'Bachelor Summer Games' Is Coming To Put A Competitive Twist On Love In Summer 2020
ICYMI, the summer Olympics are happening this year in Tokyo, starting on July 24, 2020. Apparently, The Bachelor decided to get in on the action because theyre launching Summer Games, a competition-style reality show with your favorite Bachelor stars.
You might remember that, back in 2018, producers rolled out Bachelor Winter Games, which featured Bachelor stars from around the world competing in winter sports while, of course, hooking up and falling in love on national television. This is a similar, but much hotter, version. (Can't. Wait.) Heres everything you need to know about Bachelor Summer Games right now.
When will Bachelor Summer Games be released?
When Winter Games happened, it aired at the same time as The Bachelor, which was a pretty solid viewing commitment for fans. This time, though, Summer Games will be the only Bachelor content on TV when it's released. Yes, that means it's happening before Bachelor in Paradise airs, Rob Mills, ABCs senior vice president of alternative programming, said on Ringers Bachelor Party podcast. The exact premiere date is still TBD though.
Whats Summer Games all about?
Similar to Winter Games, it will have former Bachelor stars competing in different events, with their ~personal~ lives filmed in between. "I think its going to be really fun," Mills said. "Its going to be so fun seeing these people in these great, you know, track and field and swimming [events]. This is a real Olympics."
Where is Bachelor Summer Games filming?
Mills was pretty tight-lipped about the exact locale. All he shared was that producers "found a really great place to hold it."
Who will be in the Summer Games cast?
Its still up in the air. In the past, only single members of Bachelor Nation could be on the show (similar to BiP), but Mills said theyre thinking about bringing in people who are already coupled up, too. "I still think we need to look at the creative, and its like, do youif somebody is with somebody or not, can they be in it?" he said, noting that hed "love" to see Jordan Rodgers and Colton Underwood throw down. (Tbh, same.)
Mills also hinted that producers want to have couples on because, otherwise, you're watching a bunch of single people for the summer. "You want to have these events feel like something rooted in not just the, okay, its all singles," he explained. "But thats important too. Well keep fine-tuning."
Who will host Bachelor Summer Games?
Though the cast could include everyone and anyone affiliated with the Bachelor franchise, its pretty likely you already know the new show's host: Chris Harrison. He's currently unconfirmed, but, ya know, hes Chris Harrison.
It sounds like there's a lot Bachelor producers are still figuring out about the show, but more Bachelor content this summer? Yes, please!