The first three contestants on Colton Underwood's season [1] of The Bachelor [2] have been unveiled! While sitting down with Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday [3], she surprised the 26-year-old former football player [4] by introducing three of the women who will be vying for his heart in season 23: Katie, Annie, and Sydney. The women played a game of "Know or Go," answering a handful of the talk show host's questions until one lucky bachelorette, Annie, was crowned the winner and got a hug from Colton.
After coming in fourth on Becca's season, Colton appeared on Bachelor in Paradise and seemed to be very much in love with Tia Booth [5], which was a contributing factor for why Becca sent him home [6]. But then on the Sept. 3 episode of the spinoff, he broke it off with Tia and both stars left paradise before the upcoming finale.
The football player started his own charity, the Colton Underwood Legacy Foundation [8], and in addition to dating Becca and Tia, he's also been in a relationship with Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman. One of the big things to remember about Colton's time on Becca's season — other than the awkward love triangle with Tia — was the fact he was still a virgin. He told Becca that he was not waiting for marriage, but merely for the right person. We can already imagine the field day The Bachelor [9]'s producers will have with that storyline during his Fantasy Suite episodes [10] . . .
Does it seem like Colton is in a good place to find love? Hopefully you — and the following three women — think so, because there's a whole lot more of him headed our way in 2019. The full list of contestants likely won't be announced until later this month, so in the meantime, meet the group of women you'll definitely be seeing when the show premieres in January [11].
Sydney
We don't know her age or job (taxidermist? social media participant?), but we do know that she needs to brush up on her pick-up lines ("Hi Colton, are you an angel? Or did you fall from heaven?").
Annie
The tiny blonde told Ellen and Colton that she owns seven dogs and lives on a horse farm, so she's excited about the fact that he's an animal-lover, too.
Katie
Katie said her ideal first date with Colton would be in Malibu, where they'd eat at Malibu Farms or have a picnic ("something with food").