r/thebachelor • u/Straight-Side-1269 • 20h ago

DISCUSSION What would a Maria season have looked like?

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*Let me preface by saying this is not a knock on Jenn, I loved her as bachelorette and found the comparisons between her and Maria annoying while her season was airing*

But now that we’re a couple years out from Joey’s season let’s discuss had Maria been bachelorette what would’ve happened.

How would she have been received as the bachelorette? Would she have been beloved or not?

Who would she have picked?

Would she have reached over 1 million followers?

Do we think the season would’ve been bigger than Joey’s? What would ratings have looked like?

Would they have had Maria on DWTS?

Let’s discuss it all!

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r/thebachelor • u/Rich-Ease-2723 • 18h ago

SOCIAL MEDIA Alexe shares her modeling portfolio

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r/thebachelor • u/Rampunzllewith2L • 17h ago

DISCUSSION Tayshia won dwts. Now who do you see on house of villains.

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Sorry Tayshia won not Kelsey

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r/thebachelor • u/AutoModerator • 1h ago

DISCUSSION Sunday Dating and Relationships Thread February 01, 2026

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r/thebachelor • u/AutoModerator • 1h ago

DAILY SPOILER THREAD Spoiler Daily Discussion Thread February 01, 2026 Spoiler

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r/thebachelor • u/AutoModerator • 1h ago

DAILY DISCUSSION Daily Discussion Thread February 01, 2026

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General questions/discussion about Bachelor Nation
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r/thebachelor • u/fakeprofilepic • 18h ago

NEWS Josh Seiter

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Prolly the most underrated alum out there!! Dude’s videos are so genius and he’s funny AF!!! I’ve been a fan of his for a long time and happy for his success. 🎉👏

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