The inaugural season of “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart” wrapped Monday, naming Chris Watson and Bri Strauss as the first winners of the series. Their success came with a promise of writing, recording, and touring their music as a pair, but where are they now? And which couples are still together and making music? We tracked down the musicians for relationship updates and — hopefully — some new tunes to listen to!
Chris Watson and Bri Strauss
The winners of the series were last seen during the finale recording their track “Beyond,” which dropped on their self-titled debut album Tuesday. The tracks include five original songs, in addition to five covers from their previous “Listen To Your Heart” performances.
While the pair is very much still together, they’re quarantining separately in their respective home-states. Their album “Chris and Bri” is available on all streaming platforms.
Trevor Holmes and Jamie Gabrielle...
Chris Watson and Bri Strauss
The winners of the series were last seen during the finale recording their track “Beyond,” which dropped on their self-titled debut album Tuesday. The tracks include five original songs, in addition to five covers from their previous “Listen To Your Heart” performances.
While the pair is very much still together, they’re quarantining separately in their respective home-states. Their album “Chris and Bri” is available on all streaming platforms.
Trevor Holmes and Jamie Gabrielle...
- 5/19/2020
- by Haley Kluge and Meredith Woerner
- Variety Film + TV
“The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart” winners Chris Watson and Bri Stauss are still together and have already dropped an album, but like any Bachelor Nation series, not every couple found a happy ending on the show.
The musical spin-off boasted a cast of 23 singing singles, but almost half of them were gone after the first two weeks of “Bachelor in Paradise”-esque mingling and eliminating. And then we lost another duo, Gabe Baker and Ruby Jane Smith (remember them?), because he was pining for the taken Savannah McKinley.
Seven couples were formed (some had been attached at the hip from the beginning) — Chris and Bri, Jamie Gabrielle and Trevor Holmes, Rudi Gutierrez and Matt Ranaudo, Natascha Bessez and Ryan Neal, Julia Rae and Sheridan Reed, Brandon Mills and Savannah, and Bekah Purifoy and Danny Padilla — for the weekly judged performances, aka when the real show began. But few...
The musical spin-off boasted a cast of 23 singing singles, but almost half of them were gone after the first two weeks of “Bachelor in Paradise”-esque mingling and eliminating. And then we lost another duo, Gabe Baker and Ruby Jane Smith (remember them?), because he was pining for the taken Savannah McKinley.
Seven couples were formed (some had been attached at the hip from the beginning) — Chris and Bri, Jamie Gabrielle and Trevor Holmes, Rudi Gutierrez and Matt Ranaudo, Natascha Bessez and Ryan Neal, Julia Rae and Sheridan Reed, Brandon Mills and Savannah, and Bekah Purifoy and Danny Padilla — for the weekly judged performances, aka when the real show began. But few...
- 5/19/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the finale of “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart.”
The contestants of “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart” traveled to their final destination during Monday night’s finale. Chris Watson and Bri Strauss, Trevor Holmes and Jamie Gabrielle, and Matt Ranaudo and Rudi arrived in Nashville ahead of their last performances.
Each couple was given their weekly musical assignment before they began rehearsals and their last dates. While most immediately began to practice, Matt continued to express doubts about his relationship with Rudi.
After realizing they couldn’t catch up to the emotions of their fellow contestants, the two ultimately decided to end their relationship. “I will forever have such deep feelings for you,” he told her in a parting sentiment. “We will be so bonded from this whole thing for the rest of our lives.”
The...
The contestants of “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart” traveled to their final destination during Monday night’s finale. Chris Watson and Bri Strauss, Trevor Holmes and Jamie Gabrielle, and Matt Ranaudo and Rudi arrived in Nashville ahead of their last performances.
Each couple was given their weekly musical assignment before they began rehearsals and their last dates. While most immediately began to practice, Matt continued to express doubts about his relationship with Rudi.
After realizing they couldn’t catch up to the emotions of their fellow contestants, the two ultimately decided to end their relationship. “I will forever have such deep feelings for you,” he told her in a parting sentiment. “We will be so bonded from this whole thing for the rest of our lives.”
The...
- 5/19/2020
- by Haley Kluge
- Variety Film + TV
We know Lady Gaga is all caught up on “The Bachelor,” but the jury’s out on whether she’s tuned in to “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart,” aka the show that exists because of her and Bradley Cooper‘s steamy performance of “Shallow” at the Oscars. The hit was finally performed on Monday’s semifinals by Rudi Gutierrez and Matt Ranaudo, but Rudi is not expecting the singer to check it out — mostly because she wouldn’t be able to handle it if she did.
“No way [will she weigh in on my performance], because if she did, I would just, like, drop to the floor,” Rudi told “Entertainment Tonight.” “I don’t even want to think about a possibility of that, because, like, that freaks me out. Just the possibility of it… I love her so much.”
See Chris Harrison extends an invite to Lady Gaga to appear on ‘Listen to Your Heart...
“No way [will she weigh in on my performance], because if she did, I would just, like, drop to the floor,” Rudi told “Entertainment Tonight.” “I don’t even want to think about a possibility of that, because, like, that freaks me out. Just the possibility of it… I love her so much.”
See Chris Harrison extends an invite to Lady Gaga to appear on ‘Listen to Your Heart...
- 5/17/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
In the pantheon of Bad Responses to “I Love You,” Matt Ranaudo‘s is definitely in the top tier. After Rudi Gutierrez confessed that she was falling for him on Monday’s “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart,” Matt replied with, “You’re very courageous for speaking your truth, and I appreciate you doing that, so…” before trailing off. Awk. Ward. And he knows it.
“That’s the worst thing. I literally could have said anything else that it would’ve been better,” Matt told “Access Hollywood” with a laugh in a joint interview with Rudi (watch above).
“I hate you for that forever,” Rudi joked. “I hate you.”
“I hate myself for that!” he replied. “I could’ve said anything. I’m the worst. I’m sorry. Rudi, I’m so sorry.”
As Matt explains, it wasn’t that he didn’t feel the same way or didn’t like her,...
“That’s the worst thing. I literally could have said anything else that it would’ve been better,” Matt told “Access Hollywood” with a laugh in a joint interview with Rudi (watch above).
“I hate you for that forever,” Rudi joked. “I hate you.”
“I hate myself for that!” he replied. “I could’ve said anything. I’m the worst. I’m sorry. Rudi, I’m so sorry.”
As Matt explains, it wasn’t that he didn’t feel the same way or didn’t like her,...
- 5/12/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the fifth episode of “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart.”
The final four couples on “The Bachelor presents: Listen to Your Heart” headed to Las Vegas on the May 11 episode.
The eight contestants packed up their bags and hopped on tour busses for a road trip. Each couple shared a bus and alone time as they traveled the daunting four-hour drive from Los Angeles.
Ryan Neal and Natascha Bessez, Chris Watson and Bri Strauss, and Trevor Holmes and Jamie Gabrielle headed directly to Sin City, while Matt Ranaudo and Rudi decided to take a detour. The two spent the night on the road in lieu of their grand hotel. Once they finally arrived in Nevada, Matt expressed hesitations about their relationship.
“I’m still trying to figure this whole thing out,” he confessed to Ryan. “I don’t know if I’m there,...
The final four couples on “The Bachelor presents: Listen to Your Heart” headed to Las Vegas on the May 11 episode.
The eight contestants packed up their bags and hopped on tour busses for a road trip. Each couple shared a bus and alone time as they traveled the daunting four-hour drive from Los Angeles.
Ryan Neal and Natascha Bessez, Chris Watson and Bri Strauss, and Trevor Holmes and Jamie Gabrielle headed directly to Sin City, while Matt Ranaudo and Rudi decided to take a detour. The two spent the night on the road in lieu of their grand hotel. Once they finally arrived in Nevada, Matt expressed hesitations about their relationship.
“I’m still trying to figure this whole thing out,” he confessed to Ryan. “I don’t know if I’m there,...
- 5/12/2020
- by Haley Kluge
- Variety Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the fourth episode of “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart.”
Last week on “The Bachelor presents: Listen to Your Heart,” the rose power went to a panel of judges, who eliminated Bekah Purifoy and Danny Padilla for their lack of chemistry onstage. After the performances, six couples remained: Matt Ranaudo and Rudi, Brandon Mills and Savannah McKinley, Ryan Neal and Natascha Bessez, Chris Watson and Bri Strauss, Trevor Holmes and Jamie Gabrielle, and Sheridan Reed and Julie Rae.
This week resumed with Chris Harrison in the mansion to deliver another format change. During the week, couples would be broken apart and forced to go on dates with other contestants in the house.
“I am going to put these relationships to the ultimate test,” he told them. “It’s meant to push you to have a different perspective. In some ways,...
Last week on “The Bachelor presents: Listen to Your Heart,” the rose power went to a panel of judges, who eliminated Bekah Purifoy and Danny Padilla for their lack of chemistry onstage. After the performances, six couples remained: Matt Ranaudo and Rudi, Brandon Mills and Savannah McKinley, Ryan Neal and Natascha Bessez, Chris Watson and Bri Strauss, Trevor Holmes and Jamie Gabrielle, and Sheridan Reed and Julie Rae.
This week resumed with Chris Harrison in the mansion to deliver another format change. During the week, couples would be broken apart and forced to go on dates with other contestants in the house.
“I am going to put these relationships to the ultimate test,” he told them. “It’s meant to push you to have a different perspective. In some ways,...
- 5/5/2020
- by Haley Kluge
- Variety Film + TV
The Bachelor Presents: Listen To Your Heart is a breath of fresh air on television programming as it comes with a unique concept. According to Wikipedia, the how lies in the dating show and game show subgenres of reality televisions. It follows the lives of musicians who try to find love through their vocal prowess. All the contestants of the show are musicians from different genres, and they try to win the hearts of their fellow artists by singing together as well as hanging out and learning more about each other. Among the participants of the show is Matt Ranaudo.
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Matt Ranaudo...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Matt Ranaudo...
- 5/4/2020
- by Jennifer Borama
- TVovermind.com
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the third episode of “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart.”
After spending two weeks fostering relationships in the “Bachelor” mansion, the “Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart” contestants were given a rude awakening. At the beginning of Week 3, host Chris Harrison offered insight into the updated format of the show: “The next time I see you, I only want to see couples that are serious about taking that next step and moving forward,” he said.
The new reality shook the mansion and left contestants fighting to establish something substantial. Eventually, only seven couples remained: Matt Ranaudo and Rudi, Danny Padilli and Bekah Purifoy, Brandon Mills and Savannah McKinley, Ryan Neal and Natascha Bessez, Chris Watson and Bri Strauss, Trevor Holmes and Jamie Gabrielle, and Sheridan Reed and Julie Rae. Ruby Jane and Gabe Brown both self-eliminated after they...
After spending two weeks fostering relationships in the “Bachelor” mansion, the “Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart” contestants were given a rude awakening. At the beginning of Week 3, host Chris Harrison offered insight into the updated format of the show: “The next time I see you, I only want to see couples that are serious about taking that next step and moving forward,” he said.
The new reality shook the mansion and left contestants fighting to establish something substantial. Eventually, only seven couples remained: Matt Ranaudo and Rudi, Danny Padilli and Bekah Purifoy, Brandon Mills and Savannah McKinley, Ryan Neal and Natascha Bessez, Chris Watson and Bri Strauss, Trevor Holmes and Jamie Gabrielle, and Sheridan Reed and Julie Rae. Ruby Jane and Gabe Brown both self-eliminated after they...
- 4/28/2020
- by Haley Kluge
- Variety Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the second episode of “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart.”
Week 1 of “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart” left the mansion in good spirits and even numbers: eight men and eight women remained as they coupled off to avoid elimination. But week 2 began with warning from host Chris Harrison that that’s not how it would continue, as newcomers would be arriving to shake up the status quo.
Matt Ranaudo, who was saved the week before from Cheyenne Arnell, set the scene, describing the strongest couples: “Bri [Strauss] and Chris [Watson] are pretty much picking out the names of their kids at this point; Danny [Padilli] and Bekah [Purifoy] are really close as well, and Jamie [Gabrielle] and Trevor [Holmes] have a really good connection going on,” he said.
Jamie and Trevor were given the first date of the week, where she invited...
Week 1 of “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart” left the mansion in good spirits and even numbers: eight men and eight women remained as they coupled off to avoid elimination. But week 2 began with warning from host Chris Harrison that that’s not how it would continue, as newcomers would be arriving to shake up the status quo.
Matt Ranaudo, who was saved the week before from Cheyenne Arnell, set the scene, describing the strongest couples: “Bri [Strauss] and Chris [Watson] are pretty much picking out the names of their kids at this point; Danny [Padilli] and Bekah [Purifoy] are really close as well, and Jamie [Gabrielle] and Trevor [Holmes] have a really good connection going on,” he said.
Jamie and Trevor were given the first date of the week, where she invited...
- 4/21/2020
- by Haley Kluge
- Variety Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the series premiere of “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart.”
Amid the era of social distancing, ABC is bringing a familiar franchise back to viewers’ living rooms. “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart” made its series premiere on Monday night as the newest installment in “The Bachelor” family.
The six-episode event is considered a cross between “A Star Is Born” and the standard reality series’ formula — it brings together a group of 20 single musicians and sends them on a rotation of dates in the hopes of finding love. Each week, new additions are brought into the house (a la “Bachelor in Paradise”) to shake up the couples as they navigate their relationships. While it takes the formula of “Paradise,” the show recruited a body of contestants made exclusively of performers — each with their own unique genre and...
Amid the era of social distancing, ABC is bringing a familiar franchise back to viewers’ living rooms. “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart” made its series premiere on Monday night as the newest installment in “The Bachelor” family.
The six-episode event is considered a cross between “A Star Is Born” and the standard reality series’ formula — it brings together a group of 20 single musicians and sends them on a rotation of dates in the hopes of finding love. Each week, new additions are brought into the house (a la “Bachelor in Paradise”) to shake up the couples as they navigate their relationships. While it takes the formula of “Paradise,” the show recruited a body of contestants made exclusively of performers — each with their own unique genre and...
- 4/14/2020
- by Haley Kluge
- Variety Film + TV
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