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"Bachelorette" Lacks Romance, Ratings
It would seem that dramatic rose ceremonies do not a love match make.
According to People magazine, Bachelorette Jen Schefft remains a single girl after splitting with her chosen suitor almost as soon as their made-for-TV relationship began.
Monday night's Bachelorette finale is rumored to include proposals from both of the final two contestants. But whether Schefft chooses Jerry or John Paul on the show, it seems that any sparks of attraction have long since been extinguished.
The same could be said for the public's interest in the franchise. The current season of The Bachelorette has been averaging a dismal 8.8 million viewers per week--way down from the 15 million who tuned in to watch Andrew Firestone propose to Schefft in 2003.
An unnamed network source tells People that if ratings for the show do not improve with the upcoming season of The Bachelor, it likely spells the end for the series. Producers are currently contracted for two more installments of The Bachelor, but ABC has ultimate say whether the show lasts that long.
In a ploy to attract more viewers, the next Bachelor is a pseudo-celeb: Charlie O'Connell, brother to Jerry, is the next guy to ask the ladies to accept his roses.
However, following Bachelor law of averages, the former Sliders star is unlikely to find his intended via the show.
Of the nine relationships forged on the show, only two are still going strong. Trista and Ryan Sutter, who met on the first season of The Bachelorette, married in December 2003 in a televised and very pink ceremony financed by ABC.
Byron Velvick and Mary Delgado, who met on last fall's installment of The Bachelor, are also still a couple.
Schefft isn't the only sexy single to appear on the show twice in a failed bid for love--though she is the only woman to (reportedly) receive multiple proposals.
Meredith Phillips, who was burned on The Bachelor by Bob Guiney in November 2003, returned as star of The Bachelorette in January 2004 and wound up engaged to investment banker Ian McKee. However, the twosome recently parted ways before tying the knot.
Meanwhile, though Schefft has not been lucky in love via reality television, her personal life is reportedly heating up in the real world.
According to the rumor mill, the 28-year-old Chicago resident has been romantically linked to her boss, 32-year-old nightclub promoter Billy Dec, and is by her own account "happy."
"I have no regrets," she recently told reporters of her Bachelorette experience. "I am so happy that I did the show, and it was a great experience."
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