The Bachelor: Week 6 Winners, Losers & Eliminations

Warning: SPOILERS for The Bachelor Season 23, Episode 6

The world of The Bachelor has been plunged into chaos, and we're here to break down the winners, the losers, and the contestants eliminated in not one, but TWO rose ceremonies in this week's episode. Vietnam may be a great place to fall in love, but for three women, Nha Trang will forever be synonymous with "elimination."

It's down to Week 6 in Colton Underwood's season of ABC's The Bachelor, and after the last episode ended with Nicole and Onyeka attempting to win his affection by out-arguing one another, that's right where things pick up. Unsurprisingly, Colton decides to let both of the bickering bachelorettes return to their homes, before whisking the remaining women away to Vietnam.

Colton hoped it would be a week all about "providing clarity," but after one failed attempt to claim his virginity, The Bachelor now stands on the edge of a total paranoid crisis of faith in the show as a legitimate means of finding a wife. Trust the process, Colton, as we get to our breakdown.

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Page 2: This Week's Biggest Losers & Elimination

The Winners

With hometown visits approaching fast, it's easy to name Hannah G. this week's winner, as the one contestant Colton has singled out as "reminding him of home" after being awarded the First Impression Rose on premiere night. As winner of this week's One-on-One Date, Hannah kept the momentum rolling into a day filled with relaxing festivities. Whether they were making out on massage tables, making out wrapped in seaweed, making out in a mud bath, making out in an outdoor shower, making out over dinner, or making out in the presence of a resort band, the sparks between Colton and Hannah G. were crackling to those who know how to spot them.

When the pair did come up for air, they managed to also kiss with their emotional tongues, sharing their experiences as children of divorce (special points awarded to Hannah G. for using her father's love of lawn care to encapsulate her parents' separation in surprisingly inspired fashion). Even if she hasn't yet told Colton that she is falling in love with him, she confirmed as much to America... and so did Colton. A rose well earned.

Many viewers were surprised to see Kirpa land the second One-on-One Date, after weeks of laying low, mainly standing out thanks to her mysterious chin injury in the previous episode. After seeing the 'war wound' banner passed to Cassie and her worryingly noticeable bug bite, Colton intended to speed up his relationship with Kirpa using - what else? - snorkeling. Kirpa may be less eager to please than some of her fellow contestants, but the impression that she now claims the current title of 'Woman Whom The Bachelor Most Wishes Liked Him More.' Camera time isn't everything, it seems.

Additional praise this week must be given to "Hannah Beast" for demonstrating physical dominance over less skilled opponents in a boxing tournament (and showing Aquaman-level form with a bamboo stick). The week's risk-taker, on the other hand, is without a doubt Tayshia. She claims the title by playing one of the most dangerous cards in this deck: voicing her need for Colton to show more curiosity, interest, and reassurance... and actually getting him to give it. These things can't be taught.

With credit given where it's due, and Colton's highlights in this week of The Bachelor highlighted... it's time to get to the biggest losers.

Page 2 of 2: This Week's Bachelor Losers & Eliminations

The Losers

Some weeks of The Bachelor are straightforward in their winners and losers, but Colton Underwood has proven to be an unpredictable star, following through on a rose ceremony when it was clear neither Nicole nor Onyeka stood much chance of remaining... only to skip the cocktail party at episode's end when his choice wasn't clear at all. But as much as we may weep for Kirpa--referred to by Colton as "a slow and steady bird," before offering her a rose as an obvious apology--the week's first loser could only be Sydney.

It seems a cruel but certain twist of fate: upon traveling from America to luxury resorts across Southeast Asia, at least one contestant realizes that a reality TV show like The Bachelor might not be the way they want to meet their future spouse. And just two weeks before Sydney would have taken Colton home to meet her family, her apprehensions got the best of her. Delivering an ultimatum few would ever dare--"in order for him to find his wife, he's gotta make a lot of changes"--Sydney forced Colton to choose. We're not entirely sure what between, but with tears and a broken heart she bid The Bachelor adieu (while also informing Colton that she was far more prepared for marriage than other girls in contention).

With Sydney out of the way, there is only Demi to mourn. As proof that every silver lining needs a cloud, the week in which Demi's mother was released from prison turned out to be the same one in which her daughter had punches rained upon both her face and heart. First, by Katie in a fight so depressing it killed the entire tournament, and finally, by Colton revealing that he could not reciprocate Demi's feelings of falling-in-love.

We would like to say the crude, chopped together audio which tried to make Demi a predator hunting Colton's virginity, and later had her assuring him he stood no chance of finding love were unexpected or offensive. But after six weeks of production half-attempting to make a villain out of nothing more than dry humor and an annoying(?) laugh, Demi's departure was simply anti-climactic (the credits offering one last uncomfortable case of the producers trying to decide if an incarcerated mother is to be lamented or laughed at). The result was a fairly standard letdown and sparing of the rose ceremony... leading to one of the first truly unexpected eliminations of the season.

The Eliminations

Fear not: even with four women effectively self-eliminated from the competition, a sacrifice was still to be made. After just one week of basking in the transformative glory of "being kissed by a boy," Heather narrowly escaped elimination - claiming the final rose, and sending Katie home. An unexpected twist, considering how she had previously expressed enough uncertainty and fear of being misunderstood by Colton as to warrant emotional subtitles.

In the end, it seems Katie's apprehension about dropping her walls with a 90% chance of being dumped ended up costing her. But Katie may have gotten to write the last page of her Bachelor story, informing Colton that he had better choose wisely of the women who outlasted her... since many are not as "ready" for an overnight husband as they claim to be.

From the preview of next week's episode of The Bachelor, Nicole, Onyeka, Sydney, Demi, and Katie may have escaped just before Colton's season jumps out of the frying pan and into the fire. Take a look at the preview below, and let us know your own thoughts on this episode in the comments.