Lauren Burnham

The compelling live three-hour television event will begin with America watching along with the studio audience as Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s journey to find love comes to its astonishing conclusion. The Bachelor prepares to make one of the most difficult choices of his life, having narrowed down the field to two women with whom he is madly in love – Becca K. and Lauren B. – and told both that he loves them. Who does Arie, after much soul-searching, see as his future wife?

Paris is a spectacular backdrop for Arie’s continuing search for his soul mate. After last week’s drama, the women are looking for a fresh start, but they soon discover the dreaded two-on-one date is this week. But first, Lauren B. and Arie tour the city’s tourist attractions. Arie surprises a group of the women with a visit to the legendary dance hall, Moulin Rouge, ending with one of them performing with the Bachelor that night onstage. Krystal and Kendall face off during the two-on-one date that ends with a romantic kiss at the top of the Eiffel Tower for one woman.

The drama is ramped up when Chelsea receives the first one-on-one date in Ft. Lauderdale. Arie swoops in to take her on a luxury yacht, but her checkered past may endanger her getting a rose. Eleven women engage in competitive bowling with the winner going to a private after-party. Tia and Arie travel to the Sawtooth Park Reserve, riding an air boat through the Florida swamps, but her past might spell the end for this happy couple. The women decide to confront one selfish bachelorette about her behavior at the cocktail party. Everyone is on edge as three more women are sent home in tears. The search for love is about to go international, as Arie and the remaining women travel to Paris.

Arie and the remaining seven bachelorettes travel to beautiful Tuscany, Italy, as the hometown dates loom. Becca K. gets the first one-on-one date where the couple will discover if they can rekindle their passionate connection. Meanwhile, a confused Jacqueline visits a surprised Arie in his hotel room. Arie and Lauren B. explore the charming town of Lucca, but is she is ready for a hometown date? Seinne and Arie go hunting for truffles, but Arie is searching for clarity about how she might fit into his life. Finally, Kendall, Tia and Bekah M. battle for the final rose, and Arie is left to wonder if he made the right decision.

As the charming race car driver intensifies his search for his soul mate among the 18 remaining women, Arie selects eight women to battle for supremacy in the wrestling arena with two top veterans of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) – Ursula Hayden and Angelina Altishin – sharing their secrets of success in the ring. The undercard will feature a surprise guest, Kenny “Pretty Boy Pit Bull” King from Bachelorette Rachel’s season, who will take on the Bachelor himself. Lauren S. is the lucky recipient of a romantic one-on-one date with Arie to a Napa Valley vineyard. “The Dynamo Dogs,” a group of lovable canines, and seven of the women perform together, becoming the stage sensation “Arie’s Amazing Acrodogs,” with Chris Harrison and gifted comic actor Fred Willard offering their hilarious commentary. One woman’s best romantic intentions are put to the tough test at the cocktail party.

The stakes are high as Arie crisscrosses the country on an emotionally charged journey to visit the final four women’s hometowns. He meets Kendall in Los Angeles for one of most bizarre dates in Bachelor history, which is followed by an unsettling meeting with his potential in-laws. Then, Arie travels to Weiner, Arkansas, where Tia’s parents batter him with questions. The Bachelor’s next adventure takes him to Prior Lake, Minnesota, where he joins Becca K. for a romantic homespun afternoon. However, he comes under fire again, as Becca’s family is skeptical of Arie. His final hometown date in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is with Lauren B. An uncomfortable family dinner awaits him. An unnerved Arie has difficulty facing the four women at the rose ceremony. There is a gut-wrenching exit in store for one of them, and Arie is left to question his hardest decision yet.