The twenty-first season of The Bachelorette premiered on July 8, 2024. This season features 26-year-old Jennifer "Jenn" Tran, a physician assistant student from Hillsdale, New Jersey.
Tran finished in fifth place on the 28th season of The Bachelor featuring Joey Graziadei. She is the first Asian-American and the first practicing Buddhist in the lead role in the history of the Bachelor franchise.
The season concluded on September 3, 2024, with Tran and her final choice, 28-year-old freight company owner Devin Strader, proposing to each other. However, during the live After the Final Rose special, Tran revealed that Strader broke up with her in August 2024.
It is the most recent season of The Bachelorette has been aired following the subsequent twenty-second season was pulled out from airing on March 19, 2026, less than two years after this season aired.
On March 25, 2024, Tran was announced as the Bachelorette by previous lead Charity Lawson during the After the Final Rose special of the 28th season of The Bachelor. Her fellow season 28 castmates Daisy Kent and Maria Georgas were also considered for the role.
Notable contestants include Aaron Erb, who is the twin brother of season 16 and Bachelor in Paradise 7 contestant Noah Erb, and Caleb "Moze" Smith, who played for the Iowa Barnstormers in the Indoor Football League.
Filming began on March 28, 2024, at the Hummingbird Nest Ranch in Santa Susana, California. This was previously the filming location for ', making this is the first season since season 18 that did not start at the traditional Bachelor mansion in Agoura Hills, California. In April 2024, filming was reported at Chihuly Garden and Glass, Pike Place Market, Pioneer Square, and Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.
This season also includes visits to Melbourne, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand, with filming concluding in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in mid-May.
The Bachelorette Australia season 6 co-leads Becky and Elly Miles, professional rugby players Caleb Clarke, Ofa Tuûungafasi, and Stacey Fluhler, former Bachelorettes Trista Rehn and Charity Lawson, Tran's Bachelor season 28 castmates Daisy Kent and Kelsey Anderson, and Bachelor season 13 couple Jason and Molly Mesnick made guest appearances this season.
28 potential contestants were revealed on March 26, 2024.
The final cast of 25 men was announced on June 3, 2024.
In week 4, Tran's ex-boyfriend Matt Rossi asked to join the cast, but she declined.
Grant Ellis was announced as the lead for season 29 of The Bachelor immediately after his elimination aired.
Brian Autz, Hakeem Moulton, Jeremy Simon, Jonathon Johnson, Ricky Marinez, Sam McKinney, and Spencer Conley returned for season 10 of Bachelor in Paradise. Moulton, Marinez, and McKinney were eliminated in week 1. Autz was eliminated and left as a couple with Parisa Shifteh in Week 7. Johnson was eliminated with Lea Cayanan in Week 8. Simon was eliminated and left as a couple with Bailey Brown in Week 9. Conley won $190,000 and proposed to Jess Edwards in the finale.
Jenn Tran participated in season 33 of Dancing with the Stars, partnering with Sasha Farber. They finished in 7th place.
Two weeks after the finale aired, ABC came under fire after it was reported by blogger Reality Steve that winner Devin Strader had a restraining order filed against him by an ex-girlfriend in 2017 while they attended Louisiana State University, and had subsequently been arrested for violating the order and breaking into the ex-girlfriendâÂÂs apartment.
Despite the showâÂÂs eligibility requirements stating that no applicants can have had a restraining order entered against them, this was not disclosed by Strader, nor discovered during the background checks conducted by a third party hired by production company Warner Bros. This is the second time that a contestant who had previously faced criminal charges pertaining to violence against women was cast on the show, after Lincoln Adim in season 14.
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