Peter Kraus

Bekah Martinez resonated with the Bachelor Nation because she's young, beautiful, funny, and oh-so relatable. And what could be more relatable than wishing that Peter Kraus were the Bachelor?

Bekah did, and she's posting her The Bachelor casting photo to show just how far she was willing to go to get cast.

If you already follow The Bachelor spoilers, you have a pretty good idea of how this season ends.

But you have something else to look forward to, starting the night before Valentine's Day. It's something new.

Sometimes spinoffs are based upon natural, logical progressions. The Bachelorette absolutely makes sense as a spinoff of The Bachelor, for example.

Other times, spinoffs involve a familiar concept -- like the Bachelor franchise -- combined with something seemingly unrelated. Like the Olympics. Because that's what we're getting with The Bachelor Winter Games.

The next Bachelor has been revealed. While so many of us scramble to understand why Arie Luyendyk Jr. was chosen, others express their frustration that producers overlooked the man they saw as the perfect candidate.

Weeks ago, they were hinting that Peter Kraus might not be the next Bachelor, and we told you about it but we still didn't want to listen. Nobody did.

While the Internet is freaking out that Arie Luyendyk Jr. is the next Bachelor, ABC's powers that be are at peace with the surprise decision.

Despite a fan base clamoring for Peter Kraus (among others) from the most recent season of The Bachelorette, Arie got the nod. Why?

Whether you think of the stars of Bachelor in Paradise as "all stars" or "rejects" from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, this very entertaining group's tropical adventures are still going strong. Even if Dean Unglert's love triangle shenanigans have come to an end.

In the mean time, everyone is wondering who is going to be the next Bachelor. Those are big shoes to fill, and there are a lot of candidates. 

We're inching closer and closer to the announcement that will change the television landscape for 2018.

Or at least engaged the Internet is some intense rounds of debate.

Did Peter Kraus being a mature person with a grounded, honest idea of what engagements mean kill his chance to be the Bachelor?

Yeah, we know -- it's upsetting to think about.

We've done a terrible disservice, to Peter Kraus but also to his fans.

Sure, we've spoken plenty about how he should absolutely be the next Bachelor. We've talked about how charming and sincere here is.

The Bachelorette's big finale was brutal and intense.

Watching Rachel make her final choice was like watching someone order mushrooms and sardines as their pizza toppings when there's perfectly good barbecue chicken and bacon as an option.

Do you ever watch someone smart and likable think long and hard about an important decision ... only to throw sense to the wind and make the wrong choice?

If you watched last night's season finale of The Bachelorette, you absolutely have!

This might be old news to those of you who follow The Bachelorette spoilers, but to most fans of the series, any hint of a spoiler is a huge deal.

Remember our heartbreak when Rachel Lindsay bid farewell to Dean Unglert, who totally should have made it to the show's very end?

As The Bachelorette spoilers predicted, Bryan Abasolo, Dean Unglert, Eric Bigger and Peter Kraus earned hometown dates this season.

What happens from here on out is a bit more uncertain.

Peter Kraus is head over heels in love with Rachel Lindsay.

Whether or not he wins the final rose (see The Bachelorette spoilers for the latest on that subject) there is simply no doubting this fact.