Don’t read this if you want to be surprised by Tri-City woman’s fate on ‘Golden Bachelor’

Spoiler alert: When ABC’s “The Golden Bachelor” reality series starts airing this week, a Tri-Cities woman figures prominently in the competition for the heart of the Indiana widower.

Gerry Turner, 72 and the 22 women contestants are pursuing a shot at late-life romance on the elder edition of the highly popular “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.”

The TV competition centers on Turner, a retired restaurateur who reportedly loves pickleball and lives on a lake. He was married to his high school sweetheart for 43 years before she died six years ago.

The Tri-Cities connection: Faith Martin, 60, an educator, musician and radio personality who lives in Benton City, is one of the mature ladies in the running for a televised romance.

Spoiler alert: Truly, do not read on if you prefer to be surprised as the progress unfolds in reality time.

You’ve been warned.

OK, here’s the spoiler.

Before the first episode aired, the final three contestants were identified by Life & Style and Cosmopolitan magazines, both attributing their intel to an inside source known as “Reality Steve.”

Both publications reported that Martin made the final three, along with Leslie Fhima, 64, of Minneapolis, Minn., and Theresa Nist, 69, of Shrewsbury, N.J.

Cosmopolitan later narrowed the list to two, noting that one contestant was eliminated during a “hometown” date episode, which saw Gerry Turner travel to visit the three finalists in their hometowns.

The Herald confirmed that Turner was spotted in the Tri-Cities area when he filmed his hometown date episode with Martin on Aug. 19.

Last spoiler: Stop now if you don’t want to know which of the three was eliminated.

Still here?

Cosmopolitan reports it was Martin.

The first of the 10 episodes premiers at 8 p.m. (PST) on Thursday, then streams on Hulu the next day.