Fans are excited to watch The Bachelorette season 19 co-leads Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia finding love, and ABC has revealed the premiere date.
Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia are costarring as leads on The Bachelorette season 19, and even though fans couldn’t be more excited, they’ll have to be patient, because the premiere is several months away. A full Bachelorette season with two leads has never been done before within the Bachelor Nation franchise, and a change of pace was needed to revive the stale series. The two women bring a lot to the table, and viewers are in for an amazing season this summer.
On Clayton Echard’s season of The Bachelor, Gabby and Rachel were treated with disrespect and had their hearts broken by the careless lead. It was clear how much Clayton had hurt both of them, but on After the Final Rose, fans were impressed with Rachel and Gabby’s poise and strength when they finally confronted Clayton and held him accountable for treating them with such callous disregard. Ultimately, Clayton found his happy ending with Susie Evans, but Gabby and Rachel didn’t walk away empty-handed either. Rachel and Gabby were announced as double Bachelorettes next season, and the two friends couldn’t be more thrilled to go on this journey together.
Many fans have been complaining that the Bachelor franchise has grown stagnant and boring and have been clamoring for something new and different. Therefore, Gabby and Rachel looking for love as dual leads next season has been met with a lot of excitement from certain viewers. The upcoming The Bachelorette season 19 is rumored to begin filming this weekend, so it will definitely be several months before the season starts. Alas, ABC hasn’t kept fans in suspense and revealed that Gabby and Rachel’s season will begin on July 11. Even though some fans are eager to see the new season, they’ll have to wait until summer.
Along with the premiere date reveal was also the first promo for the new season. It’s been confirmed that, unlike season 11 with Kaitlyn Bristowe and Britt Nilsson, Gabby and Rachel will both be the Bachelorettes for the entire season. It’s a completely new format for the franchise - one that fans suspect was inspired by Joe Millionaire. The new promo describes the upcoming season as “incredible,” “empowering,” and “dramatic,” so ABC is certainly setting expectations high.
Viewers now know when to mark their calendars. All they need to do is wait for the summer to bring in this new season of The Bachelorette. There’s a lot of anticipation for Rachel and Gabby’s journey, and it’s a historic moment for Bachelor Nation.
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