"The Bachelor" returns tonight, but who is the show's new leading man Grant Ellis? Here’s everything to about the former pro basketball star and his ideal partner.

Bachelor Grant Ellis also tells PEOPLE that he wanted to "take things slow" in the Fantasy Suites because "I think a lot of times when you initiate the physical part, it could cause you to make really bad decisions.

Grant has got ‘Bachelor’ Nation in their feels. Find out all about the handsome leading man! We were peeled to our screens during The Bachelor premiere last night. Leading man, Grant Ellis has already made his mark on his viewers with his charm,

Grant Ellis' season of "The Bachelor" debuts tonight. Meet the 25 women vying for his heart, including a tech engineer, wedding planner, attorney, and more.

Grant Ellis is The Bachelor on Season 29 but before he took a shot at true love, he took shots on the college basketball court.

It’s typical to see about a third of the contestants sent home on Night 1. Joey Graziadei eliminated 10 of his starting 32 in Season 28, and before him, Zach Shallcross sent 10 of 30 home. Grant Ellis started with fewer women and therefore didn’t have quite as many Night 1 goodbyes.

So who got the rest of Grant’s Night 1 roses? And which women went home early in the journey? Joey gave his first and final rose ceremony roses to Litia and Parisa respectively. So here are the women who go home during The Bachelor Season 29 premiere:

Grant Ellis' contestants on season 29 of The Bachelor were thrown for a loop when a mystery woman arrived during the premiere episode to steal the New Jersey native away for some private time. As the ladies were sitting on sofas inside the Bachelor mansion getting to know each other,