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And the Best Bachelor Couple of All Time Is...

Exclusive: We asked veterans of the franchise to weigh in on which couple is the gold-standard!

By Tierney Bricker Dec 28, 2015 4:00 PMTags
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19 season of The Bachelor. 11 seasons of The Bachelorette. Three seasons of Bachelor Pad. Two seasons of Bachelor in Paradise. One ultimate couple. 

The Bachelor returns on Jan. 4 with Ben Higgins as the man on a mission to find love, and it's a milestone for the franchise as its the 20th season. And to commemorate the ABC franchise's anniversary, we asked some of Bachelor Nation's most memorable faces to weigh in on which couple from The Bachelor and Bachelorette is the best of all-time.

Expecting parents Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici received a lot of votes, including from Ashley Iaconetti and Tanner Tolbert, as well as Nick Peterson, who said, "Those two are just perfect for each other." But they weren't the only couple to get a lot of love from the alumni. "It gives hope to all the other seasons," Ashley Salter said of Ryan and Trista Sutter's love story, with Tenley Molzahn adding, "They are just true and genuine." 

Justin Reich, meanwhile, picked a more recent couple from the franchise: Marcus Grodd and Lacy Faddoul, who met on Bachelor in Paradise season one, and swapped vows in the season two premiere. 

So which couple got the most votes from the veterans? Find out by pressing play on the video above.

And to find out which Bachelor and Bachelorette couples are still together, click through our gallery below to get a status update!

The Bachelor returns Monday, Jan. 4 on ABC.