The Bachelor 2024: Joey leaves eliminated contestant in tears as another walks out in dramatic second episode
Former ‘The Bachelorette’ contestant has returned as the season 28 star of ‘The Bachelor’
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Your support makes all the difference.The Bachelor is back for episode two tonight as former Bachelorette contestant Joey Graziadei searches for his second chance at love.
Joey was announced as the next Bachelor during The Bachelorette’s season 20 finale, where he finished in second place.
Season 28 welcomed back host Jesse Palmer, who took over from Chris Harrison in 2021 after he was fired due to controversial comments he made in an Extra interview.
The season premiere on 22 January saw the arrival of 32 women entering the Bachelor mansion, all competing for roses and, ultimately, Joey’s heart.
That number quickly declined as 10 hopefuls were sent home. Among the 22 women to make it to the second episode were two sisters who quickly revealed their familial relationship after initially planning on keeping it a secret.
US viewers will be able to tune into the new episodes of The Bachelor on Mondays on ABC at 8pm ET/PT.
Here comes the eliminations
Joey’s handing out the first roses. Let’s see who will be eliminated...
Joey hands out the first impression rose
Lea gets the first impression rose, as she should!
Already some tears
We already saw some tears from Lea. She opened the special card she was gifted during her guest appearance on The Bachelorette’s “After the Final Rose” episode and it granted her the power to steal a one-on-one date from one of the women ahead of hometown visits.
After speaking with Joey about it, and realising that it didn’t matter what little advantages she was given, if she wasn’t the right person for him, there was no point in trying to come in between him and another woman.
In a noble move, Lea burnt the card in the fire.
Kelsey leaves a good impression on Joey
Kelsey got her one-on-one time with Joey and made a good impression on him... the competition for the First Impression Rose heats up...
“There’s something about Kelsey,” Joey says.
Allison and Lauren announce their relationship
Sisters Allie and Lauren were not able to keep their sibling relationship a secret for very long. How did they think that news would go over with everyone? “Weird” was one just of the words uttered by some of the women.
Looks like Daisy’s already making a great impression (at least on viewers). Will she earn the First Impression Rose?
The Bachelor sister contestants explain decision to keep their relationship secret
The Bachelor season 28 welcomed a pair of sisters competing against each other and 30 other women for Joey Graziadei’s heart.
Philadelphia natives Lauren, 28, and Allison, 26, made their entrances during the premiere episode, which aired on Monday (22 January), directly telling the cameras that they’ll be keeping their relationship a secret from Joey and the other contestants for at least a little while.
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This is not the first time that sisters Allison and Lauren have dated the same man
We already have the drama, and it appears to be Jess. Why did Jess need to interrupt and be that girl?
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