Leslie Fhima gets eliminated from ‘Bachelor in Paradise’

Leslie Fhima’s journey on “Bachelor in Paradise” has come to an end.

It was an unexpected twist in a two-hour episode where the Minnesota native see-sawed between being at risk and being super safe.

In the first half-hour, Gary Levingston, 66, gave his rose to the Minneapolis fitness trainer even though he gave serious thought to selecting smitten Nancy Hulkower before the ceremony. A third competitor, Natascha Hardee, also had an eye on him.

“I was not expecting to be the hot commodity,” Levingston said.

At that point, Fhima seemed genuinely concerned she may be going home.

“Hopefully, I will get the rose,” she said before she learned she was safe. “Please, please, please.”

Three of the “Golden” daters — Hardee, Hulkower and April Kirkwood — all missed the cut.

In one of the two-hour episode’s sweetest scenes, the cameras captured the couple strolling on the beach with Levingston stopping to draw a crude, but cute picture of them in the sand.

“My feelings for him genuinely have surprised me,” Fhima, 66, said.

But Levingston made a major mistake that led to their doom.

After the first ceremony, participants were told they were now competing for a $500,000 prize, taking a page from “Bachelor Pad,” which aired from 2010-2012. Contests would help decide the winner.

In a poker-like game that tested how well each couple knew each other, Levingston and Fhima had a safe spot all wrapped up with a guarantee of finishing in the top three. But Levingston decided to bet all his chips on his guess about Fhima’s thoughts about sex — and lost.

“That was by far the dumbest decision in the history of ‘Bachelor in Paradise,’” said competitor Sean McLaughlin.

Their future lay in the hands of the game’s winner, Bailey Taylor Brown, who could decide which of the bottom-three couples would go home.

With tears flowing, Brown told Fhima of her decision.

“I can’t offer you this rose,” she said before giving her a hug.