THE Bachelor is back for another season, with Clayton Echard taking his shot at finding love.
Echard was introduced to Bachelor Nation in Michelle Young’s season of the Bachelorette which aired on October 19, 2021.
He will meet 31 women on night one in the two-hour season premiere.
Echard played for the Missouri Tigers in 2012 prior to being drafted for the National Football League four years later.
He has already spoken out about finding love on Season 26 of The Bachelor.
“I did find love,” Echard said in an interview with Good Morning America on Wednesday, December 1.
“I was a little skeptical going into the whole journey, but I’m so pleasantly surprised that things worked out much different than I thought. Again, I’m just so excited to watch it back and have everyone else watch it as well.”
Read our Bachelor live blog for the latest news and updates…
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Are you ready?
Jesse Palmer, Canadian television personality and sports commentator, is the host of this season’s The Bachelor.
Today, Jesse encouraged viewers to watch the premiere tonight by tweeting, “Are you ready, Bachelor Nation???”
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Who is Susie Evans?
Bachelor star Susie Evans is a reported front-runner in Clayton Echard’s season of The Bachelor.
The 28-year-old is a wedding videographer from Virginia Beach, Virginia. She was crowned Miss Virginia USA in 2020.
According to Steve Carbone of Reality Steve, Susie makes it to the final four and brings Clayton to Virginia for the hometown date.
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What did Echard say, continued
“Again, I’m just so excited to watch it back and have everyone else watch it as well,” Echard added.
He said he “found himself” while filming and he found “everything (he) wanted and so much more.”
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What did Echard say about the season?
Clayton Echard’s season is set to premiere in January and he’s already spoken out about finding love on season 26 of The Bachelor.
“I did find love,” Echard said in an interview with Good Morning America on Wednesday, December 1.
“I was a little skeptical going into the whole journey, but I’m so pleasantly surprised that things worked out much different than I thought.”
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Where is this season being filmed?
According to Steve Carbone, the creator of RealitySteve, Bachelor Clayton Echard was seen at the Galveston Pleasure Pier in Texas with a woman.
Carbone follows The Bachelor closely and continuously produces updates – and spoilers – on the filming of The Bachelor.
Clayton Echard admitted in an explosive teaser trailer for the upcoming season that he had sex and fell in love with each of the top two finalists.
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Who was The Bachelorette?
The Bachelorette Season 18 featured Michelle Young.
On the Bachelorette finale, Michelle chose between Brandon and Nayte.
Nayte and Michelle got engaged at the end of the season’s final episode.
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Producers loved Echard
Variety previously reported that Clayton had been tapped as the next Bachelor.
Sources told the outlet that producers fell in love with Clayton and he rose to the top of the network’s shortlist for the show.
After the network looked at a number of other men from Bachelor Nation to fill the leading role, Clayton was named the next Bachelor.
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Who is hosting The Bachelor, continued
This won’t be Palmer’s first time hosting an ABC show as he hosted the network’s series The Proposal.
Ahead of the season, Palmer posted a picture of Echard and himself.
He wrote: “Getting ready for tomorrow’s Rose Parade with my guy @claytonechard.
“Obviously we’ve been practicing our pose symmetry… #WereOnAFloat”
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Who is hosting The Bachelor?
Jesse Palmer will be hosting season 26 of The Bachelor for the first time.
He is a former NFL quarterback and worked as a college football analyst for ESPN.
Plus, he was the lead of The Bachelor season five.
