The fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise premiered on August 7, 2018. Chris Harrison reprised his role from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette as the host of the show.
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.
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.
After Wills Reid was eliminated during week 7, it was announced that he would be joining the season 5 cast in Paradise.
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.
Wells Adams returned as the bartender alongside Yuki Kimura from The Bachelor Japan and The Bachelor Winter Games.
On Tuesday, September 4, 2018 it was revealed that Colton Underwood will be on season 23 of The Bachelor as the next bachelor. 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.
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