Bachelor in Paradise Introduces $500K and Recreation Present Vibes
Is season 10 of Bachelor in Paradise taking a cue from its unique iteration, Bachelor Pad?
The Monday, July 7, premiere of the ABC spinoff launched the thought of video games on the new Paradise resort in Costa Rica.
“[There’s] a variety of compatibility testing and challenges, which is a variety of enjoyable,” host Jesse Palmer advised Us Weekly throughout an unique interview. “I obtained to put on a sport present host hat once in a while, which was actually cool and distinctive. It retains our forged on their toes. They by no means know what’s across the nook.”
Jesse mentioned that it “raises the stakes in a means that we’ve by no means seen” on BiP.
“And I believe getting everyone in a gaggle setting extra typically was actually attention-grabbing. It helped folks study extra about one another from a connection standpoint, and the group obtained to study extra about one another as effectively,” he mentioned. “So there’s extra twists and turns coming too.”
Whereas the group does an exercise about discovering one another’s purple flags within the premiere, the trailer teases some bodily challenges that just about appear like they could possibly be performed on Survivor or The Problem.
“If you happen to assume you understand how Paradise works, prepare, as a result of all the pieces is about to alter,” Jesse says within the clip.
One other sport seems to be impressed by a Love Island–sort problem, with forged members making out with folks outdoors of their connection “to see in case you have fireworks with another person.” Within the supertease, Kat Izzo describes the station as “Starvation Video games: Paradise Version.”
The season trailer ends with a bag of $500,000 of money — and Jesse teasing, “Your destiny goes to be decided tonight. You must make your most vital choice: half 1,000,000 {dollars}, or is it love?” (He beforehand advised the forged within the premiere that the present “hope[s] to supply our greatest and our strongest {couples} a life-changing alternative.”)
When pressed for particulars throughout his chat with Us, Jesse performed coy. “That was Wells’ bag of cash — you by no means know who doesn’t take bank cards in Paradise,” he teased. “Individuals are going to have to look at to seek out out. Wells must be extra cautious retaining that cash mendacity round.”
Whereas some followers have thought of Paradise (and all variations of The Bachelor) a contest present since its 2002 premiere, the franchise sometimes leans into the concept contestants are merely on the lookout for love. Bachelor Pad, which aired for 3 seasons from 2010 to 2012, was the one earlier spinoff with a money prize.
The format adopted Bachelor and Bachelorette alums competing in each particular person and coupled-up challenges for immunity, with the group voting to remove contestants every week. The ultimate couple gained $250,000, with season 3 star Nick Peterson being the one contestant to decide to “hold” the cash as an alternative of “share” along with his accomplice, Rachel Truehart.
Bachelor in Paradise airs on ABC Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.