There is usually time to catch your breath between the seasons The maiden and The bachelor. Not this year. With the pandemic coming to an end The maiden by the end of december, we are only 13 days removed from the last rose festival. But who cares to catch your breath? Matt James is single, and a lot of women are going to the Pennsylvania forest to win his heart. And we are predicting everything below.
1. The biggest question: Will Matt James be a good bachelor? (It’s because?)
Alyssa Bereznak: Yes. If I can fall in love with Matt James through Tyler Cameron’s Instagram feed, imagine how difficult women who can see him in person will fall in love.
Andrew Gruttadaro: The best Singles are the absolutely absurd ones (Jake, Juan Pablo) or the ones who sit while the women separate. It seems impossible for Matt James to fall into the first category, so ideally he should fall into the second.
Amelia Wedemeyer: As much as I want Matt James to be a good bachelor, I fear that climbing him with no previous experience in the Nation of Singles will end in a disappointment for all of us. There really was no verification of Matt, other than the fact that he is Tyler C.’s best friend (I can’t believe I just wrote that sentence, but that’s where we are.) And since he was cast, we’ve found that he is supposedly a registered republican, which personally is a red flag for me. Although I’m not rooting for him, I have to wonder why they chose him over someone established, friendly and loved by Bachelor Nation, like Mike Johnson.
Matt James: Before considering this, I feel obliged to disclose that my name is also Matt James. I will try, however, not to allow my journalistic integrity to be affected by this younger and hotter person who shamelessly and relentlessly steals my name.
That said, Matt James will be a terrible bachelor. Just horrible. I mean, did you see the guy? He’s obscenely handsome and looks really cool. This will be a disaster.
Kevin O’Connor: If Matt looks like Tyler, this is sure to be a really fun season. A fun bachelor automatically qualifies as a good bachelor. But what would make him great is an open mind and an open heart, as we saw from Tayshia during his single season. The opening leads to the most vulnerable and humane moments you can watch on television. If Matt shows us that side of him, it has the advantage of being really “the most dramatic season of all”.
2. After The maiden filmed in Palm Springs, this season will take place at a Pennsylvania resort. What is the best part about it and what is the worst part about it?
Wedemeyer: First of all, Nemacolin is just a real fucking name, so there’s that. Palm Springs? Well. But Nemacolin sounds like a fancy racehorse or a 1920s Ivy League top-tier club. In addition, Nemacolin looks woody and rustic, which is the perfect setting for the current winter season – who doesn’t want to be fall in love beside a crackling bonfire? That said, one of the disappointments of last season’s The maiden it was the lack of creativity on the dates – how many times do you think an intern had to run to the nearest target to find random objects for all those gymkhana? Obviously, this is beyond production control, but it makes me anxious for the days when they traveled to distant locations and staged offensive dates bordering on.
O’Connor: The location doesn’t really matter in this case. It will be good to have a new scenario. Less sand, less sun, less dates spent in the shade. More grass, more trees and, hopefully, more flexibility for production to be creative with dates.
James: I am very excited about this location, but I wish they could have booked the real hotel The brightness instead of this modern Vegas-inspired imitation.
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Regardless of how haunted this place is, I think competitors will prefer this location to the relentless heat of Palm Springs. It is very difficult to make the most of your precious individual moment when you are trying hard to pretend you are not sweating a lot.
Gruttadaro: Best part? One word: FLANNEL. The worst part is that there will be no dates involving strip. (Actually, wait, this is also the best part.)
Bereznak: The best: more opportunities to make a date wearing few clothes in the middle of wild snow. Worse: less sweat on your back on national television?
3. How many times will Tyler C. appear this season?
Gruttadaro: Is it wrong to guess once per episode?
Bereznak: Once to explain exactly who Matt James is; again to host a football-themed meeting; and again to help advise Matt on a difficult decision. Look, I’m not complaining!
James: Tyler will have more screen time than Chris Harrison.
Wedemeyer: Cancel me, Single Nation, but I hope he doesn’t even show up. I’m ready to move on and so should you.
O’Connor: Twice, once at the beginning for a fun date and again at the end, when things are serious.
4. What is the most damned information about this season’s Bachelor Bios?
Bereznak: “Jessenia loves escape rooms.”
James: Kimberly’s biography says that taking her to a cemetery is “a difficult pass for her”. I think that is very reasonable. There is simply not much to do in cemeteries. Food options are limited, bathrooms can be scarce and you have to walk a lot. It’s just dead person after dead person after dead person. Like, come on, you all died, we understand.
Wedemeyer:
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This information is cursed – she is not a real royal or a tender girl who loves attention – and also reminiscent of previous years, when the positions included “Gemini”, “Dog Lover”, “Bachelor Superfan” and “Participant of social media . “
Gruttadaro: On Corrinne’s page:
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These two consecutive things are HIGHLY worrying.
O’Connor: Anna, the 24-year-old writer from Chicago, is afraid of fish, obsessed with cheese and “dreams of writing Hallmark movie scripts”. I would send her home on Night 1 with that knowledge because I much prefer that my potential wife aspires to write films for life.
5. Choose your last four.
Wedemeyer: This is a real shot in the dark, but to watch the sneak peek a few times: Rachael, Anna, Sarah, Bri.
Bereznak: Bri, Saneh, Illeana and Magi.
Gruttadaro: Wow, I don’t think that’s even close, but: Abigail, Bri, Chelsea and Serena C.
James: It is always difficult to choose finalists based on photos and biographies, so I will choose all the women who live in New York City, where the so-called “Matt James” lives. I am guaranteed to get one or two of those choices right. New York is not for everyone. If Matt can find love with someone who already lives there, this is an easier way for him. He won’t have to worry about his future wife struggling to adapt to New York or urging him to move to another city. Like Matt James who lived in New York City, I can say that the Matt Jameses of New York City are hesitant to move anywhere other than Los Angeles (where I currently live). So, my choices are Alicia, Chelsea, Illeana and Kit.
O’Connor: My four personal finalists, based only on online profiles, are Marylynn, Pieper, Jessenia and Illeana. They all look like incredible women with direction and a vision for their own future. It won’t be a shock if Matt also has one or more of them in his last four.
6. Chris Harrison is moving to Texas; people think he may be stepping down. He probably isn’t, but if he did, who should be the next host of the Bachelor franchise?
Gruttadaro: I think it must be Ken Jennings. Oh wait, sorry, this is the wrong show. My answer is Wells – he certainly answered the bar in Paradise enough time to justify the show.
James: Wells Adams. The best thing about Bachelor in Paradise it is Wells playing the role of the island’s unqualified bartender / therapist. I’m still hoping he’s in this season The bachelor as a bartender. Every haunted resort needs a trusted bartender.
Wedemeyer: Why not Jennifer Love Hewitt? She is a fan and seems to be a very nice person.
Bereznak: JoJo’s cameo last season made me realize how close I am to Chris. That said, if Nick and Vanessa Lachey took over, we would have another “I’m Nick Lachey … obviously” moment and lots of 98 Degrees puns opportunities.
O’Connor: I hope Ben Higgins receives consideration, as he hosted The Bachelor Live on Stage. Higgins is a good communicator and would be successful on paper. Unless the producers are looking for someone from the sports world, of course. Did you know that Chris was a sports reporter from 1993 to 1999 before ABC hired him in 2002? As an NBA writer, I wouldn’t want the word “ex” to appear in my bio. But I would love to do both. Today, I am formally announcing my candidacy to be the next host of the Bachelor franchise.