Bachelorette spoilers revealing Season 19 The Bachelorette stars Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey's Final 3 bachelors -- six men, in total -- have leaked out.
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In late April and early May, Gabby and Rachel were spotted enjoying hometown dates at different locations, which allowed Reality Steve spoiler blogger Steve Carbone to collect evidence of the women's Final 4 suitors.
Rachel's Final 4 bachelors are reportedly Tino Franco, a 28-year-old from Playa Del Rey, CA; Zach Shallcross, a 25-year-old from Austin, TX; Tyler Norris, a 25-year-old from Rio Grande, NJ; and Aven Jones, a 29-year-old from San Diego, CA.
Carbone reported that he is only certain about three of Gabby's Final 4 suitors: Johnny DePhillipo, a 25-year-old from Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Jason Alabaster, a 30-year-old from Santa Monica, CA; and Eric Schwer, a 29-year-old from Santa Monica, CA.
In a May 12 blog post, Carbone revealed that he received "confirmation" that both Tyler Norris from Rachel's group of men and Johnny DePhillipo from Gabby's group of men were already back home.
With past seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, the Final 3 person stayed in the final filming location until the show wraps.
Given Gabby and Rachel's season was still filming at the time, Tyler and Johnny's return home would appear to indicate they were eliminated from the Season 19 competition at the Final 4 Rose Ceremony, which typically films in Los Angeles, CA.
Carbone had received "circumstantial evidence" earlier this month that pointed to Justin Budfuloski, a 32-year-old from Solana Beach, CA, being Gabby's mystery fourth bachelor.
Carbone said it was possible Gabby had filmed a hometown date with Justin in Simi Valley, CA.
"I just have never been specifically told or seen any pics/videos she did," Carbone said at the time.
However, Justin's sister-in-law posted a photo of Justin with his family on Mother's Day via her Instagram account.
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When the Mother's Day picture surfaced, Johnny had already reportedly been eliminated in fourth place.
And so Justin's early May reunion with his family seems to confirm Justin is not one of Gabby's Final 3 bachelor, nor was he in her Final 4.
"I assume Gabby took 3 guys down to Mexico and we know Jason Alabaster and Erich Schwer are two of them," Carbone wrote in his May 12 blog post.
"I have not been told Gabby only had 3 hometown dates. I believe she had 4, and one of them just never got out publicly. Still don't know who that third guy is."
Following hometown dates, Gabby, Rachel and their remaining men flew to Mexico, where the Final Rose Ceremony was reportedly filmed on May 14.
The initial The Bachelorette cast for Season 19 comprised of 35 potential suitors was announced in late March, right around the time Gabby and Rachel began filming their season.
The format of The Bachelorette's upcoming season has yet to be officially announced by ABC, and when Gabby and Rachel were announced as the two leading ladies in March, they didn't even know how the process was going to work.
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"We just got thrown in. But I have faith and a lot of trust and I love Rachel to death and I know we're gonna have each other's backs the whole way, so there's really not a doubt in my mind that it's gonna end up well."
The Bachelorette's new season will be hosted by Jesse Palmer and premiere Monday, July 11 at 8PM ET/PT on ABC.
Viewers watched The Bachelor star Clayton Echard break up with and devastate Gabby and Rachel in a group dumping session after sleeping with the both of them and also professing his love to three women.
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Clayton let Gabby and Rachel go in order to chase down the woman he was "the most in love with," Susie Evans, who had quit during Fantasy Suites due to Clayton's decision to be intimate -- both emotionally and physically -- with two other ladies.
Gabby and Rachel were sent packing when they were both totally in love with Clayton and had met his family.
Clayton made each girl feel like she was going to be the one at the end with him, but he is now dating Susie in the real world.
On The Bachelor: After the Final Rose special, Gabby said she felt misled by Clayton and complained, "As you said, you compartmentalized our relationships. Watching it back, everything is so muddled and you were clearly pitting us against each other. It really seemed like a competition, which I had expressed to you I didn't want to be a part of."
"And it seemed like you had your mind set on Susie WAY before you wanted to tell us, and you kept going back to Rachel and I, 'Oh, I want to try this and I want you to meet my family -- but I can't stop thinking about Susie and I love Susie the most,'" she added.
Rachel also admitted to feeling betrayed and "cast aside" by The Bachelor 26 star. Rachel put Clayton in his place by saying he never loved her and ultimately didn't deserve her love.
Rachel even questioned Clayton if he had just said "I love you" to her in order to sleep with her in the Fantasy Suites.
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