Former Bachelorettes will welcome Taylor Frankie Paul in 'The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose' special event

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM

Taylor Frankie Paul and 18 other former leads of 'The Bachelorette' in 'The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose.' (John Fleenor/ Disney)

Bachelor Nation, get ready to welcome a brand-new Bachelorette to the franchise.

ABC has announced that a special preview of Taylor Frankie Paul's upcoming season of The Bachelorette is coming very soon. The special, which is called The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose, will debut on ABC and Hulu immediately after the Oscars live telecast on March 15.

The new special will find 18 former Bachelorettes gathered together to look back on all of their respective journeys and offer advice to the newest leading lady, Paul.

Former Bachelorettes who will be featured on the special event are Trista Sutter, Meredith Phillips, DeAnna Pappas, Ali Fedotowsky-Manno, Ashley Hebert-Rosenbaum, Emily Maynard-Johnson, Desiree Siegfried, Andi Dorfman-Hart, Kaitlyn Bristowe, JoJo Fletcher, Rachel Lindsay, Becca Kufrin, Hannah Brown-Woolard, Tayshia Adams, Katie Thurston, Rachel Recchia, Charity Lawson and Joan Vassos, who is the franchise's first-ever Golden Bachelorette.

"Consider this our first date. Watch The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose, a special preview of Taylor's season following the live telecast of The Oscars March 15," the official Bachelorette account posted to Instagram on Wednesday.

The Bachelorette's new season premieres March 22 on ABC and streams the next day on Hulu.