‘The Bachelor’ spoilers: Becca Tilley, Amber James officially return for Ben Higgins season

The stories have been churning for quite some time, but it’s now official: Becca Tilley and Amber James from “The Bachelor 19” starring Chris Soules are coming back to win Ben Higgins’ heart. ABC confirmed the full cast of contenders today, and these are the two who stood out immediately in the group.

Why are these two back? Publicity is obviously the big thing to speculate on, especially given that this is the third edition of the show Amber has appeared on in the past year, which is somewhat interesting since we don’t really consider her that big of a character. Becca, however, is somewhat surprising given that she seemed fairly quiet on Chris Soules’ season, and the reason she failed to get the final rose was in part due to her own ability to really open up and fully embrace the “process” (which does at times mean embarrassing yourself and/or wearing uncomfortably skimpy clothing). How will it be different this time?

We’re going to be getting into our official spotlight articles shortly, after ABC starts to showcase more of the full bios for the cast (which they haven’t yet, as of this writing). What we’ll tell you is that there is someone whose listed job is “chicken enthusiast” (right up there with “dog lover” in the realm of odd profession choices), and there are two twins whose job is listed mostly as “twin.” We figure we’re going to have a lot to say about them, given that we would say for now their job is more “Bachelor in Paradise fodder” than anything else.

So where will you be able to find most of our “Bachelor” coverage leading into the premiere on January 4? Let’s just say that you should get acquainted with this link!

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