Seems like things are pretty back to normal in the world of The Bachelorette.
After a long, delayed year of pandemic panic and lead switch-ups, it seems like the ABC reality show is at least a little bit back to normal in a new promo, exclusive to E! News. People are making out. People are crying. Ambulances are arriving. Former contestants are showing up. Bachelorette Katie Thurston is threatening to quit. It looks like a whole mess, but it's the kind of mess we love to see on this show. The kind of mess we've missed!
There are "surprises and scandals" ahead, the promo promises, and "the sky's the limit." While that last line has us worried about the return of Pilot Pete (who traumatized us all two Bachelor seasons ago), the returnee is actually Blake Moynes, who lived through both Clare Crawley and Tayshia Adams' seasons of The Bachelorette. He's got a little boom box and a smile on his face, apparently there to shoot his shot with Katie, too.
Of course, the other big twist of this season is the fact that Tayshia and Kaitlyn Bristowe have taken over as Katie's Bachelorette mentors while Chris Harrison takes a step back from the franchise.
The two hosts can be seen briefly in the promo, saying in unison, "Let the journey begin!" Let's hope they don't spend the entire season speaking in unison!
ABC already released a first look at the 30 men (or 29 men and one box) who will be competing for Katie's heart this season, and you can keep up with all of them below!
Blake
30, a wildlife manager from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Greg
27, a marketing sales rep from Edison, NJ.
Justin
26, an investment sales consultant from Baltimore, MD.
Michael
36, a business owner from Akron, OH.
ELIMINATED: Andrew S.
26, a pro football player from Vienna, Austria.
ELIMINATED: Brendan
26, a firefighter trainee from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
ELIMINATED: Mike
31, a gym owner from San Diego, CA.
ELIMINATED: Aaron
26, an insurance agent from San Diego, CA.
ELIMINATED: James
30, a software salesman from La Jolla, CA.
ELIMINATED: Tre
26, a software engineer from Covington, GA.
ELIMINATED: Hunter
34, a software strategist from Houston, TX.
ELIMINATED: Connor B.
29, a math teacher from Nashville, TN.
ELIMINATED: Andrew M.
31, a deputy district attorney from Newport Beach, CA.
ELIMINATED: Josh
25, an IT consultant from Miami, FL.
ELIMINATED: Quartney
26, a nutrition entrepreneur from Dallas, TX.
ELIMINATED: Christian
26, a real estate agent from Boston, MA.
ELIMINATED: Conor C.
28, a former baseball player from Costa Mesa, CA.
ELIMINATED: David
27, a technical product specialist from Nashville, TN.
ELIMINATED: Thomas
28, a real estate broker from Poway, CA.
ELIMINATED: Garrett
29, a software marketing manager from Salinas, CA.
ELIMINATED: John
27, a bartender from Pacific Beach, CA.
ELIMINATED: Karl
34, a motivational speaker from Miami, FL.
ELIMINATED: Kyle
26, a technical recruiter from Fort Lauderdale, FL.
ELIMINATED: Cody
27, a zipper sales manager from San Diego, CA.
ELIMINATED: Gabriel
35, an entrepreneur from Charlotte, NC.
ELIMINATED: Brandon
26, an auto parts manager from Queens, NY.
ELIMINATED: Jeff
31, a surgical skin salesman from Jersey City, NJ.
ELIMINATED: Landon
25, a basketball coach from Dallas, TX.
ELIMINATED: Austin
25, a real estate investor from Mission Viejo, CA.
ELIMINATED: Marcus
30, a real estate broker from Portland, OR.
The Bachelorette premieres Monday, June 7 at 8 p.m. on ABC.