The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart is an American dating reality television series created by Mike Fleiss for ABC. It is a spin-off of The Bachelor and is hosted by Chris Harrison. The series is produced by Next Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television, with Fleiss, Martin Hilton, Nicole Woods, Bennett Graebner, Peter Gust, Tim Warner, Louis Caric, and Peter Geist serving as executive producers.
Format The series follows single men and women, who are musicians or work in the music industry, hoping to find love through music. The contestants will sing well-known songs, both individually and as couples, and explore their relationships while living together and going on Bachelor-style dates that focus on music.
Contestants The 23 contestants were revealed on February 27, 2020.
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Contestant Age Residence Music genre Arrival Status Bri Stauss 28 Provo, Utah Pop Week 1 Winners Chris Watson 30 Los Angeles, California Soul Week 1 Jamie Weintraub 21 Nashville, Tennessee Country Week 1Runners-Up Trevor Holmes 29 Encino, California Country pop Week 1 Rudi Gutierrez 24 Los Angeles, California R&B and pop Week 1 Quit (Week 6) Matt Ranaudo 32 Encino, California Neo soul Week 1 Natascha Bessez 33 Los Angeles, California Pop Week 2 Eliminated (Week 5) Ryan Neal 28 Dearborn Heights, Michigan Jazz, funk, pop and R&B Week 1 Julia Rae 27 Wayne, Pennsylvania Pop Week 1 Eliminated (Week 4) Brandon Mills 34 Nashville, Tennessee American folk-pop Week 1 Savannah McKinley 25Nashville, Tennessee Acoustic pop Week 1 Quit (Week 4) Sheridan Reed 27Austin, Texas R&B soul pop Week 1 Bekah Purifoy 25 Washington, D.C. Musical theatre Week 1 Eliminated (Week 3) Danny Padilla 26 Sherman Oaks, California Singer-songwriter Week 1 Ruby Jane Smith 25 Austin, Texas Indie pop Week 2 Gabe Baker 28 Houston, Texas Soul/folk Week 1 Quit (Week 3) Cheyenne Arnell 23 Lawndale, California R&B Week 1 Eliminated (Week 2) Mariana Jasel 23 Dallas, Texas R&B and pop Week 2 Mel Taevin 27 Brooklyn, New York Indie rock Week 1 Jack Mason 38 Dallas, Texas Country Week 1 Eliminated (Week 1) Josh Hester 31 Nashville, Tennessee Country and pop Week 1 Michael Todd 31 Atwater, California Singer-songwriter Week 1 Russell Johnson 26 New York, New York American folk Week 1
Future appearances Chris Watson and Bri Stauss made their appearance on one episode in season sixteen of The Bachelorette, while performing on one of the dates to one of the contestants from that season.
Rudi Gutierrez competed on the 24th season of The Voice under the name "Rudi". She was a member of Team Gwen and was eliminated in the Playoffs.
Production In January 2020, ABC announced a straight-to-series order for a new spin-off of The Bachelor franchise titled The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart. The series is produced by Next Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television, with Mike Fleiss, Martin Hilton, Nicole Woods, Bennett Graebner, Peter Gust, Tim Warner, Louis Caric, and Peter Geist serving as executive producers, and Chris Harrison hosting. Filming had commenced in February 2020 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Elimination table PlaceContestantWeek1234561 BriInDateInInDateWinners ChrisInDateInDateDate2 JamieDateDateInDateDateRU TrevorInDateInInDate5 MattDateInInInDateQuit6 RudiInInInDateDateQuit7–8 NataschaWaitInDateInOut RyanDateInDateDateOut9–10 BrandonInDateInOut JuliaInDateInOut11 SavannahInDateInQuit12 SheridanInDateInQuit13–14 BekahInInOut DannyInInOut15 GabeInInQuit16 RubyWaitInOut17–19 MarianaWaitOut MelDateOut CheyenneInOut20–23 JackOut JoshOut MichaelOut RussellOut The contestant won the competition. The contestant was the runner-up of the competition. The contestant gave out or received a rose and was safe. The contestant gave out a date card and gave/received a rose. The contestant received a date card and gave/received a rose. The contestant went on a date and received a rose. The contestant did not receive a rose and was eliminated. The contestant was eliminated after their partner quit. The contestant quit the competition. The contestant went on a date but did not receive a rose and was eliminated.
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