‘The Bachelor’ rankings: Where Nikki Ferrell, Sharleen Joynt stand with Juan Pablo Galavis

Bachelor -Who is stealing the show on “The Bachelor” now? That is something that we are hoping to answer in our latest contestant rankings, which, as always for this point in the competition, are only for the top five contenders of this season. As for a major reason why … it’s just way too hard to try and remember all of the other contestants, including some that don’t have a ton of airtime.

The major criteria that we consider for this is airtime, relationship with Juan Pablo Galavis, compatibility, the relationship with the other women (important to a degree), and also edit. The winner of this show is at least going to have an opportunity to shine on the show sometimes.

5. Andi Dorfman (last week: 4) – Andi is still the sleeper pick of the bunch, mostly in that you don’t really see much of her, but she is still around and therefore still a competitor on the show. Sometimes, you have to respect the silent threats … regardless of just how silent they really are. Some of the women ranked above her may, after all, implode or fall to the wayside.

4. Cassandra Ferguson (unranked) – We are going to take a gamble here and assume that if a single parent with a one-on-one date like Cassandra is still around, there is some sort of interest there from Juan Pablo. Otherwise, he’d be pretty terrible for keeping mother and son apart from each other this long … even if we haven’t seen that much of her since her last date on the show.

3. Sharleen Joynt (5) – Here is the crazy thing. There are very few reasons why Sharleen still should be a part of this season, but she is. Thanks to that, you have to take her seriously despite how unlikely it looks that she and Juan Pablo are compatible in almost any way at all. Maybe eventually he’ll wake up and realize that she may not be that interested in him … but that’s not happening yet.

2. Nikki Ferrell (2) – Nikki still has not had a one-on-one date, but that will change this week. Plus, she does have multiple group-date roses to hang her hat on, and most of the other people in the competition are starting to be put off by her. Is there a better sign of going far in the competition than being hated by most of your fellow competitors? We don’t think so!

1. Clare Crawley (1) – It’s very hard to move Clare from this spot right now, thanks mostly to the fact that she seems adept at constantly getting Juan Pablo’s attention, and she does it without really doing anything to the rest of the women outside of making them jealous. Plus, we know that she’s going to take a major step forward with him this coming episode.

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