You are listening to the Daily Roundup here as part of the Reality. Steve Podcast, I’m your host reality. Steve, thank you all for tuning in on this Wednesday. A very jam packed show for you today. A lot of stuff dropped in Bachelor Nation yesterday. The confirmation of where Bachelor in Paradise is filming.
We’ve got an addition to Bachelor in Paradise. Our Golden Bachelor was named. We have the Valley episode two, season two from last night. We got Dancing with the Stars News Crazy Day yesterday in Bachelor World. And we will go over all of it momentarily. So around six o’clock yesterday, central time. The only thing I had in my notes for today’s daily roundup was talk about the Valley.
’cause I knew I was gonna be watching that in a couple hours. I recorded with Rachel Juarez yesterday, that podcast number, episode number four 40, you’ll hear tomorrow. She was great. We went over the reconsideration that David Ingris filed and then we answered. She answered your questions that I had you guys send in.
It was probably 12 to 15 of them, so very good stuff. So I was out of the loop for about an hour, I think. Rachel’s interview went for an hour, maybe an hour and 10 minutes. So I was outta the loop. I wasn’t checking my phone, I wasn’t on Twitter. And right when I got off, I started seeing all this stuff on social media that there was a Hulu.
Reality event in LA yesterday, and I saw people that I follow all posted from it. And out of that event, we got a lot of announcements in regards to some things happening in Bachelor Nation. Number one, what I had told you two days ago, it was quote unquote official. Now that Bachelor in Paradise at this event, Jesse Palmer got up there and spoke and he did.
Confirm Bachelor in Paradise is filming in Costa Rica. He didn’t say when they’re gonna start filming. I’m telling you people are leaving this weekend and filming begins early next week, but they’re gonna Costa Rica. The second thing we found out from that announcement from Jesse Palmer is Hannah Brown is going to be part of the Bachelor in Paradise.
Crew. She’s not gonna be in the cast. Obviously, she’s an engaged woman. But all that was said was Jesse Palmer’s gonna be part of it. Well’s obviously going to be the bartender, and Hannah Brown’s role will be, she is the host of the. Champagne Lounge. We don’t know what the Champagne Lounge is, and if you ask them, they’ll say you’re just gonna have to watch.
Obviously, once spoilers start getting out, we’ll be able to figure out what it is, or I’ll be able to tell you what it is. But my guess is on Rose Ceremony nights, it’s just gonna be another place where people can go and talk and people will ask Hannah for advice. I don’t think this is some major deal, like, oh, the Champagne Lounge, where the whole premise of the show changes.
No, it’s probably just a place where they go and talk and Hannah will be there as a female voice to lend over to some of the women because the only voice they were able to talk to in the past seasons has been wells. So it makes sense to have Hannah Brown there. Although the thing that’s surprising to me just a little bit is I thought Hannah Brown had pretty much distanced herself from the franchise because nothing in her brand, at least for the last few years, has anything to do.
Bachelor related. I mean, I think she went on a couple podcasts over the years, but maybe, I don’t know. I don’t follow her enough or pay enough attention. I do follow her, but I can’t say I’ve remembered everything she has posted. Does she post herself watching The Bachelor or watching The Bachelorette or Golden and Commenting?
Does she ever do that? I don’t. I, I, off the top of my head, I, I can’t remember, but it just seems like any content that she puts out isn’t really bachelor or bachelorette related. So it’s a little surprising, but I’m sure they said, Hey, you wanna spend a month in Costa Rica and we’ll probably pay you. I mean, I don’t know what they’re paying her, but I’m guessing it’s probably.
50 to a hundred grand. I don’t know. It could be way off. Maybe they’re paying her 200 grand, 500 grand to go for a month. I have no idea. But I’m just saying it probably wasn’t a hard sell for her to be like, you want to vacation in Costa Rica for a few weeks and basically do nothing and we’ll pay you for it.
Yeah. So I, I get it and it is it is a good get for them for sure to do that and to bring her aboard and. She’s a big name from the past. She’s very popular. Isn’t she still outside of Yeah. I’m, I’m, if I’m not mistaken, and I’m not gonna, I’m not about to go look this up, but if I’m not mistaken, doesn’t Hannah Brown have the most followers of any woman in Bachelor franchise?
I think she does. Right? So why not bring her? The other announcement we got that was bachelor related at this event was the fact that just. Out of the blue, they named our Golden Bachelor. I had no idea this was coming. I didn’t even know this event was happening until I got off interviewing Rachel. I. And all of a sudden I just see all this stuff pop up on social media.
But A B, C announced the next Golden Bachelor and his name is Mel Owens. Now, when I heard the name Mel Owens, it didn’t ring a bell at all to me. I was just like, okay. I saw his picture. I’m like, good looking guy. Still doesn’t ring a bell to me. But then when I read the mini bio of him. Mel Owens, he’s 66 years old.
Former NFL player for the LA Rams. Played from the LA Rams from 1981 to 1989. Well, you know, my past, I lived in Southern California. I grew up in Southern California. I wouldn’t say I am a Rams fan, but when I was living in Southern California and those were my formative years of. Watching sports. The Rams and the Raiders were still in LA and they were both televised every week.
So I’m not gonna say, oh my god, Mel Owens was my favorite player. But once I read his bio that he was a defensive lineman or played linebacker for the Rams, I’m like, yeah, I kind of remember the name. Sounds familiar. Mel Owens Rams. It just, it went together, but. He is our new Golden Bachelor. We don’t know when filming starts, but I’m sure it’s gonna be on the same schedule as past seasons.
We know Bachelor in Paradise starts filming next week, so my guess is it’ll be July when they film Golden Bachelor and it’ll start airing after Bachelor in Paradise Airs, which we don’t have a start date for bachelor in Paradise either. Anyway, Mel Owens, he’s former NFL player. He is now a lawyer in Orange County, California.
Again, where I grew up. So as far as we know right now, nothing, no bad dirt has come out about against him, yet there hasn’t been any accusations or some sort of domestic violence charges or anything that we seem to get from leads of this show or contestants whatsoever. But basically he’s a, a lawyer in Orange County, California now that is helping, I guess, former athletes in.
People that are filing for sports related injuries and stuff like that. So I saw on Jesse’s Instagram story, the introduction of him at this event yesterday. Good looking guy has a chiseled jaw, like it looks like his jaw is literally made from granite. So, yeah, gonna be easy on the eyes. For the women that are applying for this show, um, obviously they are still probably taking applications, so if you’re interested.
By all means, go to the Bachelor page, check out who this guy is, Mel Owens, see if he’s right up your alley and go apply. And you could be on next season of the Golden Bachelor, which I said they haven’t said when it’s gonna start filming, but my guess is it’s gonna be on the same schedule. It’s been the last couple years, which is July, August is when they film the other thing to come out of Bachelor Nation.
That I don’t wanna say happened yesterday ’cause they did not announce it yesterday, but. Knowing the way this show goes, there was a sports related announcement yesterday that directly impacts the Bachelor franchise and that is, remember last season of Grant, didn’t start till January 27th because it couldn’t start airing on Monday nights until college football was over.
And we know college football with the 12 team playoff went a little later into January than they usually do. So. The Bachelor had to wait until the college football playoff was done, and then they started the following Monday. Well. The college football playoff schedule has been announced and the National Championship for College Football in 2026 is on Monday, January 19th.
So without knowing officially, I think we can pencil in. The bachelor Premier is going to be January 26 in 2026, which is one day earlier than last year. But that’s because last year’s national championship in college football was on January 20th. So with that announcement in college football. I’m just putting two and two together here, and assuming we have a new bachelor season, which I’m pretty sure we’re going to get, we’re gonna get that starting January 26th, 2026, since the week after the college football playoffs are done.
And the other quick note to announce from that event. Is Dancing with the Stars. We assumed it was coming back for a, I believe, 34th season. We assumed that was the case. Well, we found out that officially it is coming back for a 34th season, and at that event, they announced their first contestant of the season, and it is Robert Irwin, who is the brother of Bindi Irwin and the son of the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin.
Not really surprising. Bindi Irwin. You know what was interesting? When they were announcing, and I read the story, Robert Irwin first contestant announced for the season 34 of Dance with the Stars brother of former winner Bindi Irwin. I totally forgot that Bindi won. I remember Bindi being on the show and I remember her being Derek Huff’s partner, but if you would’ve asked me before that announcement yesterday, Hey, what place did Bindi Irwin finish on Dancing with the Stars?
I didn’t remember, and I’ve watched every episode of every season of Dancing with the Stars, so it kind of is like survivor for me. I don’t think I could pick out every winner and tell you every winner of every season, but that was something when I read that yesterday, I was like, oh shit, Bindi won. Then I even thought about it.
I’m like, I still even can’t remember her winning and I couldn’t tell you who finished second or third on her season. I’m just not good with that stuff anymore. And I remember Derek was her partner. I just did not remember her winning. But Robert Irwin first contestant announced for season 34 of Dancing With the Stars.
