For The Bachelor fans, the opening-season rose ceremony stakes will rise when the third series of the show goes to air next Sunday night. For the first time in New Zealand, producers are introducing one white rose to be given out during the first cocktail party. The best benefit was VIP access — allowing the holder to retreat to a private area with the Bachelor anytime during the season. To single someone out at the first cocktail party was a bit intimidating, but it was exciting too, and was definitely a talking point among the girls,” Franich, 28, told Spy. So getting it at the cocktail party instantly took the pressure off for one bachelorette .

Source: New Zealand Herald March 11, 2017 17:15 UTC