Overview

• Host Jesse Palmer ended new arrivals in Week 6 and unveiled a new format offering a $500,000 prize for the strongest couples.
• In the first relationship test, “High, Low, Whaddya Know,” pairs wagered chips on whether their partner’s off-camera numerical answers were higher or lower than preset thresholds.
• Jeremy Simon and Bailey Brown topped the challenge to earn a one-on-one date plus the authority to eliminate a bottom-ranking couple.
• Bailey exercised her elimination power by sending Leslie Fhima and Gary Levingston home during the rose ceremony.
• Contestants including Allyshia Gupta and Gary Levingston warned that the half-million-dollar incentive could encourage strategic play over genuine connections.