'Bachelor in Paradise' season 8: Meet the cast!

Bachelor in Paradise Jesse Palmer — Photo: ABC

The eighth(!) season of Bachelor in Paradise premieres Tuesday, Sept. 27 on ABC — and once again, the beach will be filled with Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants you know and love, contestants you love to hate, and people you swear you've never seen before in your life. This season, the first to premiere outside of summer programming, will also be the first hosted by Jesse Palmer, who takes over for Chris Harrison, while Wells Adams is set to return as the bartender.

So, without further ado, let's meet the season 8 cast who will be populating Bachelor in Paradise!

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Andrew Spencer

Last seen on: Katie's season of The Bachelorette.
Best known for: Turning down Katie's invitation to "stick around a little longer" just moments after she dumped him.

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Casey Woods

Last seen on: Michelle's season of The Bachelorette.
Best known for: Um... greeting Michelle out of the limo with a game of slapsies?

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Shanae Ankney

Last seen on: Clayton's season of The Bachelor.
Best known for: Cooking shrimp, hoarding shrimp, causing drama over shrimp.

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Genevieve Parisi

Last seen on: Clayton's season of The Bachelor.
Best known for: Hating Shanae.

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Jill Chin

Last seen on: Clayton's season of The Bachelor.
Best known for: Hating Shanae's shrimp drama.

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Sierra Jackson

Last seen on: Clayton's season of The Bachelor.
Best known for: Not suffering fools; leaving Clayton with these parting words: "Don't be stupid."

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Justin Glaze

Last seen on: Katie's season of The Bachelorette.
Best known for: Serving incredible reaction-shot realness.

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Brandon Jones

Last seen on: Michelle's season of The Bachelorette.
Best known for: Tossing a Neil Lane engagement ring into the ocean after Michelle rejected his proposal.

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Hailey Malles

Last seen on: Clayton's season of The Bachelor.
Best known for: To be honest, I'm not fully convinced she actually was a contestant. Are producers gaslighting us?

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Michael Allio

Last seen on: Katie's season of The Bachelorette.
Best known for: Being the sweet single dad/widower who left Katie's season early because his little boy needed him.

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Teddi Wright

Last seen on: Clayton's season of The Bachelor.
Best known for: Looking like the reincarnation of Brittany Murphy.

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Lace Morris

Last seen on: Bachelor in Paradise season 3.
Best known for: Getting tattooed with, and then engaged to, Grant Kemp on BiP 3.

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Serene Russell

Last seen on: Clayton's season of The Bachelor.
Best known for: Being a nice, normal, sweet person who was way too good for Clayton.

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Romeo Alexander

Last seen on: Michelle's season of The Bachelorette.
Best known for: Um, being named Romeo?

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Brittany Galvin

Last seen on: Matt's season of The Bachelor.
Best known for: Being one of the five women who arrived in episode 4 of Matt's season, and then quickly becoming the target of a nasty (and false) rumor.

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Kira Mengistu

Last seen on: Clayton's season of The Bachelor.
Best known for: Calling Cassidy out for slacking on the birthday party group date.

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Jacob Rapini

Last seen on: Gabby and Rachel's season of The Bachelorette.
Best known for: Bluntly telling Gabby that if she were the only Bachelorette there, he'd self-eliminate.

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Hunter Haag

Last seen on: Clayton's season of The Bachelor.
Best known for: Being outed as someone who suffers from IBS during a group date roast.

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Logan Palmer

Last seen on: Gabby and Rachel's season of The Bachelorette.
Best known for: Dumping Rachel to date Gabby… only to be eliminated (by a positive COVID test) the following week.