (BLEEP). I KNOW! I KNOW! COS LIKE` IT'S PRETTY CRAZY. LIKE WE JUST... IT'S QUITE INTENSE. GOT THROWN STRAIGHT INTO IT. SO... WE ARE THREE NEW GIRLS, AND THERE IS GONNA BE THAT MOMENT OF AWKWARDNESS, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. 'GUYS, HEY, SORRY WE'RE LATE.' YEAH, YEAH. (LAUGHS) A BIT LATE TO THE PARTY. JUST A BIT LATE. I ORIGINALLY WASN'T GOING TO APPROACH ZAC TONIGHT, BUT AS SOON AS I SAW THOSE THREE GIRLS WALK IN, I THOUGHT, 'NO, I HAVE TO CHECK IN WITH HIM. 'I'VE GOTTA PUT MYSELF OUT THERE AND MAKE THE EFFORT.' HOW YOU GOING? HELLO, MISS. HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. I'M REALLY HAPPY WHEN ROSIE COMES DOWN, COS I'VE WANTED TO SPEND A BIT OF TIME WITH HER AND JUST, YEAH, FIND OUT A BIT MORE ABOUT HER. I'M SO NERVOUS RIGHT NOW. WHY ARE YOU NERVOUS? TINY BIT NERVOUS. JUST A BIT. I FEEL LIKE I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE GIRLS THAT'S SPENT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME WITH YOU. I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE KNOWS YOU A BIT BETTER. YEP. BUT... IT'S HARD, EH, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE... SUCH, LIKE, LIMITED TIME. IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I FIND REALLY HARD AS WELL, BECAUSE I WANT TO GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU AS MUCH AS I CAN` YOU DO PRETTY WELL, THOUGH. YOU DO PRETTY WELL. I HOPE SO. THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY MYSTERIOUS ABOUT ROSIE. I CAN'T QUITE PUT MY FINGER ON WHAT IT IS, BUT I DEFINITELY FIND IT INTRIGUING AND VERY ATTRACTIVE AS WELL. HOW'S YOUR CHAT? IT WAS REALLY GOOD. THE THAI WENT DOWN REALLY WELL. GOOD. I WAS SO IN MY ELEMENT. HE WAS LIKE, 'I GOTTA SAY, "YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE RELAXED,"' AND I WAS LIKE, 'I JUST NEEDED TIME,' AND I WAS LIKE, 'THANK GOD IT WENT SO WELL.' I'M SO HAPPY. I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU TO SEE YOU SO HAPPY. SO EVEN THOUGH I WAS PRETTY NERVOUS, I DID FEEL SORRY FOR THE GIRLS THAT WERE CLEARLY NOT EXPECTING US. THEY WERE` SOME OF THEM WERE CLEARLY NOT HAPPY THAT WE'D ARRIVED. ARE YOU FEELING QUITE, LIKE, CONFIDENT BECAUSE YOU TALKED TO HIM TODAY? YEAH. LOOK, I WON'T SAY CONFIDENT. I GUESS YOU HAD, YEAH, YOUR TIME WITH HIM, SO YOU FEEL... YEAH, AND I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL. I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO BE MYSELF, AND IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT, THERE'S NOT MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT IT. HOW ARE YOU FEELING, BEL? ARE YOU A LITTLE SHOOK? COME AND JOIN THE CLUB I'M SO (BLEEP)ING SHOOK. I THINK THE TWO GIRLS THAT REALLY NEED TO HAVE SOME ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH ZAC IS BEL AND MOLLY. SO THEY MIGHT BE FEELING PRETTY WORRIED NOW AT THIS STAGE. OH, AND THIS IS SO CUTE. SO CUTE. (LAUGHS) SO CUTE. HOW ARE YOU FINDING CHIANG MAI? (LAUGHS) WELL, GOOD FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN. I THINK LUCE IS FEELING PRETTY THREATENED BY MORE BLONDES COMING INTO THE GROUP. IN PARTICULAR ONE WHO IS LIKE A DEAD-RINGER ` LUCE 2.0. I THINK IT'S ANOTHER SHOCK THAT YOU GUYS HAD SINGLE TIME WITH HIM TODAY, COS SOME OF THESE GIRLS HAVEN'T HAD ANY TIME. YEAH, YEAH. I KNEW THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN. THAT'S WHY WHEN I CAME IN I WAS LIKE, 'I JUST DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT.' I WILL HOPE TWO GIRLS WILL BE GOING HOME TONIGHT JUST TO GET THE NUMBERS BACK DOWN. HOW ARE YOU WITH THE OLD SITCH UPSTAIRS WITH THE THREE NEW GIRLS WALKING IN? I WAS JUST LIKE` YEAH, I WAS DEFINITELY, LIKE, SHOCKED. LIKE, 'WHAT?!' YEAH. THERE'S A GIRL, LIKE, SHE'S SKINNY, TALL AND BLONDE. I'M LIKE, 'ARE THEY TRYING TO REPLACE ME?' I DUNNO. (LAUGHS) BUT, YEAH, NO, DEFINITELY, LIKE, A SPANNER IN THE WORKS. HMM. WASN'T EXPECTING THAT. YEAH. NEITHER WAS I. OH MY GOD, THIS IS SUCH A WEIRD, LIKE` WE WERE JUST GETTING USED TO, LIKE, 11 OF US. WE WERE ACTING, LIKE, TOP 10, AND NOW IT'S LIKE, 'OH, NAH.' PSYCH! HMM, HMM. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS. ANYWAY, LUCE, IT'S BEEN LOVELY TO TALK. NOW I SHOULD PROBABLY GET YOU BACK TO... I'LL GO BACK TO MY 13 OTHER GIRLS. REST OF THE` YEAH. YEAH, QUITE HAPPY. YEAH, I WOULD BE TOO. 10 OUT OF 10, HAPPY. WHAT? I'D BE SHITTING MY PANTS. DON'T EVEN START ME. I'M HOPING THERE ARE NO MORE CURVEBALLS TONIGHT. DOUBLE ELIMINATION, PLEASE. AND NOTHING ELSE. WE CAN'T DEAL WITH ANYTHING ELSE. UM, TELL, HOW WAS YOUR CHAT? IT WAS GOOD. DO YOU FEEL GOOD? KINDA. YEAH. WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT? GOING TO THE ROSE CEREMONY, I'M DEFINITELY FEELING A LITTLE BIT CALMER AFTER HAVING A CHAT WITH ZAC, BUT, STILL, LIKE, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. COMING INTO THIS MORNING BEFORE THE GROUP DATE, DID YOU HAVE A STRONG IDEA WHO MIGHT BE LEAVING? I FELT LIKE I HAD A PRETTY, LIKE, CLEAR IDEA OF HOW I MIGHT GO MOVING FORWARD AND DECISIONS I MIGHT MAKE, BUT THAT'S BEEN COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT THE ROSE CEREMONY TONIGHT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S THIS ADDED PRESSURE OF THREE MORE GIRLS. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A DOUBLE ELIMINATION JUST SO WE CAN CULL THOSE NUMBERS DOWN AGAIN. - GOOD EVENING, LADIES. - (ALL MURMUR RESPONSES) LOOK, I KNOW IT'S BEEN QUITE A DAY, AND LIKE ALL OF YOU, ZAC HAS HAD A LOT TO TAKE IN. YOU GUYS HAVE ALL BEEN PUT THROUGH A LOT TODAY. BUT ZAC NOW HAS THAT ADDED PRESSURE OF HAVING TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO NEXT. AND LET ME TELL YOU, HE'S STRUGGLING. AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE WAY IT'S GONE DOWN TODAY AS WELL. I KNOW, CLAUDIA, YOU WERE A LITTLE SURPRISED. WHY WAS THAT? UM, I THINK` I DUNNO. IT JUST REALLY CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO REACT TO IT. AND, BEL, YOU AS WELL? YEAH. IT'S A MASSIVE CURVEBALL. WE WERE AT, YOU KNOW, 11, AND NOW THERE'S 14 OF US. WE WEREN'T EXPECTING IT. THERE ARE SOME NEW POSSIBILITIES GOING INTO THIS ROSE CEREMONY. EVERYTHING THAT I ASSUMED BEFORE HAS JUST GONE OUT THE WINDOW. I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE CONNECTIONS THAT THESE GIRLS HAVE WITH ZAC. IT'S KINDA SCARY GOING IN. HANNAH, CONGRATULATIONS THIS WEEK ON RECEIVING A HIBISCUS FLOWER. (CHUCKLES) THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME AND TRADE IT FOR THE REAL THING? YES FOR SURE. HANNAH HAVING HER ROSE FROM HER DATE IS PERFECT TIMING. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME WHERE'D YOU WANT A ROSE, WHEN THESE NEW GIRLS HAVE COME IN. I'VE HEARD THAT ONE OF OUR NEW LADIES HAS RECEIVED A ROSE. WHEN DOM SAYS THERE'S ANOTHER ROSE THAT'S BEEN GIVEN OUT, THAT'S A MASSIVE SHOCK. SO ONE OF THE INTRUDERS HAS A ROSE, AND THAT DEFINITELY MEANS THERE'S A HIGHER CHANCE THAT ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BACHELORETTES IS GOING HOME. SO, SARAH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? THANK YOU. YAY. I'M PRETTY GUTTED THAT SARAH RECEIVED A ROSE. IT'S JUST KINDA STRANGE SOMEONE THAT HE JUST MET TODAY IS GETTING ONE WHEN WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG. SO FOR THE 12 OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT GOT A ROSE, ZAC HAS 11 ROSES TO GIVE OUT, WHICH MEANS ONE OF YOU WILL BE LEAVING THE MANSION TONIGHT. AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK. AND HERE'S ZAC. IF I WENT HOME INSTEAD OF ONE OF THE NEW GIRLS, I DUNNO` THEY'RE INTRUDERS. LIKE, YOU DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TIME OVER YOU. (SIGHS) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) ROSIE. (GASPS) YOU'RE ALWAYS FIRST. I'M REALLY SURPRISED. IT WAS QUITE FLATTERING. IT, KINDA, PUT ME AT EASE A LITTLE BIT. ROSIE, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE? OF COURSE I WILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT I COULD BE GOING HOME TONIGHT. ZAC COULD HAVE MADE HIS MIND UP DURING OUR DATE. (SIGHS) VIARNI. VIARNI, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE? OF COURSE. THANK YOU. KARINA. KARINA GETS THE THIRD ROSE. AND I'M LIKE, 'WAIT A SECOND, WHO ARE YOU? 'THAT'S NONE OF OUR NAMES. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?' I DEFINITELY WOULD BE SHOCKED IF I WAS GOING HOME TONIGHT. I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT QUITE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP GOING ON WITH ZAC, AND I'M SURE HE KNOWS THAT. IT WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE ME BY SURPRISE. NINA. NINA, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE? YES. THANK YOU. ALLY. THANK YOU. ALLY, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE? FOR SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THESE ROSES ARE GOING DOWN, AND YOU'RE THINKING, 'IS MY NAME ON ONE OF THEM?' AND YOU DON'T KNOW, AND THEN YOU START THINKING, 'AM I GOING HOME?' IT'S A WEIRD FORM OF TORTURE. CLAUDIA. CLAUDIA, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE? YES, THANK YOU, ZAC. THANK YOU. AS THE ROSES ARE GETTING HANDED OUT, I'M LIKE, 'OH, SHOULD I START PREPARING MY WEE SPEECH NOW?' YOU GET THAT LITTLE BIT OF PANIC AS YOU SEE THE ROSES DWINDLING. LILY. LILY, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE? YEAH, I WILL. THANK YOU. BEL. BEL, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE? I'D LOVE TO. THANK YOU. WAITING FOR YOUR NAME TO BE CALLED AT THE ROSE CEREMONY, YOU FEEL NERVOUS, YOU'RE STRESSED, YOU'RE` THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF EMOTIONS, AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE, 'PLEASE JUST CALL MY NAME.' (SIGHS) MOLL. MOLLY, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE? YEAH, YOU TOOK YOUR TIME, BUT... HAPPY TO MOLL. (LAUGHTER) JESS. JESS, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE? YES, I WILL. THANK YOU. AS IT GETS DOWN TO THE FINAL ROSE, IT'S JUST LUCIA AND MYSELF STANDING THERE WAITING. I'M FEEL REALLY WORRIED FOR LUCE AT THIS POINT. I KNOW THAT LUCE REALLY WANTS TO GET TO KNOW ZAC, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN REALLY FRUSTRATING FOR HER THAT SHE HASN'T HAD THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW ZAC. I DO NOT WANT LUCE TO BE THE FIRST GIRL TO GO HOME FROM THAILAND. THAT WOULD SUCK. MY HEART'S POUNDING AS I SEE THERE'S ONLY ONE ROSE LEFT. THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY SCARY FEELING. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) VANESSA. VANESSA, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE? I WILL. THANK YOU. LUCE, YOU DID NOT RECEIVE A ROSE. TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY YOUR GOODBYES. I'M FEELING ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED SAYING GOODBYE TO LUCE. SHE'S BEEN MY PERSON IN THIS HOUSE, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE A REALLY BIG SISTER CONNECTION TO HER. IT WAS SO COOL GETTING TO KNOW YOU. YOU'VE GOT AN AMAZING, AMAZING BUNCH OF GIRLS, AND I'M GONNA MISS THEM SO MUCH, SO TAKE CARE OF THEM. LUCE, YOU'RE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WITH SO MUCH TO OFFER. THANKS. GOOD LUCK. PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK ZAC AND I REALLY SPENT TOO MUCH TIME TOGETHER. YOU KINDA NEED THOSE SINGLE DATES TO GET TO KNOW HIM. I JUST NEVER REALLY GOT THAT CHANCE. THIS GIN IS OBVIOUSLY GETTING TO ME, BECAUSE I'M BECOMING A BIT OF A CRYBABY. (SOBS) I KNOW TODAY'S TAKEN YOU GUYS BY SURPRISE JUST AS MUCH AS IT'S TAKEN ME BY SURPRISE, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO SARAH, KARINA AND VANESSA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OPENING UP TO ME IN THE SHORT TIME WE HAD. IT WAS A REALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR YOU TO TALK INTO AND SOMETHING COMPLETELY FOREIGN. AND THANKS FOR BEING YOU, TO THE ORIGINAL GIRLS, TO THE OGs. (LAUGHTER) OGs. THANKS FOR WELCOMING IN THE NEW GIRLS. I KNEW YOU'D MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME. TALK TO YOU LATER. (MURMURED GOODBYES) TOMORROW AT 7.30 ` THE INTRUDERS MAKE THEMSELVES AT HOME. I FEEL GREAT ABOUT BEING AN INTRUDER. OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE PART OF THE NEWBIES AND... (LAUGHS) IT'S NOT LIKE THREE NEW GIRLS CAN JUST COME IN AND WE'LL ALL START HAVING FUN CHATS TOGETHER. VANESSA SEEMS NOT SO FRIENDLY. NEW RIVALRIES FORM. A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO WARM UP TO THE NEW ONES, BUT WE'LL GET THERE. AND WHILE THE ORIGINAL BACHELORETTES STRUGGLE FOR ATTENTION,... I'M SO (BLEEP) ANXIOUS RIGHT NOW. DO YOU HAVE A ROSE? ...THE INTRUDERS PULL OUT NEW TRICKS. I ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017
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