Local girl Clare Lange opens up about special bond on reality TV gig

Pingelly’s Clare Lange has spoken about a special bond she formed during filming of The Bachelor. Ms Lange features in the latest season of the Channel 10 reality TV show, in which 25 women are vying for the heart of one man. They compete in weeks of challenges to win single dates, roses and finally, the Bachelor. This year, the women are hoping to walk away with Locky Gilbert, a former Survivor contestant who is also from WA. Ms Lange was at work when she received a phone call from producers saying she had been selected to appear on the series. “It’s a long audition process, and it’s between you and 26,000 other applicants, so it was a pretty surreal thing to be chosen,” she said. “I just started screaming. “Obviously you can’t say anything to anyone, but every-one there was just looking at me, like, ‘what is going on?’.” Lange grew up on a farm in Pingelly and went to Narrogin Senior High School before moving to Perth. She said she never could have imagined herself going on The Bachelor. “I was over the moon,” she said. “I was just so excited to have that opportunity. “I loved being able to hang out with all the girls and meet everyone. “I think there’s something really special about the bond you form with the girls in the house.” Lange, who is back working in Perth after filming, said she had a great time on the show, describing it as an experience like no other.