Is anyone else as confused as I am that Elise Stacy has managed to get to the top two of The Bachelor Australia with Laura Byrne? That she beat out Australia’s fan favourite Tara Pavlovic? That she very possibly could win Matty Johnson’s heart?
Three weeks ago, I didn’t know who she was, and I doubt the rest of the contestants in the Bachelor mansion knew either.
Elise has been the dark horse of the show.
The former professional hockey player has been the dark horse of the series, and she’s even happy to admit that herself. In fact, she recently told TV WEEK that it was her game plan all along.
“I was quite happy to stay under the radar until now,” she explained. “And I’m so excited for people to see how Matty and I are together.
“We both feel like, ‘Why didn’t this happen earlier? It’s been a nice surprise’.”
So, if Elise is the last woman standing at the end of all this, will the rest of Australia feel like they’ve been given the love story they deserve?
I’m not so convinced.
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The carefully edited moments that we’ve seen of both Laura and Elise’s journey so far could be a sign that the finale goes both ways. Let’s try and get into the producers head a little and understand what their plan is.
It was a slow burn for these two.
Elise doesn’t win
Elise got very little air time in the first half of the series, and that probably has something to do with the fact she didn’t engage in any of the Jen/Leah/Elora/Sian drama. None of those girls lasted so it’s obviously a good thing she didn’t.
But if she gets given the final rose, I’m going to feel a little ripped off. Sure, Elise and Matty had some romantic dates of late and we can see they’re SUPER compatible. But I still feel like I don’t know who she is.
And I’m certainly not going to have a reaction like I did when Richie Strahan rejected Nikki Gogan and Georgia Love broke Matty’s heart (I curled into a ball and cried for days, FYI).
Elise does win
On the flip side, the producers could totally want to throw us off and surprise us by letting the underdog take out the top prize. There’s still one episode to go and this could be the night where we all realise that while it may have been a slow burn between the two of them, Elise is the right lady for him. There’s nothing better than an unpredictable finale!
But honestly, no matter how much we can sit here and debate who’s going to win Matty’s heart, we won’t know until that first Bachelorette steps out of the car. I can’t wait to find out!
