Originally posted Friday, June 1, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog
ABC’s sturdy reality series “The Bachelor” will be returning in 2019 for its 23rd season. The network is starting its open casting calls for women who want to join the show even before we know who “The Bachelor” will be.
The producers will stop at the WSB-TV building Saturday, June 23 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Atlantans pop up on occasion on the show and one - Andi Dorfman - ended up becoming "The Bachelorette" in 2014 after almost becoming Juan Pablo's fiance season 18. She ended up picking fellow Atlantan Josh Murray, but their engagement was short lived. After the break up, she moved to New York City and wrote a tell-all book in 2016 that did not portray Murray kindly.
This season's "Bachelorette," which debuted this past Monday, features a construction manager from Alpharetta named Alex Templeman who was barely seen and was cut week two.
The address for the casting call is 1601 West Peachtree Street N.E. in Atlanta.
If you can't make it in person, you can fill out an application on the Warner Brothers website. Questions include whether you drink, whether you've ever been arrested, why would you want to find a spouse on TV, describing your ideal mate, your hobbies and three adjectives that would surprise people about you. It's recommended you also create a video.
There is no specified age range but the cast tends to be men and women in their 20s and 30s. The last group of “Bachelor” candidates ranged in age from 22 to 33.
Nowadays, “The Bachelor” is usually someone who appeared on the previous “Bachelorette.” And being on “The Bachelor” is in effect a casting call to join “The Bachelorette” in 2019.
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