The Bachelor Returns Grant Ellis Begins His Search for Love

Grant Ellis hopes to trade the single life for a committed relationship. After appearing on Jenn Tran’s season of The Bachelorette in 2024, the day trader, 31, has stepped into the spotlight to lead season 29 of The Bachelor, airing Mondays on ABC. “I was in a really good place coming into my season of The Bachelor,” Grant says. “I was ready.”

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On the first night Grant, a former pro basketball player, met 25 women, including a registered nurse fittingly named Rose. “No entrance rubbed me the wrong way,” he says. “Each one was unique.” Alexe, a 27-year-old Canadian speech therapist, was one of the standouts. She brought along a llama and earned Grant’s first impression rose. This season, scoring the first impre