Bachelor in Paradise (American TV series) season 9

*Bachelor in Paradise*
Bachelor in Paradise
Season 9
	Promotional poster
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 28 –; December 7, 2023
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 8 Next →; Season 10
	List of episodes

Last updated June 12, 2025

Production

Filming took place in the town of Sayulita, located in Vallarta-Nayarit, Mexico.^[3] Wells Adams returned as the bartender for the sixth season in a row.^[4]

For the first time, the season was moved from its usual Monday and Tuesday timeslot to Thursday following the inaugural season of The Golden Bachelor , on account of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.^[1]

Former Bachelorettes Hannah Brown, Katie Thurston, and Charity Lawson made guest appearances this season.

Casting

On August 14, 2023, Brayden Bowers and Katherine Izzo were confirmed as contestants during the Bachelorette season 20 Men Tell All special.^[5]

On August 21, 2023, Aaron Bryant, Brooklyn Willie, and former Bachelorette Rachel Recchia were confirmed as contestants during the Bachelorette season 20 After the Final Rose special.^[6] Recchia is the second ever lead to return as a contestant on Paradise, after Becca Kufrin on season 7.^[7]

The rest of the original cast was announced on August 25, 2023.^[8]

Contestants

Name	Age	Residence	From	Arrived	Outcome
Aaron Bryant	30	San Diego, California	The Bachelorette – Charity	Week 1	Engaged
Eliza Isichei	27	Los Angeles, California	The Bachelor – Clayton Bachelor in Paradise – Season 8	Week 1	Engaged
John Henry Spurlock	31	Wilmington, North Carolina	The Bachelorette – Charity	Week 2	Engaged
Kat Izzo	27	Tampa, Florida	The Bachelor – Zach	Week 1	Engaged
Aven Jones	29	San Diego, California	The Bachelorette – Gabby & Rachel	Week 1	Relationship
Kylee Russell	25	Charlotte, North Carolina	The Bachelor – Zach	Week 1	Relationship
Michael Barbour	29	Chicago, Illinois	The Bachelorette – Charity	Week 4	Split Week 5
Olivia Lewis	24	Rochester, New York	The Bachelor – Zach	Week 1	Split Week 5
Peter Cappio	33	New York City, New York	The Bachelorette – Charity	Week 1	Split Week 5
Samantha "Sam" Picco	34	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	Bachelor in Paradise Canada – Season 2	Week 2	Split Week 5
Jordan Vandergriff	28	Alpharetta, Georgia	The Bachelorette – Gabby & Rachel	Week 4	Split Week 5
Mercedes Northup	25	Nashville, Tennessee	The Bachelor – Zach	Week 1	Split Week 5
Tanner Courtad	30	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	The Bachelorette – Charity	Week 2	Split Week 5
Jess Girod	24	Winter Springs, Florida	The Bachelor – Zach	Week 1	Split Week 5
Brayden Bowers	25	San Diego, California	The Bachelorette – Charity	Week 1	Week 4
Taylor Pegg	32	Beavercreek, Ohio	The Bachelorette – Charity	Week 4	Week 4
Rachel Recchia	27	Clermont, Florida	The Bachelor – Clayton The Bachelorette – Season 19	Week 1	Week 4 (Quit)
Tyler Norris	26	Wildwood, New Jersey	The Bachelorette – Gabby & Rachel Bachelor in Paradise – Season 8	Week 2	Week 4 (Quit)
Blake Moynes	32	Hamilton, Ontario	The Bachelorette – Clare & Tayshia The Bachelorette – Katie	Week 1	Week 4 (Quit)
Davia Bunch	26	Charleston, South Carolina	The Bachelor – Zach	Week 3	Week 3
Genevie Mayo	26	Baltimore, Maryland	The Bachelor – Zach	Week 3	Week 3
Becca Serrano	26	Burbank, California	The Bachelor – Zach	Week 3	Week 3 (Quit)
Aaron Schwartzman	34	San Diego, California	The Bachelorette – Charity	Week 1	Week 2
John Buresh	27	New York City, New York	The Bachelorette – Charity	Week 2	Week 2
Sean McLaughlin	26	Tampa, Florida	The Bachelorette – Charity	Week 1	Week 2
Will Urena	30	Grand Rapids, Michigan	The Bachelorette – Michelle	Week 1	Week 2
Samantha "Sam" Jeffries	27	Dayton, Ohio	The Bachelor – Clayton	Week 1	Week 2 (MD)
Brooklyn Willie	25	Stillwater, Oklahoma	The Bachelor – Zach	Week 1	Week 1
Cat Wong	26	Brooklyn, New York	The Bachelor – Zach	Week 1	Week 1
Greer Blitzer	25	New York City, New York	The Bachelor – Zach	Week 1	Week 1

Elimination table

Place	Contestant	Week
Place	Contestant	1	2	3	4	5
1-4	Aaron B.	In	In	In	In	Engaged
	Eliza	In	Date	In	In	Engaged
	John Henry	Wait	Date	In	In	Engaged
	Kat I.	In	Date	In	In	Engaged
5-6	Aven	Date	In	In	Date	Relationship
5-6	Kylee	Date	In	In	Date	Relationship
7-8	Michael	Wait			Date	Split
7-8	Olivia	Last	Date	Last	Date	Split
9-10	Peter	In	Last	In	Date	Split
9-10	Sam P.	Wait	In	In	Date	Split
11-12	Jordan	Wait			Last	Split
11-12	Mercedes	In	Date	In	In	Split
13-14	Tanner	Wait	Date	Date	In	Split
13-14	Jess	In	In	In	In	Split
15-16	Brayden	In	In	Date	Out
15-16	Taylor	Wait			Out
17	Rachel	In	In	Date	Quit
18	Tyler	Wait	Date	In	Quit
19	Blake	In	In	Date	Quit
20-21	Davia	Wait		Out
20-21	Genevie	Wait		Out
22	Becca	Wait		Quit
23-26	Aaron S.	In	Out
	John B.	Wait	Out
	Sean	In	Out
	Will	Date	Out
27	Sam J.	In	Out
28-30	Brooklyn	Out
	Cat W.	Out
	Greer	Out

Key

The contestant is male

The contestant is female

Date The contestant went on a date and gave out a rose at the rose ceremony

Date The contestant went on a date and got a rose at the rose ceremony

In The contestant gave or received a rose at the rose ceremony, thus remaining in the competition

Last The contestant received the last rose

Last The contestant went on a date and received the last rose

Out The contestant went on a date and was eliminated

Out The contestant was eliminated

Quit The contestant had a date and voluntarily left the show

Quit The contestant voluntarily left the show

Out The contestant was medically evacuated.

Split The couple broke up and was eliminated

Split The couple had a date, then broke up and was eliminated

Split The contestant split after Bachelor in Paradise ended

Stay The couple decided to stay together and won the competition

Wait The contestant had to wait before appearing in paradise

Split/Stay The contestant split then started dating again after paradise

Split/Stay The contestant split before a rose ceremony and started dating again after BIP ended

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date ^[9]	Prod. code ^[9]	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (18–49)
91	1	"Episode 1: Season Premiere"	September 28, 2023 (2023-09-28)	901	2.08^[10]	0.4^[10]
Arrivals: Rachel, Aaron B., Brooklyn, Cat W., Sean, Will, Kylee, Brayden, Eliza, Greer, Mercedes, Aaron S., Peter, Kat I., Sam J., Olivia, Jess, and Blake. Date Card: Kylee Kylee's Date: Will New Arrival: Aven
92	2	"Episode 2"	October 5, 2023 (2023-10-05)	902	2.00^[11]	0.4^[11]
Aven's Date: Kylee Rose Ceremony: Brayden gave his rose to Kat I., Blake gave his rose to Jess, Aaron B. gave his rose to Eliza, Will gave his rose to Mercedes, Sean gave his rose to Rachel, Aven gave his rose to Kylee, Aaron S. gave his rose to Sam J., and Peter gave his rose to Olivia. Brooklyn, Cat W., and Greer did not receive a rose and were sent home.
93	3	"Episode 3"	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)	903	1.89^[12]	0.3^[12]
New Arrival: Tanner Tanner's Date: Kat New Arrival: Tyler Tyler's Date: Mercedes
94	4	"Episode 4"	October 19, 2023 (2023-10-19)	904	1.99^[13]	0.3^[13]
Departure: Sam J. New Arrival: John Henry John Henry's Date: Olivia New Arrival: John B. John B's Date: Eliza
95	5	"Episode 5"	October 26, 2023 (2023-10-26)	905	1.91^[14]	0.3^[14]
New Arrival: Sam P. Rose Ceremony: Kylee gave her rose to Aven, Rachel gave her rose to Brayden, Eliza gave her rose to Aaron B., Kat gave her rose to Tanner, Jess gave her rose to Blake, Olivia gave her rose to John Henry, Mercedes gave her rose to Tyler, and Sam P. gave her rose to Peter. Aaron S., John B., Sean, and Will did not receive a rose and were sent home. Date Card: Rachel Rachel's Date: Brayden New Arrival: Davia Davia's Date: Tanner
96	6	"Episode 6"	November 2, 2023 (2023-11-02)	906	1.96^[15]	0.3^[15]
New Arrival: Genevie Genevie's Date: Blake New Arrival: Becca Becca's Date: Brayden
97	7	"Episode 7"	November 9, 2023 (2023-11-09)	907	1.93^[16]	0.3^[16]
Departure: Becca Rose Ceremony: Aven gave his rose to Kylee, Tyler gave his rose to Mercedes, Peter gave his rose to Sam P., Aaron B. gave his rose to Eliza, Blake gave his rose to Jess, Tanner gave his rose to Rachel, John Henry gave his rose to Kat, and Brayden gave his rose to Olivia. Davia and Genevie did not receive a rose and were sent home. New Arrival: Michael
98	8	"Episode 8"	November 16, 2023 (2023-11-16)	908	2.24^[17]	0.4^[17]
Michael's Date: Olivia New Arrivals: Jordan and Taylor Jordan's Date: Rachel Double Date Card: Aven & Peter Aven & Peter's Dates: Kylee & Sam P.
99	9	"Episode 9"	November 30, 2023 (2023-11-30)	909	2.25^[18]	0.3^[18]
Departure: Blake Departure: Tyler Departure: Rachel Rose Ceremony: Eliza gave her rose to Aaron B., Kat gave her rose to John Henry, Kylee gave her rose to Aven, Olivia gave her rose to Michael, Sam P. gave her rose to Peter, Jess gave her rose to Tanner, and Mercedes gave her rose to Jordan. Rachel forfeited her rose during the ceremony. Brayden and Taylor did not receive a rose and were sent home.
100	10	"Season Finale"	December 7, 2023 (2023-12-07)	910	1.74^[19]	0.3^[19]
Date Card: John Henry & Kat Date Card: Aaron B. & Eliza Departures: Tanner & Jess break up. Jordan & Mercedes break up. Aven & Kylee decide to stay together and leave as a couple. Peter & Sam P. break up. Michael & Olivia break up. Commitment Ceremony #1: Aaron B. proposes to Eliza and they get engaged. Commitment Ceremony #2: John Henry proposes to Kat and they get engaged.

References

1 2 Campione, Katie (August 21, 2023). "'The Golden Bachelor' & 'Bachelor In Paradise' Season 9 Get ABC Premiere Dates". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 21, 2023.
↑ Dupre, Elyse (July 4, 2023). "Jesse Palmer Teases "Wild" Season of Bachelor in Paradise". E! News . Retrieved August 14, 2023.
↑ Norwin, Alyssa (June 29, 2023). "'Bachelor In Paradise' Season 9: Everything We Know About The Upcoming Season". Hollywood Life . Retrieved August 14, 2023.
↑ "Wells Adams Shares Hilarious Update from Day 2 of Filming 'Bachelor in Paradise'". Bachelor Nation. June 9, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
↑ Baldwin, Kristen (August 14, 2023). "The Bachelorette recap: The men tell all (about hating Brayden)". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved August 14, 2023.
↑ Baldwin, Kristen (August 21, 2023). "The Bachelorette finale recap: Our queen finds her king". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved August 21, 2023.
↑ Gawley, Paige (August 21, 2023). "'Bachelor in Paradise': Rachel Recchia Makes Waves on the Beach in First Season 9 Promo". Entertainment Tonight . Retrieved August 21, 2023.
↑ Wang, Jessica (August 25, 2023). "Meet the cast of Bachelor in Paradise season 9". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved August 25, 2023.
1 2 "BACHELOR IN PARADISE (ABC)". The Futon Critic . October 13, 2023.
1 2 Douglas Pucci (September 29, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: The Golden Bachelor Series Premiere on ABC is Top Non-Sports Telecast in Prime Time". Programming Insider. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
1 2 Pucci, Douglas (October 6, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: The Golden Bachelor on ABC Nearly Matches Premiere Night Figures in Week Two". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
1 2 Pucci, Douglas (October 13, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: Canadian Medical Drama 'Transplant' Returned for its Third Season on NBC". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
1 2 Pucci, Douglas (October 20, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: Broadcast Networks Televise President Biden's Address to the Nation". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
1 2 Pucci, Douglas (October 27, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: TNT Runner-Up Among Key Demos as NBA Opening Week Continues". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
1 2 Pucci, Douglas (November 3, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: ABC and CBS in Tight Battle for Broadcast Key Demo Victory". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
1 2 Pucci, Douglas (November 10, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: 'Big Brother' 25th Season Finale Puts CBS on Top of Broadcast Networks in Key Demos". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
1 2 Pucci, Douglas (November 17, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: 'Ghosts UK' Series Premiere Builds Out of Its American Version on CBS". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
1 2 Pucci, Douglas (December 1, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: 'The Golden Bachelor' on ABC Hits Season-Highs in Season Finale". Programming Insider. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
1 2 Pucci, Douglas (December 8, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: 'Christmas at the Opry' Lifts NBC to Broadcast Network Lead in Total Viewers". Programming Insider. Retrieved December 8, 2023.

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[Premiere-1] 1 2 Campione, Katie (August 21, 2023). "'The Golden Bachelor' & 'Bachelor In Paradise' Season 9 Get ABC Premiere Dates". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 21, 2023.

[2] Dupre, Elyse (July 4, 2023). "Jesse Palmer Teases "Wild" Season of Bachelor in Paradise". E! News . Retrieved August 14, 2023.

[3] Norwin, Alyssa (June 29, 2023). "'Bachelor In Paradise' Season 9: Everything We Know About The Upcoming Season". Hollywood Life . Retrieved August 14, 2023.

[4] "Wells Adams Shares Hilarious Update from Day 2 of Filming 'Bachelor in Paradise'". Bachelor Nation. June 9, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.

[5] Baldwin, Kristen (August 14, 2023). "The Bachelorette recap: The men tell all (about hating Brayden)". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved August 14, 2023.

[6] Baldwin, Kristen (August 21, 2023). "The Bachelorette finale recap: Our queen finds her king". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved August 21, 2023.

[7] Gawley, Paige (August 21, 2023). "'Bachelor in Paradise': Rachel Recchia Makes Waves on the Beach in First Season 9 Promo". Entertainment Tonight . Retrieved August 21, 2023.

[8] Wang, Jessica (August 25, 2023). "Meet the cast of Bachelor in Paradise season 9". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[TFC-9] 1 2 "BACHELOR IN PARADISE (ABC)". The Futon Critic . October 13, 2023.

[9.01-10] 1 2 Douglas Pucci (September 29, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: The Golden Bachelor Series Premiere on ABC is Top Non-Sports Telecast in Prime Time". Programming Insider. Retrieved September 29, 2023.

[9.02-11] 1 2 Pucci, Douglas (October 6, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: The Golden Bachelor on ABC Nearly Matches Premiere Night Figures in Week Two". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 6, 2023.

[9.03-12] 1 2 Pucci, Douglas (October 13, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: Canadian Medical Drama 'Transplant' Returned for its Third Season on NBC". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 14, 2023.

[9.04-13] 1 2 Pucci, Douglas (October 20, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: Broadcast Networks Televise President Biden's Address to the Nation". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 21, 2023.

[9.05-14] 1 2 Pucci, Douglas (October 27, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: TNT Runner-Up Among Key Demos as NBA Opening Week Continues". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 29, 2023.

[9.06-15] 1 2 Pucci, Douglas (November 3, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: ABC and CBS in Tight Battle for Broadcast Key Demo Victory". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 3, 2023.

[9.07-16] 1 2 Pucci, Douglas (November 10, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: 'Big Brother' 25th Season Finale Puts CBS on Top of Broadcast Networks in Key Demos". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 11, 2023.

[9.08-17] 1 2 Pucci, Douglas (November 17, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: 'Ghosts UK' Series Premiere Builds Out of Its American Version on CBS". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 17, 2023.

[9.09-18] 1 2 Pucci, Douglas (December 1, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: 'The Golden Bachelor' on ABC Hits Season-Highs in Season Finale". Programming Insider. Retrieved December 4, 2023.

[9.10-19] 1 2 Pucci, Douglas (December 8, 2023). "Thursday Ratings: 'Christmas at the Opry' Lifts NBC to Broadcast Network Lead in Total Viewers". Programming Insider. Retrieved December 8, 2023.

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