The new Bachelor was named on Monday evening.
The lucky man is Grant Ellis.
If his name seems familiar that is because he was a contestant on Jenn Tran’s season of The Bachelorette this summer.
The 30-year-old will now be the star of season 29’s The Bachelor. The show will kick off on ABC in 2025, it was shared.
This makes Ellis – a former pro basketball player and day trader from New Jersey – the second black Bachelor after Matt James did it first.
The new Bachelor was named on Monday evening. The lucky man is Grant Ellis. If his name seems familiar that is because he was a contestant on Jenn Tran’s season of The Bachelorette this summer
The news was shared on Monday evening during the end of the latest Bachelorette episode with star Tran.
Ellis was eliminated in the sixth week by Tran.
He is ‘eager to embark on a journey filled with romance, adventure and genuine connections,’ it was stated.
‘He hopes to find a partner who shares his values of loyalty, humor and a deep appreciation for life’s simple pleasures,’ per ABC’s release.
The producers behind the hit franchise recently talked about the show’s diversity.
‘It’s taken a lot of work to get back to a place where we feel at least we’re working for the positive,’ franchise executive producer Bennett Graebner told the Los Angeles Times.
Jenn Tran is seen here before meeting the 25 suitors vying for her affections
Meanwhile, on Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette, Tran brought the final seven contestants down to the top four for her Hometowns week.
The episode was not without controversy, with Sam – who Jenn gave the First Impression Rose to on the first night – sent away after some controversial antics.
This week’s episode took place in Seattle, where a group date brought the top seven – Devin, Sam, Jonathon, Grant, Marcus, Spencer and Jeremy – to a radio station where the men were supposed to open up more about their feelings for Jenn.
Sam’s responses were awkward at best, and when Jenn pressed him on his feelings, it got even worse, to the point where Jenn booted him before the rose ceremony.
She also eliminated Grant and Spencer at the end of the week n Seattle, with Devin, Jonathon, Marcus and Jeremy moving forward to Hometowns.
Tran brought the final seven contestants down to the top four for her Hometowns week on Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette
Sam’s responses were awkward at best, and when Jenn pressed him on his feelings, it got even worse, to the point where Jenn booted him before the rose ceremony
The episode begins in Seattle, after a trip to New Zealand, where Bachelorette Jenn Tran admitted she was able to, ‘break down my walls with the guys,’ adding, ‘I felt so seen by each and every one of them. But next week is hometowns. I can see my future with all of them.’
‘So it’s all about figuring out who those four guys are going to be, that I’m going to meet their families next week. Like, it scares me because I’m going to send home a really strong connection. It’s probably going to be one of the hardest decisions yet. It’s not going to be easy. On Joey’s season, I was sent home the week before hometowns, and at that time, I know all the feelings I had, and I can only imagine where these guys are at now, and so that’s why this week is going to be so hard for me, is because these are serious relationships at this point. I think I just want to talk to someone who’s done this before,’ she said, before meeting with Charity Lawson from last season.
‘Charity’s been the Bachelorette. She’s found love in this same journey, and that’s what I want. I hope that I can get some really good advice from Charity,’ Jenn says in confession.
‘I’ve been dying to talk to you, actually,’ as Charity asks, ‘Okay, well, I just want to see, like, how you’re holding up with everything because I know it’s a lot.’
‘Yeah, I mean, like, Hometowns is next week. I just don’t want to make the wrong decision,’ Jenn says.
Charity says, ‘I know. It’s always going to be like a what if a little bit, which is hard. It’s hard to come to terms with.’
Jenn asks, ‘Like, how did you discern like what you needed from certain people, like, you know?’
Charity says, ‘Yeah, I literally had a list of everyone’s names, and like every week when I would talk to them, I would write down something else that was like a quality that, you know, that they brought.’
The episode begins in Seattle, after a trip to New Zealand, where Bachelorette Tran admitted she was able to, ‘break down my walls with the guys,’ adding, ‘I felt so seen by each and every one of them. But next week is hometowns. I can see my future with all of them’
‘Charity’s been the Bachelorette. She’s found love in this same journey, and that’s what I want. I hope that I can get some really good advice from Charity,’ Jenn says in confession
Charity says, ‘Yeah, I literally had a list of everyone’s names, and like every week when I would talk to them, I would write down something else that was like a quality that, you know, that they brought.’
Jenn says, ‘That’s smart. I should have done that,’ as Charity adds, ‘It’s okay. You still have time. So when I like would reflect, I had to, like, look deeper at like things that I wanted. And then what do I need from them?’
Jenn adds she still has seven guys to choose from and getting that down to four will be ‘really, really hard for me.’
Charity asks, ‘Do you feel like any of the guys are, like, holding back?’ Jenn answers, ‘I think Sam’s holding back a little bit. He does remind me a lot of, like, my previous. Like, guys I’ve gone for, in a sense, where we had, like, this physical connection, and I think there’s more to be, like, explored with, like, emotionally. Is this just, like, physical? Like, what is it? And I think that’s maybe the part that is scaring me.’
Jenn adds that Jeremy, ‘is someone who I laugh with nonstop. Like, I feel like 110% myself with him. Like, we have the same exact sense of humor. But I don’t know if there’s going to be more there.’
Jenn also adds that she thinks, ‘Marcus is holding back a little bit,’ adding, ‘I think he’s expressed that it’s hard for him to be vulnerable, which makes me want to hold back a little bit, too. But I do agree. Like, this week is huge, and I want to feel confident in giving out these roses and knowing that there is a future there.’
Charity asks, ‘Do you, like, see yourself at the end of it, like being engaged?’ Jenn answers, ‘ I do really feel like I can get there with some of those guys, and I’m excited for it. Like, I’m more excited than I am nervous.’
The guys all arrive in Seattle as Marcus says the Emerald City is his, ‘old stomping grounds’ and he’s excited to be back.
The guys are all hanging out as Jeremy – the only one in the group who hasn’t had a one-on-one date – hopes Jenn is, ‘saving the best for last.’