Bachelor 19 - Chris Soules - Media - Tweets - Facebook - IG - *Spoilers & Sleuthing* - Discussion #2

RealitySteve ‏@RealitySteve
"Why did the walrus go to the Tupperware party?" "Because he wanted to find a tight seal." - Kaitlyn on night 1 to Chris & the other girls

RealitySteve ‏@RealitySteve
This was after Kaitlyn told Chris in her greeting with him, "You can plow the (bleep) out of my field any day." Oh, she's a riot.

RealitySteve ‏@RealitySteve
The 7 girls who they show intro videos for in episode 1 are: Britt, Jillian, Amanda, Whitney, Mackenzie, Alissa, and Kelsey.

RealitySteve ‏@RealitySteve
Episode 1 major focuses: Britt, Whitney, Kaitlyn, Tara's drinking, & there being 30 girls instead of 25. Other than that, same ol' same ol'

RealitySteve ‏@RealitySteve
Woops. And if they're setting one girl up to be a little cray cray, it'd be Ashley S. Ummmm, she's infatuated with onions. You'll see.

RealitySteve ‏@RealitySteve
Whitney is cute, energetic, sincere, & totally there 4 Chris. She also has the most whiny, nasally, & highest pitched voice ever. Get ready

RealitySteve ‏@RealitySteve
Some will think it's cute, some won't care, & some will prob be driven up a wall by it. It's certainly unlike any voice I can remember

Presenting … the most humble Bachelor ever.



When Chris Soules's season of The Bachelor premieres Jan. 5 on ABC, viewers might not see as many castles and crystal-clear beaches as they're used to on the hit show.

"We stayed in the United States for the most part, obviously spending time in Iowa," the show's host Chris Harrison tells PEOPLE about the season. "We really wanted to embrace who this guy was and what the girls are going to have to eventually live with."

A fourth-generation farmer from Arlington, Iowa, Soules is "a hard-working blue collar guy," adds Harrison. "He comes from a very different place – literally and figuratively – and that's what we were all taken by."

Indeed, meeting 30 women on the first night of shooting "was nerve-racking," Soules – who's previously had two serious relationships – tells PEOPLE exclusively. "I was going in completely open-minded and there were so many great girls ... the quality of women was pretty amazing."

Taking the women on dates that included camping and fighting zombies, Soules, 33, wanted to "see how they could handle it," he explains. "It's not really a show for roughing it. Generally speaking, the girls are living in a mansion and there's this whole reputation of extravagant, amazing dates."

Dumped by Andi Dorfman on her season of The Bachelorette after she ultimately couldn't picture life as a farmer's wife, Soules could focus more on finding love this time rather than worrying about whether or not the women could accept his lifestyle "because everyone knew what they were getting into," he says.

"[With] Andi, it was always kind of the elephant in the room that we didn't really talk about until it came right down to it," he says. "My goal in being the Bachelor was to find someone I first could just fall in love with and think and hope and believe she is my soulmate … compromise is the next thing to focus on."

So did the process – which included its fair share of drama, of course – work for Soules?

"I am happy I did it," the reality star said about finding his future wife on the show. "I don't think I could get through that again, [but] I'm extremely happy with the outcome. I'm happy to say I'm in love. That's pretty crazy!"

For more exclusive details on Soules's dramatic journey to love, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on stands Tuesday

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Kashathediva wrote:Sounds like their spin on coal miner's daughter.