Meet the ‘first lot of charming Bachelors’ in New Zealand’s new The Bachelorette

TV NZ recently announced Lexie Brown as this year’s Bachelorette in New Zealand.

And on Sunday, the show’s Instagram account released a glimpse at the first round of 18 eligible suitors vying for the 31-year-old marketing manager’s heart.

Introduced as the ‘first lot of charming Bachelors’, the five handsome gentlemen included an entrepreneur, financial analyst, jazz musician, and an avid traveller.  

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‘Surprise… Watch the journey unfold on TVNZ this February,’ business owner Aidan Uttinger, 39, who has just returned to the country after a year in Bali, captioned a post of himself smiling in a suit to his Instagram.    

‘Clearly chuffed!’ Aucklander Jack Becroft, 26, added on his Instagram Stories. ‘We’re in for a ride.’

Financial analyst Jarrod Isopo, 25, is another suitor on this year’s season.

‘I felt we needed to bring more pacific islanders onto The Bachelorette. We’ve got some pretty good jokes. We’re more than just rugby players,’ he said in a video uploaded to his account.

Others included Frenchman Damien Ducloux, Australian Todd Dialectos, 26, and 28-year-old jazz musician Nathan Loo.  

Lexi is from Wellington and has claimed to The Spy she tends to stay off dating apps and social media.

‘You will only get to know me if you know me in real life,’ she told the publication, adding that she is looking for a genuine connection. 

Lexi is looking for someone to ‘do life with’. However, due to COVID-19, the show will have no international trips. 

In terms of men, Lexi said she was looking for someone who was ‘relaxed as’ and would get along with her father. 

Having just returned from Canada, Lexi said she initially applied to the show as a joke saying she needed a sperm donor, and was surprised to get a call back.