Update on the reality tv couples

    After my last post I found an interesting website that told all about the Bachelor couples. Interestingly enough, seasons one through fourteen eventually ended in heartbreak. Most couples leave from the final rose ceremony all giddy and excited to start their new life with their new found love. Too bad that once in the real world and out of the spotlight of the tv show their romance is gone forever. I can see how it must be really easy to fall in love with someone when you get to go on dates to the most romantic places around the world.

Season One

This is the show that started it all. Bachelor Alex Marshall chose Amanda Marsh in the final episode. Interestingly, he passed over Trista Rehn who would later find true love in the first edition of The Bachelorette. Sadly, it seems Alex was unsure about his final decision, and his reported attempts to stay in touch with Rehn strained the relationship with Marshall to the breaking point.

Season Two

Handsome Aaron Buerge picked bachelorette Helene Eksterowicz and won America's heart by paying for her diamond engagement ring himself. It seems that the fireworks were limited to the show because the couple called it quits shortly afterward and the ring was sold at auction on eBay. Such a cynical way to end a romance.

Season Three

This edition saw Andrew Firestone, heir to the Firestone fortune, choose Jen Schefft for a longer test run. Firestone seemed reluctant to make a firm commitment and the two split shortly thereafter.

Season Four

Charmingly goofy Bob Guiney, Trista Rehn's reject from The Bachelorette, got his time to shine and chose the elegant Estella Gardinier as his lady love. Guiney did not propose, but instead used his mileage from the show to forward his music career. Apparently Gardinier didn't want to play groupie to his rock star and the two ended the relationship.

Season Five

In a decidedly unromantic finale, former Giants back-up quarterback Jesse Palmer chose beautiful Jessica Bowlin. However, instead of offering her a ring, Palmer presented Bowlin with a plane ticket. It comes as no surprise that this pairing also did not last.

Season Six

Fisherman Byron Velvick selected Mary Delgado from the field of 25 in this edition. The couple has lasted longer than most of the others, but Delgado was reportedly arrested on a domestic battery charge for punching Velvick in the face in 2007. Amazingly, the couple still planned to carry on with a wedding in 2008. Eventually, however, they went their separate ways.

Season Seven

Goodtime Charlie O'Connell, brother to actor Jerry O'Connell, singled out cutie Sarah Brice from the herd. They broke up and then reunited in 2008, but split for good in 2010.

Season Eight

ER doc Travis Stork wound up with kindergarten teacher Sarah Stone in the season finale. However, a scant week after that finale aired, the couple held a news conference to reveal that they were no longer together. They cited the fact that they were obligated to remain apart during the four months between the show's wrap and final airing caused the romance to fizzle.

Season Nine

Prince Lorenzo Borghese morphed back into a frog after choosing Jennifer Wilson in season nine. Once their relationship ended, he reportedly tried to rekindle his interest in runner-up Sadie, but to no avail.

Season Ten

Navy Lieutenant Andy Baldwin surprised everyone with his choice of Tessa Horst in the season finale after all but telling runner-up Bevan that she would be the one. Baldwin proposed, but the couple wound up postponing the engagement while still remaining together. At last report, the two have gone their separate ways.

Season Eleven

In what proved to be one of the more outrageous season finales, wealthy entreprenuer Brad Womack professed to be in love with both finalists Deanna and Jenni. After telling a tearful Jenni good-bye and contemplating the ring in his jacket after her departure, the audience was led to believe he'd propose to Deanna. Womack even requested that the show's producers fly her father in for the finale. The shocker - Womack told Deanna he wasn't in love enough to marry her either and left her in tears.

Season Twelve

English financier Matt Grant chose Shayne Lamas, daughter of actor Lorenzo Lamas. He proposed, and the two briefly took up residence together, but Grant apparently got cold feet and moved to an apartment of his own. The two reportedly ended their relationship in July of 2008.

Season Thirteen

Bachelor Jason Mesnick returned from his stint as runner-up on season four of The Bachelorette to search for love. He gave his final rose to Melissa Rycroft, but during the After the Final Rose follow-up show, he broke up with Melissa and went back to his runner-up, Molly. Jason and Molly were married in February, 2010.

Season Fourteen

Commercial pilot Jake Pavelka chose Vienna Girardi at the end of season 14, which had been dubbed "On the Wings of Love." Sadly these wings weren't strong enough to keep the couple flying high on their love, as they broke up soon after the finale aired.

http://reality-tv.lovetoknow.com/What_Couples_are_Still_Together_from_The_Bachelor

    I also found a website that told their readers about the couples that actually made it. Even though one of them doesn’t really count in my book. I am referring to The season 13 Bachelor, Jason, that picked one girl, Melissa, and then on live television dumped Melissa and then confessed his love for the girl that he rejected, Molly.

Trista and Ryan
If there was a match made in heaven, Trista's 'Bachelorette' courtship with Ryan Sutter has got to be it. We all saw the twinkle in Ryan's eyes as he fought for Trista's hand in the final episodes. Now after six years of marriage they are the proud parents of 6-month-old daughter Blakesely Grace and 20-month-old Max.

Molly and Jason
While their romance didn't exactly happen under the most ideal circumstances, season 13 bachelor Jason Meznick and Molly Malaney (pictured here) finally announced their engagement this October after a one-year long-distance romance. Jason became America's most despised bachelor when he proposed to first choice Melissa Rycroft and then dumped her on live television professing that he "still had feelings" for Molly. Only time will tell if Jason and Molly's romance will last but for now, we're all hoping to see another televised wedding. Hopefully, Jason won't change his mind this time.

Sarah and Charlie
Actor Charlie O'Connell, brother of Jerry O'Connell, was the bachelor in season 7 and he gave a promise ring to his chosen love, Sarah Brice. The two dated for two years but broke up in 2007. A year later they announced that they were giving the relationship another try. O'Connell reportedly told US, "I'm happier with her in my life."

Ed and Jillian
Despite the tabloid rumors, Ed and Jillian are still going strong. Last month, the couple was spotted dining with friends in Chicago.

http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/12/03/bachelor-and-bachelorette-couples-whos-still-together/