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According to Almost Famous podcast hosted by Ben H and Ashley, there were initial plans for the twenty-second Bachelorette season before the decision was made to pause, Greece and Portugal were the initial destinations and one of the dates would have to take part for the IHeartRadio Awards, which is March 17 of this year. This would have been an 8-week run like Grant's season.

According to rumors, the 38th Race will be consisting of former Big Brother players. Remember, this is the thread for discussing location spoilers only.

With the cast have been announced, here is the elimination list: Leg 1 (Hong Kong, Hong Kong 🇭🇰) (filmed May 20): Mark & Larry and Jackye & Lauren due to a new twist called Fork in the Road Leg 2 (Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵) (filmed May 22): Ernest & Bridget Leg 3 (Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵) (filmed May 24): Bernie & Carrigain Leg 4 (Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩) (filmed May 27): Courtney & Jasmin Leg 5 (Jakarta, Indonesia 🇮🇩) (filmed May 28): Scott & Lori Leg 6 (Dubai, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪) (filmed May 31): Pops & Jeff Leg 7 (Bucharest, Romania 🇷🇴) (filmed June 2): KOR/TBC Leg 8 (Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬) (filmed June 3): Melinda & Erika Leg 9 (Naples, Italy 🇮🇹) (filmed June 5): Brett & Mark Leg 10 (Strasbourg, France 🇫🇷) (filmed June 8): Nick & Mike Leg 11 (Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹) (filmed June 10): Alyssa & Josiah Leg 12 (Miami, Florida 🇺🇸) (filmed June 14): finalists Carson & Jack, Han & Holden, and Jonathan & Ana

Season 37 teams are revealed https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/the-amazing-race-season-37-largest-cast-ever-twists-locations-1236297384/

Full elimination spoilers of Grant Ellis's season by episode: Week 1: Christina Smith, J’Nae Squires Horton, Kelsey Curtis, Kyleigh Henrich, Neicey Baxter, Radhika Gupta, and Savannah Quinn Week 2: Allyshia Gupta, Ella Del Rosario, Rebekah Garrett, and Vicky Nyamuswa Week 3: Beverly Ortega (medevac), Alli Jo Hinkes, Bailey Brown, and Chloie Costello Week 4: Rose Sombke (quit), Natalie Phillips, and Parisa Shifteh Week 5: Alexe Godin, Carolina Sofia, and Sarafeina Watkins Week 6: Dina Lupancu Week 7: Zoe McGrady Week 8: Litia Garr eliminates in some point during the final week, Juliana Pasquarosa wins the season Source: https://realitysteve.com/2025/01/21/bachelor-grant-episode-by-episode-spoilers/

Matt and Rachael have broke up after 4 years together https://people.com/former-bachelor-matt-james-announces-split-from-rachael-kirkconnell-8775507

Right, Reality Steve has announced it.

Grant Ellis's women have just released

Grant's season preview

Grant's season is to be the shortest Bachelor season since Pilot Jake's season a decade and a half ago. Filming had concluded in late October as this will be a short season with 8-week competition just like Charity's Bachelorette season a couple of years ago. According to RS, the locations will be Madrid, Spain; Edinburgh, Scotland; and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Grant Ellis's season has a premiere date on January 27, 2025. It is now three-four weeks late due to football that ABC had already signed a contract to air College Football Finals in the third Monday of January. https://deadline.com/2024/11/abc-unscripted-release-date-2025-the-bachelor-extreme-makeover-home-edition-american-idol-1236172780/

Looks like the proposed March air date of S37 got right. Spring doesn't usually start till mid-March. As for S38 that I mentioned a few months ago, casting is already open that had begun nearly three weeks ago, filming will be in the entire month of March shortly after the premiere of S37.

By the way, filming of this season begins tonight. There are two public dates scheduled for 20 and 21 according to Bachelor Nation website. https://bachelornation.com/pages/bachelor-nation-join-grant-on-his-journey/

Age breakdown of potential contestants 23 - 1 24 - 0 25 - 2 26 - 3 27 - 6 28 - 6 29 - 3 30 - 2 31 - 3 32 - 1 Average age: 27.90 years Grant is 30 years old.

Potential cast list revealed on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheBachelor/posts/1064058258424802 27 of them.