'Bachelor' Season 20 Release Date News: Who Picks the Bachelor and How? Process Revealed
Ben Higgins, a 27-year-old software salesman from Denver, Colo., has reportedly been selected as "The Bachelor" Season 20 star. Apparently he put a brake on his software selling career and brought his romance with Bachelor in Paradise star Tenley Molzahn to a full stop.
Ben Higgins and 31-year-old Tenley Molzahn from "The Bachelor" season 14 want to continue their love life. Initially Higgins said in July he's "not extremely comfortable" with all the attention, but now he's gotten used to it.
"The Bachelor" franchise producer Alycia Rossiter, spoke about the serious business of picking up a suitable Bachelor to appeal to all.
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"We always look for fan favourites," she said, calling it the "'Who do you want?' phase" of their process, where she actually polls fans for their opinions -- including us!
"And so if you're looking for fan-favourites, it's really finding out who the world wants and, who are the potential women, who are coming on the show to meet the love of their life," Rossiter said.
With all the hoopla surrounding the series, the Bachelor has also to genuine and be seen as being committed.
Rossiter further explained why choosing the next Bachelor is a serious and intense business.
"We also look for is this person really ready to find the love of their life and get married?" she explained. "We really want to find someone who honestly wants to get married and start their adult life in a partnership. There's so many factors. The audience has to love them, but if you love them, and I think they're just in it for a rollercoaster ride that's no good for us."
Rossiter had considered others for the next Bachelor, like Bachelor in Paradise contestant Jared Haibon and Chris "Cupcake" Strandburg. The franchise producer Jared was just not comfortable with his image of a heartthrob and having a great professional career is also a no-no for a Bachelor, like Chris "Cupcake" Strandburg, who is a dentist.
The Bachelor's twentieth season will air in January 2016. The actual air date is yet to be announced.
