Nick Viall - Bachelor 21 - Episode 1 - Jan 1st - Jan 2nd - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

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Maddy wrote:

Mike Fleiss ‏@fleissmeister 1h
Don't forget about Sunday night. It's the most shocking pre-show... EVER!!! #TheBachelor

I'm guessing that is because they will finally announce/acknowledge the split.

Dimensions: 22’H x 18’W x 55’L

Float Title: Echoes of Love

Float Theme
In anticipation and celebration of Season 21, The Bachelor reality television series will again inspire love through flowers with the final outcome of presenting a single red rose in a proposal of marriage. The natural habitat of this lover’s paradise is shielded by a lush canopy of orchid filled trees. The tropical jungle comes alive in this fantasy adventure setting for The Bachelor with couplings of exotic animals featuring sloths, howler monkeys, toucans, ocelots, iguanas, frogs and blue morpho butterflies. Creating the backdrop of this lush depiction of flora and fauna is a fresh waterfall that gently cascades through fern draped gardens into a tranquil azure pool of water. Ancient art vessels and ceramic pottery pays homage to this exceptional setting and the artistic craftsman of the region. The Bachelor is the most successful dating television show in history. Now, as our 21st season begins, we celebrate the echoes of our bachelors and bachelorettes who successfully found their true love. Their success echoes through their marriages and even through their children.

Flowers/Materials used
A dazzling display of intricate floral detail emphasizes the exotic sculpture of the life-like animals. Toucans have individually feathers cut from sheets of black seaweed. with throats petaled in coconut chips and beaks created from red lentil placed one by one. The howler monkeys have fur designed from pharmitas with accents of pampas grass. The sloths are creatively crafted in an array of grasses including uva and buffalo. Shades of gold, bronze and cream strawflower petals, with black onion seed accents, create the fur on the ocelots. The frogs are petaled in Yellow Tip leucadendron leaves and the iguanas are created in individual green mung beans and split peas. Black beans, raw coffee beans, pinto beans and red kidney beans create the intricate designs on the ancient ceramic pottery pots. Over 10,000 stems of yellow Giant Oncidium, red James Story and red Mokara orchids create the lavish floral cascades of the tree canopy with trucks and limbs decorated in dried cranberry leaves. Specialty bromeliads and epiphytes accent the trunks. The treehouse is built from woven dried palm fibers. Floral gardens of over 15,000 roses in hues of florescent orange and vibrant red weave through the exotic rainforest floor created from thousands of specialty ferns and foliage amid orange, red and yellow pin cushion protea, Acorn banksia and assorted heliconia including Bihir, Red King Kong, Lobster Claw, Pagoda and Rostrata. A floral boarder of orange Casino anthuriums, purple Mokara orchids and Rothschild hybrid Vanda orchids with monstera leaves frame the float.

Now, as our 21st season begins, we celebrate the echoes of our bachelors and bachelorettes who successfully found their true love. Their success echoes through their marriages and even through their children.

lipsis wrote:

Now, as our 21st season begins, we celebrate the echoes of our bachelors and bachelorettes who successfully found their true love. Their success echoes through their marriages and even through their children.

Interesting. So I wonder if that is a hint as to who might be riding on the float with Nick, if anyone is?

GuardianAngel wrote:

61. The Bachelor – “Echoes of Love”: The reality show is going exotic and tropical with their third parade entry. The show’s 21st season kicks off on January 2 with new bachelor Nick Viall, riding the float, returning to the Bachelor Mansion for his turn to find his true love.
http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/12/21/heres-the-complete-rose-parade-2017-lineup-with-every-float-band-and-equestrian-group-in-order/

The Countdown to Nick special will also feature updates about several cast members from previous seasons, including Des and Chris Siegfried, Ashley and J.P. Rosenbaum, Sean and Catherine Lowe, Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell, and Kaitlyn Bristowe and Shawn Booth. Bachelor stars Chris, Nick, Sean, and Ben [Image by ABC Television Network] And fans won’t want to miss the relationship updates from two Bachelor in Paradise couples. Carly Waddell and Evan Bass are still happily engaged, according to their Instagram accounts, but there have been rumors buzzing online that Amanda Stanton and Josh Murray have split

Nick will appear in the Rose Bowl Parade before the Bachelor premiere According to NBC, the 2017 Rose Parade will once again feature a Bachelor float and fans can watch the festivities starting at 11 a.m. ET on January 2 on ABC, NBC or HGTV just hours before the Bachelor premiere begins. Although while the float design has not been revealed yet, fans can expect it to be decked out in roses with Nick Viall front and center.
Tune in to watch ABC’s Countdown to Nick special at 8 p.m. ET on January 1, followed by the premiere of The Bachelor Season 21 at 8 p.m. ET on January 2

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Robert Mills ‏@Millsy11374  
Now that we are in 2017, start your Jan 1st off with #TheBachelor:CountdownToNick at 8 and #ToTellTheTruth at 9!

Mike Fleiss ‏@fleissmeister 1h
Happy New Year, #BachelorNation !!! Don't forget that @viallnicholas28 season kicks off TONITE with the most dramatic pre-show-- EVER!!!

Ashley Iaconetti ‏@ashleyiaco  50m
Tonight, there's a special send off special for our buddy @viallnicholas28 on ABC. All your faves will make an appearance.