The “Golden” contestants from the “Bachelor” franchise will have another chance at love this summer.
During the finale and “After the Final Rose” for Grant Ellis’ season of “The Bachelor” Monday night, host Jesse Palmer called in some friends from the audience to make a surprise announcement.
Gary Levingston (from Joan Vassos’ inaugural season of “The Golden Bachelorette”) and Leslie Fhima (Gerry Turner’s “Golden Bachelor” runner-up) helped reveal that the upcoming season of “Bachelor in Paradise” wouldn’t just be a young man’s game.
As it turns out, the spinoff show — which went dark as it took an unexplained break last year — will be back with not only its usual cast of contestants who didn’t end up with a lead on “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” but also their counterparts on the “Golden” shows, who are 55 and up.
All on the beach at the same time, though? Well, the franchise is keeping things hush-hush for now.
“You’re going to have to tune in to find out” how the show will work with seemingly two separate casts, Palmer told viewers.
