‘Winter Games’: Same Roses, New Rules | Happy Hour
Bachelor Happy Hour
iHeartPodcasts and Warner Bros
3.9 • 15.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Today on “Happy Hour,” Joe and Serena break down Episode 1 of “The Bachelor Winter Games.” From the completely different format to the unexpected dynamics it created, we dive into what immediately set this season apart. Then, we share behind-the-scenes perspective from the real-life connections with the cast and reflect on how relationships from “Winter Games” evolved long after the cameras stopped rolling!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.9 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:06.7 | Welcome back to Bachelor Happy Hour. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Joe. |
| 0:08.3 | And I'm Serena. |
| 0:09.4 | And we are here today with a little holiday recap. |
| 0:13.5 | We have decided to recap Bachelor Winter Games that came out back in 2018. |
| 0:19.7 | Maybe this will correlate a little bit with the new Bachelor Home Reno show in a sense |
| 0:24.9 | because there's a little bit of competition involved. |
| 0:28.8 | Yeah, actually, I didn't even think about that. |
| 0:30.6 | I didn't know where you were going with it. |
| 0:31.6 | That was the first thing I thought about. |
| 0:33.4 | Well, it's definitely one of a handful of Bachelor spinoffs. |
| 0:37.0 | I mean, they had that singing show at one point. I think it was called Listen to Your Heart. Oh, yeah. They did Winter Games. I've never seen Listen to Your Heart. I don't think I've seen it either. It was a bunch of like aspiring singers, right? Yeah. Yeah. But I heard it was, I heard from. Actually, I think I did see some of it. I haven't seen any of it, but I remember hearing from people that worked on it that they really enjoyed it. Well, I'm sure it's fun for people that work on the show to switch it up and do something different. And I'm sure Winter Games was one of those things. Like, you know, they're in a house in the winter, different location, All-Star |
| 1:14.4 | cast, people from different countries. |
| 1:16.7 | Like, there was a lot to be excited about. |
| 1:17.9 | I feel like when this launched and it was the concept of Bachelor Winter Games was that |
| 1:22.0 | it was airing in alignment with the Winter Olympics. |
| 1:25.2 | So it was kind of Bachelor's take on a Winter Olympics meets Bachelor competition dating show. |
| 1:32.5 | I remember because I watched the first episode because the day the first episode came out was the day I found out that I was cast on Becca's season. |
| 1:42.0 | And I was like, all right, I actually like, what the fuck is going on here? Like, I got to really, I got to pay attention. And I remember watching, I don't think I got through the whole thing, but I remember watching it like a majority of it and like, okay, I don't know what I'm doing now. Like, this is really throw me up. Well, what's crazy is I actually have never seen Winter Games. This is my first time watching it. |
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