Bachelor 26 - Potential Lead - Discussion - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Norcalgal wrote:I really liked Riley - the attorney from Long Island. Was he on Tayshia's season? Over 30, well -educated, doesn't need the followers as he has a profession. He may not be able to take time from work to do the show. Self-confident African American male.

But I have to confess if they landed Tyler as lead, I'd lose my sh*t, along with every other woman who follows the show!

I really like Dr Joe and think it’s time to cast an Asian lead, but unfortunately, like Riley, I don’t think he has enough followers (both under 100 K).

I hope it’s not Andrew Spencer, based on his past tweets. https://pagesix.com/2021/07/27/bachelorettes-andrew-s-speaks-out-on-past-offensive-tweets/ He’s apologizing, which I appreciate’, but I don’t want them to be rehashed and become a distraction to the show.
Not Michael Allio either. Don’t bring a child into the show.

All Jmo.

Norcalgal wrote:I really liked Riley - the attorney from Long Island. Was he on Tayshia's season? Over 30, well -educated, doesn't need the followers as he has a profession...

But I have to confess if they landed Tyler as lead, I'd lose my sh*t, along with every other woman who follows the show!

According to RS Riley who was on Clare/Tayshia's season got engaged to Maurissa Gunn from Pilot Pete's season during BIP

Tyler is a rumored contestant for the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars

I just looked at Michael A's IG and he's following a ton of former leads/contestants.

He was private for the longest time. When he was first revealed he was following 519 March 18th. He had 885 followers.

On Jun 29th he was verified on IG.

Today he's following 407. That's 112 less than when he was first revealed, plus he's following a lot of BN which I would assume he followed after he got back.

He has 223K followers.

He uses #bachelornation in a lot of his posts.

I'm not counting him out.

https://www.instagram.com/michael_alliol4/

jen689 wrote:

Norcalgal wrote:I really liked Riley - the attorney from Long Island. Was he on Tayshia's season? Over 30, well -educated, doesn't need the followers as he has a profession...

But I have to confess if they landed Tyler as lead, I'd lose my sh*t, along with every other woman who follows the show!

According to RS Riley who was on Clare/Tayshia's season got engaged to Maurissa Gunn from Pilot Pete's season during BIP

Tyler is a rumored contestant for the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars

I’d prefer to watch Tyler on DWTS rather than Bach. He does have some dancing ability.

I would strongly prefer to see Tyler as the Bachelor, but DWTS works, too.

Okay, here's a thought -- maybe the reason that Camila broke up with Tyler is that the Bach producers reached out to him, and he didn't give an immediate, "No."  The producers would be derelict in their duties if they didn't at least try with him. He'd be ratings gold!

I'd love to see Dr Joe or another MOC. I still think that Michael A might be their frontrunner, though. I like him and he has the personality to do well so will see if it happens.

sdmom wrote:

Norcalgal wrote:I really liked Riley - the attorney from Long Island. Was he on Tayshia's season? Over 30, well -educated, doesn't need the followers as he has a profession. He may not be able to take time from work to do the show. Self-confident African American male.

But I have to confess if they landed Tyler as lead, I'd lose my sh*t, along with every other woman who follows the show!

I really like Dr Joe and think it’s time to cast an Asian lead, but unfortunately, like Riley, I don’t think he has enough followers (both under 100 K).

I hope it’s not Andrew Spencer, based on his past tweets. https://pagesix.com/2021/07/27/bachelorettes-andrew-s-speaks-out-on-past-offensive-tweets/ He’s apologizing, which I appreciate’, but I don’t want them to be rehashed and become a distraction to the show.
Not Michael Allio either. Don’t bring a child into the show.

All Jmo.

Amen to the bolded.

When do they need to pick a lead by? When does filming start?

If they are back on schedule by the time they start filming TB, it looks like they'll start around mid September, (as in previous years) which means they'll be filming while Michelle's season is airing. Her premiere is Oct 19th.

Usually TB is not usually announced with exceptions, until a couple of weeks or so before filming starts. This year it will be interesting.

TB usually wraps up the week before the US Thanksgiving and usually premieres the first Monday after New Years.

@GuardianAngel Great info thanks for posting

More trolling...

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@ariwolf thanks!

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