For weeks audiences everywhere have been trying to guess who this season’s bachelor Grant Ellis will end up with. As Season 29 of The Bachelor wrapped up on March 24th we finally got to see who Grant got down on one knee for.
If you haven’t been watching this season or have never seen the show The Bachelor, it is a reality dating show that follows a single bachelor who dates multiple women for several weeks trying to navigate connections and end the show in an engagement. Each season the number of girls could range between 25 to 32. They all live together in the bachelor mansion and travel around the world to go on special dates. Each episode a few girls go home. How that works is if you do not receive a rose at the end of the night at the rose ceremony you are sent home. This happens for weeks until the finale when the bachelor has to choose between two final women to propose to.
The bachelor Grant Ellis is 31 years old and living in Houston, Texas. He is currently a day trader but he used to be a pro basketball player in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto in the Dominican Republic. He spent nine weeks navigating and dating 25 women and finally narrowed it down to two final contestants, Juliana Pasquarosa and Litia Garr. In the end, he came to his final decision and got down on one knee for Juliana Pasquarosa, asking her to marry him. Juliana is a 28-year-old marketing manager living in Newton, Massachusetts.
To look back on the season, Grant formed many connections with multiple women. His biggest connections were the final four contestants Dina Lupancu, Juliana Pasquarosa, Litia Garr, and Zoe McGtady. These four women made it far in the show to the hometown episode. Which is when Grant has a visit with each one of the women’s families. It is an important time in the show for Grant to make big decisions and build stronger connections. Leading up to the finale the final three women Juliana, Zoe, and Latia traveled to the Dominican Republic, where they would have fantasy suite dates. The fantasy suite is where the couples go on a date with Grant and after they have a nice dinner he ends up asking if they want to spend the night together for quality time, which they don’t often get throughout the show. These dates give Grant more time to get to know the women better and help him make his final decision. At the end of the fantasy suites episode, during the rose ceremony, Grant chooses to send Zoe home leaving Juliana and Latia.
During the finale, Grant spent the day leading up to the engagement having both Litia and Juliana meet his family and getting insight from them. Litia expressed to his family her strong feelings for Grant and the love they share. While Juliana in the beginning questioned her readiness for an engagement. But at the end of their date, she did express to Grant her love for him and that she was ready. After meeting Grants family each women went on their final date with Grant and said goodbye. The next time he would see these women is at the altar. Grant had a hard time making his final decision. He had two amazing and beautiful women to choose from. However, in the end, he chose Juliana. The two of them gave sweet and short speeches to eachother before Grant asked Juliana to marry him.
Litia was heartbroken and blindsided by his decisions. She expressed to Grant her confusion and disappointment. Latia revealed in the episode that Grant had reassured her that they were going to be getting engaged and he wanted to stop the whole show at one point because he was so confident in their connection. During the live “After the Final Rose” special, Latia and Grant got to talk for the first time since filming and she was able to get answers and closure.
At the end of the live special, Juliana and Grant came out on stage to talk to the host, Jesse Palmer, confirming they were still together and happily engaged. They talked about their future together and what is to come next for their relationship like moving in together.
Overall, Season 29 of The Bachelor was not one of my favorites but it was a good watch. I am excited to see what the future holds for Juliana and Grant.