When HGTV premieres its newest competition show, “Bachelor Mansion Takeover,” in 2026, fans will see “the good, the bad, and the ugly” as alums of ABC’s “The Bachelor” franchise attempt to revamp the famous mansion where contestants have stayed for two decades.
That’s according to Tyler Cameron, 32, who serves as a judge on the limited series and first rose to fame as runner-up on season 15 of “The Bachelorette” with Hannah Brown. On October 31, 2025, Cameron spilled the tea to Elite Daily about how things went during filming and admitted that not everyone nailed their design challenges.
Tyler Cameron Admits Some Contestants Didn’t ‘Really Succeed’ at Improving ‘The Bachelor’ Mansion
In mid-October, HGTV announced that “Bachelor Mansion Takeover” will be judged by Cameron and Tayshia Adams, star of “The Bachelorette” season 16, and hosted by ESPN correspondent Jesse Palmer, who was “The Bachelor” in 2004 and took over for Chris Hamilton as host of the franchise in 2022.
Executive produced by Michael Matsumoto, who’s helmed multiple seasons of “Fixer Upper” and “Battle on the Beach” on HGTV, the six-episode competition will feature 12 former contestants from “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette,” “The Golden Bachelor,” and “The Golden Bachelorette,” challenged to renovate the mansion in Agoura Hills, California, where contestants have stayed since the franchise began.
Cameron, a general contractor who starred in his own home renovation show in 2024 — Amazon Prime’s Emmy-nominated “At Home With Tyler Cameron” — told Elite Daily, “My dad was a builder, my mom was a Realtor, so I was always around it.”
Noting that “The Bachelor” mansion was definitely ready for a makeover, he said, “The home has been there for 20 years, and it hasn’t really been renovated or touched. It’s so cool to see all these competitors put their own spin on how they think it should look.”
But the hunky home renovator revealed that while some contestants excelled at revamping the “Bachelor” pad, others ran into trouble.
“Some really succeed, some don’t,” he told Elite Daily. “You’re going to see the good, the bad, the ugly, but it’s going to be a lot of fun to watch.”
Tyler Cameron Says He ‘Gelled’ Well With Tayshia Adams
What was a success was the pairing of Cameron and Adams as co-judges, he told Elite Daily.
“Tayshia’s been great,” he said. “We bounced off each other really well. This is my first time really getting to be around her, and we just gelled. She’s up for anything.”
Adams and Cameron will judge the renovations along with a surprise guest judge for each episode, as the contestants “swap roses for paintbrushes and cocktail attire for overalls in weekly elimination challenges,” the show’s official logline said. By the end of the competition, one franchise alum will win $100,000.
The following Bachelor Nation alums will compete on “Bachelor Mansion Takeover” when it premieres in 2026:
- Joan Vassos, who first competed on “The Golden Bachelor” and, in 2024, she became the first star of “The Golden Bachelorette.”
- Brendan Morais, who first appeared on “The Bachelorette” in 2020 and later competed on season seven of “Bachelor in Paradise” in 2021
- Jill Chin, who was on season 26 of “The Bachelor” and appeared on several seasons of “Bachelor in Paradise.”
- Dean Bell, who competed on season 13 of “The Bachelorette” and on seasons four and six of “Bachelor in Paradise.”
- Noah Erb from season 16 of “The Bachelorette” and season seven of “Bachelor in Paradise.”
- Allyshia Gupta, who was on season 29 of “The Bachelor” and season 10 of “Bachelor in Paradise”
- Tammy Ly from season 24 of “The Bachelor” and season seven of “Bachelor in Paradise”
- Sandra Mason from the first season of “The Golden Bachelor”
- Sam McKinney, who appeared on season 21 of “The Bachelorette” and season 10 of “Bachelor in Paradise”
- Courtney Robertson Preciado from “The Bachelor” season 16
- Jeremy Simon, who competed on season 21 of “The Bachelorette” and season 20 of “Bachelor in Paradise”
- Christopher Stallworth, who competed on the first season of “The Golden Bachelorette”
