'The Bachelor' franchise is finally getting its first openly bisexual lead - in Australia
- Brooke Blurton is the first openly bisexual lead in the history of "The Bachelor" franchise.
- Blurton, 26, will star in Australia's next season of "The Bachelorette."
- It's the first time the international franchise will have a cast of male and female contestants.
For the first time ever, "The Bachelor" franchise will have a cast of contestants made up of both men and women.
And they'll all be hoping to woo Brooke Blurton, the first openly bisexual lead in the show's history.
Blurton, 26, is the star of the next season of "The Bachelorette" in Australia. She is also the first Indigenous woman to lead a show for the franchise.
The youth worker from Western Australia said she is "so ready" for her season to begin.
"Having the opportunity to choose my person and who I want in my life is a truly unique and special experience," she said in a statement released by Network 10.
"My perfect person is someone that loves me for me. I hope they offer shared values and compassion for others. All the dreamy things! I'm so excited and hope that I finally find that person I've been waiting for," she added.
Blurton also told The Daily Telegraph that she wasn't sure if Australia - which legalized same-sex marriage in 2017 - was ready for her season.
"I certainly am," she added. "If it makes people feel uncomfortable in any way, I really challenge them to think about why it does."
Casting for Blurton's season is currently open and all genders aged 23-35 are encouraged to apply. Filming is set to begin in June.
Blurton previously appeared in the 2018 season of "The Bachelor" in Australia, as well as a season of Australia's "Bachelor in Paradise."
It was on "Paradise" that she revealed she'd quit "The Bachelor" shortly after the lead, rugby star Nick Cummins, told her he didn't intend to pick anyone at the end of the show.
"I thought maybe I would be the girl there at the end. But then he stopped the cameras and, like, smothered his mic to tell me that he wasn't going to pick anyone in the end," she said during the show, according to Body+Soul. "He told me not to tell anyone and, like, I protected him for that reason. It ate at me… I couldn't tell the other girls and I felt that was really s---."