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'The Bachelorette' promises emotional finale to former Pitt student's season

Megan Swift
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This image released by Disney shows Jenn Tran during the taping of “The Bachelorette,” premiering Monday, July 8 on ABC.

“The Bachelorette” fans will learn how Season 21 ends Tuesday night after a summer of watching Jenn Tran find love.

The three-hour finale will air starting at 8 p.m. on ABC. The show will then be available Wednesday for streaming on Hulu. Viewers can catch up on episodes ahead of the finale on other streaming platforms as well, Rolling Stone reported.

Tran, 26, who is training to be a physician’s assistant, first appeared on Joey Graziadei’s season of “The Bachelor” before being selected as the franchise’s next star. She’s the first Asian American “Bachelorette” in the show’s 22-year history.

Tran attended the University of Pittsburgh from 2016 to 2018 — serving as a member of Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, the American Medical Students Association and the Student Emergency Medical Services, according to her LinkedIn profile. She transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2018 and graduated two years later.

“Tran is a sweet and compassionate woman who has dedicated her life to helping others,” Tran’s “Bachelorette” bio says on the ABC site. “The bilingual Vietnamese beauty currently resides in Miami and is ready to find love with a man who’s as reliable and thoughtful as she is.”

She said she “experienced a lot of pressure” being the first Asian American bachelorette, adding that her inclusion is a “very historic moment,” USA Today said.

“It’s a moment that a lot of people have been waiting for,” Tran said to USA Today. “And it means a lot because we’re working towards change.”

The finale on Tuesday will also include the show’s traditional “After the Final Rose” segment, which will be a post-show discussion with Tran.

Last week, fans got a double feature — as new episodes of the show aired both Monday and Tuesday, one of which was the “Men Tell All” episode. Fourteen of Tran’s original 25 suitors answered questions and explained the season in front of a live audience, USA Today said.

There was an “audible gasp” in the live audience after Tran sent Jonathon Johnson, 28, home last week, ABC News reported.

“I didn’t expect such a big reaction to (sending) Jonathon home, but I wasn’t surprised because he is genuinely such an amazing guy and he’s got such a good, good heart,” she told ABC News.

Tran has promised an “unprecedent ending” to this “Bachelorette” season, ABC News reported.

“I would say that it is a very emotional one, and there are a lot of twists and turns — lots of surprises,” Tran said in a sit-down interview with the network.

The remaining two contestants are Devin Strader and Marcus Shoberg. Strader, 28, is a freight company owner from Houston, and Shoberg, 31, is an Army Ranger veteran from Raleigh, N.C., USA Today said.

“It’s a crucial week in Hawaii as Jenn’s journey to find love comes to a close,” ABC said about the final episode airing Tuesday night, USA Today reported. “Torn between two men, Jenn seeks advice from her family and friends on a decision that will dictate her future forever.”

Megan Swift is a TribLive reporter covering trending news in Western Pennsylvania. A Murrysville native, she joined the Trib full time in 2023 after serving as editor-in-chief of The Daily Collegian at Penn State. She previously worked as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the Trib for three summers. She can be reached at mswift@triblive.com.

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