Casting and contestants On September 4, 2018, during
Good Morning America, Underwood was announced as the next Bachelor over Blake Horstmann and Jason Tartick, who are castmates with Underwood in
The Bachelorette season 14. Horstmann would go on to be a contestant in
season six of
Bachelor in Paradise. Three contestants were first introduced in
The Ellen DeGeneres Show on September 20, 2018. On that show, Colton met Annie Reardon, Sydney Lotuaco, and Katie Morton in a game of Know or Go. Annie won the game and got to talk to Colton for longer than Sydney and Katie. The rest of the contestants were later revealed on the official Facebook page by
Chris Harrison on December 6, 2018. Notable contestants include beauty queens
Caelynn Miller-Keyes,
Hannah Brown and
Hannah Godwin competed one against another in various beauty pageants. Miller-Keyes and Brown competed in
Miss USA 2018, as
Miss North Carolina USA and
Miss Alabama USA, respectively; Miller-Keyes was placed as the first runner-up, Godwin had competed against Brown in Miss Alabama USA; and Catherine Agro is the twin sister of ''
America's Next Top Model''
cycle 20 contestant Alexandra Agro.
Filming and development This season featured a visit in
Singapore. Besides Singapore, this season also included visits in
Thailand,
Vietnam,
Portugal, the Bachelor's hometown of
Denver,
Colorado and
Spain. The season also had special appearances from husband and wife comedians
Megan Mullally and
Nick Offerman, actor and comedian
Billy Eichner, actor and former professional football player
Terry Crews,
The Bachelor Vietnam host Khôi Trần and singer
Brett Young. ==Contestants==