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When The Bachelor finishes each dramatic season, only one thing is certain: the final couple has a long way to go.

More often than not, the long road ends in heartbreak.

While updates are often found on the bachelors themselves after the glow of the show has faded, the same cannot be said for the women.

ABC has this decided to shine a light on the forgotten women, giving Matt Grant a glimpse of what his turn as The Bachelor may result in.

  Andy Baldwin and Tessa Horst dated for a few months at least.

On March 10, ABC will air a special, The Bachelor: Where Are They Now? Host Chris Harrison will visit some of the past bachelors and competitors.

In addition to rekindling some couples' heartbreak, the special will visit one couple to come out of the series, Trista and Ryan Sutter.

Fans of last season's The Bachelor are also in luck as both DeAnna Pappas and Jenni Croft - spurned by Brad Womack - will offer updates.

DeAnna Pappas will star on The Bachelorette for ABC this summer.

In the now-infamous final rose ceremony on the November 19 season finale of The Bachelor, Austin, Texas bar entrepreneur Brad Womack made reality TV history when he shockingly kissed both of the show's finalists... goodbye.

Both DeAnna Pappas and Jenni Croft were stunned by the move - along with millions of viewers of The Bachelor watching at home.

Brad Womack offered vague explanations in a special after-show, but this week, he told Us Weekly the real reason he let both of the ladies go.

"[DeAnna Pappas] and I had something that's pretty special. But I did not see this crazy love that would turn into a lifetime," says a single Brad.

Brad Womack: Still single and trying to explain his dubious actions.

"I'm looking for the same things that I said all along â€" a best friend, a life-long partner and someone to fall madly in love with," Womack said. "I didn't want to lead anybody on. I was very honest with both of the ladies about that."

Brad had no comment on a recent story by E! Online insinuating that he really wanted Bettina Bell, but knew it wouldn't work after a bad family visit.

At least Jenni Croft has already moved on. That much we know.

Fans have been searching far and wide for possible insight into the mind of Brad Womack, who spurned both Jenni Croft and DeAnna Pappas last week on the finale of The Bachelor. Now an insider has shed new light on the situation.

According to Kristin Veitch of E! Online, the real reason for Brad Womack's often criticized and shocking decision to choose either Jenni or DeAnna in the finale had, in reality, little to do with Jenni nor DeAnna, but with Bettina Bell.

Says a rock-solid source: "Brad was really into Bettina, who made it to the final four. But when he went to visit her parents, Bettina's father was so awful to him, Brad knew it wouldn't work. So, he was just sort of over the whole thing."

Was Bettina Bell behind Brad Womack's bungled Bachelor finale?

Brad visited Bettina's home in the sixth episode of this season (the reality show's 11th) and Bell's father sort of sealed her fate when he said he was "disappointed" by Brad's lack of a college degree, as well as with Womack's career choice.

Brad had only known Bettina Bell for a few weeks at the time, and being torn apart on national TV is not the sort of thing you want in a first impression.

So does this make Brad Womack's decision better or worse?

Obviously it's still painful for DeAnna Pappas and Jenni Croft, who had their hearts ripped out on TV, and for viewers, who felt like they themselves got robbed. But this certainly casts Womack - and Bettina Bell - in a new light.

Jenni Croft has come a long way since The Bachelor season finale.

The woman that was rejected along with Deanna Pappas said she's totally over Brad Womack, while also being back together with her unnamed ex-boyfriend.

"I'm completely over [Womack]. I left that day thinking I can't keep thinking about him - I've got to get over it. I am back with my ex-boyfriend. It's been amazing," said Croft during an interview with Wichita ABC-affiliate KAKE.

And how is that relationship going, Jenni?

"We haven't been happier," she said. "We learned a lot about each other while I was gone."

The 27-year-old Phoenix Suns cheerleader does claim, though, that she fell in love with Womack during filming of the show. How can you not, she basically asks, when you're around someone so much?

"You go through this thing for six weeks, and all you think about is this one guy. You have no contact to the outside world - you can't call your mom; you can't call your friends... You don't think about work at all," Croft said. "So like you constantly think about this guy, and he's your world for six weeks. So yes, everything I thought about was about him. I did fall in love with him."

Last night, Brad faced both Jenni Croft and DeAnna Pappas, as well as all of America, to answer their questions on what went wrong on The Bachelor.

Host Chris Harrison interviews Jenni, who admits she was completely shocked Brad didn't choose her. She felt "mislead" by Brad Womack, especially given many little comments that he'd said to her along the way.

Jenni shows class in saying how disappointed she was to see Brad Womack do the same thing to DeAnna Pappas, especially given the way it was handled (giving her that ray of hope just as he dropped the "but").

Jenni Croft says Brad should have given someone a chance, even in the form of dating. But next we get to hear what DeAnna Pappas has to say.

She still seems confused, a little bit angry... and maybe a little hopeful that Brad will reverse his decision on this night and choose her for real.

In the end, Brad Womack stood alone.

"I'm angry because it's so confusing... did he think something better was going to come along?" DeAnna said, admitting that she's thought about him every day since and she'd say yes if he asked her for another chance.

Brad Womack then arrives to a mixture of applause and boos. He says that he made his decision because he didn't want to make any false promises. Boo.

Chris lets it slip that Brad actually asked the network fly DeAnna's father out for the final ceremony, so Brad could ask for her hand in marriage. His gut told him something was wrong when he went to buy the ring, however.

Jenni Croft comes out to join him and Brad Womack says it "hurts deep" to have Jenni lose respect for him. He feels he showed respect by walking.

DeAnna takes Jenni Croft's place then and is nervous. "Please don't hold it against me that I didn't fall in love. I'm just as heartbroken as you are."

Brad says to DeAnna Pappas that he thinks about her every single day, and just as it sounds like maybe he might be going to throw us for another loop by taking her back, DeAnna tries to force the issue... and Brad Womack replies that he's "very confident" in his decision, crushing her once again.

DeAnna can't hold back and cries, "[You're] the one person that I trusted most out of all of this, and you broke my heart."

Well, we didn't see that one coming.

Brad Womack made history last night on The Bachelor by electing not to give a final rose to either of his remaining ladies- Jenni Croft or DeAnna Pappas - during The Bachelor 11th season finale.

The fact that he didn't pick either one of us is harder to deal with," said a tearful DeAnna Pappas, a 25-year-old realtor from Neunan, Ga., who was rejected very shortly after Brad Womack had already sent Jenni Croft packing.

"This is one of the worst feelings in the world... telling someone how you feel about them and they kind of just reject your feelings," Jenni Croft, a 27-year-old Phoenix Suns cheerleader originally from Wichita, Ks., said. "[That's] the reason why it's so hard for me to tell people how I feel."

Needless to say, Brad Womack also failed to propose marriage to either. It was certainly a tough pill for DeAnna Pappas and Jenni Croft to swallow.

Brad Womack said that while he could see both DeAnna Pappas (right) and Jenni Croft (left) being his wife, he found himself in quite the quandary. In the end, he certainly found a unique and historic way out of that quandary.

Take a look at how he got there, from the family visits to the final talks in which he lets them go, in our episode guide to The Bachelor finale ...

On tonight's season finale of The Bachelor, Brad Womack will bring home the final two women to meet his family. Only one of whom will win his heart.

Will it be DeAnna Pappas, the 25-year-old Realtor, part-time bartender and full-time Southern gal? Or Jenni Croft, the 27-year-old Wichita native and Phoenix Suns dancer and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader.

Will Brad Womack choose Jenni Croft, with whom he's had chemistry since the beginning, and whose commitment to her career has appealed to Brad?

Will Brad Womack choose DeAnna Pappas, the traditional beauty with whom he had initial sparks, and whose family visit really hit the mark with Brad?

Who will get the final rose from Brad Womack? Will it be DeAnna Pappas or Jenni Croft? Only time will tell. Tonight. In just a few more hours. This should be hot.

The Women Tell All. The Bachelor's penultimate episode was, as usual, the special in which the rejected babes go off on Brad Womack. And then some.

Host Chris Harrison took us back and relived some of the best moments this season of The Bachelor with the defeated ladies, some of whom were put in the hot seat while others played it cool. The women then placed their bets on whether Jenni Croft or DeAnna Pappas would win Brad Womack's heart on next week's finale.

Follow the link to relive all the drama or catch up on what you missed last night in the Scoop's guide to The Bachelor: The Women Tell All!

Having bid farewell to Sheena Stewart a week ago, only three women remained for The Bachelor star Brad Womack. It was time for individual overnight dates in Mexico, and boy, what dates they turned out to be.

Bettina, Jenni Croft and DeAnna Pappas each vied for the affections of the Texas entrepreneur. In the end, only two would remain standing. But who?

Brad Womack had his first date in Cabo San Lucas with Jenni Croft. The two went swimming at the dolphins which proved to be fun and unique.

Next, Brad headed out for a day of sailing with Bettina. At dinner, they rehash the fight they had when he visited Bettina's family in D.C.

Brad Womack's final date was with DeAnna Pappas and they had a really great time riding dune buggies. He admitted to having strong feelings for her in his interview, and said she had all of the qualities he was looking for.

How did it play out? Who's on their way home while the other two prepare for the biggest moment of their lives? Catch up on all the action in our episode guide to last night's thrilling edition of The Bachelor ...

On last night's episode of The Bachelor, Brad Womack the hometowns of the four remaining women - Bettina, DeAnna Pappas, Jenni Croft and Sheena Stewart - to meet their families and get a taste of their home life. For better or worse.

He hit it off with some families and experienced awkwardness and downright rude, unwelcoming behavior from others. So basically, this Bachelor finally saw what it's like to have in-laws. Bunch of losers if you ask us.

By the end of the evening, he narrowed the field from four to three - three lovely ladies he will take on romantic getaways to Cabo San Lucas next.

Brad Womack: Narrows the field to three!

While Jenni Croft, DeAnna Pappas, Bettina and Sheena Stewart have all showed great moxie and talent in getting this far, it's the end of the line for one of them.
Read on to see who got the boot in our episode guide!