Last Rose Ceremony in Paradise

The group reminisce about the many times Leah annoyed them all with her leaving tantrums. Kiki admits that she shed a tear for her even though she's super high maintenance.

Tonight we seem to focus on Simone and Apollo. They having a chat by the pool and Simone openly admits that she's an insecure and jealous kind of girl. Apollo teases her about it, but at the same time seems to be having doubts.

You insecure? Never would have guessed lol!

Elora can see the cracks appearing in their relationship. So she grabs Megan to get her advice on making her move.

Yeah good luck with that one babe.

Keira even finds Apollo and Simone an odd coupling. She's not sure what to call it... Neither am I to be honest. I don't think they're well suited either. But that might be because Simone either needs to mature or because of the charming story Elora dropped about Courtney and the couch incident.

Hat game on point Kiki! #MangoDaiquiriQueen

Rachael is confused as Hercules has cooled off very quickly since their hot first date. So she goes over to him, sitting alone by the pool, and he just seems to tighten up and go silent. He wants us to believe that she's coming on strong... And while that could be a possibility, I'm a little more inclined to think that he was trying to get Rachael away from American Jared and that all those sweet words over Love Golf were just some Canadian BS (read: bullshit not bacon strips) and we've heard a lot of Canadian BS in Paradise recently. I just feel for Rachael. It sucks when you take a risk on a supposed "risk taker" and it doesn't pay off. #NotARiskTaker #CanadianBS

Dude, she's right behind you.

Trying to ghost but can't...

Osher's back to alert the group to a Rose Ceremony later on. However, this time the men have the power as there are too many women in Paradise... WTF?!! The anxiety dials up a few notches. Which triggers Elora's plan to go ahead with Operation Apollo's Mine. I wonder what she'll do?

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Do I? ... Do I?

Why tho?

I have to. Those abs tho!

Wow, the cocktail party is already underway and Elora walks over to Apollo to tell him that she's managed to organise something special for him. He politely waits to hear what it is and then loses his mind as soon as she says the words "fire sticks". He literally jumps out of his seat for this, and before we know it Elora and Apollo are oiling each other up for some fire twirling entertainment. This is Elora's big moment and she is loving it. Is it just me or can everyone else see little fire twirling babies running around them? Or am I just channeling Elora's vision? Cause they both look so good together. He should have waited for her to come back from her date. Oh Apollo, you really picked the wrong girl didn't you (see today's articles about he and Simone not making it on the outside).

​Back at the bar, Simone is gutted. She is sick of the locust-like (read: Elora trying to nab her man) environment.

#FireFan #FireStick #Lit

Srsly tho?

I'm reaaaaddddyyyy to get #Lit

Now over to the couch we go to watch Flo adjusting her see-through outfit that she wore strategically to get American Jared's rose. She commences flirting like crazy with him and flattering his ego. Flo is batting her eyelids so much at American Jared that I bet he can almost feel a tiny breeze coming from her direction. Does she really think this is going to work? The flattery towards his intelligence causes him to suffer a brain freeze. He can't quite seem to work out how that buying the cow phrase goes... I can actually see the impulses of 'oh maybe he's not as smart as I thought' flash across her eyes. But she continues the onslaught of compliments and giggles.

Flo needs a t-shirt that says, "I went to Paradise to find love and all I got was this nasty sunburn."

Then the fire dancing begins. Everyone, except for Simone, goes down to watch. Keira is loving the entertainment and thinks that Elora and Apollo would make a great couple. Simone continues to sit by herself and exhale loudly. Wise comes up to ask if she's ok. "Yeah I'm fine. I'm fine." #ShesNotFine

I feel like Apollo and Elora have connected through the fire twirling. Can't you see the fire dancing babies? #FireFamily

Let's go "clean up" (wink wink)

Let me get that #FutureHusband

Apollo gets back to the bar after Elora has wiped him down thoroughly. He chats with the group and Jarrod tells him that Simone isn't ok. He goes looking for her and asks her what's going on. Simone points out everything that Elora is doing that we can all see. Apollo didn't see it like that. He thought everything was going ok, but he can see that she's getting jealous again. He doesn't quite know what to do or what to say. I honestly don't think he's feeling it with Simone.

She's manipulating you...

#Maybe

Elora can see that Apollo is with Simone again and her plan hasn't worked out the way she had hoped. So she grabs American Jared for a chat, much to Flo's displeasure. But before they walk off, Jarrod says to Elora that he thinks she and Apollo would be amazing together and that "Simone would be playing chess" (while he twirls fire and entertains).

Can I steal your... guy / Rose? #Savage

Now for the "dramatic" Rose Ceremony. Grant gives Ali his rose. Jarrod gives Keira his rose. Sam gives Tara his rose. Jake gives Megan his rose. Thomas gives Rachael his rose.

American Jared (the big over thinker of the past week) choses... Nobody. Oh $#*! I did not see that coming. Neither did Osher by the looks of it. He feels he hasn't found anyone worthy of his rose and heads home instead.

Flo or Elora... Who do I choose? #Choices

The moment Osher's brain broke...

#MicDrop #RoseDrop #CantEven

Goodbye (for the 4th? time) Paradise!

Apollo is up and, after some dramatic music and a few sideways glances, he gives his rose to Simone. I am so confused by what's happened here... Is he kidding himself that a relationship will work with Simone? Maybe he just needs to see all the footage played back to him like they did on MAFS. What a shame John Aiken couldn't be here to shed some light on the BS hopping around Paradise like all the toads. You can see in Apollo's eyes that he is confused and regretting not really getting to know Elora. What I find outrageous is the little scene that unfolds while he hugs Simone (after giving her his rose) he mouths "I'm sorry" to Elora. WTF?!

TFW you immediately regret the choice you just made... Just saying.

TFW the guy you really like makes a poor life choice #ImWalkingAway

He f****d up...

#InstantRegret

Elora and Flo didn't receive roses, so they have to leave. Elora is in tears. She really wanted Apollo and did not get the guy. Apollo looks like he has instant regrets over Elora. Flo didn't get anything she had come back for (ie. breaking up Jake and Megan, completely incinerating Jake over what he did and making him regret everything he's done pre and post BiP).

The face of "unfinished business" ... still.

What's even stranger is that Simone and Apollo chat about what's going on between the both. They feel that they can't cultivate a relationship in Paradise because of people like Elora trying to ruin it all the time. So they decide to leave Paradise together to see if they can make it on the outside

The sombre walk back from the Rose Ceremony.

Oh bye!

Next morning everyone else wakes up and wonder where Apollo and Simone are. Tara tells the group that Wise saw Simone and Apollo leaving the island on a midnight boat back to Australia.

Over some breakfast daiquiri's, Osher pops by to tell them that there will be no more Rose Ceremonies and that relationships are about to be put to the test (da da daaaaah). Do they all stay or go? Well, that all depends. If they think their relationship will last on the outside, they can stay. If not, then they need to leave now. All eyes dart immediately to Rachael and Thomas. I refuse to call him Hercules anymore because that name is reserved for real men who appreciate goddesses in Paradise.

#BadNewsBear #RealPotStirrer

Wonder who's leaving Paradise...

So Rachael and Thomas have a chat outside her bungalow about what to do. He pretty much dumps her on her doorstep and complains that her energy changed. That she wasn't the same as she was the other day... Dude what did you expect? You just dumped her after pretending that you cared a lot about her and there are many psychological terms for it.

So you know how I said I liked you after Love Golf? ... I actually don't. But, like, don't be upset with me.

Aaaand he played me... #ShutDown

Ugh #SuperDoucheMoves

I feel for Rachael. She came in so late. If Michael had just stayed I think they might have had a chance to hit it off. Because she didn't really get a good chance to find love and was a little unprepared for the quick pickup and even quicker letdown. Ever so sadly she starts saying things that we've all thought at some point. Things like, "I thought I'd be married by now. I just want someone to enjoy this journey with." It's just so sad to see this unfold for her again. Remember that time Richie let her go right after home stays? And she did mention when she entered Paradise that men have been ghosting her a lot. So sad.

Next Up: Before the sun sets on Paradise, the final couples are going to go on fantasy dates. YASSS!!! I can't wait to see Keira and Jarrod's cute af date, and Sam and Tara's. Megan and Jake's looks a bit painful since she's confronting him with the age old questions of "So how do you feel about commitment?" I don't think it's going to end well... But there is hope on the horizon as one guy is going to propose! In the preview I feel like we're being baited about who's going to do it (because let's face it, that kiss between Megan and Elora didn't happen did it). I really want it to be Sam and Tara. I have a feeling that it's going to be Grant proposing to Ali and all I can do is pray to the Gods (aka Producers) of Paradise to not bring us anymore American BS. Soz, but I find the overseas contestants a bit fake... #MyBad #TruthBomb

#BachelorInParadiseAU #BiP #FantasyDates #Proposal #TrueLove #Paradise