And so it begins, Katie Thurston begins her journey and everything in between. With a number of changes that have taken place, it will be interesting to see how this season will continue to unfold in ABC’s The Bachelorette! We first met Katie during the 25th season of The Bachelor with Matt James. We liked how she was comfortable in her own skin as well as being someone who was always transparent when it came to saying what was going on in the house.

This season, we’re at the Hyatt in New Mexico for a change of pace along with two hosts that are former Bachelorettes, Tayshia Adams (Season 16) and Kaitlyn Bristowe (Season 11) who give her some insight on her new role with suggestions on how to navigate it. It will be interesting to see both of them working with her and seeing it through their lens with their previous experience as well as what they would have liked to have known when they were going through it. We’re introduced to the bachelors getting to know more about them as well as how they are spending their time in quarantine before being able to meet everyone. Of course, the first night is always good to see how people introduce themselves. Definitely making a bit of a moment was Tre jumping out of the ball pit in the truck bed. Hearing her say that Greg reminded her of her ex-boyfriend and not being sure whether that was a good or bad thing, was a bit awkward.

Weare introduced to all 30 of the men vying for Katie’s attention: Aaron, Andrew M., Andrew S., Austin, Brandon, Brendan, Christian, Cody, Connor B., Conor C., David, Gabriel, Garrett, Greg, Hunter, James, Jeff, John, Josh, Justin, Karl, Kyle, Landon, Marcus, Marty, Michael, Mike, Quartney, Thomas and Tre. Katie gets to know the guys more while James continues to stay in the gift box - surely, he may be questioning his strategy on that one. III

The first impression rose is brought out and it changes the mood in the room. But we finally get to meet James and we think that we were right to think that he was a contender for Hometowns in our pre-The Bachelorette season 17 post from a few weeks ago. Clearly, the other guys also feel that this is someone to watch. The first impression rose is given to Greg! If you’re chatting on Twitter, you know that there are a number of people that are fans of him. We thought with the mega makeout session with Connor B. the Cat, that he was a shoe in (although we don’t see it in terms of the long game), just goes to show you that you never know! After the rose is handed out, Kaitlyn and Tayshia let the guys know that the rose ceremony is about to begin.

Ultimately, the following men are given a rose: Aaron, Andrew M., Andrew S., Brendan, Christian, Cody, Connor B., Conor C., David, Garrett, Greg, Hunter, James, John, Josh, Justin, Karl, Kyle, Michael, Mike, Quartney, Thomas and Tre.

Katie sends Austin, Brandon, Gabriel, Jeff, Landon, Marcus and Marty home.

It will be interesting to see if new guys will be added into the season in future episodes.

Each night, when the season launches, we’ll tweet about The Bachelor and you can chat along with us (@AthleisureMag + with our Co-Founder/Creative + Style Director, Kimmie Smith @ShesKimmie) to see what’s taking place!

Each week we will let you know who our faves were last episode and if we’ve changed up since then as it pertains to who we think should go to Hometowns.

We also suggest a podcast that we’ve become obsessed with over the past few seasons, Wondery’s Bachelor Happy Hour to get their feedback!

SEASON 17, EPISODE 1

This is going to be an interesting season with Katie at the helm. We’re also excited to see the hosts, Kaitlyn Bristowe and Tayshia Adams. Based on tonight’s episode, we’re looking at these guys as the ones that could make it to Hometowns. In our pre-post, we guessed 4 men and ultimately, we continue to see Connor B. as well as James going to Hometowns; morevover, we also think that Greg and Tré will also be there.