The Bachelor auditions: Scuttlebutt from the sequin Hunger Games

Dr Mumbo overheard an intriguing conversation in a hairdressers in Sydney’s inner west over the weekend.

Relaxing in the chair with a glass of wine while she had her hair coloured was a young woman who claimed to have auditioned for the current season of Ten’s reality dating show The Bachelor. And while she didn’t make it to the 30 who fought it out on the show, she had intriguing tales to tell of the process.

Will actress, sorry ‘accounting student’, Jessica win the sequin Hunger Games?

Viewers are told contestant Jessica – one of the favourites to win – is an accounting student. According to the auditionee, Jessica is actually an actress by vocation.