Rachel Lindsay, a Texas attorney and current contestant on Nick Viall’s The Bachelor , was officially revealed as the next Bachelorette on Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! As The Hollywood Reporter reported earlier Monday , the network cast Lindsay as its first black lead in 33 combined seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette . Though the star of the next cycle is usually announced after the current season has wrapped, ABC broke tradition by revealing the news weeks before the finale.