It’s the show fans have been desperately waiting for – and now we can exclusively reveal everything you need to know about Australia’s own Bachelor In Paradise.
The exciting new spin-off will feature all the biggest names – and most hated villains – from past seasons of The Bachelorette and The Bachelor, and sources on set tell New Idea romances have started to blossom between some of the controversial contestants as they prepare to film the series in Fiji.
Kicking off the list of cast members is legendary villain Keira Maguire from Richie Strahan’s season, who’ll star alongside Tara Pavlovic and Florence Moerenhout after they missed out on Matty J’s heart in the last instalment of The Bachelor.
Most notable of the male contestants is recent villain Blake Colman, who famously took Sophie Monk’s dumping in terrible style. Competing for female affections is fellow scoundrel Michael Turnbull, who finished second to Sasha Mielczarek while fighting for Sam Frost’s heart in the first series of The Bachelorette – only to face a mountain of controversy when he left the show, amid claims he’d lied about his wealth and career, and treated new girlfriends badly.
Other former male contestants who’ll join Blake and Michael in Fiji are Eden Schwencke, Luke McLeod, Mack Reid and Sam Cochrane – who all lost out to Stu Laundy in the most recent Bachelorette series – as well as season one hottie Davey Lloyd.
The 10 contestants have already arrived in Fiji to start filming at Mango Resort, along with the show’s host Osher Gunsberg, and more are set to arrive in the coming days. Sources tell New Idea things are already heating up.
But while Bachelor In Paradise cast so far will already have fans in a spin – the news is that there are even more big names yet to arrive.
‘There will be some amazing intruders on the way, and they will really spice up the show,’ says a source.
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