Filming begins on September 18, 2024 at the mansion. It’s not the first Monday in January anymore. When you read the spoilers, you’ll see that this season is only 9 episodes long, the shortest in years. I believe this will become the norm in the future. Because a late start doesn’t mean they can air episodes in April. They always wrap up in mid-March and begin filming for “The Bachelorette” shortly after.
Alexe Godin’s first impression of a rose. In the season preview, she’s the one arriving with a “no-drama camel.” It was revealed on night one that the recipient of the First Impression Rose also got her first one-on-one date of the season.
Rose Ceremony Elimination Round: Christina Smith, J’Nae Squires Horton, Kelsey Curtis, Kelly Henrich, Nessie Baxter, Radhika Gupta and Savannah Quinn.
The remaining women will make it to episode 2:
Alex Godin
Allie Jo Hinks
Alicia Gupta
Bailey Brown
Beverly Ortega
Carolina Sofia
Chloe Costello
Dina Lupancu
Ella del Rosario
Juliana Pascualosa
Lydia Gall
Natalie Phillips
Parisa Shift
Rebecca Garrett
Rose Sombuk
Sarafina Watkins
Vicki Nyamuswa
Zoe McGrady
Rose Ceremony #2 Los Angeles, California (18 to 14)
Group date: The Los Angeles Athletic Club plays 5 on 5 basketball games. The participating teams are:
Purple Team: Natalie, Zoe, Chloe, Parisa and Beverly.
Yellow Team: Alli Jo, Allyshia, Sarafeina, Vicky and Juliana.
The purple team killed the yellow team. Apparently everyone on the purple team is taller. The team that was supposed to win bought time on the night, but he let both teams play. The MVP of this game was Chloe, who wore his letterman jacket.
Ashley Brewer was also on hand to broadcast the game live. She competes in the Winter Olympics and has co-hosted several sporting events in the past with Chris Harrison.
Obviously, there is a game or drill at the beginning of the date. When it was Zoe’s turn, she stole Grant away for a long time that made some of the girls uncomfortable. Then, despite spending a lot of time with Grant during the basketball date, she stole Grant from other girls on group date nights twice more. This leads to a huge fight between Zoe and Alijo, who were alluded to in the trailer.
Group date: 7 women. Bellwether Theatre. R&B dates. Grant sang his song first. Famous R&B singer Mario and Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin serve as judges. These women are called “Backstreet Girls,” and each has their own rap or song: 30 seconds.
Dina – Described as the center of sexual attention/definitely played a sexual role.
Bailey——
Carolina – was declared the winner for this date. She kissed him while singing.
Rebekah G – Vocalist of the day as voted by attendees.
Ella
Lydia
Rose
The gist of the Rose/Carolina drama is that when Rose was performing on an R&B date, Grant allegedly told Rose that he was just looking at her the entire time the other girls were performing. After Carolina won, Rose accidentally revealed that Grant said this to her. Carolina was upset and confronted Grant about it. Grant then essentially confronts Rose, saying she’s lying and trying to sabotage his relationships with other girls. No idea if this will come up as part of the show.
One to one: Alex Godin. The preview shows that this is the date Grant sings to her on the piano.
This episode was deleted: Alicia Gupta, Ella Del Rosario, Rebecca Garrett and Vicky Nyamouswa.
Rose Ceremony #3 Los Angeles, California (14 to 10)
Apparently, Beverley got seriously ill after the basketball date and was rushed to the hospital. She ultimately couldn’t get medical clearance to return to the show, so she went home this episode.
Group date:
One to one: Based on who’s been on the show for so long, and hearing that Zoe never had a one-on-one this season, I’m not sure who got the date.
Group date: I believe Beverly being left out of the show may have messed up the date of this episode. But I do know of a small group date where three or four women went to a dog rescue shelter. Lydia gets a group date rose.
This episode was deleted: Ellie Jo Hinks, Bailey Brown and Chloe Costello. Beverly Ortega exited the show earlier in the episode due to illness.
