Nick Viall’s journey to find love begins on Jan. 2.

On Jan. 2, Bachelor franchise legend Nick Viall will finally get his chance to pick a wife from a pool of 25 women on national TV.

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We still have a month until we start seeing how it all goes down, but today, ABC announced his lucky lady suitors, and boy are we in for a wild ride.

A cursory glance showed a noticeable uptick in contestants of color, reflecting ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey's comments in August that she'd like to see more diversity on the show.

Here are some other fun stats!

Total number of contestants: 30
Age of youngest contestant: 23
Age of oldest contestant: 31
Number of different hairstyles: 4
Number of women who said if they could be any animal, they would be a dolphin: 5
Number of women who said if they could be any fruit or vegetable they would be a pineapple: 2
Number of women who said if they could be any fictional character, they would be Ariel from The Little Mermaid: 4
Number of women who seriously love Olivia Pope: 6