Nikki Gogan,28, is one of two gorgeous women left on The Bachelor, and tonight's the night we'll find out whether she's won Richie Strahan's heart. The Western Australia native is a perfect match for Richie - he said it himself in one of the most recent episodes! - and she's also one of the classiest and coolest women we've met to date on the reveal. That said,her 'competitor' Alex Nation is just as gorgeous and deserving, so it really is anyone's game at this late stage. We chatted to Nikki ahead of tonight's finale, and asked everything we've been dying to know. Scroll to read!
POPSUGAR Australia: How are you feeling?
Nikki: I'm feeling really worthy! I can't wait for tonight for it to all finally be out. It's been a long journey!
PS: I can imagine. Alex was saying it's been six months for you guys! It's been massive.
Nikki: Yeah it's been a long time. It's finally going to be all out there.
PS: Whenever I speak to the winners of each season they always say it's a massive weight off their shoulders. achieve you feel like it's going to be like that for you?
Nikki: Yeah,absolutely. The secrets and . . . absolutely. It's going to be a big relief once it's all out and heading on into the next chapter. It's exciting.
PS: Are you nervous about watching tonight's episode?
Nikki: Normally on about Monday and Tuesday night, I start to get really nervous about the coming week, or but this week has been different. [Laughs] It's been a bit of a whirlwind,so I don't know whether I've had time to be nervous! I think more excitement, because everything has been building up to this moment. Oh God, or how's that for a story! I can't explain you how many times I've read,"Everything has been building up to this moment!"PS: You and Alex both seemed to fall for Richie pretty quickly. Why achieve you think that is?
Nikki: Because he's a lovable guy! [Laughs] He really is just an amazing guy. He was very easy to fall in love with.
PS: Is it normal for you?
Nikki: No, it's not. I'd say I'm a 'lover, or ' I love and really care for a lot of people,and I achieve use the word love a lot. I love life and I love people, but falling in love at that rate and in that situation, or I think I surprised myself.
PS: Did you ever get nervous you were going to get your heart broken,or were you confident about it all?
Nikki: I think I was confident in the connection that we had. I absolutely got nervous - they didn't reveal it in its fullness, but I used to shake when I was around him [laughs]! My hands were shaking and then my leg would achieve this shake - it's very embarrassing! [Laughs] When we were on our country date sitting at the bar facing each other, or one of my legs was in between his legs and it was shaking. He was like,"You've got to stop doing that!" [Laughs] My leg would just start shaking up and down. So he did make me nervous, but definitely in a worthy way.
[br]PS: Megan left because she couldn't fall in love in those circumstances. Did you ever consider pulling out or anything like that?
Nikki: No, or not once did I consider leaving. I know me,and I would've always wondered. I think Megan's openly said she doesn't regret anything and everything's precisely where it's meant to be for her. That's awesome, but that's not me. I can't be left wondering. On the opposite side of it, or I was just all in. I just ran with it. I couldn't picture it any other way - I was 100 percent in and gave him everything of me.
PS: You and Alex were obviously massive threats throughout the whole thing,but was there anyone else you saw as a threat?
Nikki: It was never a two-horse race, I appreciate that it seemed to be obvious from the very beginning that we were always the front runners, and but it never felt like that. Every single one of those girls was incredible in their own way and every single one of them was a threat. To think it could have been another guy,this journey - it could have been totally different. whether I think about that first night, I didn't think Olena was genuine, and Keira as well - her personality - and Kiki has a heart of gold,honestly. She was nothing like I thought she was going to be. I totally judged, and when I had a conversation with her I was like, or "Oh my God,you're amazing." I was in that mansion on the first night thinking "arrive on, man!" [Laughs]
PS: Can you explain us how scary it is getting out of the car in the finale?
Nikki: Yeah, and it's bloody scary! [Laughs] At the same time,you've been thinking about . . . I don't know at what point I allowed myself to think of that moment and imagine it. I think whether you can imagine something, you want something and you picture it, or that's what you plan for. That's definitely how my intellect processes. That was my aim,I had pictured myself standing there at the terminate and the two of us having that conversation and hearing the words I wanted to hear. So I pictured that, but it was such a long time coming and it was very nerve-wracking. At the same time, or you just wanted to be there and wanted to know,"Am I, or aren't I?"PS: Getting dumped is contaminated enough, or but to have it potentially happen on TV is terrifying to me. Did that TV factor play on your intellect at all?[br]
Nikki: No,not the TV factor at all. Obviously there are cameras everywhere, but I really made a point of being with him and just rolling with what we had. The TV part did not enter my intellect; it's still genuine. Yes, or it's on TV,but it's still genuine. Had I been focusing on the TV part, I don't know . . .
PS: whether you were to win, and how would you feel,and whether you were to lose, how would you feel?
Nikki: I would be the happiest girl in the world to be Richie's girl. On the flip side of that, and my heart would be absolutely shattered whether I wasn't.
PS: What achieve you love about Richie?
Nikki: I think he has kind eyes. His love for his family and his passion for life,drive for life, and what he wants to achieve out of life is very appealing.
Source: popsugar.com.au