'The Bachelor': Meet the 31 Ladies Vying for Clayton Echard's Heart!

Season 26 Bachelor Clayton Echard will be the first to admit he made mistakes as the lead, but he doesn’t regret his decision to offer Salley Carson a rose during the Monday, January 3, premiere — even though she turned him down.

Laying his heart on the line! Bachelor Nation complained that Clayton Echard did not get enough screen time during season 18 of The Bachelorette, but he will finally be center stage as he searches for love on season 26 of The Bachelor. There is still plenty that fans do not know about the reality star, so Us Weekly asked him to share 25 fun facts about himself.

Season 26 Bachelor Clayton Echard told himself that he wouldn’t fall in love with more than one person on the ABC series … until he found himself captivated with three different women.

As always, Bachelor Nation went through a lot of ups and downs this year, but the franchise ended on a high note after a bumpy start to 2021.

Buckle up, Bachelor Nation. Clayton Echard is “looking forward to watching” season 26 of The Bachelor — but knows he’s going to have to own up to his mistakes.

Clayton Echard is more than ready for  fans to watch his journey to love.The 28-year-old made his Bachelor Nation debut as a suitor on Michelle Young's season of . He sparked rumors of his casting as the next lead after published photos of a man that resembled him filming what appeared to be a promo shoot for the show outside of a house in his native Missouri.

Clayton Echard‘s journey for love is nearly here, and he’s not letting any critics keep him from enjoying the ride.

Clayton Echard's journey for love is nearly here, and he's not letting any critics keep him from enjoying the ride.During Tuesday's finale of Michelle Young's season of , during the special, Clayton joined host Kaitlyn Bristowe to tease his upcoming season. However, she decided that they needed to «address the elephant in the room.»«There's been a lot of mixed reactions to you being announced as the new Bachelor,» Kaitlyn said.

EXCLUSIVE: Lance Reddick (John Wick franchise), Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea), André Holland (Passing), Terrence Howard (Empire), Christina Jackson (Swagger), Michael Cherrie (Home Again), Dorian Missick (For Life), Amirah Vann (Underground), W. Earl Brown (Deadwood) and newcomer Ethan Jones Romero have joined the cast of Shirley, an upcoming film from Participant and Regina King’s Royal Ties Productions, which has landed at Netflix.

ABC has announced the 31 women set to compete on this upcoming season of The Bachelor, airing in early 2022!

As Michelle Young’s season of The Bachelorette winds down, Clayton Echard is ready to start handing out roses.

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Wendi Trilling has sold three broadcast comedy projects through her TrillTV banner, Full Bloom, written by Me, Myself & I duo of Dan Kopelman & Susanna Wolff, to ABC; as well as Black In Therapy, from Howard Jordan, Jr. (Call Me Kat), and Tiny Putin, written by Mat Harawitz (LA To Vegas), both to CBS. All three projects stem from the producer partnership former longtime CBS head of comedy Trilling and her TrillTV have with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.

He understood the assignment. The first look at season 26 of the Bachelor may have teased Clayton Echard‘s success at finding love, but did his search for The One end a little too well?

Clayton Echard's upcoming season of , and it's chock-full of drama.The preview begins with romance, kisses and endless optimism, as Clayton states, «I’m a Midwest boy from Missouri that just wants to find love.»«I can’t wait to get married and have kids. I believe more than anything that my future wife is here,» he says.