The 12th edition of ABC's popular romance reality series features 25 gorgeous bachelorettes pulling out all the stops to impress the handsome bachelor Matt Grant, 27, a global financier from London is out to prove that love has no borders when he steps into his role as the first-ever international Bachelor, searching for an American woman who can be the love of his life and start a family with him. Matt begins his pursuit of his ultimate soul mate.  As in the past, women will continue to be eliminated each week, but if at any point along the way a woman should decide that she's no longer interested in the Bachelor, she can reject his invitation to continue dating. Some lucky women will meet his family, and he will visit their hometowns for a slice of their life in an effort to determine the woman with whom he is most compatible.  The show is hosted by Chris Harrison.