From the Producers of #TheBachelor, #TheProposal is a love story in one hour hosted by @JessePalmerTV! 💍🌹 pic.twitter.com/OGLzISzLj9 — The Proposal (@TheProposalTV) May 28, 2018 NEW YORK -- The creator offranchise brings you a new show calledon ABC, and it's hosted by season 5Jesse Palmer! "It's like watchingoron speed!" Palmer said.The concept of the show is that an eligible man or woman will select someone to propose to at the end of each episode from a pool of 10 contestants.They go through a series of pageant-style rounds, complete with a bathing suit competition, and some very difficult questions. "The questions that get asked on this show are things that you cannot ask somebody on a first date," Palmer said. "I guarantee you that there are married couples together five or 10 years that still haven't had the guts to ask themselves the questions that are on this show. "At the end of an hour, there is a ring provided by a familiar face to "Bachelor Nation. ""It is a Neil Lane!" Palmer laughed. "Neil Lane was there every episode. "Palmer said that when he first heard about the show, he immediately loved the concept but he had some concerns. "I've never seen anything like it, and I was very skeptical," he said, "Who is going to get down on one knee after speaking to someone that they haven't even really been able to see for the last hour, and what I was shocked to find out was there are people out there hoping to find love that are willing to go to extreme measures to achieve this. "Asin 2004, Palmer felt that he could relate to what the contestants were going through. "It is way less stressful hosting this show than being," Palmer said. "I sleep so much easier at night, it's great. "Still, prepare for the show to tug at your heart strings! "Tons of laughter, but there are some tears too," he said.<doc-sep>Watch : "The Proposal": What to Expect From the New Dating Show "It's like The Bachelor on steroids." That's basically all you need to know about ABC's new reality dating competition series The Proposal, which premieres tonight following—you guessed it—The Bachelorette. Hosted by former Bachelor Jesse Palmer, The Proposal is basically an on-stage pageant (complete with a swimsuit portion, as well as a question and answer round) for a male or female suitor to find the love of their life among the 10 competitors. Oh, and it's all happening in front of a studio audience. After his experience as the Bachelor in 2004 (he and winner Jessica Bowlin broke up a few months after the season ended), Palmer knows a little bit about what the contestants are going through and the pressures that come from trying to find love on a Mike Fleiss-produced show.<doc-sep>It looks like ABC is determined to help people find love on TV, because they're debuting a new dating show called The Proposal on June 18. Host Jesse Palmer will be guiding the contestants and the audience through the process, trading in his football uniform for a tuxedo. But are athletics totally a thing of the past for him? Does Jesse Palmer still play football? For those curious about what to expect, The Proposal is sort of like the mutant child of The Dating Game and The Bachelor: one man is shrouded behind a glittering edifice like The Wizard of Oz while ten women compete to get engaged to him despite the fact that he is a total stranger. Jesse Palmer is there to move things along and keep them running smoothly; it's a far cry from barreling down the field and making a touchdown (that's what happens in football, right?) but his time on The Bachelor means he's got insider knowledge on how it feels to pledge your troth to someone you don't know at all. (Even though he chose not to get engaged to finalist Jessica Bowlin when he was the one searching for love.) It seems like Jesse is dedicated to his new job, because football is currently taking a backseat to his hosting duties. Though working as a sports commentator is still part of his career, playing football is no longer a priority. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images Born and raised in Ontario, Jesse received an athletic scholarship to the University of Florida and played college football for the duration of his time there. Once he graduated, he moved up to the NFL and played as a backup quarterback for the New York Giants from 2001 to 2004. After being cut in 2005, he went back home and joined the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes, but according to the Globe and Mail he also considered the Ottawa Renegades since Ottawa was his home town. But he never actually played for the CFL. Jesse attempted a return to the NFL as well. The East Bay Times reported that he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers in 2005, though he didn't stay with the team for long. Ultimately, Jesse retired from professional football in 2007. Perhaps his 2004 stint on The Bachelor inspired a love for the camera, because he decided to pursue a career in sports broadcasting instead. As a commentator, Jesse has appeared on Fox, the NFL Network, and ESPN. In 2015, The Hollywood Reporter announced that he was going to become a special contributor on Good Morning America. In a memo, ABC News president James Goldston praised Jesse, saying his "passion and versatility have been invaluable. He has an infectious enthusiasm for news, an innate ability to tell stories in a unique way, and an insider's perspective on the big sports headlines of the day." Monica Schipper/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images In 2017, Sporting News reported that a bidding war for Jesse between Fox and ESPN ended with Jesse deciding to stick with ESPN as a football analyst. But he's explored different kinds of television work as well. Jesse hosted Food Truck Face Off on the Food Network and co-hosted Live with Kelly. He's popped up on The View and The Chew. Jesse also became the host of DailyMailTV, which he called "an opportunity I couldn't refuse." It seems like Jesse has left professional football behind in favor of hosting any program that will have him: whether it's sports, news, food trucks, or bizarre televised dating rituals, he's open to being the one who ushers the viewers through the whole experience.<doc-sep>Early in the first episode of The Proposal, ABC’s invigoratingly dumb new dating show, which premiered Monday night, host Jesse Palmer sold the series by promising that “what you’re about to see has never before been attempted on TV.” On The Proposal, 10 women are paraded before a single man whom neither the audience nor the women can see. When he narrows the field to one woman, he then proposes to her, or “proposes” to her, or whatever you call asking someone to marry you when there is no expectation that you will actually get married. When someone Bachelors you? Advertisement The “never before attempted” Proposal is a faux–high stakes version of the long-running The Dating Game, as well as a reboot of Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire, a hit from reality TV’s early, skeezy era. But The Proposal comes from the creator of The Bachelor, airs immediately after The Bachelor, and is hosted by Palmer, who was once a Bachelor himself. It’s mostly a version of The Bachelor, stripped down to its game show bones, at which point it becomes clear just how starkly vacuous both The Proposal and The Bachelor really are. Advertisement Advertisement In the first episode of The Proposal, the mystery man making all the decisions was named Mike, a 29-year old cop from Bakersfield, California, who had his right leg amputated below the knee after a car accident. Despite being the ostensible focus of the episode, he’s a blank, literally a blurry body with an uplifting story but no distinguishable personality. The 10 women, meanwhile, are jammed into Bachelor archetypes: the earnest, appropriate potential wife; the unbalanced contestant (“I’ve battled a lot of anxiety and depression. Clearly I’m over it!”); the accomplished black women who get rejected remarkably early. Advertisement Season after season, The Bachelor has gotten away with proffering a harem of women to one man by framing it as a quest for true love—even though dozens of seasons in, we all know true love is hardly ever found. The show obscures its icky premise with mood (romantic tropical locations, the soulless model homes that pass for fancy on reality TV), promises (host Chris Harrison’s assurances that love is truly in the air), emotions (the good-faith efforts of the participants—or at least the production team coaching and editing them—to state and restate their commitment to being there for “the right reasons,” while feeling all their feelings on camera), and, of course, drama. But The Proposal, unlike The Bachelor, does not take place over a period of weeks. It has no ambiance, no emotional connections. It has a premise, not promises. And it has no dramatic throughline. The Proposal trying to manufacture romance is like a chef trying to make a meal out of half a Rice Krispies Treat. Advertisement Advertisement Over a brisk 30 minutes, Mike had to cull the field of 10 women—who included an Olympic weightlifter, a neuropsychologist, a doctor, a woman who arrived on roller skates, and another who described herself as “the Jennifer Aniston of Long Island”— down to two. After rejecting three basically on sight—“This is harder than I anticipated,” he hemmed, referring, I assume, to his difficulty remembering their names—Mike was wooed by the women as they wore bathing suits. What’s no longer good enough for Miss America is still good enough for The Proposal. There followed a round in which Mike asked terrible “deal-breaker” questions that could elicit no honest response—“Could you date an amputee?” “How physically adventurous are you when it comes to sex?” All the while, the show itself kept dropping information to steer him away from the unwifely prospects. This woman is older than 40! That one doesn’t want children! Advertisement With Jessica and Monica, two appropriate potential spouses, left, Mike finally revealed himself, muscular in a sharp dark suit. “I was a little skeptical,” Mike told Jesse, “but I could possibly propose and fall in love.” He sounded exactly like a Bachelor. At this point, though Mike had told the women almost nothing about himself, the women were expected to pitch themselves to him yet again, to essentially propose to him. Jessica, after asking her father’s permission—he was in the audience and granted it—gave a very heartfelt speech stolen wholesale from romantic comedies. “I can’t promise we’re not going to have a fight … but I can promise you that I will love you … even when I’m old and gray,” she said. I feel it is incumbent upon me to remind you that, at this point, Jessica and Mike had definitely never had a fight because they had also never had a conversation. Jessica finished with a rousing “So let’s do the damn thing.” Then it was time for Monica, who burst into tears while explaining that, though her life is great, “There’s one thing that is missing, and that’s someone like you.” Advertisement Advertisement “I can’t thank you guys enough for putting your hearts on the line,” Mike said, “for doing this crazy, crazy show. I never thought I would find someone as special as you guys, I never thought I would find love, but after hearing what you guys have to say, I have.” Mike then walked up to those special guys and, while Jessica and Monica were standing next to each other, took Monica by the hand and proposed to her. Jessica was left standing there, looking distraught and uncomfortable. Her father, out in the audience, was presumably also distraught to have his permission disregarded so. Monica, of course, accepted the proposal—what was she actually accepting, the obligation to do some tabloid photo shoots?—at which point Monica and Mike kissed, fake fireworks blasted, and the studio audience raucously cheered. Advertisement Why should a faceless man, with no demonstrable personality but a lot of muscles, get to pass judgment on 10 women who have eagerly performed their personality—and their swimsuit bodies—for him? (It will be interesting—“interesting”—to see how this plays out in next week’s episode, when it’s a woman choosing between 10 men.)<doc-sep>
Jesse Palmer Explains Why ABC's New Dating Show The Proposal Is 'The Bachelor on Steroids' Many Bachelor skeptics already find the idea of getting engaged in 60 days a little far-fetched, but the creators of the ABC franchise have thrown them another curveball — how about 60 minutes? The Proposal, from Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss, premiered Monday night on the network. The show features an hour-long set of“pageant-style” rounds in which 10 men or women aim to capture the heart — and hand — of the mystery suitor or suitress, whose identity is purposefully concealed until the very end. The host, former Bachelor and NFL star Jesse Palmer, revealed that while his old-fashioned beliefs about finding love entail a little more time, he believes that there’s “magic” happening on the set. “Anything is possible, and there is a very real chance that two people that didn’t even know what the other person looked like coming on set could be engaged after 60 minutes,” he tells PEOPLE. JESSE PALMER Jesse Palmer | Credit: Byron Cohen/ABC He adds: “This show is essentially Bachelor on steroids, where there are hopeful people who are romantics at heart hoping that they find a potential soulmate, maybe a potential fiancé, over the course of 60 minutes. And there’s a lot of trepidation, and they’re being forced to expose themselves and really open up for that chance at love.” As the contestant progresses, the rounds get more intense — from first impressions, to stripping down to beachwear, to opening up about romantic issues — and end with a final stamp of approval from a family member. Palmer recognizes the intensity of it all. “I’m trying to look natural and calm in the midst of it, where really on the inside I’m thinking, ‘Are you kidding? What’s happening right now?’ It’s wild,” he says. Palmer appeared as The Bachelor in season 5, airing in 2004, when he proposed to Jessica Bowlin. The relationship ended one month later, but that hasn’t stopped him from finding love; he’s been dating a Brazilian woman named Emily, whom he met during a boxing class, for 10 months. “We recently went down to Brazil and met her parents,” he says. “She’s everything I could hope for and wish for and more.” As for the future stars of The Proposal, Palmer says to keep an eye out for some familiar celebrities. “There will be faces people at home recognize,” he says. “They could be from The Bachelor or Bachelorette, or other industries at well.”