The best ‘Bachelor’ float at the 2017 Rose Parade didn’t come from the show itself

The Rose Parade is an amazing tradition — after all, it’s been going on for over a century. And this year’s doesn’t disappoint.

Yes, there was a float of a bunch of very good dogs surfing, but that’s not what caught my eye. The 2017 Rose Parade may be the best one ever for one reason and one reason alone: this spunky, perfect, oodles-of-goodness float by Northwestern Mutual.

Now before I explain why this float made me so happy, look at this:

It’s ABC’s float for The Bachelor, which premieres tonight starring the villain-turned-perhaps-hero-who’s-still-kind-of-sketch Nick Viall hoping to meet the (third or fourth, but who’s counting?) woman of his dreams.

The Bachelor certainly deserves props of having a super intricate and very beautiful float.

But despite the amount of time and effort it took to build this float, Northwestern Mutual accidentally made a better Bachelor-themed float than the show itself.

Let me take you back. Last month, my colleague Charlotte dug into the bios of this season’s 30 contestants and reduced them to one incredible takeaway: Most of the women want to be dolphins.

So naturally, the float of a bunch of dolphins swarming around a person on a throne — Nick’s enviable position — makes perfect sense why it fits the show better than the one the show made.

If I were ABC, I would’ve turned my float around and sent it straight back to the Bachelor mansion in Agoura Hills.

Here’s one reason why I’m glad they didn’t, however. Can anyone tell me whether any of the contestants on the Bachelor’s float made it to hometown dates? (I need to know for my fantasy league.)