The Bachelorette season 21 had one of the most difficult endings in franchise history after a deeply frustrating season for viewers, and producers are scrambling to fix its mistakes to prove they care about their leads. While Jenn Tran, who originally appeared on The Bachelor season 28, was a massive hit to Bachelor Nation as the lead of the season, things didn’t go well for her when she became The Bachelorette. As the first Asian-American Bachelorette, Jenn was meant to have the hype and fanfare of a milestone season, and the connection of a lifetime. Instead, she got a mess.
Jenn’s time as the lead of The Bachelorette season 21 was a struggle for the PA student, and difficult for Bachelor Nation to watch as it unfolded. While Jenn was meant to be treated with compassion and care, her cast of suitors was never meant for her and ultimately made it difficult for the show to go off without a hitch. Instead, the cast was always side-tracked or overly uninvested, with none of the men falling for Jenn the way they were meant to. With a tough set of circumstances for Jenn, Bachelor producers are working to fix their issues.
Producers Announced Grant Ellis As The Bachelor Early
They Wanted To Avoid Issues Of Disinterest
While there were many issues with The Bachelorette season 21, the biggest turned out to be the fact that many of the men who were cast for the season weren’t actually interested in dating Jenn. While Jenn was an excellent pick for the lead, she didn’t have much of a buildup to becoming The Bachelorette because Maria Georgas, who was also on The Bachelor season 28, had accepted the role and given it up days before it was set to be announced. Jenn was a last-minute addition that sent Bachelor producers into overdrive.
While the season had been cast for Maria, with Jenn as the lead the producers didn’t think to change anything about the shape of the group. They continued to work with the same cast without thinking to ensure that the guys on the show were actually interested in getting to know Jenn or seeing if their new lead had specifications for the guy she wanted to end up with. With Grant being announced as the next Bachelor so early, the casting for his season will be far more specific.
Producers Are Being Careful With The Golden Bachelorette Promo
They’re Not Overpromising
While the producers of The Golden Bachelorette may be focusing on some different elements of the series than typical Bachelorette producers, they’re being quite careful with the promo surrounding Joan Vassos's season of the series. With Joan being the first Golden Bachelorette, the standards her season will set will need to be high, especially with the fact that Gerry Turner’s reputation after The Golden Bachelor has become terrible. With Jenn’s season being heartbreaking, producers are trying to be careful about overpromising and underdelivering with Joan’s upcoming season of The Golden Bachelorette, and instead looking to empower their new leading lady.
Producers Are Hopefully Looking At What They’ve Done Wrong In Years Past
They Have A Lot To Fix
Although The Bachelor franchise has had its fair share of success stories, many of the matches they’ve made in the last two decades have failed, some more miserably than others. With many issues in the way the show works and the way the leads are treated, The Bachelor producers need to look into the issues and make some serious changes before the next seasons. With The Bachelor season 29 already scheduled to start filming in the coming months, the damage The Bachelorette has done to the franchise needs to be assessed so they can work to avoid the same mistakes.
