Vince

Vince, a character in the America's Most Eligible series, is one of the contestants of America's Most Eligible. He is first seen in Book 1, Chapter 19.

Appearance
He has blue eyes and wavy brown hair. He has an anchor beard and is seen wearing a blue dress shirt. He prefers his curls to be spun counter-clockwise to achieve perfectly coiffed hair and for them to be no more than a quarter's width in diameter.

Personality
Although much of his personality is second-hand information from Handsome Stranger, it appears that he is a charming yet selfish and disloyal person given that he betrayed Handsome Stranger at the end of Season 9. Jen mentions that his personality is much more hostile when the cameras are off. He once threatened to get her fired because he felt she was asking him too many questions during his confessional. He also believes he is God's gift to humanity. He enjoys riling up the other contestants such as Handsome Stranger and Beautiful Contestant. In a premium scene in All-Stars Chapter 14, he says he would rather be feared than loved.

America's Most Eligible: Season 10

 * Chapter 18: Before The Storm (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 19: Here For The Right Reasons

America's Most Eligible: All Stars

 * Chapter 1: Baby, You're a Star
 * Chapter 2: Guess Who's Back
 * Chapter 3: Back in the Saddle
 * Chapter 4: Sand, Sun, and Strife
 * Chapter 5: Under The Sea
 * Chapter 6: A Shot in the Dark
 * Chapter 7: Save the Last Dance
 * Chapter 8: Enemy of My Enemy
 * Chapter 9: The Art of the Deal
 * Chapter 10: Up In Smoke
 * Chapter 12: Playing with Fire
 * Chapter 13: On Thin Ice
 * Chapter 14: Behind Closed Doors
 * Chapter 15: Moment of Truth

America's Most Eligible: Wedding Edition

 * Chapter 1: Save the Date
 * Chapter 2: Yours, Mine, and Ours
 * Chapter 3: All Eyes on Us
 * Chapter 4: Dance, Dance (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 5: Let Them Eat Cake
 * Chapter 6: Ready, Set, I Do!
 * Chapter 7: Trouble in Paradise
 * Chapter 8: All in the Family
 * Chapter 9: Mama Drama
 * Chapter 10: What Happens in Vegas...
 * Chapter 11: Roll the Dice
 * Chapter 12: Pins and Needles...
 * Chapter 13: Say 'Yes' To This Mess (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 14: For Better or Worse
 * Chapter 15: Goin' to the Chapel
 * Chapter 16: So Long, Miami

Your Character
For the first challenge, you are partnered with him to show your chemistry. If you win and are automatically given the first group date, he chooses Handsome Stranger and Beautiful Contestant as the pair to bring without consulting you, which irritates you. After the first elimination, Carson surprises you and the other contestants by saying the rest of the challenges will be with partners and you find yourself forced to be Vince's partner for the duration of the season. In Chapter 5, he reveals that he sees you as an obstacle in his path and wants to make sure that you are eliminated. At the end of Chapter 5, Carson surprises all the contestants by pairing them with new partners and in Chapter 6, Vince is paired with Beautiful Contestant while you are now paired with Slater. In a premium scene in Chapter 14, you have the chance to call him out and expose every nasty thing he's done and make him lose his cool in front of the Jury.

Sierra
In Season 9, Sierra "dumped" Handsome Stranger for Vince on television. Both were showmances, as off screen neither person seemed to care or spend time with the other. They had to fake their showmance for television again when they hosted Season 10's Final 3 Challenge. In Chapter 16, it is revealed that Vince was cheating on Ivy with Sierra.

Handsome Stranger
Although Handsome Stranger considered Vince to be his best friend in Season 9, the feelings were not returned as Vince put him in the bottom 2 instead of Sierra. Considering Vince won Season 9 (either against Sierra or Jesse), it's reasonable to assume Vince thought Handsome Stranger would be more of a threat in the Final 3 or Final 2, so he eliminated Handsome Stranger when he outgrew his usefulness.

In Season 11 - the All Stars season - Vince makes a show of letting bygones be bygones. However, in Chapter 3, it appears suspicious that he is next to the controls to the mechanical bull that bucks off and injures Handsome Stranger.

Beautiful Contestant
In Chapter 3, Vince tells Beautiful Contestant that she reminds him of Handsome Stranger because they let their emotions get the better of them. As of Chapter 6, she becomes his new partner. Their first challenge is laser tag against the others. However, they do not score high enough and find themselves in the bottom four. Because Derek uses his Audience Vote perk and freezes the elimination, they find themselves safe for another week. In the next challenge -the cycling challenge- they place either second after Derek and Kiana or third after you and Slater, then Derek and Kiana. Either way, they are safe from the bottom four.

Slater
After claiming all his previous partners were not pulling their weight, Vince convinces Carson to switch the partner assignments again. After being partnered with Beautiful Contestant, his new partner is Slater (if Ivy is eliminated). Their challenge together is the go-kart challenge where Vince doesn't bother to end the race together with Slater because their team has already lost, coming behind you and Handsome Stranger, and Derek and Beautiful Contestant. Because Kiana and Heath/Eden are "eliminated" due to the go-kart accident, Vince and Slater are safe to compete in the next challenge, where they bake a pie. They end up in the bottom four with Beautiful Contestant and Derek. No matter how you vote and convince the Jury to vote, Vince and Slater will be deemed ineligible during eliminations and both vow to sway the jury against you.

Ivy
In the All Stars season, Vince suggests they form an alliance. Whether or not Ivy agrees, they both attempt to smear your reputation on the snorkeling date in front of the cameras. If you went with Ivy's plan to get rid of Slater, Ivy becomes Vince's partner. When they bake a pie using Vince's grandmother's recipe, they get last place and are put in the bottom four with Beautiful Contestant and Derek. No matter how you vote and convince the Jury to vote, Vince and Ivy will be deemed ineligible during eliminations and both vow to sway the jury against you.

During the Wedding Edition season, it surprised the producers when Ivy and Vince put their names up as a couple willing to compete. By audience vote, they were voted to participate against you and your fiance/e. On screen, they try to appear in love but Vince repeatedly tries to assert his dominance and answer questions for Ivy as well as talk over her. On camera, Ivy accepts it as she is trying to play the sweet fiancee but off camera, she begins to resent him for not appreciating her input. His continuous treatment of her builds to the point that if you are nice and supportive towards her, she dumps him on camera at the end, effectively breaking their alliance and removing them from the competition.

Trivia

 * He is the winner of Season 9.
 * He appeared as a host in the Final 3 Challenge of Season 10.
 * He resembles Etienne Foulard, a character from Red Carpet Diaries, Book 2.
 * He bears a strong resemblance to actor Kim Coates.
 * In a premium scene in All-Stars, Chapter 4, it is revealed that he runs a self-help site called "The Gentleman's Guide to Charisma: How to Get the Girl and the Job of Your Dreams".
 * He states it is a world-renowned business.
 * In All-Stars, Chapter 7, it is revealed that he rigged the votes at his high school prom in order to become Prom King.
 * Regardless of your choices, he is eliminated at the end of Chapter 14. He is one of the three contestants on All-Stars whose placement is not influenced by the player's choices, the others being Kiana and Ronan.
 * In All-Stars, Chapter 15, his full name is revealed to be Vincent, which means he shares the same first name as Vincent Foredale from the Desire &amp; Decorum series, Vincent Wescott from It Lives Beneath, and Marquess Huntsbury from The Unexpected Heiress.
 * The name Vincent is of Latin origin and means "conquering".
 * In the same chapter, Carson mentions that Vince's title is Entrepreneur.
 * If you choose to spy on him in Wedding Edition, Chapter 5, you discover that he is leaking AME secrets to the press and is trying to discredit you.
 * In a premium scene in Wedding Edition, Chapter 11, you discover that Vince is stealing AME merchandise to sell at a pawn shop.
 * In America's Most Eligible: Wedding Edition, Chapter 16, it is revealed he is broke. If you spoke to Carson in a premium scene in Chapter 10, you discover that his company went under after he lost the All-Stars season.