"The Bachelorette" Special with 18 Former Leads and Taylor Frankie Paul to Air After Oscars on ABC (EXCLUSIVE)
by Emily Longeretta
Feb. 4, 2026


Taylor Frankie Paul will be getting a plethora of advice ahead of her season of “The Bachelorette”. After the Sunday, March 15, live Oscars telecast, ABC and Hulu will air “The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose”, a special preview of Season 22.

During the special, 18 former Bachelorettes will reflect on their seasons and offer advice and stories with “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star. “The Bachelorette” premieres the following Sunday, March 22, with a two-hour episode.




The former Bachelorettes appearing in the special:

Trista Sutter (Season 1)
Meredith Phillips (Season 2)
DeAnna Pappas (Season 4)
Ali Fedotowsky-Manno (Season 6)
Ashley Hebert-Rosenbaum (Season 7)
Emily Maynard-Johnson (Season 8)
Desiree Siegfried (Season 9)
Andi Dorfman-Hart (Season 10)
Kaitlyn Bristowe (Season 11)
JoJo Fletcher (Season 12)
Rachel Lindsay (Season 13)
Becca Kufrin (Season 14)
Hannah Brown-Woolard (Season 15)
Tayshia Adams (Season 16)
Katie Thurston (Season 17)
Rachel Recchia (Season 19)
Charity Lawson (Season 20)
Joan Vassos (The Golden Bachelorette Season 1)

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/the-bachelorette-special-former-leads-taylor-frankie-paul-1236646126/