Bachelor Fantasy Suites: Everything you need to know
THE BACHELOR franchise heats up every season with the fantasy suites episode, where contestants get to spend the night with the Bachelor or Bachelorette for three days.
The remaining three contestants are allowed to spend an intimate moment with the Bachelor/ette without producers following them around.
What are the Bachelor fantasy suites?
The Bachelor fantasy suites allow contestants to spend the night with the Bachelor/ette.
Usually, what happens in the fantasy suites stays in the fantasy suites so contestants do not divulge the details, but they are allowed to have sexual relations if they desire.
In an op-ed for Bachelorette Andi Dorfman spoke about the suites, saying: "Sure, most of the time there’s intimacy involved. But it’s not just physical, it’s emotional as well.
She added: "The experience is a kind of unveiling of the fantasy, in an ironic way. It’s the first time you get to spend time with this person that you’re dating without producers."
The fantasy suites are usually in a luxury private bedroom decorated romantically, similar to a honeymoon suite at a hotel.
Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky told : "I think maybe they give [condoms] to the guys, which is crazy. They should give to the girls, too, but I think they just [give condoms to the guys] to make it not awkward."
Are there cameras in the fantasy suites?
There are no cameras in the fantasy suites, but the microphones do stay on.
An anonymous contestant dished to about the suite, saying: "First, there are no cameras filming the sex scenes in the room—but there’s never a microphone-free moment.
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"Producers want you to believe you’re completely alone and they’re giving you privacy, but there are microphones everywhere.
The contestant added: "They’re secretly hoping you open up or say something juicy."
Author Amy Kaufman in her Bachelor Nation book that while producers are not present to film the fantasy suites, they are staying just a room over.
Kaufman wrote: "Producers almost always know what goes down behind closed doors because oftentimes, they sleep in the same two-room villa as the special couple—just a wall over, where they can literally hear what’s going on."
How can I watch The Bachelor?
When a season is airing, you can tune in to The Bachelor on ABC.
You can also watch episodes of the franchise on Hulu.
The fantasy suites episode of The Golden Bachelor premiered on Thursday, November 16, 2023, at 8 pm EST on ABC.