JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select id="asd">
    <option>hello</option>
    <option>I'M THE CHOSEN ONE</option>
    <option>asd</option>
    <option>wer</option>
    <option>qwe</option>
    
</select>

JavaScript

var sel = document.getElementById("asd");
var optnz = sel.getElementsByTagName("option")[1];
sel.value = optnz.value;
optnz.style.display = "none";