The Bachelorette

Nine bachelors remain as the action shifts to Iceland, with this week's one-on-one date awarded to the man who can best express his feelings -- in words. Each of the suitors will channel their inner poet to write and recite their own love verses to Ali. With the two-on-one date looming, the stakes are raised, and guys race off to work on their poetry and try to enlist the help of locals to include Icelandic vocabulary in their verse, which Chris Harrison has assured them might get them extra credit. Ali arrives to judge the poems, and one funny man makes up his own Icelandic gibberish, while another nervous bachelor freezes up and can barely speak. In the end, Ali rewards one lucky bachelor with a date to explore Reykjavik. At dinner later that night, the man explains that he has survived a debilitating illness that totally changed his perspective on life. He has totally opened up to Ali, but will that information earn him a rose -- or send him packing?Six eager bachelors spend a day with Ali on the group date, first riding horses through majestic mountains and then rappelling down to a vast cave carved out of lava. But things really get hot that night when the group visits the Blue Lagoon. Ali and the men head down to the steamy water, where the Bachelorette puts one man on notice that he isn't paying enough attention to her, then shares a passionate kiss with another before handing out a rose to the one devoted bachelor who has been there for her all day. The next day, Justin and Kasey face off against one another on the dramatic two-on-one date. There is no love lost between these two. Ali takes them on a helicopter ride over the land of fire and ice, where they get a close-up view of the headline-making and global travel-altering volcano -- which has already started to erupt -- before landing on a nearby glacier. Tensions explode as the guys both have a chance to plead their case for staying to Ali. One guy plays it cool, but the other reveals a secret that leaves him standing alone on a glacier ... without a rose.An air of anxiety settles over the cocktail party as the men battle for the remaining roses. One insecure man makes sure Ali knows that he is there for her, while another bachelor gives her a much-needed laugh. How will all of this affect her, as she contemplates offering roses? There will be only seven men who will join her at the next world tour stop -- Istanbul, Turkey.At the start of the episode, the nine remaining suitors for Ali are:Chris L., 33, landscaper from Cape Cod, MAChris N., 29, entrepreneur from Orlando, FLCraig R., 27, lawyer from Philadelphia, PAFrank, 31, retail manager, from Geneva, ILJustin, 26, entertainment wrestler from Toronto, CAKasey, 27, advertising account executive from Clovis, CAKirk, 27, sales consultant from Green Bay, WIRoberto, 26, insurance agent from Charleston, SCTy, 31, in medical sales, from Nashville, TN