Season 28 Bachelor lead Joey Graziadei wants a partner for life — both on and off the court. In a promo for the upcoming season, the tennis pro from Collegeville, Pennsylvania prepares to find his love match.
“On January 22, one man will take a swing at finding his lifelong doubles partner,” we hear in voiceover. The teaser is in the form of a movie trailer, “starring Joey Graziadei.” As supporting characters, the promo promises we’ll meet “the 32 different women he’ll be dating at once.”
In a moment alone, one of those women tells Joey, “We are game, set … say it with me … match!” Slow your roll there, girl. We’ve got a long slog ahead of us to get to the Final Rose.
The Bachelor Season 28: “Coming soon to a TV near you”
“I am definitely ready to find my wife,” the tennis pro claims. But first, a little sampling from the buffet table. As Joey watches a fireworks display with one woman, teaches another to swing a tennis racket and makes out in a shower with yet another, the narrator continues, “He’s leaving it all on the court, and his eyes are set on love.”
“I’m falling in love with you,” Joey tells an off-camera contestant. But who will it be? I won’t even try to remember all their names until there are a few less of them.
After being the runner-up in Charity Lawson’s season of The Bachelorette, host Jesse Palmer announced Joey as the new Bachelor at the After the Final Rose in August 2023.
“It’s sinking in very slowly but I’m trying my best just to stay present, enjoy it,” Joey said at the time. “This is crazy … this is wild. I never expected this at all … but I’m excited.”
From heartbreak to gratitude
Following the big announcement, Joey shared on his Instagram that he’d experienced “true heartbreak” when Charity chose Dotun Olubeko on The Bachelorette, but he was looking forward to his own Bachelor journey.
“I cannot wait to see what unfolds over these next few months,” he wrote. “I have grown immensely with my time on the show and know that I’ll always have room for more growth. But I feel more ready than ever to find my person.”
“I can promise you that I will give it my all,” he continued, “and try to just enjoy the hell out of it. All I can do is be myself through and through, and hope I’ll be lucky enough to find love.”
The Bachelor premieres January 22 at 8/7c on ABC.
TELL US – ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO JOEY AS THE BACHELOR? DO YOU THINK HE’LL FIND HIS LOVE CONNECTION?
