Bachelor in Paradise's Season 8 premiere date has been announced by ABC.
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ABC has announced the new season of Bachelor in Paradise will premiere with a two-hour episode on Tuesday, September 27 at 8PM ET/PT.
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Bachelor in Paradise will air twice weekly this Fall, on Monday and Tuesday nights from 8-10PM ET/PT on ABC.
The show will air on Monday nights beginning on October 3.
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"Summer may have ended, but romance awaits as Bachelor in Paradise turns up the heat," the network teased.
Bachelor in Paradise will be taking over the Monday slot Dancing with the Stars previously held as well as the Tuesday slot that had been filled by The Bachelorette for the last two years.
Season 19 of The Bachelorette, starring dual leads Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia, is set to premiere Monday, July 11 at 8PM ET/PT on ABC, and so Bachelor in Paradise will eventually replace the show in that time period.
As for Dancing with the Stars, the ABC reality dancing competition is moving to a new home on the streaming service Disney+ this fall after 16 seasons on ABC.
Bachelor in Paradise already began filming its eighth season earlier this month.
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Bachelor in Paradise will be hosted by Jesse Palmer, who took to Instagram on June 9 and posted a photo of himself posing next to an "open" sign on a beach decorated with blankets, vases and lights.
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"With the power vested in me, I now officially declare Paradise OPEN!!!" Jesse captioned the image, announcing that Bachelor in Paradise's eighth season had begun production.
Jesse also added the hashtags "BachelorNation" and "BachelorInParadise" to his post.
Jesse, an ESPN sports analyst who starred on The Bachelor's fifth season back in 2004, is continuing his role as host of the franchise after hosting The Bachelor's 26th season starring Clayton Echard, which just wrapped on TV in March, and The Bachelorette's nineteenth season.
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Bachelor in Paradise's eighth season will continue to feature Wells Adams in his bartending role, and ABC entertainment president Craig Erwich hinted in May that the new season will star a captivating group of alums.
"When I think of some of the people they have in mind to come back for Bachelor in Paradise, I think it's going to continue to be a very watched and very discussed block of programming on Mondays and Tuesdays," Craig told Deadline.
Bachelor in Paradise viewers can probably expect to see bachelors from Katie Thurston and Michelle Young's seasons of The Bachelorette. And since Gabby and Rachel's season recently wrapped filming, it's likely some of their men will hit the beach as well.
The Bachelorette fan-favorite Rodney Mathews hinted he'd be interested in a stint on Paradise, telling Us Weekly in March, "I'm always open to [love]. I'm really hoping to find it. I think I have a weird feeling, I feel like this is my year. I'm going to speak it into existence, manifest it."
As for women, it's likely many of Clayton and Matt James' exes will make an appearance.
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However, The Bachelor alum Demi Burnett confirmed she won't be bringing drama to the new season. In fact, she insisted to Us in May that she's done with Bachelor in Paradise for good because she's "way out of their league."
Bachelor in Paradise's seventh edition last summer was co-hosted by a lineup of celebrity guests, including rapper Lil Jon and former N'SYNC boyband member Lance Bass. Wells had served in a temporary "Master of Ceremonies" role in which he led the Rose Ceremonies but had to share the hosting responsibilities.
Chris Harrison previously hosted the entire The Bachelor franchise, but he exited the show in early 2021 after a racism scandal exploded during Matt's season. (Matt was the first Black The Bachelor star ever, and Chris defended his winner Rachael Kirkconnell's past racially-insensitive actions).
Chris had been with The Bachelor franchise for nearly two decades given he had began hosting the show all the way back with Season 1 that premiered in early 2002.
ABC renewed Bachelor in Paradise for an eighth season back in April. The new season is expected to feature shocking twists, surprises, unexpected guests, and some unlikely relationships, per usual.
Bachelor in Paradise's seventh season premiered in early August 2021.
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 aired on ABC last year.
However, Noah Erb and Abigail Heringer reunited and became a couple after filming the summer spinoff's seventh season together, and they recently moved in together.
Becca Kufrin and Thomas Jacobs also left Paradise single but got back together after filming. The pair just announced their engagement in late May.
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After ABC announced The Bachelorette's later-than-usual Season 19 premiere, speculation that Bachelor in Paradise was being canceled began circulating online, but the franchise's creator later set the record straight.
"Canceled??? No f-cking way!!! #BachelorinParadise forever!" Mike Fleiss tweeted in response to cancellation rumors.
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