ABC’s The Bachelor 2015 with Chris Soules premieres on January 5th, and now fans can look forward to a jam-packed evening of romance and drama. The network has just revealed that the first night of Season 19 will be a three-hour event and they’re even touting that it’s live.

An eliminated bachelorette pleads for a second chance; six women join Chris for a pool party.

Guest host Jimmy Kimmel tries to help guide Chris' search for love.

Chris spends the day with eight ladies at a beach. Meanwhile, Chris' three sisters interview the other seven bachelorettes at the mansion and reward one lucky gal with a one-on-one date with Chris to attend a concert and a screening of "Cinderella." Later, Chris takes six women to San Francisco for a mud run in wedding dresses.

Chris takes the 11 remaining women to Sante Fe, N.M. While there, one bachelorette meets a "love guru" and nine ladies go rafting on the Rio Grande River. At a party, a woman from Chris' past makes an unwelcome visit; and Chris takes a leading contender on a hot air balloon ride.

Nine women join Chris in Deadwood, S.D.; the women call Kelsey out on her behavior.

Chris discusses memorable women and moments; Kelsey opens up about her panic attack.

Chris takes Jade to Arlington, Iowa, for a date that includes attending a high school football game.

Chris visits the women in their hometowns; one woman is eliminated.

Chris and the final three ladies travel to the island of Bali in Indonesia where secrets are revealed in the fantasy suite. At the rose ceremony, Chris sends one unsuspecting woman home in tears.

Chris is confronted by women he rejected; a preview of the final days of Chris' search for love.

Chris brings the women to meet his family in hope it will make the answer more clear.

Chris and his fiance Whitney will give interviews, plus an announcement of the next two Bachelorettes who are Kaitlyn and Britt.