Bachelor in Paradise will definitely be back with a new crop of bachelors and bachelorettes looking for love this year!
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ABC has formally announced it has renewed Bachelor in Paradise for an eighth season, but the series' actual premiere date will be announced at a later date.
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The host of Bachelor in Paradise also remains unclear. Bachelor in Paradise's seventh season was hosted by a lineup of celebrity guest co-hosts last year, but it's possible Jesse Palmer may continue his hosting role into the summer.
Season 8 of Bachelor in Paradise will air this summer and continue to feature The Bachelor and The Bachelorette alums looking to receive a second -- or maybe even a third -- chance at finding a committed relationship in a tropical location.
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Last year's season of Bachelor in Paradise premiered in early August 2021 and was filmed in Mexico.
While the cast of Season 8 of Bachelor in Paradise has yet to be unveiled, several women from Clayton Echard's The Bachelor season are expected to participate.
Suitors will also likely be heavily plucked from The Bachelorette's seventeenth and eighteenth editions starring Katie Thurston and Michelle Young, respectively, which both aired last year.
The new season will likely feature shocking twists, surprises, unexpected guests, and some unlikely relationships.
Will any of the upcoming cast members follow in the footsteps of Jade Roper and Tanner Tolbert or Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon? Both couples previously appeared on Paradise and are currently married with at least one child.
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Season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise ended with three engagements, but the only couples who are still together are Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt as well as Kenny Braasch and Mari Pepin-Solis.
(Riley Christian and Maurissa Gunn split not long after their engagement).
Noah Erb and Abigail Heringer also reunited and became a couple after filming the summer spinoff's seventh season together, as did Becca Kufrin and Thomas Jacobs.
While last year's Bachelor in Paradise season aired twice weekly on Mondays and Tuesdays, this year's broadcast schedule will apparently be different given ABC has already announced Season 19 of The Bachelorette, starring Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia, will premiere Monday, July 11 at 8PM ET/PT.
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The Bachelorette Season 19 premiere date is significantly later than the show's prior summer seasons, which have debuted in May or early June and concluded in time for Bachelor in Paradise to premiere and take over the Monday night timeslot by early August.
After ABC announced The Bachelorette's Season 19 premiere last month, speculation that Bachelor in Paradise was being canceled and may not air this summer began circulating online, but franchise creator Mike Fleiss had appeared to cryptically deny them.
"Canceled??? No f-cking way!!! #BachelorinParadise forever!" Fleiss tweeted in response to a tweet that mentioned rumors Bachelor in Paradise might be cancelled.
However Fleiss subsequently deleted his tweet, muddling the show's status even further.
Bachelor in Paradise is produced by Next Entertainment and Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon.
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Fleiss, Martin Hilton, Nicole Woods, Tim Warner, Louis Caric and Peter Geist serve as executive producers.
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