The seventeenth season of ''

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'' premiered on June 7, 2021. The season featured 30-year-old

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, a bank marketing manager from

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. Thurston previously finished in eleventh place on the 25th season of '' The Bachelor'' featuring Matt James. As with the previous season, the entire season was filmed at Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in

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due to the

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. The season concluded on August 9, 2021, with Thurston accepting a proposal from 30-year-old wildlife manager Blake Moynes. They ended their engagement on October 25, 2021. Thurston announced on November 23, 2021, that she was dating John Hersey, whom she had previously eliminated during week two of this season. They announced their break up on June 20, 2022.

Production

Casting and contestants

Thurston was announced as the Bachelorette by

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during the ''After the Final Rose'' special of the 25th season of '' The Bachelor'' on March 15, 2021, alongside season 18 lead Michelle Young. Notable contestants include Andrew Spencer, who is the cousin of season 14 contestant

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Filming and development

The beginning of the series returned to its traditional summer schedule after the previous season was delayed to October 2020 due to the

. As with the last two American ''Bachelor Nation'' editions, this season was originally set to be filmed in a

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at the Fairmont

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. Due to quarantine measures enforced by the

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would require to travel to Canada, production was later pulled from the location in early February 2021 amid travel restrictions. This season was then filmed in Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in

. On March 13, 2021, it was announced that former ''Bachelorette'' leads

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and

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would host this season, replacing long-time series host

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following backlash for his support of Rachael Kirkconnell, a contestant on the previous ''The Bachelor'' season 25, whose photos resurfaced of her attending an

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-themed party.

Contestants

34 potential contestants were revealed on March 18, 2021. The final cast of 30 men was released on May 18, 2021. Greg Grippo and Karl Smith were originally cast in season 16, when filming of that season was due to start in March 2020 as television productions were shut down caused by the pandemic, the former was not called back for the rescheduled production in July 2020, and the latter was initially accepted to be brought back on that season but was not selected in the final casting list of that same month. In week 3, season 16 contestant Blake Moynes joined the cast.

Future appearances

''Bachelor in Paradise''

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Aaron Clancy, Connor Brennan, James Bonsall, Karl Smith, Tré Cooper, and Thomas Jacobs returned for season 7 of '' Bachelor in Paradise''. Cooper quit in Week 2. Smith and Brennan were eliminated in Week 2. Jacobs spilt from

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in week 6, although they later got back together. Bonsall and Clancy split from Anna Redman and Tia Booth, respectively, in week 6.

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Bonsall, Clancy, Andrew Spencer, Justin Glaze, and Michael Allio returned for season 8 of '' Bachelor in Paradise''. Bonsall and Glaze were eliminated in week 2. Glaze returned in week 4 and was eliminated again in the same week. Spencer quit in week 5. Clancy split from Genevieve Parisi in week 6. Allio left in a relationship with Danielle Maltby in week 6.

''Bachelor in Paradise Canada''

Brendan Scanzano returned for the inaugural season of ''

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''. He spilt from Bachelor season 25 contestant Illeana Pennetto in week 5.

Call-out order

: The contestant received the first impression rose : The contestant received a rose during a date : The contestant received a rose outside of a rose ceremony or date : The contestant was eliminated : The contestant was eliminated during a date : The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony : The contestant quit the competition : The contestant moved on to the next week by default : The contestant won the competition

Episodes

Notes

References

External links

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