Netflix's Perfect Match Adds a Former Bachelor and Bachelorette to Season 3 Cast — See the Full Lineup
Netflix's Perfect Match is welcoming a couple of members of Bachelor Nation.
Season 3 of the dating show will debut Friday, Aug. 1 with the first six episodes, TVLine has learned, with the next three episodes premiering Aug. 8 and the finale airing Aug. 15. The streamer has also announced the full Season 3 cast, and it includes a couple of surprising names: Clayton Echard, who starred in Season 26 of The Bachelor, and Rachel Recchia, who starred in Season 19 of The Bachelorette. (What, was Bachelor in Paradise already fully booked?)
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Making things even more awkward, Clayton and Rachel are exes: Rachel finished third in Clayton's season of The Bachelor, and then went on to star on The Bachelorette alongside Gabby Windey, another of Clayton's exes. Clayton and Rachel's final roses didn't work out, though, so they're still looking for love — on TV, of course.
Along with Clayton and Rachel, Perfect Match's Season 3 roster of singles includes Love Is Blind's Amber Desiree (aka AD) and Madison Errichiello; Too Hot to Handle's Jalen Brown, Louis Russell and Lucy Syed; Temptation Island's Alex Zamora, Cody Wright and Olivia Rae; The Ultimatum's J.R. Warren and Sandy Gallagher; The Circle's Quori-Tyler (aka QT); Love Island USA's Carrington Rodriguez, Justine Joy and Ray Gantt; Siesta Key's Juliette Porter; The Mole's Hannah Burns; Dated & Related's Daniel Perfetto; Love Is Blind: UK's Freddie Powell and Ollie Sutherland; and Love Island UK's Scott Van-Der-Sluis.
Meet the full cast in the video below:
Hosted by Nick Lachey, Perfect Match 'brings together the most famously single stars of Netflix's unscripted series to a tropical paradise in an attempt to find love,' per the official synopsis. 'As they compete to form relationships, the most compatible couples will play matchmaker, breaking up other couples and sending them on dates with brand-new singles they'll invite to the house. Will they create better matches, or will they create chaos?'
Bachelor Nation, will you tune in to see if Clayton and Rachel can find love — maybe even with each other? Give us your thoughts in a comment below.
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