The Bachelor TV show is a 60 minute dating reality series on ABC where 25 women are put together with one eligible bachelor in an effort to find true love during the season. Via a series of dates, events, and other meetings, the bachelor eliminates the woman each week that he feels is the least likely to make a good match.

The Bachelor Cast:

Chris Harrison ..... Host

Season 1:

Alex Michel - The Bachelor
Amanda Marsh - Bachelorette Winner

Season 2:

Aaron Buerge - The Bachelor
Helene Eksterowicz - Bachelorette Winner

Season 3:

Andrew Firestone - The Bachelor
Jen Schefft - Bachelorette Winner


Season 4:

Bob Guiney - The Bachelor
Estella Gardinier - Bachelorette Winner


Season 5:

Jesse Palmer - The Bachelor
Jessica Bowlin - Bachelorette Winner


Season 6:

Byron Velvick - The Bachelor
Mary Delgado - Bachelorette Winner


Season 7:

Charlie O'Connell - The Bachelor
Sarah Brice - Bachelorette Winner

Season 8:

Travis Stork - The Bachelor
Sarah Stone - Bachelorette Winner

Season 9 (Rome: Premiers October 2, 2006):

Prince Lorenzo Borghese - The Bachelor
Jennifer Wilson - Bachelorette Winner

Season 10:

Andrew "Andy" Baldwin - The Bachelor
Tessa Horst - Bachelorette Winner

Season 11:

Brad Womack - The Bachelor
No Bachelorette Winner, No Final Rose

Season 12:

Matt Grant - The Bachelor
Shayne Lamas - Bachelorette Winner

Season 13:

Jason Mesnick - The Bachelor
Melissa Rycroft - Bachelorette Winner

Season 14:

Jake Pavelka - The Bachelor
Vienna Girardi - Bachelorette Winner

Season 15:

Brad Womack - The Bachelor
Emily Maynard - Bachelorette Winner

Season 16:

Ben Flajnik - The Bachelor
Courtney Robertson - Bachelorette Winner

The Bachelor Trivia:

The Bachelor has inspired two "spinoff series", "The Bachelorette" and "Bachelor Pad".

Typically, at the end of each episode the Bachelor hands out roses to all but one of the women and she is sent away in a limosine. On a few occasions, however, the bachelor has decided that he wanted to send more than one woman home and withheld more than one rose. The same thing has occured a few times where the bachelor takes two women on a date and was supposed to eliminate one of them but instead decided to eliminate both. Brad Womack on the eleventh season of the Bachelor didn't select either of the women at his final rose ceremony, leaving many fans very disappointed. Jason Mesnick, just two seasons later, actually proposed to Melissa Rycroft (who went on to co-host "The Bachelor Pad") and then changed his mind at the "After the Final Rose" episode! He decided instead that he was really in love with his season's runner-up, Molly Malaney, and they went on to get married on a special televised episode titled, "Jason and Molly's Wedding".

Jason and Molly aren't the only couple to meet through the Bachelor and its spinoffs. The first wedding was between Trista Rehn who had failed to find love on the first season of The Bachelor but then went on to become The Bachelorette and married her final rose bachelor, Ryan Sutter, also on a televised ceremony. On the fourth season of the Bachelor, Bob Guiney (who had also been rejected on The Bachelorette and then became The Bachelor) gave Extella Gardinier his final rose and a promise ring rather than an engagement ring. That was probably due to the fact that he was already pursuing Rebecca Budig at the time. He had met Rebecca through the show as she hosted the wrap up episode titled, "Aaron and Helene Tell All" that aired after the second season and she also hosted repeats of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette on ABC's Family Channel. Rebecca is an actress who is best known for her starring role as Greenlee Smythe on the daytime soap opera, "All My Children". Bob and Rebecca got married on July 3, 2004 in a small, fifty person ceremony at Bob's parent's home.

Out of the first 14 seasons of the Bachelor, 7 bachelors proposed marriage at the final rose ceremony and while most of those couple dated and/or lived together for a while, no marriages took place.

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Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The Bachelor's First Season

1. Week One (3/25/2002)
2. Week Two (4/1/2002)
3. Week Three (4/8/2002)
4. Week Four (4/15/2002)
5. Week Five (4/22/2002)
6. The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (Special) (4/25/2002)
7. The Final Rose: Winner announced (4/25/2002)
8. The Bachelor: Special Edition (Special) (8/11/2002)
9. The Bachelor: Revealed (Special) (9/25/2002)

The Bachelor's Second Season

10. Week One (10/2/2002)
11. Week Two (10/9/2002)
12. Week Three (10/16/2002)
13. Week Four (10/23/2002)
14. Week Five (10/30/2002)
15. Week Six (11/6/2002)
16. The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (Special) (11/13/2002)
17. The Final Rose: Winner announced (11/20/2002)
18. The Bachelor: Aaron and Helene Tell All (2/20/2003)
19. The Bachelor: Where Are They Now? (Special) (3/19/2003)
20. The Bachelor: Revealed (Special) (3/26/2003)

The Bachelor's Third Season

21. Week One (9/24/2003)
22. Week Two (4/9/2003)
23. Week Three (4/16/2003)
24. Week Four (4/23/2003)
25. Week Five (4/30/2003)
26. Week Six (5/7/2003)
27. The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (Special) (5/14/2003)
28. The Final Rose: Winner announced (5/18/2003)
29. The Bachelor: After the Final Rose (Special) (5/21/2003)

The Bachelor's Fourth Season

30. Week One (9/24/2003)
31. Week Two (10/1/2003)
32. Week Three (10/8/2003)
33. Week Four (10/15/2003)
34. Week Five (10/22/2003)
35. Week Six (10/29/2003)
36. Week Seven (11/5/2003)
37. The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (Special) (11/12/2003)
38. The Final Rose: Winner announced (11/19/2003)
39. The Bachelor: After the Final Rose (Special) (11/20/2003)

The Bachelor's Fifth Season

40. Week One (4/7/2004)
41. Week Two (4/14/2004)
42. Week Three (4/21/2004)
43. Week Four (4/28/2004)
44. Week Five (5/5/2004)
45. Week Six (5/12/2004)
46. The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (Special) (5/12/2004)
47. The Final Rose: Winner announced (5/19/2004)
48. The Bachelor: After The Final Rose (Special) (5/26/2004)

The Bachelor's Sixth Season

49. Week One (9/22/2004)
50. Week Two (9/29/2004)
51. Week Three (10/6/2004)
52. Week Four (10/20/2004)
53. Week Five (10/27/2004)
54. Week Six (11/3/2004)
55. Week Seven (11/10/2004)
56. The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (Special) (11/17/2004)
57. The Final Rose: Winner announced (11/24/2004)
58. The Bachelor: After The Final Rose (Special) (11/24/2004)

The Bachelor's Seventh Season

59. Week One (3/28/2005)
60. Week Two (4/4/2005)
61. Week Three (4/11/2005)
62. Week Four (4/18/2005)
63. Week Five (4/25/2005)
64. Week Six (5/2/2005)
65. The Bachelor: Women Tell All (Special) (5/9/2005)
66. Week Seven (5/16/2005)
67. The Bachelor: The Final Rose Live (Special) (5/16/2005)

The Bachelor's Eighth Season

68. Week One (1/9/2006)
69. Week Two (1/16/2006)
70. Week Three (1/23/2006)
71. Week Four (1/30/2006)
72. Week Five (2/6/2006)
73. Week Six (2/13/2006)
74. The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (2/27/2006)
75. The Final Rose: Winner announced (2/27/2006)

The Bachelor's Ninth Season

76. Week One (10/2/2006)
77. Week Two (10/9/2006)
78. Week Three (10/16/2006)
79. Week Four (10/23/2006)
80. Week Five (10/30/2006)
81. Week Six (11/13/2006)
82. The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (Special) (11/20/2006)
83. The Final Rose: Winner announced (11/27/2006)

The Bachelor's Tenth Season

84. Week 1 (4/2/2007)
85. Week 2 (4/9/2007)
86. Week 3 (4/16/2007)
87. Week 4 (4/23/2007)
88. Week 5 (4/30/2007)
89. Week 6 (5/7/2007)
90. Week 7 (5/14/2007)
91. The Final Rose: Winner announced (5/21/2007)
92. The Bachelor: After the Final Rose (Special) (5/22/2007)

The Bachelor's Eleventh Season

93. Week 1 (9/24/2007)
94. Week 2 (10/1/2007)
95. Week 3 (10/8/2007)
96. Week 4 (10/15/2007)
97. Week 5 (10/22/2007)
98. Week 6 (10/29/2007)
99. Week 7 (11/5/2007)
100. Special: The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (11/15/2007)
101. The Final Rose: Winner announced (11/19/2007)
102. Special: The Bachelor: After the Final Rose (Special) (11/20/2007)
103. The Bachelor, Where are they now? (Special) (3/10/2008)

The Bachelor's Twelfth Season

104. The Bachelor: Where are they now? (Special) (3/10/2008)
105. Week 1 (3/17/2008)
106. Week 2 (3/24/2008)
107. Week 3 (3/31/2008)
108. Week 4 (4/7/2008)
109. Week 5 (4/14/2008)
110. Week 6 (4/21/2008)
111. Week 7 (4/28/2008)
112. The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (Special) (5/5/2008)
113. The Final Rose: Winner announced (5/12/2008)

The Bachelor's Thirteenth Season

114. Week 1 (1/5/2009)
115. Week 2 (1/12/2009)
116. Week 3 (1/19/2009)
117. Week 4 (1/26/2009)
118. Week 5 (2/2/2009)
119. Week 6 (2/9/2009)
120. Week 7 (2/16/2009)
121. The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (Special) (2/23/2009)
122. The Final Rose: Winner announced (3/2/2009)
123. The Bachelor: After the Final Rose - Part 1 (3/2/2009)
124. The Bachelor: After the Final Rose - Part 2 (Special) (3/3/2009)

The Bachelor's Fourteenth Season

125. Week 1 (1/4/2010)
126. Week 2 (1/11/2010)
127. Week 3 (1/18/2010)
128. Week 4 (1/25/2010)
129. Week 5 (2/1/2010)
130. Week 6 (2/8/2010)
131. Week 7 (2/15/2010)
132. The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love: The Women Tell All (2/22/2010)
133. The Final Rose: Winner announced (3/1/2010)
134. The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love: After the Final Rose (3/1/2010)
135. Jason and Molly's Wedding (Special) (3/8/2010)

The Fifteenth Season

136. Week 1 (1/3/2011)
137. Week 2 (1/10/2011)
138. Week 3 (1/17/2011)
139. Week 4 (1/24/2011)
140. Week 5 (1/31/2011)
141. Week 6 (2/7/2011)
142. Week 7 (2/14/2011)
143. Week 8 (2/21/2011)
144. Week 9 (2/28/2011)
145. The Women Tell ALL! (3/7/2011)
146. The Final Rose: Winner announced (3/14/2011)
147. After the Final Rose (3/14/2011)

The Sixteenth Season

148. Week 1 (1/2/2012)
149. Week 2 (1/9/2012)
150. Week 3 (1/16/2012)
151. Week 4 (1/23/2012)
152. Week 5 (1/30/2012)
153. Week 6 (2/6/2012)
154. Week 7 (2/13/2012)
155. Week 8 (2/20/2012)
156. Week 9 (2/27/2012)
157. The Women Tell All (3/5/2012)
158. The Final Rose: Winner announced (3/12/2012)
159. After the Final Rose (3/12/2012)