Family of Bachelorette contestant excited about season premiere

Source: Canada.com

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Friends and family of Campbell River's Chris Hasek-Watt will be glued to their television sets at 9 p.m. Monday when the season premiere of The Bachelorette airs.

Hasek-Watt, 27, is one of the bachelors aiming to win the heart of Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky, 25, on the sixth season of the popular reality show that airs on ABC. His mother Jana Watt of Campbell River said she can't wait to see Monday's show.

"We're really excited, I had no idea how popular the show was all over the world," Watt said. "A lot of his friends are really excited and we'll be getting together to watch Monday night."

Hasek-Watt was born and raised in Campbell River and attended Pinecrest, Robron and Timberline schools. He loves sports and was particularly well known as a talented world-ranked junior tennis player.

"He's a great tennis player," Watt said. "He played on the BC team and he still plays a lot."

Hasek-Watt attended UBC and is now an account manager with a real-estate development company in Vancouver. He still loves sports and plays golf, basketball and hockey as well as tennis.

"We're very proud of him," his mom said. "He's very motivated, he's very competitive - I don't know if that's a good or bad thing - and he works hard to get ahead."

She said friends of her son suggested he'd be a good contestant on The Bachelorette so he sent in an application.

"They started with thousands of applicants and then just kept narrowing it down," Watt said.

Hasek-Watt traveled to Los Angeles and took part in the taping of the show at a mansion earlier this year. Secrecy is key and he is not allowed to reveal anything that happened during the taping of the series, Watt said.

The Bachelorette premieres at 9 p.m. Monday on ABC.