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Real estate broker, entrepreneur and community organization founder Matt James embarks on his own love story.

The Bachelor is an ABC network competitive reality dating game show that debuted on March 25, 2002. The show is hosted by Chris Harrison. The show's success has resulted in several spin-offs including The BacheloretteThe Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons—Ever!, and Bachelor in Paradise.

The show was renewed in 2020 for a 25th season, which will premiere January 4, 2020.


About the show[]

As the show is designed, the series revolves around a single bachelor (deemed eligible) who starts with a pool of romantic interests (typically 25) from whom the bachelor is expected to select a wife. During the course of the season, the bachelor eliminates candidates (see The elimination process), with the bachelor proposing marriage to his final selection. The participants travel to romantic and exotic locations for their adventures, and the conflicts in the series, both internal and external, stem from the elimination-style format of the show.

As the show is designed, the series revolves around a single bachelor (deemed eligible) who starts with a pool of romantic interests (typically 25) from whom the bachelor is expected to select a wife. During the course of the season, the bachelor eliminates candidates (see the elimination process), with the bachelor proposing marriage to his final selection. The participants travel to romantic and exotic locations for their adventures, and the conflicts in the series, both internal and external, stem from the elimination-style format of the show.

The above description is a general guideline. In practice, the show does not always follow its designed structure, and those variations are often a source of drama and conflict.

  • A candidate who was eliminated returns to the show to plead her case to the bachelor.
  • A bachelor distributes more roses or fewer roses than planned.
  • A bachelor eliminates a woman outside of the normal elimination process. For example, the bachelor may eliminate both women in a two-on-one date.
  • The bachelor chooses to pursue a relationship with his final selection rather than propose marriage.

The two most notable cases where the bachelor violated the premise of the show are Brad Womack, who selected neither of his final two women, and Jason Mesnick, who in the After the Final Rose episode broke off his engagement and several months later proposed (offscreen) to the first runner-up. (The two are now married.)

Cast[]

  1. Alex Michel
  2. Aaron Buerge
  3. Andrew Firestone
  4. Bob Guiney
  5. Jesse Palmer
  6. Byron Velvick
  7. Charlie O'Connell
  8. Travis Lane Stork
  9. Lorenzo Borghese
  10. Andy Baldwin
  11. Brad Womack
  12. Matt Grant
  13. Jason Mesnick
  14. Jake Pavelka
  15. Brad Womack
  16. Ben Flajnik
  17. Sean Lowe
  18. Juan Pablo Galavis
  19. Chris Soules
  20. Ben Higgins
  21. Nick Viall
  22. Arie Luyendyk Jr.
  23. Colton Underwood
  24. Peter Weber
  25. Matt James

Seasons[]

Production[]

It is produced and directed by Mike Fleiss and is filmed by camera operator Jesse Fleiss. Supervising producer (2013–14) is Elan Gale. The After The Final Rose and other reunion specials are produced at Victory Studios in Glendale, CA.

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