In addition to the actual ceremony, the two-hour event — the first-ever live Bachelor wedding broadcast —will also give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the couple’s road to the altar, including moving Catherine to Dallas, announcing their wedding date to loved ones, planning the details of the big day with celebrity wedding planner Mindy Weiss, and plotting Giudici’s bridal look with famed designer Monique Lhuillier and celebrity hairstylist Jose Eber.
The couple also commissions wedding-day confections from the Ace of Cakes himself, Charm City Cakes founder Duff Goldman, including Sean’s special request for a groom’s cake honoring the pair’s beloved dogs, Lola and Ellie.
Then it’s time for the big event.
Sean and Catherine will tie the knot at Santa Barbara’s Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore, surrounded by family and friends, including a Who’s Who of other The Bachelor and The Bachelorette couples and favorites — Trista and Ryan Sutter (Bachelorette Season 1), Ashley and J.P. Rosenbaum (Bachelorette Season 7), Jason and Molly Mesnick (Bachelor Season 13), Desiree Hartsock and Chris Siegfried (Bachelorette Season 9), Deanna (Bachelorette 4) and Stephen Stagliano, Juan Pablo Galavis (Bachelor Season 18), Leslie Murphy (Bachelor Season 17), Arie Luyendyk, Jr. (Bachelorette Season 8), Jef Holm (Bachelorette Season 8), John Wolfner (Bachelorette Season 8), Charlie Grogan (Bachelorette Season 8) and Daniella McBride (Bachelor Season 17).
The Bachelor: Sean and Catherine’s Wedding will air live, Sunday, Jan. 26 at 8/7CT on ABC.
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