Hello, and good afternoon! Hopefully, you’ve already moved on from Zach Shallcross’s Bachelor drama (srry not srry) and are ready for new intel/storylines in your life. If that’s the case, we are pleased to inform you that Charity Lawson’s Bachelorette season is already in full swing! And because Charity knows how to give the people what they want, she opened up way back in March about the first night of filming, which we got to see play out on our screens when the season premiered on June 26. “It was a good one,” the franchise’s new lead dished to Entertainment Tonight about shooting the season premiere episode—aka when her contestants make their ~grand~ limo entrances. “I’m a little giddy. Definitely smitten. I have a good batch of boys...I was laughing the whole night.”

The newest Bachelorette also told the outlet she’s grateful for the opportunity, not only because she’s looking forward to finding love but also because she’s quite literally making history as the fourth Black Bachelorette. “When I was told that I was going to be the next Bachelorette, that was one of the first things that I immediately thought of,” she said. “To step into this role as the fourth woman of color and the second monoracial African American Bachelorette, it’s huge...I recognize that, although it is my journey, it’s so much bigger than me, because I’m carrying along a whole community of people who are looking up [to me] and [I’m] representing that as well,” she added. “Definitely not taking it for granted. I’m really excited and I’m very fortunate to be the fourth.”

Couldn’t be more obsessed with her if I tried! If you simply can’t wait to watch how Charity’s season unfolds IRL, don’t worry because everyone’s favorite Bachelor franchise sleuth Reality Steve has *all* the spoilers laid out.

Behold: A bunch of spoilers for Charity’s Bachelorette season, below. I repeat, SPOILERS lie ahead in 3...2...1....

The Bachelorette season 20 has a new time slot

Way back when the head honchos at ABC confirmed via Instagram that the new season of The Bachelorette would air its first episode on June 26, 2023, we were shocked to learn that that there would be a new time slot for the upcoming season. Rather than air from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET—which is typical for the Bachelor Nation franchise—the newest installment is pushed an hour back, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET.

TBH, we're still not used to it, but we'd do anything for Charity so all is forgiven!

It will be shorter than other seasons

One of the many rumors circulating about Charity’s Bachelorette season is that it will be slightly shorter than usual. *cue le dramatic music* But much of the intel surrounding the more abbreviated season is coming from gossip king Reality Steve, who said back in April that Charity was already down to six men despite filming only beginning a few weeks prior.

But hey, we’ll only know for sure once we see how it all unfolds on our TV screens—or until Reality Steve hits us with some updated receipts.

There are 29 contestants

And you can meet them right this way:

Charity is already in full-on dating mode

Once again, Reality Steve was all over the date spoilers for this season. On March 24, he reported that Charity’s first group date started the day prior and involved a trip to the Hollywood sign. And from the looks of it, it seems as though one of the Aarons wound up getting the first one-on-one date with Charity, which was a private concert.

Steve also dished that Charity went on another one-on-one date with Brayden Bowers to Petco Park in San Diego, which is apparently his hometown according to the Bach sleuth.

Oh, and the duo arrived by helicopter. Consider the bar raised, people!

Yes, there is a Barbie sing-off

This collab was not on my 2023 Bingo card, but here we are! We've already seen how this all unfolds, but months back, Reality Steve dished that Charity’s men would participate in a “Barbie sing-off” this season and would even perform their own version of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” The date is tied to the Greta Gerwig film, which is set to hit theaters on July 21, and according to Steve, “We’ve seen this before where the show does a date promoting an upcoming movie, and the Barbie movie comes out July 21, which is right in the middle of Charity’s season. So this episode will essentially be shown on July 10th, and it’ll be promoting that new Barbie movie.”

Steve added in yet another blog post that, “12 guys were on the date yesterday as part of the ‘Barbie Sing-Off,’ and each guy had to dress up in a funky costume and sing ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ but set to their own lyrics they made up. Sean McLaughlin ended up winning the date, as judged by JoJo, Jordan, and Charity. He got 1-on-1 time with her after the show as they got to walk on the pier and talk there by themselves.”

There will be tons of traveling

As recent as April 2, Charity’s season was filming in Washington State. The Bachelorette reportedly had had a one-on-one date at Mt. Hood Ski Bowl and was set to have another one-on-one, a group date, *and* a rose ceremony before traveling to New Orleans. TL;DR: Charity is truly the epitome of a jet-setter this season.

Once in NOLA, the Bachelorette apparently had multiple dates, including two one-on-ones with Joey Graziadei and Dotun Olubeko. Content of those outings c/o Steve (bless him, srsly), incoming:

As of April 2023, there are only four men left 👀

And according to Reality Steve, the four men who remain last in the competition are: Dotun, Xavier, Joey, and Aaron B.

So yeah, that’s pretty much all we know for now, but there’s *definitely* bound to be more intel, so be sure to check back here!