‘The Bachelor’ 2025: Who Goes Home in the First Rose Ceremony?
The Bachelor 2025 is here with Grant Ellis at the helm. The 30-year-old day trader hopes to find love after experiencing heartbreak on Jenn Tran’s season of The Bachelorette. The two-hour premiere will show Grant meeting the women who are vying for his love. So, who goes home during the first rose ceremony? Here’s what to know.
[Spoiler alert: The Bachelor Season 29 spoilers ahead regarding the first rose ceremony.]
Who goes home during the first rose ceremony of ‘The Bachelor’ 2025?
The Bachelor Season 29 features Grant Ellis on a quest to find the love of his life. He and Jenn Tran had a promising connection on The Bachelorette, but she sent him home. The women hoping to fall for Grant this season are ecstatic at the opportunity to form a close bond.
“Grant is authentic,” contestant Litia Garr tells the camera in the trailer. “He is genuinely seeking a wife and a mother for his kids.”
The trailer features Grant sharing his artistic side, as he’s seen playing piano and singing during a date. He’s also athletic and challenges the women with a basketball group date.
“I’m not used to dating emotional guys who write you songs and play the piano, and I’m having the best time of my life,” Alexe Godin says while sitting next to Grant on a one-on-one.
In another moment in the trailer, Grant exclaims, “I’m ready to get married; I’m ready to find my wife; I’m ready to have kids. I’m ready for everything.”
While Grant has 25 fabulous women to choose from, The Bachelor 2025 first rose ceremony shows him sending seven women home. According to spoilers, the following women head home on night one:
Christina Smith
J’Nae Squires Horton
Kelsey Curtis
Kyleigh Henrich
Neicey Baxter
Radhika Gupta
Savannah Quinn
This leaves the following women moving on to the second rose ceremony:
Alexe Godin
Alli Jo Hinkes
Allyshia Gupta
Bailey Brown
Beverly Ortega
Carolina Sofia
Chloie Costello
Dina Lupancu
Ella Del Rosario
Juliana Pasquarosa
Litia Garr
Natalie Phillips
Parisa Shifteh
Rebekah Garrett
Rose Sombke
Sarafeina Watkins
Vicky Nyamuswa
Zoe McGrady
Who receives the First Impression Rose?
The Bachelor 2025 lead Grant makes an early connection with Alexe Godin. He awards her the First Impression Rose, which also means that she received the first one-on-one date of the season. According to spoilers, the couple’s first date is shown in the trailer. Grant serenades Alexe and plays the piano for her.
According to the ABC bios, Alexe is a “small-town girl looking for a big-time love.” She’s from Canada and “grew up on a farm surrounded by goats, bunnies and chickens, which led to her lifelong love of animals.” Alexe likes to travel and play beach volleyball in her spare time — and she also loves to “make all her friends laugh.” Her Instagram notes she works as a speech-language pathologist.
In a preview for the season, Alexe brings her “no-drama llama,” Linda, to meet Grant. Grant loved the sentiment and noted that he doesn’t want drama while he’s trying to find love.
The Bachelor Season 29 premiere features a woman from Grant Ellis’ past
The Bachelor 2025 premiere features an early twist. An Instagram teaser shows a mystery woman arriving at the mansion after Grant met all 25 of his contestants.
“I am ecstatic, excited,” Grant says. “I just met 25 fabulous women. I’m trying to fall in love, and the right woman is going to knock me off my feet.”
The teaser shows the woman walking through the mansion toward the other women as the women wonder who she is.
“Is that a new girl?” one contestant asks.
“Is that his ex-girlfriend?” another asks.
“Who is this person? Why are you here?” contestant Allyshia Gupta says. “She means business. She’s here for a reason.”
The woman then interrupts Grant while he’s talking to another contestant. “Holy s***,” Grant says.
This article was originally reported by Reality Steve.
The Bachelor Season 29 premieres on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
