With the 16th season of The Bachelorette set to start filming in mid-July, it’s been a bonkers ride to get to the starting line of love for the season’s lead, Clare Crawley. After being cast as the franchise’s oldest-ever Bachelorette in March, 38-year-old Clare’s shot at love was briefly put on hold (you know, that whole COVID-19 thing?), and her season is going to look *a lot* different from past instalments. For one thing, contestants are staying in one place this season, quarantining and then shooting the series at the La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, California.
But one good thing to come out of this delayed season? More authentic casting. When Clare was initially announced as the Bachelorette, Bach nation fans were excited to *finally* have some much needed maturity and authenticity on the show. But, they were quickly disappointed by the picks for Clare’s season (mainly, a ton of 25-year-olds and Matt James, Tyler Cameron‘s BFF). But, since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in May, the franchise put out an additional casting call for the season, Matt James was announced as the season 25 lead of The Bachelor (the first Black male lead in the show’s history) and, according to Reality Steve, at least 13 of the original 32 men cast for Clare’s season won’t be taking part once camera’s start rolling, for various reasons. And FYI, a lot of the original cast that is no longer on the show were in the 23- to 28-year-old age range.
While ABC has yet to officially release the updated batch of contestants, we have some info to tide you over. Here, a guide to all the of the fellas that Clare will be wining and dining in the name of love.
Meet the contestants vying for Clare Crawley’s love
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