The countdown is on to find out if love is golden for the 22 contestants of the inaugural season of The Golden Bachelor.

ABC revealed on Wednesday, August 30, which senior ladies will be vying for lead Gerry Turner’s center. While many of the girls are new to truth TV, one of the crucial suitors is already familiar to Bachelor Nation. That’s right: former Bachelor Matt James’ mother, Patty James, is about to compete on Gerry’s season.

Matt, 31, and female friend Rachael Kirkconnell, whom he met on season 25, previously informed Us Weekly that they “in reality, really, in reality” didn’t know if Patty, 70, signed up for the competition.

“I’m rooting for love [for Patty] any day, whether it’s on TV or off,” Rachael, 26, told Us in July, ahead of noting that she is “excited” to look at Gerry’s adventure spread. “I feel he’s going to be a super Bachelor. I mean, he seems like absolutely the absolute best candidate.”

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Matt’s BFF and previous roommate Tyler Cameron similarly gushed in regards to the prospect of seeing Patty fall in love on TV. “I believe she’d be great. I think she’d be a laugh [to look at],” Tyler, 30, told Us earlier this month. “She’s the sweetest woman ever, even though. Don’t understand how that gala's for people at the display being in point of fact candy and great.”

Keep scrolling to meet the women of The Golden Bachelor season 1:

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