Matt Grant
London

The franchise's first British lead — a London-based investment banker imported to the Agoura Hills mansion with an accent the producers leaned into hard. Travel dates run through Europe, with stops the format hadn't quite tried at this pacing. The casting tilts more polished than the home-base seasons that preceded it, and Chris Harrison gets to play opposite a co-star with his own on-camera ease. A transitional season that mattered for the casting experiment.