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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Why is Hannah Brown on 'Bachelor in Paradise'? When will 'Bachelor in Paradise' air?
The beach is getting a new look this season on "Bachelor in Paradise." Not only will the Bachelor Nation show move to a different location from its typical spot in Playa Escondida Resort in Sayulita, Mexico, but a familiar face will also join host Jesse Palmer and bartender Wells Adams. Fan favorites from the Golden seasons will also be on the beach. "... (P)roving once again that age is just a number, as they bring their experience and a little extra spice to show the younger crowd how it's done," according to a news release from ABC. Here's what we know about "Bachelor in Paradise" Season 10, including the 2025 cast, where "Bachelor in Paradise" is filmed and when the new season will air. Season 10 of "Bachelor in Paradise" will be filmed in Costa Rica instead of Sayulita, Mexico, where it was for the nine previous seasons. On Tuesday, April 22, ABC and Hulu announced that Hannah Brown will be on the beach this summer alongside Palmer and Adams. "… Hannah Brown bringing the bubbly to rose ceremonies in the all-new Champagne Lounge," according to the news release. Brown was on Season 23 of "The Bachelor" with lead Colton Underwood and was the star of Season 15 of "The Bachelorette." She was the youngest lead in the show's history. Five cast members have been announced so far for "Bachelor in Paradise" Season 10: Leslie Fhima from 'The Golden Bachelor' Season 1 Gary Levingston from 'The Golden Bachelorette' Season 1 Zoe McGrady from 'The Bachelor' Season 29 Hakeem Moulton from 'The Bachelorette' Season 21 Jonathon Johnson from 'The Bachelorette' Season 21 Happily ever after? How many 'Bachelor' couples are still together? Does the show actually work? As of April 2025, ABC has not announced when the new season of "Bachelor in Paradise" will start. Season 9 aired in the fall; previous seasons have come out during the summer. "Bachelor in Paradise" 2025 will air on ABC and be available to stream on Hulu. You can catch previous seasons of the show on the platform as well. A subscription to Hulu costs $9.99 a month (or $99.99/year) for the ad-supported plan. Students can get Hulu with ads for $1.99 a month, and Hulu with no ads costs $18.99 a month. Reach the reporter at Follow @dina_kaur on X, formerly known as Twitter, and on Bluesky @ Subscribe to today. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Where is 'Bachelor in Paradise' filmed? The 2025 air date and cast
USA Today
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
'The Bachelor' meets 'Fixer Upper' in new HGTV series
'The Bachelor' meets 'Fixer Upper' in new HGTV series Show Caption Hide Caption Jesse Palmer reveals Mel Owens as the next 'Golden Bachelor' Former NFL player Mel Owens, a dad to two sons, was introduced as the Season 2 "Golden Bachelor" at a Hulu event in Los Angeles on April 22. Entertain This The "Bachelor" mansion is getting the HGTV treatment. The luxurious backdrop to more than 40 seasons of ABC's "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" is getting a facelift, courtesy of some of the lovestruck hopefuls who have stayed in its bedazzled halls. Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of "Bachelor" producer Warner Bros. Unscripted Television and home renovation network HGTV, announced a new series on May 14: "Renovating the Bachelor Mansion" (working title). The new unscripted show will see former "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" contestants, who (hopefully) have skills in interior design and home renovation, returning to compete in design challenges on the property in hopes of winning a cash prize. The new series is set for 2026 on HGTV and the newly redubbed HBO Max. The famed "Bachelor" mansion is located in Aurora Hills, CA, and is a sprawling, Mediterranean-style villa that has previously been rented out on Airbnb for $6000 a night. It has been the setting for catfights, first kisses, group dates, breakups and countless rose ceremonies since the reality dating franchise began in 2002. It might look a little different in future seasons after the former bachelors and bachelorettes get their hands, and sledgehammers, on it. The new series was announced at WBD's 2025 upfront presentation in New York, an annual event in which networks and streaming services show off upcoming content to advertisers in the hopes of selling commercial time. Other new series were announced at the event, including toe-tapping Shark Week addition "Dancing With Sharks" (working title) for Discovery Channel, "Guy's Flavortown Games" on Food Network featuring Guy Fieri and a new "90 Day Fiancé" spinoff on TLC, "90 Day: Hunt For Love."
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘I'm Your Girl.' Hannah Brown's Bachelor In Paradise Role Has Been Revealed, And I'm Officially Excited For Season 10
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. When Bachelor in Paradise returns to the 2025 TV schedule for its 10th season, fans will notice quite a few big changes. For one, production has packed Salley Carson's suitcase and moved out of Sayulita, Mexico, and when the Bachelor Nation singles reach their new home in Costa Rica, they'll be greeted by a familiar face. Hannah Brown has signed on in a surprising new role that has me really excited for the spinoff. Jesse Palmer is still expected to appear as the Bachelor in Paradise Season 10 host, with Wells Adams presumably taking his usual spot behind the bar. This time, though, they'll be joined by Hannah Brown, who will reportedly be stationed in the all-new Champagne Lounge. The former Bachelorette opened up about what exactly she'll be doing (other than pouring the bubbly), telling US Weekly: I think of myself as Paradise Relations. I am there to make sure that whatever people need, whatever the experience that they're supposed to have, I'm going to be there. People need help setting up a magical moment with the person that they're falling in love with? I'm your girl. If you need some advice on how to express your interest in someone, come to me. Hannah Brown is one of the most famous Bachelor alums of all time, and I'm thrilled that we're going to get more of her on our screens. The fact that this is happening in a new Champagne Lounge speaks to just one of what I expect to be several big changes to the format, with Scott Teti joining as the new showrunner. It was confirmed at Grant Ellis' Bachelor finale that Golden contestants will be joining the new Bachelor in Paradise season, so I'm wondering if maybe Hannah Brown's lounge is a quieter, shadier (maybe even — dare I say it — air-conditioned?!) spot for the more senior members of the cast. So many details have yet to be revealed, but I'll be happy to have Hannah Brown in whatever capacity. It sounds like she's equally excited to return to Bachelor in Paradise, where she's made cameo appearances and hosted dates in past seasons. She continued: It's so awesome to be back, but just in a new role. I'm really honored and super excited to, hopefully, be a really helpful addition that these contestants can really lean on, and feel safe to be heard and also be able to feel like, 'OK, she's going to tell me like it is.' It's exactly that honesty mixed with compassion that has Jesse Palmer thinking Hannah Brown's going to fit in so well on Season 10. He said in his own US Weekly interview: She's never afraid to tell it how it is, there's never a boring day around Hannah Brown. Beyond Wells, who is already amazing, now you have another perspective, another personality. The host also hyped the new location, saying Costa Rica brings a whole new feel to Bachelor in Paradise Season 10. I think Costa Rica as a backdrop is exciting. Not only do you have the beach, now you have the jungle. It's sexy, it's romantic, it's mysterious, it's dangerous. … It's going to be an incredible party. Bachelor in Paradise hit new lows in Season 9 with major plots including a 'poop baby' (who thought constipated contestants would make for good TV?) and all of the couples breaking up pretty much as soon as they were contractually allowed to. Now with a fresh crew behind the scenes, the new locale, Golden contestants to mix it up and the great Hannah Brown coming on board, I could not be more excited to see what Season 10 brings. No premiere date has been announced yet, but Jesse Palmer said to expect it to air this summer on ABC and streaming the next day with a Hulu subscription.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Bachelor in Paradise' returns this summer with a ‘Golden' twist. Some fans say the franchise is trying to ruin a good thing with the change.
The beach is going to look a bit different this summer on Bachelor in Paradise. During the After the Final Rose special on March 24, The Bachelor host Jesse Palmer announced that Season 10 of Bachelor in Paradise, which premieres this summer, will include alumni from its Golden Bachelor and Golden Bachelorette franchises. "For the first time ever, Golden men and women will be hitting the beaches of Paradise alongside all of your Bachelor and Bachelorette favorites from seasons past," Palmer told the audience. "I don't know if I've ever been more excited for anything ever!" Palmer then announced Golden Bachelor contestant Leslie Fhima and Golden Bachelorette contestant Gary Levingston as the latest cast members to join the beach-set spin-off. Many fans have expressed an interest in seeing a Golden version of Bachelor in Paradise, and they're not alone: Palmer told Decider in 2024 that he'd be all for a Golden Bachelor in Paradise. Wells Adams, who is often in Paradise as the beach-side bartender, told the Hollywood Reporter in 2023 that he could see the spin-off happening. Adams doubled down in February 2025, saying that he thinks "it's an amazing idea." "Why can't we just have everyone come, and everyone can date everyone?" he told Us Weekly. "If you're not into a cougar, that's OK, different strokes for different folks." Season 10 of Bachelor in Paradise will mark the spin-off's return after skipping a season in 2024. Details surrounding this season's format of Bachelor in Paradise as well as how producers plan on incorporating the Golden contestants is not clear at this time. (Neither ABC nor Warner Bros, which produces the show, responded to Yahoo Entertainment's requests for comment.) But fans have already taken to social media to share their initial reactions to the news — and many are skeptical. On X, one Bachelor in Paradise fan wrote that there's 'nothing wrong' with the spin-off the way it is, and that producers shouldn't 'ruin a good thing.' Another wrote that including Golden contestants could ruin 'the best remaining thing about this franchise.' News of the Bachelor in Paradise twist comes after Deadline reported on March 14 that showrunners and executive producers Claire Freeland and Bennett Graebner would be exiting the franchise after two years amid toxic workplace allegations. Freeland and Graebner's departure was the latest change to rock the reality TV dating series. Steve Granelli, a communication studies professor at Northeastern University, told Yahoo Entertainment that the Bachelor franchise announcing the arrival of Golden contestants on Paradise is '100% strategic.' The limited amount of information revealed about the capacity these Golden alumni will appear in is also deliberate. 'It's now the first thing that people will be talking about with the Bachelor franchise,' he said. 'I believe it has something to do with trying to change the conversation about prior showrunners, about the allegations. I may be a cynic, but I believe it's calculated.' Online, Bachelor Nation fans are equally jaded. More than not wanting to see 'senior citizens on the beach,' several fans have voiced their concerns that older men may try to pursue the younger women. The average age of male contestants on Joan Vassos's season of The Golden Bachelorette was 64 years old, while the average age of female contestants on Ellis's season of The Bachelor was 28 years old. As with any Bachelor franchise show, Granelli expects this roster of Paradise contestants to feature a many types of personalities. Apprehension from fans, he said, likely stems from the fact that this twist can go 'in a bunch of different directions.' 'Like every episode of Bachelor in Paradise, there's a wide range [of contestants],' he said. 'There's the most controversial. There are the ones that are most liked that weren't picked. There are the ones that garner the most attention. So I imagine there's absolutely going to be one or two Golden contestants … having conversations with younger women. And whether they are salacious or not, I imagine that's going to be part of a storyline somewhere in the presentation of the show.' Another possibility is that the Golden contestants and the younger contestants will all be present on the beach, but they won't be 'as enmeshed in the show as we expect them to be,' Granelli said. Instead, their journeys to find love could happen separately. 'The opposite could also be a storyline,' he said. 'Like, 'This is somebody who's just developing a very nice, kind of caring relationship with someone else.' I imagine they're going to do their best to present the gamut of types of relationships.' Sending Golden contestants to the beach is perhaps another way the franchise is attempting to tackle its diversity issue. Premiering in 2023, The Golden Bachelor became ABC's highest-rated debut for an unscripted series in nearly two years and was praised for its visibility of seniors. The series wasn't perfect — The Golden Bachelor, which had Gerry Turner as its lead, was also criticized for reinforcing harmful stereotypes about aging. The Golden Bachelorette premiered a year later, in 2024. The series premiere saw 2.8 million live viewers, making it one of the lowest premieres among ABC's The Golden Bachelor, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise, Forbes reported. Ratings aside, lead Joan Vassos was praised for her authenticity. How these older contestants will be received by Bachelor in Paradise viewers, Granelli said, will largely depend on how the range of contestants' ages will be addressed on the show. Granelli believes the twist can elicit one of two results. A large age gap between hopeful singles can be a 'stopping point' for communication because they are at such different points in their lives. It could also encourage contestants to 'learn about each other's experiences.' 'In the worst-case scenario, [the age gap] is cartooned,' he said. 'That would make for a base level of entertainment and TV for the lowest common denominator.' Early fan reactions to the Paradise twist may be warranted, but Granelli doesn't think viewership will suffer. Fans will want to see how this one plays out. The producers have done their job in drumming up excitement for the upcoming season. 'I don't believe an ethical question or a question of morality is going to be a motivator to drive viewers away from the franchise,' he said. 'There's this potential that something more, something different, something crazier or something we haven't seen yet might happen [in Paradise.] That's what Jesse Palmer teased us with, with that promo. I don't imagine anybody hearing that and being like, 'I'm not going to watch.''
USA Today
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Hulu says technical glitch during Oscars livestream has been fixed
Hulu says technical glitch during Oscars livestream has been fixed Hulu says its services have been restored after a technical glitch that left viewers unable to access the streaming service during the 2025 Oscar Awards. "Thanks so much for hanging in there! Our team took the necessary steps to resolve this, so you should be all set after rebooting your device," Hulu said in a post on X at 9:21 p.m. ET. "We appreciate your patience!" More than 34,000 Hulu subscribers had reported problems accessing the streaming service Sunday, according to Down Detector, which tracks network outages, shortly after the 97th Academy Awards commenced in Los Angeles. The annual award ceremony, also referred to as entertainment's biggest night, kicked off at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT with the show airing live on ABC and livestreaming on Disney's Hulu. However, Hulu started experiencing trouble shortly before 7 p.m. ET, per Down Detector. The official red carpet show, hosted by Julianne Hough and Jesse Palmer, aired prior to the main ceremony at 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT. Oscars 2025 live updates: Kieran Culkin wins best supporting actor for 'A Real Pain' Hulu says 'we're on it' amid Oscars outage Hulu had earlier said it is aware of the issue and said it was "actively investigating" the glitch and hopes to restore service soon. "Having issues logging in?" Hulu said in a post on X at 7:39 p.m. ET and their website. "If so – we're on it! Our team is actively investigating, and we hope to have things back up and running soon." Responding to several users, Hulu had apologized for the inconvenience and had said it is "currently investigating this with a high priority." Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@ and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.
