The Bachelor (American season 26)

The twenty-sixth season of The Bachelor is set to air January 3, 2022.[3][4] This season features 28-year-old Clayton Echard, a medical sales representative from Eureka, Missouri.[5]

The Bachelor
Season 26
Promotional poster
StarringClayton Echard
Country of originUnited States
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseJanuary 3, 2022 (2022-January-03)
Additional information
Filming datesSeptember 29 (2021-09-29)[1] –
November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21)[2]
Season chronology

Echard finished in eighth place on the eighteenth season of The Bachelorette featuring Michelle Young.

Production

Casting and contestants

On August 2021, it was reported that season 15 runner-up Tyler Cameron, and season 17's Greg Grippo, Andrew Spencer and Michael Allio, were in consideration for the lead role.[6][7]

On September 15, 2021, media outlets reported that Echard was selected as the Bachelor. The next day, the production crew was also reported in Echard's hometown of Eureka, Missouri to film footage for his upcoming season.[8][9] Host Jesse Palmer further confirmed the news on Instagram in October 2021.[10]

Echard was formally announced as The Bachelor on November 30, 2021.[11]

Notable contestants include Hurricane Sandy survivor Daria Rose; Denver Broncos cheerleader Gabby Windey, who is the ex-girlfriend of The Bachelorette contestants Dean Unglert and Blake Horstmann; London 2012 Olympic sprinter Marlena Wesh; Miss Virginia USA 2020 and Miss USA 2020 competitor Susie Evans; Miss South Carolina Teen 2015 and top 10 finalist at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2016 Sarah Hamrick; and Miss Teen America 2013 Lindsay Dobbs.[12][13][14]

Filming and development

On September 28, 2021, it was announced that former Bachelor Jesse Palmer would host the season, replacing former host Chris Harrison. Harrison departed the franchise in June 2021 following backlash after his support for Rachael Kirkconnell, the winner of the previous season, whose photos resurfaced of her attending an Antebellum South-themed party.[15][16]

The season will return to its traditional schedule and initial filming location in Agoura Hills, California.[17] This will be the first season they have filmed at the Villa de la Vina mansion (known as The Bachelor Mansion) since season 24, after the previous four seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette were filmed in a bio-secure bubble zone due to the COVID-19 pandemic, filming began on September 29, 2021.[1] In addition the return of full-time travel of this season, including international dates would assure a safety with mass vaccination in target travel locations on easing travel restrictions related to the pandemic. Filming was reported in Houston, Texas at the famous NRG Stadium on October 2021, and in Iceland on November 2021 at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík and Ingólfsskáli Viking Restaurant in Ölfus. Additionally, the season includes visits to the Canadian province of Ontario; Croatia and Austria.[2][11][18]

Contestants

33 potential contestants were revealed on September 25, 2021.[19] The final cast of 31 women was announced on December 15, 2021.[20]

Name Age Hometown Occupation Outcome Place Ref
Cassidy Timbrooks[21] 26 Cave Creek, Arizona Executive Recruiter Participating
Claire Heilig 28 Virginia Beach, Virginia Spray Tanner
Daria Rose 24 Baldwin, New York Law Student
Eliza Isichei 25 Tampa, Florida Marketing Manager
Elizabeth Corrigan 32 Highlands Ranch, Colorado Real Estate Advisor
Ency Abedin 28 Burbank, California Sales Manager
Gabriela "Gabby" Windey[14][22] 30 O'Fallon, Illinois ICU Nurse
Genevieve Parisi[23] 26 Rehoboth, Massachusetts Bartender
Hailey Malles 26 Orlando, Florida Pediatric Nurse
Hunter Haag 28 Lake Wylie, South Carolina Human Resources Specialist
Ivana Noble 31 Snellville, Georgia Bar Mitzvah Dancer
Jane Paik 33 Los Angeles, California Social Media Director
Jillian “Jill” Chin[23] 26 Scituate, Rhode Island Architectural Historian
Kate Gallivan 32 Clarksville, Tennessee Real Estate Agent
Kira Mengistu 32 Greensboro, North Carolina Physician
Lindsay Dobbs 27 Warner Robins, Georgia Neonatal Nurse
Lyndsey Windham 28 Orange, Texas Industrial Sales Representative
Mara Agrait[24] 32 Cherry Hill, New Jersey Entrepreneur
Marlena Wesh 30 Virginia Beach, Virginia Former Olympian
Melina Nasab 27 Los Angeles, California Personal Trainer
Rachel Recchia 25 Clermont, Florida Flight Instructor
Rianna Hockaday 26 Mount Pleasant, Texas Registered Nurse
Salley Carson 26 Greenville, South Carolina Previously Engaged
Samantha Jeffries 26 Dayton, Ohio Occupational Therapist
Sarah Hamrick 23 Cowpens, South Carolina Wealth Management Advisor
Serene Russell 26 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Elementary School Teacher
Shanae Ankney 29 Sycamore, Ohio Recruiter
Sierra Jackson 26 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Yoga Instructor
Susie Evans 28 Poquoson, Virginia Wedding Videographer
Teddi Wright 24 Redlands, California Surgical Unit Nurse
Tessa Tookes 26 Stamford, Connecticut Human Resources Specialist

Call-out order
Order Bachelorettes Episode / Week
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  The contestant received a first impression rose

Episodes
See also: List of The Bachelor (American TV series) episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date [25]Prod.
code [25]		U.S. viewers
(millions)		Rating
(18–49)
2641"Week 1: Season 26 Premiere"January 3, 2022 (2022-01-03)2601TBDTBA
2652"Week 2"January 10, 2022 (2022-01-10)2602TBDTBA
2663"Week 3"January 24, 2022 (2022-01-24)2603TBDTBA

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