Bachelor In Paradise - Season 5
During the Women Tell All of the twenty-second season of The Bachelor, host Chris Harrison announced that Bekah Martinez was scheduled to be in Paradise for the upcoming season, but a few months later, she declined to join, due to having a boyfriend.[2] For the first time, it was announced past contestants from the international versions of The Bachelor franchise will join the cast similar to The Bachelor Winter Games and the Australian version.[3] On June 26, 2018, the cast of season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise was announced.[4] After Wills Reid was eliminated during week 7, it was announced that he would be joining the season 5 cast in Paradise.[5] It was announced that Colton Underwood will be joining the cast of season 5 in Paradise after he was eliminated during week 8 after the hometown dates.[6]
Bachelor In Paradise - Season 5
On Tuesday, September 4, 2018 it was revealed that Colton Underwood will be on season 23 of The Bachelor as the next bachelor.[9] There was much speculation that second runner-up Jason Tartick would be the next bachelor and there were many posts on Twitter asking why Jason wasn't going to be the bachelor. It was the third top trending post on Twitter that day.[10]
Bachelor in Paradise(Season 5)HostChris HarrisonOriginal runAugust 7, 2018 - September 11, 2018Winner(s)Chris Randone & Krystal NielsonJordan Kimball & Jenna CooperKamil Nicalek & Annaliese PucciniPreviousNextSeason 4Season 6The 5th season of Bachelor in Paradise premiered on August 7, 2018.
During the Women Tell All of the 22nd season of The Bachelor, host Chris Harrison announced that Bekah Martinez was scheduled to be in Paradise for the upcoming season, but a few months later, she declined to join, due to having a boyfriend.
For the first time, it was announced past contestants from the international versions of The Bachelor franchise will join the cast similar to The Bachelor Winter Games and the Australian version. On June 26, 2018, the cast of season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise was announced.
Season: Rachel Lindsay, The Bachelor Winter GamesNotable Moment: Made it to the final three of Rachel's season, with the Bachelorette being the first woman he ever introduced to his family. Known for his catchphrase: "It's miracle season!"
Season: The Bachelorette Canada, The Bachelor Winter GamesNotable Moment: The firefighter "won" Winter Games with Ashley Iaconetti, leaving the show as a couple. But they soon split, with Ashley going on to date Jared Haibon, who proposed during filming of season five. Shouldn't be awkward at all!
Season: Arie Luyendyk Jr.Notable Moment: One of Raven Gates' (BIP royalty) hometown friends, Tia made it to the final four of Arie's season. But she's been in the headlines recently because of her brief relationship with Colton Underwood...a current frontrunner of BFF Becca's season of The Bachelorette.
Season: JoJo Fletcher, Bachelor in Paradise season three (contestant) and season four (bartender)Notable Moment: Happily dating Modern Family's Sarah Hyland, Wells is back behind the bar, to offer advice and hilarious commentary
Krystal and Chris, meanwhile, are lying around on a dirty beach pillow talking about Krystal's butt. In other words, they're thisclose to falling in love. Astrid describes their chemistry as "two aliens from a different planet, but they're from the same planet." It's an observation so spot-on, I'm wondering why we haven't seen more of her commentary this season? Bachelor producers, get on it!
In other news, Kenny reveals he's leaving paradise because he doesn't want to miss his daughter's dance recital. THIS IS WHY KENNY IS THE BEST. He tells Annaliese first, and makes it clear he's not leaving because of her. He really liked their connection, but he needs to be at home with his daughter. Ugh, so sweet. So pure. Annaliese sheds an appropriate amount of tears and wonders if there's anyone left for her here.
That feeling doesn't last long: Kamil enters the next morning with a date card for Annaliese. She doesn't know how to pronounce his name, but that doesn't stop her from being excited about the date. They drive an ATV across a tiny ramshackle bridge and somehow survive. Annaliese declares they're already one of the "stronger" couples in paradise.
After some tears and back-and-forth, Kevin admits he said that because he's insecure she'll leave him. She's his dream girl, so he's always concerned a storm is coming. Plus, Kevin says, he's normally in therapy twice a week to work this stuff out, so being in paradise isn't helping. Astrid says she didn't expect to feel so much so soon, either. They make up, and Kevin says he's falling in love.
Moving on to the other people in paradise: A date card shows up for Kenny. Yay! We need more Kenny time. He starts auditioning date partners: Bibiana, Nysha, Chelsea, Astrid, and Krystal, who Kenny eventually asks out. This annoys Kevin, who also has a crush on Krystal but is too Canadian to tell Kenny to back off.
He says, "I just don't want to see you get hurt." Ugh, what is with the guys this season? Too many of them position themselves as "looking out" for the women in the villa when really it's just a front for their man-baby drama.
The summer season might be coming to an end, but you know what's just beginning? "Bachelor in Paradise" season! BiP is the most dramatic, crazy, and trashy that Bachelor Nation gets, and I don't know about you, but I am here for it. For two nights a week, I get to kick off my heels, de-stress from work, and live vicariously through our fan favorites (or parasites). I mean, who wouldn't want a fully-paid vacation to Mexico filled with booze, fun activities, and gorgeous people?
The pair caused controversy during season 7 when their costars accused them of planning their relationship ahead of filming. Although they denied the claims, they ultimately left the beach separately amid urging from their castmates. They revealed in October 2021 that they decided to give their relationship a real shot shortly after the onscreen drama.
This Bachelor in Paradise season 7 couple took a while to get serious after Mari said she wanted to keep her options open, but she ended up with a Neil Lane engagement ring in the October 2021 finale.
After meeting during Bachelor in Paradise season 2, Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon had an on-again, off-again relationship-turned-friendship. However, they revealed they were finally dating in May 2018 and got engaged on June 17, 2018. They wed in August 2019.
Tanner Tolbert proposed to Jade Roper on the season 2 finale of Bachelor in Paradise, and their nuptials aired on a wedding special in 2016. In August 2017, the pair welcomed their first child together, daughter Emerson. Baby brother Brooks arrived in July 2019. Tolbert announced the arrival of their third child, son Reed, in November 2020 via his Instagram Story.
At the end of season 5, Kevin Wendt ended his relationship with Astrid Loch, leaving her shocked and heartbroken. However, he reached out immediately when he arrived home in Canada and told her he regretted it. Since then, the two have continued to work on their relationship. And in December 2018, the Germany native moved from Florida to Toronto to live with the former Bachelor Winter Games star.
We start off on a bad foot, with the narrator (is it Chris Harrison? Or does he delegate that responsibility?) describing this as the most caliente season ever. Yes, they're going to be in Mexico, but this selective interspersing of Spanish needs to stop. Most recently, it was Sicario: Day of the Soldado which for some reason decided dia de Soldado would be too confusing. Now this? The scattershot nature is infuriating. Rant over. At least we have an early favorite from the intro - whoever this is:
Our contestants to start this season are Jordan, Kendall, Angela, Eric (hey, I remember him!), Chris, Tia, Krystal, Kevin, Bibiana, Wills, Astrid (her too!) Joe, Nysha, David, Annaliese, Kenny, Chelsea, Nick, John, and Wells...as the bartender? I guess some things have changed!
Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon certainly have the most unique story from Bachelor in Paradise. The duo met on season 2, and Ashley quickly fell head over heels for Jared.
Dylan Barbour only had eyes for Hannah Godwin during the entirety of season 6. Blake Horstmann caused a bit of drama for the couple toward the beginning of the season, but the blonde beauty quickly fell head over heels for the California native. Dylan got down on one knee during the finale and she said yes!
Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt got engaged during season 7 in 2021 and moved to New York City together in early 2022. They announced on October 27, 2022, that they got married during a courthouse ceremony.
ABC confirmed on July 8, 2021, that the following contestants will be among the Day 1 cast of Bachelor in Paradise season 7: Abigail Heringer, Brendan Morais, Deandra Kanu, Ivan Hall, Jessenia Cruz, Joe Amabile, Karl Smith, Kelsey Weier, Kenny Braasch, Mari Pepin, Maurissa Gunn, Natasha Parker, Noah Erb, Serena Chew, Serena Pitt, Tahzjuan Hawkins, Tammy Ly, Victoria Larson and Victoria Paul.
The Bachelor season 22 (Arie Luyendyk Jr.) contestants: Tia Booth (also on Bachelor in Paradise season 5), Becca Kufrin (also the season 14 Bachelorette), Kendall Long (also on Bachelor in Paradise season 5). 041b061a72