Sean Lowe is fast proving to be one of the most popular stars of The Bachelor ever, but he has made some controversial decisions so far, for example: saving villain Tierra LiCausi week after week, while eliminating veteran contestant Kacie Boguskie. HollywoodLife.com’s Eleanore Hutch was joined by former Bachelor contestant Jamie Otis, who gave us the lowdown on this hot new season. Watch the video here!

Jamie Otis Spills All About ‘The Bachelor’

Jamie rose to fame when she appeared on Ben Flajnik‘s season of The Bachelor, where she came sixth. Since then she has appeared on Bachelor Pad, and now she is HollywoodLife.com‘s official Bachelor expert!

Jamie and Eleanore discuss Kacie’s crazy elimination, Tierra’s inability to get eliminated, and how Sean is doing as the Bachelor in general.

To update you on the latest: Sean eliminated Leslie H and Amanda on the Jan. 28 episode, while Tierra manipulated him with crocodile tears to get a rose. So sneaky!

Tierra showed her true colors on the show when she had an extremely dramatic breakdown. She stormed off on the other girls, saying “I don’t trust anybody here.” “I can’t take the fakeness from any of these girls any more” was another gem out of her mouth.

Watch Eleanore and Jamie debate over Kacie’s personality, and whether or not Sean makes a good Bachelor!

What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Do you think Sean is being manipulated by the girls?

WATCH: The Bachelor: Sean Lowe Eliminates Amanda; Tierra Becomes The Villain

– Eleanore Hutch

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Jamie Otis didn’t have the most gracious exit from the Bachelor Pad on the August 13th episode — but we don’t blame her! Bachelor Pad player totally Chris Bukowski totally played her and Jamie tells us EXCLUSIVELY she’s still upset about it.

“The whole experience of Bachelor Pad was conniving, manipulative and crazy. Just seeing it back, I mean I had no idea and it makes you look like a fool because when you’re an honest person and you believe that you’re seeing something from a person and then all of a sudden you see this whole different story that’s happening behind your back that you don’t know about,” Jamie tells HollywoodLife.com at the Bliss & Crunch Cel-’ab’-ration in NYC on August 15. “You just feel like foolish. My hands are tied. And I had no idea. There’s nothing I can do now to change then.”

In case you’re not up to date, Jamie fell for Chris, who was three-timing her with Blakeley Shea and Sarah Newlon. Jamie says she had no idea Chris was fooling around with these girls behind her back!

“I had no idea,” Jamie tells us.

When asked if she’s spoken to him since she left the house, the brunette beauty replied, “no way.”

“I don’t know what I’d have to say to him, honestly. I’m scared for the finale because I don’t know what I’m going to say. How does he go to sleep at night? How does he look at his mom and say hey mom I’m a good person. What is he going to say to his future wife?,” she said to us.

We totally understand why she’s upset. It will be interesting to see if Chris’ player ways eventually catch up to him!

What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Vote and weigh in below!

– Nicole Karlis

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Courtney Robertson seems cold and uncaring as she manipulates Ben Flajnik into giving her his heart on The Bachelor. Sources close to the venomous vixen reveal the heartless tactics Courtney used to trap Ben while filming.

“Courtney looked at The Bachelor as a game,” a source tells Us magazine. “Ben was the prize, and she was going to win.”

Eliminated contestant Monica Spannbauer agrees: “Courtney was going to pull out any gun and any ammo necessary to make this work for her.”

This is how Courtney seduced Ben, according to Us magazine‘s sources:

• Courtney convinced Ben that she hadn’t been lucky in love lately and was ready to fall hard. “She came in and seemed very vulnerable,” an insider explains. “She talked about not getting asked out a lot.” But, another source claims that Courtney always had a boyfriend by her side throughout the 11 years prior to her Bachelor experience.
• She forced herself to start having feelings for Ben so that she wouldn’t lose sight of the prize. “Courtney said the guys she dates have to have status,” says a source. So when she found out that Ben was a self-made millionaire, she used that notion as the key to hold her on track.
• Courtney fed Ben every line in the book. “She knows exactly what to say to guys,” a friend of Courtney’s shares. Courtney has pulled that stunt more than once, especially during the Feb. 20 episode when she told Ben that she was falling in love.
• Courtney kept her enemies (the other women) at bay. “Courtney said her agent prepared her well and told her not to share any personal information with the girls,” the source states. “She kept in her corner the whole time. She never made conversation with the girls.”
• Courtney tried to scare the other girls away from Ben. “Those little jabs were tactics to try to intimidate all of us, to get us off of our game, and to take the focus off of Ben,” says former contestant Emily O’Brien.
• Courtney blinded Ben with her sex appeal. “Courtney knew Ben was sexually attracted to her,” shares contestant Jamie Otis. “She wasn’t shy to use it.”
• She mentally prepared for her attacks. According to Monica, Courtney took “four-hour [naps] before every event.”
• Courtney was aggressive. “[Ben] told Courtney once that she seemed like the only one who cared,” says Emily. “I wish I had been more forward.”
• Courtney dressed — and undressed — the part. “She was very particular about what she wore and when she wore it,” says the source.

But, final-three contender Nicki Sterling thinks that it won’t be long until Ben finds out all about Courtney’s lies. “You can only fool someone for so long before your true colors come out,” she warns.

BFFs — do you think Ben will realize that Courtney lied to him?

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Ben Flajnik is smitten with cunning Courtney Robertson on The Bachelor. But after she pulled the skinny dipping stunt in Puerto Rico, Ben realized he has to give the other women more attention — but Courtney won’t let him! 

During the night portion of the group date on the Feb. 6 episode, Courtney stripped down and got into the pool in an attempt to distract Ben, who was deep in a private conversation with Jamie Otis. While Ben openly admitted, “I want to look,” he now wishes Courtney could have respected his time with Jamie.

“I will admit … I wasn’t pleased when she got in the pool during my time with Jamie,” Ben writes in his personal People.com blog. “I know she was just trying to let me know that she’s interested, but Jamie has a tough time opening up and having Courtney out of the corner of her eye wasn’t helping.”

But despite that one incident, Courtney’s continues to keep Ben interested. “It’s not easy balancing relationships while trying to make everyone feel special,” Ben says. “That’s why I was drawn to Courtney during the daytime portion of the group date – she made it a point to spend time with me.”

Ben is convinced that Courtney truly and sincerely has feelings for him. “I always knew how she felt and she made sure to let me know that she was thinking of me,” Ben explains.

BFFs — do you think Courtney is tricking Ben into falling in love with her?

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Will Ben Flajnik ever find love on The Bachelor? During the Feb. 6 episode, Casey S. is forced to tell Ben that she’s in love with another man. And Courtney Robertson pulls another manipulative and provocative stunt when she takes her top off during the group date.

Kacie Boguskie gets the first one-on-one date with Ben. They take a helicopter to a private island. During the dinner part of the date, Kacie admits that she was bulimic and anorexic in high school. Because she opens up, Ben gives her the rose.

Emily O’Brien, Nicki Sterling, Lindzi Cox, Casey S., Jaime Otis, and Courtney go on the group date. Ben takes them on a boat ride down a river to a village where the women dress up in the traditional clothing of the local tribe. While the other women refuse to take their tops off to sport the traditional bead and colorful crop tops, Courtney is the only one to strip down. “I’m bare chesting it,” she brags. “Why night? I don’t do anything half ass.” Ben, who is in a loin cloth, notices that Courtney is the only one to participate. Ben and Courtney end up dancing together. They basically have no clothes on.

During the night portion of the date, Courtney again temps Ben to spend alone time with her. “I just want to feel special,” she tells him. “I feel like I need to keep that spark alive. I’m in room 1611. We can just lay there … “

While Jamie is having a private conversation with Ben, Courtney strips to her bikini, gets in the pool and deliberately distracts Ben. “I see Courtney in her bathing suit,” Ben confesses. “It’s very difficult to focus. Obviously I want to look.”

Lindzi gets the rose — and Ben never visits Courtney’s room.

Blakeley Shea and and Rachel Truehart get the two-on-one date. He takes them salsa dancing. Rachel gets the rose, and Blakeley goes home.

Host Chris Harrison next surprises the girls and asks to speak to Casey S. alone. “It was brought to my attention by three different people that you’re in love with someone else,” he confronts Casey. “Michael is your boyfriend back at home. That’s what I want to talk to you about. We spoke to Michael — he said you guys are still in a relationship. He said you were practically living together before you left.”

“Basically I was completely in love with him,” Casey admits. “He told me from day one he doesn’t know if he wants to get married. A year ago, I broke up with him and [got] back together with him. Maybe I should be in therapy. I think that my perfect scenario would be to fall in love with Ben.”

“I don’t want to be in love [with Michael],” Casey continues. “I want to give up hope that he will change. It’s really come to my attention last night that I still have hope he’ll change.”

Chris pushes Casey to go talk to Ben. “I came into this wanting to get over a guy who I was in love with, I think that I’m not completely over him,” she cries to Ben.

“I wish you had been honest,” Ben replies. “If you felt this way, I wish you had told me sooner. I think that you should go home.”

During the rose ceremony, Ben does not give a rose to Jamie and sends her home as well.

- Lindsey DiMattina

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Cunning Courtney Robertson has no reservations when it comes to convincing Ben Flajnik to fall for her. During the Jan. 30 episode of The Bachelor, Courtney gets mad when she doesn’t get the group date rose. So, she decides to win her own way and surprises Ben with a skinny dipping adventure in Puerto Rico.

Nicki Sterling gets the first one-on-one date. They get caught in the rain so they duck into a shop. After it stops raining, they go for a walk to sightsee. They pause for a while to watch a wedding. During the night portion of the date, Nicki opens up about her divorce. Nicki admits that she “lost trust” in her husband. Nicki gets the rose.

The group date goes to Lindzi Cox, Courtney, Jennifer, Kacie Boguskie, Emily O’Brien, Rachel Truehart, Casey S., Jamie Otis and Blakeley Shea. The girls have to play a baseball game to see who will get to attend the beach party later on in the evening. The girls are split into two teams, but Lindzi gets to play for both teams. Courtney’s team wins, and the losers have to return to the hotel.

Kacie B. gets the rose during the night portion of the date. “I like watching you, I like being with you,” Ben tells her. “What I think I like most is your ability to get me to open up. You listen.”

This doesn’t sit well with Courtney, so she steals him away. “All I could think about is you,” she tells Ben. “Ideally it would be you and me and a bottle of wine and skinny dipping, getting crazy. Maybe we can orchestrate something.”

Elyse Myers gets the second one-on-one date. Ben and Elyse go on a private yacht for the day. But the night portion doesn’t go so well for Elyse. “I think my relationships with these other women are so far past than what we could get to,” Ben tells her. “I can’t give you this rose.” He sends her home.

Courtney surprises Ben in a robe upon his return from his date with Elyse. “I don’t know if he’s ever skinny dipped with a model before,” she tells the cameras. “It could be fun.”

“We can do something else out there,” Courtney tells Ben. “We felt so frisky.”

Ben complies. “She has taken it upon herself to magically appear on my doorstep,” he says. “Why not? Are you going full nude when you go in?”

Both Ben and Courtney completely strip down and run into the water naked. “I feel like I’m winning,” Courtney brags.

Ben feels guilty going into the cocktail party. “Courtney and I shared a very intimate moment,” he explains. “I feel kind of crappy about what happened.”

Courtney starts to tell the girls about her secret with Ben. “I like to be in my birthday suit as much as possible,” she smiles.

Emily then decides to warn Ben about Courtney again. Ben doesn’t like this. She returns to the group in tears.

Luckily, Emily gets the last rose during the ceremony. Ben instead sends Jennifer home.

- Lindsey DiMattina

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Bachelor Ben Flajnik is one lucky man. Not only does he have model Courtney Robertson and Miss Chicago Erika Uhlig competing for his love, but another one of his ladies, Jamie Otis, recently competed in the Miss New York USA 2012 pageant.

Jamie, 25, competed in the Miss New York USA pageant (a pre-qualifier for the Miss USA 2012 contest) on Jan. 15 in Purchase, NY. Jamie initially represented Central New York, but made it to the top 20 semi-finalists of Miss New York USA.

When not competing in pageants or on The Bachelor, Jamie works as a maternity nurse at Corland Regional Medical Center in Cortland, New York.

Ben has yet to eliminate Jamie from this season of The Bachelor.

- Lindsey DiMattina

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