The Bachelor season starring Ben Higgins is winding down, and the show's host Chris Harrison has a lot to say about it.

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With overnight Fantasy Suites dates coming up as well as The Women Tell All special and Season 20's much-anticipated finale, Chris offered up some exciting teasers while also reflecting back on Higgins' emotional journey as a whole.

Higgins still has Caila Quinn, Joelle "JoJo" Fletcher and Lauren Bushnell in the running for his heart.

During a Friday conference call with reporters, Chris talked about The Bachelor. Below is what he had to say. Check back with Reality TV World soon for more.

This season has been amazing and there are so many girls who get sent home that would be amazing on Bachelor in Paradise.  What are your thoughts on that? Who are some of your dream BIP contestants? 

Chris Harrison: Yes. I think we have a great -- I thought we will forget some but... I don't know. Obviously, the twins [Haley Ferguson and Emily Ferguson] I think would be great in Paradise. I think [Jubilee Sharpe] would be great in Paradise.

Obviously, we have three girls left and the Final 3 I think would be good. [Amanda Stanton], I don't know if she would do it again because of her children, I mean, if she would want to leave them.

But I think this is a really good dynamic group of women that were kind of strong, independent, smart, funny, and obviously beautiful. So I think we've got probably 10 or 15 girls you could pull out this season and bring to Paradise. 

Do you think Olivia Caridi would be a good fit for a Bachelor in Paradise? 

Chris Harrison: Yes, Olivia would be fantastic. I left her off the list. Yes, I totally forgot when I was first trying to name names.  But yes, she would be wonderful in Bachelor in Paradise and hopefully she'll be at The Women Tell All coming up when we shoot that. And yes, she's definitely someone that I would hope will join us. 

Do you think Olivia was portrayed accurately on this season of The Bachelor?

Chris Harrison: I do. Yes. I mean, I don't know if that question means that she was portrayed badly. I don't think she was portrayed badly. I don't know. I don't think she was negatively impacted or, you know, shown to be mean, but I think she was very direct in how she went about [things]. I don't know if she had a plan and this is how she's played it out.

But you know, she's someone that impacted Ben very much from the beginning and that changes everything, and it puts kind of a heavy weight on her too... You can argue whether she handled that well or not, but that is, again, when you get that First Impression Rose, you get the first date, you've achieved -- I don't know if you remember, but she got several Group Date roses.

I mean, she wasn't really at stake at a Rose ceremony for like three to four weeks, and you know, that will obviously give you a lot of confidence and that's obviously a big target on your back. Now, she didn't do a great job probably, you know, blending in and trying to become friends with everybody, but that's not her job either. So I think it was a pretty accurate portrayal. 

Ben sent Amanda home and I feel she's a definite candidate for the next Bachelorette. You even just said she would be great on Bachelor in Paradise. Last season, with the two Bachelorettes, is that something ABC would do again? 

Chris Harrison: No. I mean, the two Bachelorette thing? No... That was a Mike Fleiss call for sure and it's way above my pay grade. But you know, Mike was listening to both camps and everybody was screaming "[Britt Nilsson]" and then everyone was screaming, you know, "[Kaitlyn Bristowe]" back and forth, and back and forth. 

And so finally, [Fleiss] said, "Look, if my own camp is divided, everybody else is divided," so the situation lent itself to that. It's not something you look for and try to force. And this season, you really don't have that break. I don't think it would run itself to that at all. 

And so, you know, Amanda would be great. Obviously, there are three women left that would be great. I know people are talking about [Becca Tilley].  People -- you know, there are a lot of names that have been thrown around... [Becca] is a sweet girl. She'd be really good. She'd be a good Bachelorette.

You know, people are just screaming for Amanda, and who knows what will happen with JoJo and Caila and Lauren, so we'll see.  And the good news is, we don't have to make our decision quite yet and we kind of wait and see what happens at The Women Tell All and what happens in the rest of the season.

But I think we kind of have an embarrassment of riches right now with who could end up in Paradise and then who will be our Bachelorette... I will say there's no template.

But I think the person needs to have gone far enough in the season so Bachelor Nation is emotionally invested. So when I say Amanda, JoJo, you know, any of those girls, Becca, whatever, if I say any name, you have an emotional attachment to that person.

If you go back far enough into the season where they just weren't around very long, it's a little bit tougher of a story and it's a big -- you know, you're not as tied to them. Because that's really what links the season together, is this emotional attachment, and you could continue that ride with them like we do with Kaitlyn, like we've done many, many times before. 

Will we ever see a virgin Bachelor or Bachelorette? Becca is an example of one.

Chris Harrison: Sure. I mean, I can't say that you will. I mean, who knows. Other than Becca, I can't recall who else was a virgin or not. But yes, I mean, that's something we don't really, you know, fight for I guess... It's really more of a package deal instead of, "Hey, we're going to do the virgin Bachelor, the virgin Bachelorette."

That really is -- let's see, let's take Becca for example. I mean, I'm not sure if any of the others are virgins. So maybe. You guys know better than I do.  But let's say we're talking about Becca. You know, I don't think anybody would be going, "Oh, this would be a great story. She's a virgin."

I think, "Oh, Becca is sweet. She's sincere. She's ready to take the step in her life." Obviously, we might discuss the fact that she's a virgin and how would that impact the show -- just so we would be prepared for it and help facilitate that for her -- but at the same time, it's not a dealmaker or a dealbreaker. I guess it's the best way to put it. 

If you could pick a celebrity to be the next Bachelorette, who would it be?

Chris Harrison: There are so many of them who are getting hooked up now. It's hard -- it's hard to find a good single celebrity anymore. I don't even know who's out there. I don't know. You have to give me some names. Give me someone good.

Well, Khloe Kardashian just broke up with her boyfriend. Kaley Cuoco is a huge The Bachelor fan too. 

Chris Harrison: Kaley would be great! I would love that. She's an old friend of mine from the ABC days and that would be fun.  I would love to have her on and I think she likes to drink wine as much as I do, so that'd be good. I think selflessly I would like a professional golfer, someone from the PGA tour.  I need to find someone that, you know, I can play golf with.

Check back with Reality TV World soon for more from Chris Harrison's interview.


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