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There have been dozens of Big Brother showmances over the years, and there have been dozens of proposals on The Bachelor and its spinoffs. But one Big Brother alum is sounding off on how the CBS competition reality show is actually better for finding love than the ABC romance reality show. Do you agree?
Elissa Slater Dissed ‘The Bachelor’ After Peter Weber’s Recent Breakup
@itskathryndunn @RealitySteve You’re looking at the wrong show- Big Brother gives you a much better chance at love than the bachelor – they should do a spin off –
Bachelor fans know that last season’s bachelor, Peter Weber, eventually broke it off with winner Madison Prewett and ended up getting together with rejected contestant Kelley Flanagan. Unfortunately, they recently split.
Bachelor guru Reality Steve posted a photo of Weber’s statement to Twitter where Weber said that he and Flanagan had “countless beautiful memories” but that it “simply didn’t work out in the end.” Weber said he will always have a “special love” for Flanagan and thanked her for their time together.
In response to the tweet, Big Brother alum Kat Dunn wrote, “I NO LONGER BELIEVE IN LOVE. LOVE IS A LIE,” to which fellow alum Elissa Slater responded, “You’re looking at the wrong show- Big Brother gives you a much better chance at love than the bachelor – they should do a spin off.”
One commenter pointed out that Love Island is actually kind of a Big Brother spinoff, but maybe the fact that Big Brother’s focus isn’t romance is the reason that it works so well.
But let’s look at the numbers…
Big Brother Couples vs. The Bachelor Franchise Couples
Over 22 Big Brother seasons, there are seven couples that seem rock solid and one that remains to be seen.
- Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd are married with two children
- Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas are married with two children
- Jessica Graf and Cody Nickson are married with two children
- Daniele Donato and Dominic Briones are married with one child
- Chris “Swaggy C” Williams and Bayleigh Dayton are married with no children
- Tyler Crispen and Angela Rummans recently got engaged and own a jewelry company together.
- Memphis Garrett and Christmas Abbott just started dating after season 22 wrapped
Through 51 seasons between The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Bachelor Pad, Bachelor Winter Games, and Bachelor in Paradise, there are eight weddings, five current engagements, one committed relationship, and one couple where it remains to be seen.
- Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter are married with two children
- Jason Mesnick and Molly Melaney are married with one child together and one from Mesnick’s previous relationship
- Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici are married with three children
- Desiree Hartsock and Chris Siegfried are married with two children
- Jade Roper and Tanner Tolbert are married with three children
- Arie Luyendyk and Lauren Burnham are married with a daughter and twins on the way
- Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon are married with no children
- Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo are married with no children
- Raven Gates and Adam Gottschalk are engaged
- Hannah Godwin and Dylan Barbour are engaged
- Kevin Wendt and Astrid Loch are engaged
- Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick are engaged
- JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers are engaged
- Caelynn Miller-Keyes and Dean Unglert are in a committed relationship
- Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark are still together as far as anyone knows
On the surface, it looks like The Bachelor runs away with it, but actually, based on the number of seasons, Big Brother ekes out a win – seven couples out of 22 seasons is 32 percent versus 14 out of 51 seasons, which is 27 percent.
We are not going to count Garrett/Abbott or Adams/Clark just yet, but if you add them in, they would make Big Brother’s number 36 percent and The Bachelor’s number 29 percent.
Interestingly, Survivor also trumps The Bachelor franchise. The long-running island competition series has produced 11 couples over 40 seasons who either met on the show or through the franchise. That’s 27.5 percent, which is slightly higher than The Bachelor.
Big Brother 23 will return in the summer of 2021. Until then, we might get a new season of Big Brother Canada this winter/spring.