The Bachelor star Chris Soules' edition of the reality dating series is about to begin and he's dished on some of what viewers can expect in the January 5 premiere.

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After being introduced to 30 bachelorettes one by one, the 33-year-old farmer and businessman from Arlington, IA, discussed his first impressions and what was going through his mind on the very first night.

"Going into that night, I really didn't have a certain type. Maybe I do, but if I do, I was going in completely open-minded and there were so many great girls after I met them all, like I felt I could see myself falling in love with a lot of them right away, and it was pretty amazing the quality of women, and they were all my type at that point," Soules told People.

"I think I'm old enough and mature enough to not fall into a certain type. I think I'm more worried about finding the person who is the right one that I can spend the rest of my life with."

The season's first cocktail party "was a great experience," Soules explained.

"It was nerve-wracking but exciting to be in the same room with 30 amazing women and knowing that one of them could potentially become my fiancee. I felt that. I got to meet these incredible women and I could see this working. I was a little nervous going in thinking that there wouldn't be that many quality women, but there really was. I was extremely excited."

As always, some women stood out more than others.

"Well, there was one girl who sang me a song coming out of the limo. That's pretty impressive and she was a good singer. Another girl rode up in a motorcycle. It was pretty hot. One girl was a secret admirer. She snuck up and they had me turn around and she gave me a note and I had to find her inside so that was creative, a la my secret admirer in [Andi Dorfman]'s season...," Soules told People.

"Those things were fun and great coming out of the limo but there were a few girls who really impressed me inside after I got to meet them and talk to them. One girl who particularly caught my eye was [Kaitlyn Bristowe]. She actually came up, guns blazing, when she came out of the limo. She told me that I could plow her field any day. I think I blushed. But then she taught me how to break dance when I met her inside. I was really impressed with her."

Soules was apparently taken with Britt Nilsson's good looks and Whitney Bischoff's sweet voice at first.

"Britt was, I mean, obviously, she's gorgeous. She gave me a hug that was probably one of the best hugs that I've ever had. It was pretty damn good," the Bachelor laughed. "We just had a weird connection, an unexplainable instant great connection. Whitney obviously impressed me. She had a little Southern twang and talked about Iowa. She said Iowa with a little Southern accent."

While Soules found some of his bachelorettes amazing, others weren't exactly on the ball.

"There were a couple who were maybe a little over-served. There were definitely a couple girls who were over-served, but I get it. It's a long night and everybody's stressed out and they're also trying to have a good time. But I think they're generally speaking, well-behaved," he explained.

When asked whether Soules ever experienced any real "crazy nights," he admitted so having his share of low moments.

"Some of the Rose Ceremonies were, like the first Rose Ceremony, I mean, that was crazy. Because there were 30 women and I really wanted to talk to every one of them and get to know them as much as possible because I had to send a few home and I wanted to be able to make a good decision and that didn't happen. Just waking up the next morning was like, 'What is going on? Where am I? This is amazing,'" The Bachelor star told the magazine.

It was also understandably tough for Soules to remember all the names of his 30 bachelorettes.

"That was probably one of my biggest challenges," he said. "I'm not great with names. I was thankful as we got down to a smaller number that I was able to get the names down but early on that was a struggle. Just did the best I could, and you do the repeating thing in your head, but with 30 of them it's just impossible."

The Bachelor's nineteenth season is set to premiere on Monday, January 5 at 8PM ET/PT.
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