{"id":5853,"date":"2019-03-29T09:51:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T13:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=5853"},"modified":"2025-08-13T19:07:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:07:38","slug":"cupid-is-on-the-move-in-the-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2019\/03\/29\/cupid-is-on-the-move-in-the-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Cupid Is on the Move in the County"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A young couple hug each other somewhere in Aroostook County<\/p><\/div>\n

Although Valentine\u2019s Day has gone past, Cupid is on the move in Aroostook County.<\/p>\n

This season\u2019s finale of the reality TV show, \u201cThe Bachelor,\u201d may have just wrapped its\u00a0 previous season, but the producers are on the lookout for a new cast for next season. More specifically, a new bachelor or bachelorette. <\/p>\n

The producers have turned to northern Maine on their hunt for a new star of the show. \u201cIt seemed like the ideal location,\u201d James McLeod, a producer on the show, said. \u201cWe\u2019re looking for people who come from the country because they have a different outlook on life. It\u2019ll add a nice new twist to the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

McLeod was shocked to hear how much snowfall northern Maine had received this winter, but he thought it might make for a more interesting bachelor or bachelorette. \u201cIf someone has to deal with that for five to six months of the year, my hat is off to them because I was born in Florida. It looks like the ice age up there.\u201d McLeod laughed. \u201cImagine the hometown part of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bachelor\u201d has different sections of the season that progress as he or she narrows down who to pop the big question to. In Hometown, the last four men or women take the bachelor or bachelorette back to their hometowns to meet their families.<\/p>\n

David Scott, 23, a generational potato farmer, found himself filling out an application to become the next bachelor for the show. He\u2019s been a potato farmer alongside his father and grandfather his entire life. \u201cIt\u2019s a different way of life up here and sometimes it\u2019s hard to meet people. I think I might have a shot at this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking for a non-traditional kind of person,\u201d McLeod said. \u201cSomeone who\u2019s tough and hard-working. That kind of thing. I think the girls would swoon over a country boy or vice versa if it\u2019s a bachelorette.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott heard the news that the show was looking for its cast in Aroostook County from his sister, who devotedly watched \u201cThe Bachelor.\u201d \u00a0\u201cAt first, I was skeptical of the idea but then I was like, \u2018What do I have to lose?\u2019\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n

If you know people who might be great bachelors or bachelorettes for the show, you can nominate them. If you\u2019re interested in becoming the next one yourself, you can apply on the official website for \u201cThe Bachelor\u201d at casting.bachelor.warnerbros.com.<\/p>\n

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Although Valentine\u2019s Day has gone past, Cupid is on the move in Aroostook County. This season\u2019s finale of the reality TV show, \u201cThe Bachelor,\u201d may have just wrapped its\u00a0 previous season, but the producers are on the lookout for a new cast for next season. More specifically, a new bachelor or bachelorette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8488,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853\/revisions\/8488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}