Bacchus, who runs a nonprofit in Cincinnati, looked at his wife and two daughters on deck. “Our first vacation all together in fifteen years,” he said, then deadpanned, “And Dean.” He’d entered because, in 2017, his daughter Jasmine got a callback for the actual show, but the timing clashed with her freshman year at Brown. “It was painful as a father and fan,” he said. “I’m hoping this makes it right.”journey-inline-newsletterinline-newsletter