'Bachelorette' Katie Thurston Spoilers: Season 17 Details

Looking for love! Bachelorette season 17 star Katie Thurston’s journey to find love began on June 7, and there are already a lot of spoilers. We have the scoop on the leading lady’s final four contestants, if she gets engaged and more. Keep reading for the full scoop! Caution: All spoilers for season 17 are below.

Katie, 30, first appeared as a contestant on Matt James’ season of The Bachelor earlier this year. Fans fell in love with the quirky Washington native after she arrived at the Nemacolin Resort in Pennsylvania with a vibrator in tow. That’s not to say she wasn’t serious about looking for her husband. Katie was unapologetically herself and became a voice in the house to stand up against bullying.

“Katie is adventurous, daring and ready for a man with whom she can build a life. A marketing manager with an innate social media savvy and humorous outlook on life, she is a witty storyteller who wants a man that will laugh along with her,” a season 17 press release from ABC reads.

She was announced as the Bachelorette during season 25’s After the Final Rose, along with Michelle Young, who will be the season 18 leading lady.

“I’m ready to find love, and not just, like, the temporary kind. I’m talking forever, my husband, and I’m in a place in my life where I feel like I’m the best version of me,” Katie said while speaking with Emmanuel Acho, who filled in as host amid Chris Harrison stepping back from the franchise in March. “Honestly, I’ve seen it work before, why can’t it work for me?”

For her part, the brunette beauty is a “loving and committed partner,” according to her ABC bio. The TikToker is “looking for a mature man who has ambitions to succeed in everything he does, both personally and professionally.”

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A big change this season is that former Bachelorettes Tayshia Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe will be hosting now that Chris has permanently left the Bachelor franchise.

“This journey wouldn’t have been possible without the love, support and sisterhood of @kaitlynbristowe and @tayshia, and I’m forever thankful for them!” Katie gushed via Instagram about the cohosts. “We laughed. We cried. Plenty of advice was given paired with many, many hugs. And the female energy was strong! We love women supporting women. CHEERS! To love!”

Keep scrolling to see all the spoilers for season 17!

Bring on the Drama

An insider exclusively told Life & Style Katie’s season is so “drama-filled” that she “threatened to quit” midseason.

“It’s definitely an emotional roller coaster for Katie. She doesn’t hold back and will tell it like it is. At one point, she threatened to quit the show. It really got to her and she couldn’t take it anymore,” the source explains. “She just walked away from cameras. She kept changing how she felt and her thoughts were all over the place. You will see later on this season how difficult it was for her.”

Surprise Contestant

“A lot of you were speculating because of his silence on social media over the last week or so that perhaps he joined the season,” Ashley Iaconetti said about the Canadian stud on the April 1 episode of her and Ben Higgins‘ “Almost Famous” podcast. “We here exclusively have got the pictures to prove it. We did it. We confirmed it.”

When Did Filming Start?

Production for season 17 seemingly began in early March. “They’re already there, like, at least they’re quarantining for it. There’s no pause on it,” former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay said on the “Bachelor Party” podcast on March 9. This means the season wrapped in late April or early May.