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Nick 'Honey Badger' Cummins - Cummins’ debut episode on Wednesday averaged 1.25 million viewers nationally, giving Ten its biggest 'Bachelor' launch to date.

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Rivals - The show also beat its direct rivals, with 'The Block' averaging 1.2 million on Nine and Seven’s 'Highway Patrol' taking third place with 915,000.

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Pashing - Inside the 'Batchelor' show, he has already had to duck a few pashes and is proving to be a massive hit with the ladies.

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Mean girls - The drama is already beginning to build on the show and we are only on episode two!

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Wallabies - Cummings used to play for the Wallabies, wearing the jersey 15 times for Australia.

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Larrikin - Cummins is the ultimate Aussie larrikin with legendary one-liners that have his fans in stitches.

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Rugby Union - The Rugby Union player is proving to be a sure-fire hit for the show given his cheery disposition.

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Press release - When he was announced as the next 'Batchelor' Cummins said: "The past 10 or so years has been on the road playing rugby or working on my projects, so I’m very excited to be part of a show that is centred around love and good times.”

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Network - Channel Ten listed a multitude of reasons for their atypical selection.

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Humour - “Physically striking, successful and smart, the sporting talent of this wild-haired winger, Nick’s wicked sense of humour and his distinctive, witty one-liners have made him a hero, both on and off the field,” the statement said.

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Searching - Cumming is looking for love in the 'Bachelor' mansion, where more than 20 women are competing for his attention and affection.

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Producers - The show's producers are hoping that Cumming's down-to-earth style will connect well with the audience, and given the massive ratings win, they were right to pick him. 

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Honey badger - The story goes that after watching a documentary about the formidable honey badger on 'Animal Planet' he was a changed man.

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Identity - "I saw the honey badger, and became fascinated. It is just so aggressive and will never say die," Cummins told Fairfax Media in 2012.

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Lion - He continued "One of the stories which inspired me is that it is documented that a honey badger killed a male lion in a one-on-one battle."

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Man facts - Nick is 30 years old. His birthday is October 5.

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Family - Cumming's is one of eight siblings. He was raised in Brisbane by his single father.

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Split - It is rumoured that he recently split with his Norwegian girlfriend of five years Martine Thomassen.

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Author - He's written two books, 'Tales of the Honey Badger' and 'Adventures of the Honey Badger'. He is very serious about the honey badger.

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Special - Cummings is famous for his thick Aussie twang, use of rhyming slang, and penchant for using phrases the rest of the world has never heard before.

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'The Project' - In an interview on 'The Project' he was very funny when asked whether the women on the show would be able to understand him.

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Understand - “How are the girls going to understand what you’re saying?” Waleed Aly asked.

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English - His response was nothing short of hilarious “Yeah, look, mate — that’s the television thing. I mean, I can throw a few things out there, gasbag and, you know, chinwags and yarns and spin-offs and, you know, all those fun things,” Cummins said. “But when you get that confused look as if [to say], ‘Are you a weirdo,’ That’s when you know you’ve got to rein that in and start talking English again.”

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Quotes - Take a look at some of his one-liners that have left people scratching their heads.

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The badge - “You gave a lot of pill to the badge... which was good of you.”

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Confused yet? - “I was running around like I stole something there when I got on, cooking up a bit.”

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Gypsy - “Sweatin’ like a gypsy with a mortgage, actually.”

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Bag of cats - “My old man woke me up in the morning. He was going off like a bag of cats.”

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Lips - “You’re as tough as woodpecker lips.”

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Drainpipe - “Yeah mate I bloody was like a rat up a drainpipe in one of them runs there.”

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Tradies - Now semi-retired, he is spruiking products like Tradies Undies and is becoming a huge media personality.

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Tourism - In October 2017, he was an ambassador for Tourism Australia.

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Subtitles - So far 'The Batchelor' has not had to use subtitles for people to understand the star. 

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Score - 'The Bachelor' is going off like a bag of cats.

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