‘The Bachelor’ speculation: When will Ben Higgins’ cast of ladies be released?

The new season of “The Bachelor” featuring Ben Higgins as the lead will premiere on Monday, January 4, and that is still quite a while to wait.

With that being said, though, you’re not going to have to wait anywhere near as long most likely to see the full cast announced! Last year with Chris Soules as the leading man, ABC unveiled the official cast of contenders on December 4. Therefore, it is certainly possible to think that the reveal for the new cast will be coming this week! If the show opts for the same exact day, then December 3 (Thursday) could be when we meet some of these women for the first time. However, there is no hard-and-fast rule on when the cast is released for fans of the show. Sometimes, ABC chooses to let it linger for a while to make fans curious, and there have been times when it was even released while the show was still filming.

Ben’s season has already wrapped up, and now our leading man is in the middle of the terrible process trying to keep everything that happened a secret. Let’s hope that he found someone along the way … and that the journey is eventful at every step. The ideal “Bachelor” season in many ways is Sean Lowe’s, given that he found someone he was able to marry in the end … and we got a lot of great drama along the way. What better mixture of things can you really ask for?

As with every season in the past, we’re going to be analyzing all of the contenders over the course of the next month leading up to the premiere. Stay tuned!

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