Who Won ‘The Bachelorette’ Season 18 – And Is He Still With Michelle Young?

Bachelorette The season 18 finale is guaranteed to deliver ABC its first few colors, with Michelle Young between Brandon Jones and Nayte Olukoya. And the final episode of the season is one of the tightest in years, when Michelle says she loves both men.

Brandon seems to have taken the lead soon after he got on very well with both Michelle’s mom and dad. But then Nayte and Michelle felt a real connection during their last date.

As Michelle’s final decision neared, both men picked out a ring. But in the end there will be only one proposal.

The winning suitor then appeared in the special “After the Final Rose”, where Bachelorette fans have to find out what the pair have become in the months since they filmed the season.

Who did Michelle choose? Bachelorette?

Throughout the episode, Brandon was ahead of Nayte. After all, it’s not just Michelle’s parents who like Brandon – they seem to actively dislike Nayte, which makes him more nervous and starts to trip over his words. He even mistakenly told Michelle’s mother LaVonne that he didn’t value love.

By contrast, Brandon seems to have made all the right moves. He had met Michelle’s parents many times and had charmed them every time. He gave her the sweater he wore on the first day they met, and after her date with Nayte, he left her a letter telling her to follow through. his heart.

That letter could have been a miscalculation, because she followed her heart – straight to the other guy. When it comes to choosing, she says her heart is for Nayte. This leads to the heartbreaking scene where Brandon walks away, saying he feels he gave everything he had to the process and is now broken – though ABC will certainly add him. it’s in Bachelor in Paradise lined up in an attempt to fix that.

During his engagement speech, Nayte said he wanted to elope with her – something he may need to do as the couple live in different countries (Nayte lives in Winnipeg) amid a global pandemic. bridge.

Are Michelle and Nayte still together?

As for the After the Final Rose special, which was filmed a few weeks before The Bachelorette Season 18 finale aired, they certainly were.

On that show, ABC invested in the couple’s future – literally, by giving them a down payment for their first home. This comes after a tumultuous year for the Bachelorette couples, with Katie Thurston and Blake Moynes ending it after a few months and Tayshia Cole and Zac Clark also breaking up.

A few hours later After the last rose special broadcast, Michelle paid tribute to Nayte about her Instagram with a poem that begins: “Dear SoulNayte, Coming into the role of The Bachelorette, I am very optimistic about what I will find. I hope for a best friend, a life partner, but I am really only one.”

Nayte (or, as his Instagram revealed his first name was, Babatunde) also paid tribute to his fiancée on social media with a lengthy message that began: “Michelle , as of September 9, 2021, when I get on one knee to ask you to spend the rest of our lives together, it’s an absolute dream come true. reality TV might actually play out as perfectly as it did for us. Regardless of the editing, we know the true story.”

Bachelorette Season 18 is currently airing in full on Hulu. Bachelor Part 26 starting Monday, January 3 on ABC.