Hannah Brown has reportedly been picked by producers to star on The Bachelorette this year.
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According to Reality Steve spoiler blogger Steve Carbone, Hannah Brown from Colton Underwood's edition of The Bachelor has been selected to star on The Bachelorette's upcoming fifteenth season on ABC.
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"Obviously it's possible things can still change last minute, but I don't expect that to happen this time," Carbone tweeted on Monday.
"Announcement will officially be made on the ATFR next week, but I can report Hannah B. is gonna be your next Bachelorette."
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The announcement is therefore expected to be made on The Bachelor: After the Final Rose, which will air on ABC on March 12 as part of The Bachelor's two-night Season 23 finale event.
Hannah was eliminated in fifth place on Colton's season.
The charity founder and former pro football player sent Hannah packing shortly after she met his parents in Denver, CO, and admitted she was falling in love with him.
During the recent taping of The Bachelor: The Women Tell All special, which airs on March 5, Hannah told Entertainment Tonight that she would jump at the chance to star on The Bachelorette this year.
"I'm not going to say [I'm in talks], but I will say that I would love to have that opportunity... to continue on shedding that layer of just trying to be whatever I think people want me to be and just being myself," said the 23-year-old beauty pageant queen from Alabama.
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Hannah insisted at the time she evolved so much as a person on The Bachelor's 23rd season.
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"I came in so terrified of what this thing was and if I wanted to be vulnerable with producers, with the girls, with Colton. And then by the end of it, I laid it all out on the table... I roared but then I was also Hannah B. I was genuine about how I felt," Hannah told ET.
"I truly did want the end of it to be me, and it wasn't, but I still stayed true to myself and allowed everybody to kind of see every part of me, the good and the bad."
Although Hannah got off to a rough start on The Bachelorette regarding drama with pageant rival Caelynn Miller-Keyes and a seemingly awkward first one-on-one date with Colton in which the conversation was lacking.
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However, the self-declared "beast" ultimately became a fan favorite and had quite the comeback story.
Caelynn finished The Bachelor in fourth place.
Colton currently has three women left in the running for his heart heading into Monday night's episode featuring overnight Fantasy Suite dates -- Hannah Godwin, Tayshia Adams and Cassie Randolph.
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