'The Bachelorette' Season 18: Here's a look at who survived first rose ceremony
With Michelle Young's season of 'The Bachelorette' finally here, it's time to see which of the 30 men have what it takes to sweep her off her feet. The premiere episode was off to quite the start, with a few unique entrances, a couple of weird first impressions and drama galore.
From Ryan Fox's playbook to Joe Coleman's confession, a lot went down before Season 18's rose ceremony. Michelle managed to take the time out to talk to a few of the men and even gave out her first impression rose to Nayte Olukoya, who also happened to be the first person to walk meet Michelle. Curious to know who stayed and who was sent home? Keep reading to find out.
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The saying 'love at first sight' is as real as it gets because while some people got a chance to spend time with Michelle, others had to rely on their first impression solely. But it looks like not everyone did too badly, as here are the men that now remain.
During the first rose ceremony, Michelle gave out roses to Alec, an engineer from North Charleston, Brandon J, a travelling nurse recruiter from Portland, Casey, an advertising creative director from Miami Beach, Chris G., a motivational speaker from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Chris S., a commodities broker from West Hollywood, Clayton, a medical sales rep from Columbia, Daniel, a firefighter from Austin, Jamie, a biotech CEO from San Diego, Joe, a real estate developer from Minneapolis, Leroy, a biomedical PhD student from Dallas and LT, a yoga guru from Bellevue, Martin, a personal trainer from Miami.
The rest of the men who also received roses were Mollique, an academic administrator from San Diego, Olumide, an IT analyst from Newark, Pardeep, a neuroscientist from Brooklyn, Peter, a pizzapreneur from Port St Joe, PJ, a firefighter from Houston, Rick, a medical sales rep from Los Angeles, Rodney, a sales rep from Rancho Cucamonga, Romeo, a mathematician from New York City, Spencer, a financial crimes analyst from Cleveland and finally Will, an academic interventionist from Grand Rapids.
The men who walked away empty-handed on Episode 1 were Brandon K., a brand manager from Austin, Bryan, an NFL player from Chicago, Edward, a wellness coach from Los Angeles, Garrett, a tech CEO from Salt Lake City, Jack, a former Army officer from Philadelphia and JoMarri, a personal trainer from Fresno. And obviously, Ryan, an environmental consultant from San Jose, who Michelle asked to leave the show on account of creating and plotting a detailed playbook.
What do you think? Did Michelle make the right picks? Sound off below and tell us who is your favorite contestant of this season!
Catch Season 18 of 'The Bachelorette' on Tuesdays at 8 pm EDT on ABC. Episodes are also available on-demand and on Hulu the day following their premieres.