'The Bachelor' 2016 season 20 spoilers: 2 familiar faces return to find love

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Fans of "The Bachelor" will finally meet all the 28 women who will try to catch the attention of Ben Higgins when the 20<sup>th season premieres after New Year.

Spoilers for the newest season of ABC's long-running dating reality show say that two familiar faces will join the roster of women this season.

One of them is Becca Tilley, who first appeared on the show during Chris Soules's season. The 31-year-old chiropractor assistant fro, San Diego, California ended in the final two of "The Bachelor" season 19, but Chris chose Whitney Bischoff over her in the final rose ceremony.

The other returning woman who reportedly joined "The Bachelor" season 20 is Amber James, who also appeared during Chris's season. She was eliminated during the third episode of the season, but she also came back in the second season of the "Bachelor in Paradise" spin-off series.

This year's Bachelor admitted that he was in shock when he found out that the two former contestants will also be part of the show this season.

"Yes, I think so. I think shocked in the sense of you know, I was really appreciative of, and really, like that first night when every woman to that mansion, I just want after another down myself going thank you because, it's really crazy to see every woman show up to this place and you know," the new Bachelor said. "I felt the same about Becca and Amber."

However, none of the girls were successful in their second quest for love on the hit reality dating show. According to Reality Steve's spoilers, the 27-year-old Bachelor chose Lauren Bushnell instead.

Ben H. reportedly chose among Lauren, Amanda Stanton, Caila Quin, and JoJo Flecher during the last half of the season. But the Bachelor ultimately chose Lauren and proposed to him after the series wrapped up. The two are rumored to still be together after the series.

"The Bachelor" season 20 airs Monday, Jan. 4, 2016 on ABC.

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