Chris Harrison reprises his role from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette as the host of the show.

[1] As with the previous season, filming took place in the town of Sayulita, located in Vallarta-Nayarit, Mexico.

On June 17, 2019, Tayshia Adams, Cam Ayala, Demi Burnett, Clay Harbor, Blake Horstmann, John Paul Jones, and Bibiana Julian were revealed as the first seven contestants of Bachelor in Paradise on Good Morning America.

[2] Later that day during the premiere of Grand Hotel, former Bachelorette Hannah Brown revealed the rest of the original cast.

[5][6] To accommodate for Haggerty appearing on the show with Burnett, Burnett was allowed to give out a rose during the men's week while Haggerty gave out her roses during the women's week, as they were the first same-sex relationship to be featured on the American version of the franchise.