Who Does Bachelor Nation Want for the Next Lead?

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Who Does Bachelor Nation Want for the Next Lead?

Bachelor Nation devotees, listen up! As the announcement of the next Bachelor star is quickly approaching, former contestants are sharing their pick for the coveted role. With the exception of former stars like Arie Luyendyk Jr., the Bachelor is typically selected from the prior Bachelorette’s top contenders. After season 15 concluded in July, a few names have been tossed into the mix as potential candidates for the part: Mike Johnson, Peter Weber and Tyler Cameron. Johnson, 31, quickly became a fan favorite during Hannah Brown’s run on the spinoff show. The Texas native, who is also an Air Force vet, was eliminated by the former pageant queen in week 7. On August 8, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that Johnson “is being seriously considered to be Bachelor, and producers have brought up his name a lot to potential contestants.” [jwplayer 3tdq5dOc-l3ahXupL] Weber, 28, made it to Brown’s top three men before getting cut. The beloved star was a part of a headline-making season revelation, which involved the charming pilot having sex with Brown in a windmill multiple times. “I was a little dishonest about something,” Brown told the live audience during the Bachelorette’s two-night finale. “Since it’s out there. I did say there was something Peter and I did twice. It was actually four times.” Cameron, 26, was Brown’s runner-up. She ended her relationship with the model and chose Jed Wyatt instead. After revealing that she broke off her engagement with the musician, the Bachelor alum asked the Florida native to “go for drinks” on live TV. Cameron agreed, and was spotted leaving Brown’s place the morning after their date on August 1. Days after his time with Brown, he was seen out with supermodel Gigi Hadid. The pair have since hung out on multiple occasions. [jwplayer RgvogUeM-l3ahXupL] “If Tyler is bouncing around from girl to girl and loving the life and enjoying the limelight, which, by the way, good on him. That’s fine. If that’s what you want to do right now, I don’t blame him,” host Chris Harrison told Entertainment Tonight on August 5. “He’s probably enjoying life really, really well — but that’s not someone we’re going to want to have as our Bachelor or Bachelorette. So, it’s about sincerity. It’s about where you are in your life. And if that’s where he is in his life, then he’s not the guy for us.” With the role of Bachelor still up for grabs, scroll down to see who Bachelor Nation wants to be the show’s next lead.

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Who Does Bachelor Nation Want for the Next Lead?

Bachelor Nation devotees, listen up! As the announcement of the next Bachelor star is quickly approaching, former contestants are sharing their pick for the coveted role. With the exception of former stars like Arie Luyendyk Jr., the Bachelor is typically selected from the prior Bachelorette’s top contenders. After season 15 concluded in July, a few names have been tossed into the mix as potential candidates for the part: Mike Johnson, Peter Weber and Tyler Cameron. Johnson, 31, quickly became a fan favorite during Hannah Brown’s run on the spinoff show. The Texas native, who is also an Air Force vet, was eliminated by the former pageant queen in week 7. On August 8, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that Johnson “is being seriously considered to be Bachelor, and producers have brought up his name a lot to potential contestants.” [jwplayer 3tdq5dOc-l3ahXupL] Weber, 28, made it to Brown’s top three men before getting cut. The beloved star was a part of a headline-making season revelation, which involved the charming pilot having sex with Brown in a windmill multiple times. “I was a little dishonest about something,” Brown told the live audience during the Bachelorette’s two-night finale. “Since it’s out there. I did say there was something Peter and I did twice. It was actually four times.” Cameron, 26, was Brown’s runner-up. She ended her relationship with the model and chose Jed Wyatt instead. After revealing that she broke off her engagement with the musician, the Bachelor alum asked the Florida native to “go for drinks” on live TV. Cameron agreed, and was spotted leaving Brown’s place the morning after their date on August 1. Days after his time with Brown, he was seen out with supermodel Gigi Hadid. The pair have since hung out on multiple occasions. [jwplayer RgvogUeM-l3ahXupL] “If Tyler is bouncing around from girl to girl and loving the life and enjoying the limelight, which, by the way, good on him. That’s fine. If that’s what you want to do right now, I don’t blame him,” host Chris Harrison told Entertainment Tonight on August 5. “He’s probably enjoying life really, really well — but that’s not someone we’re going to want to have as our Bachelor or Bachelorette. So, it’s about sincerity. It’s about where you are in your life. And if that’s where he is in his life, then he’s not the guy for us.” With the role of Bachelor still up for grabs, scroll down to see who Bachelor Nation wants to be the show’s next lead.

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Bibiana Julian

The Bachelor in Paradise alum casted her vote for Mike Johnson during an “I Don't Get It” podcast interview with Naz Perez and Lauren Iaconetti. “Mike Johnson, he’s my No 1,” the Miami native said. “I think Derek [Peth] being the Bachelor would be almost as good as Hannah [Brown] being the Bachelorette. It’s like an underdog. [Mike] is so cute and he’s like big. I met him at [Chris Randone and Krystal Nielson’s] wedding. I connected with him at the wedding and we talked for a while. I do think him and I communicate in that whole self-care, self-love, spiritual level where the conversations are more deep.”

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Colton Underwood

Underwood hilariously revealed that he wanted Peter to be the Bachelor because his girlfriend, Cassie Randolph, is a fan. “I still want Peter to be Bachelor because Cass said he was cute. So let’s get him off the market,” the former Bachelor star told Entertainment Tonight at the 2019 ESPY Awards.

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JoJo Fletcher & Jordan Rodgers

The Cash Pad stars had different opinions on who should land the coveted role. “I like Mike and I like Pete. Pilot Pete,” Fletcher exclusively told Us Weekly in a paired interview with Rodgers at the TCA Summer Press Tour in August. “I think it’s time for a black Bachelor. I think [Mike’s] very handsome. I think he’s charming. I think a lot of girls like him. I think he’ll be great. So he’s a great option.”

Rodgers, meanwhile, noted that he had “only watched a few episodes” of Brown’s season, but “liked Pete.”

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Rachel Lindsay

In an August 8 interview with Life & Style, Lindsay declared that she was Team Mike. “Mike Johnson should be the Bachelor, 100 percent,” she said. “I mean, I have my own reasons, but … I’m like, ‘Demi Lovato is legitimately trying to shoot her shot with him.’ So, I mean, I think that’s enough said.”

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Tayshia Adams

On Lindsay and Ali Fedotowsky’s “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast, Adams was asked to choose between Peter and Mike for the next Bachelor. Without hesitation, she said “Mike” — her Bachelor in Paradise costar.

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Hannah Brown

While Brown told ET Online that it would be “a little hard to see” Tyler in the role “because there’s still feelings there,” she later admitted on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that it was “weird” to pick the next Bachelor from her former suitors. She nonetheless praised Mike and Peter. “I thought Peter was really great ... Mike is great,” she said. “I want them to have happiness, so maybe it will work out better for them than it did for me.”

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Tyler Cameron

During an appearance on Nick Viall’s “The Viall Files” podcast, the general contractor chose an unorthodox pick for the leading role when he backed Matt James — his best friend and business partner. “Everyone needs to apply Matt James for The Bachelorette. Maybe just skip that and go to The Bachelor,” he said at the time. “My goal is to get him on, he needs some convincing so everybody get after him, get him convinced to go and he'll be a great guy for the show.”