The Bachelor (American TV series) season 15

The Bachelor
Season 15
Promotional poster
Starring	Brad Womack
Presented by	Chris Harrison
No. of contestants	30
Winner	Emily Maynard
Runner-up	Chantal O'Brien
No. of episodes	12 (including 2 specials)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 3 (2011-01-03) – March 14, 2011 (2011-03-14)
Additional information
Filming dates	September 26 (2010-09-26) – November 19, 2010 (2010-11-19)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The fifteenth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor premiered on January 3, 2011. 38-year-old Brad Womack, who previously appeared as the Bachelor in season 11, where he rejected both of his final two women, returned as the Bachelor for this season. Womack became the first lead to appear on The Bachelor franchise twice. ^[1]

The season concluded on March 14, 2011, with Womack choosing to propose to 24-year-old single mother Emily Maynard. The couple announced that they ended their engagement on June 29, 2011.

Production

Casting and contestants

Casting began during season 14 . Potential candidates for this season included Womack, as well as Ty Brown and Chris Lambton from season six of The Bachelorette . Eventually, both turned down the offer. ^[2] On September 22, 2010, Womack was first rumored as the next Bachelor but he was officially confirmed to return the series five days later during the live show of season eleven of Dancing with the Stars . ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Notable contestants included Emily Maynard, who was the fiancée of Ricky Hendrick; and Radio City Rockette Keltie Busch.

Filming and development

This season traveled to far-flung locales in Las Vegas, Nevada, Costa Rica, the British overseas territory of Anguilla and South Africa. Appearances on this season included Drew Pinsky, Train and Seal. ^[5]

Contestants

Keltie Busch

The cast was revealed on December 17, 2010. Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions. ^[6]

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Outcome	Place	Ref
Emily Maynard [7]	24	Morgantown, West Virginia	Children's Hospital Event Planner	Winner	1	[8]
Chantal O'Brien [9]	28	Mercer Island, Washington	Executive Assistant	Runner-up	2
Ashley Hebert [10]	26	Madawaska, Maine	Dental Student	Week 9	3	[11]
Shawntel Newton [12]	25	Chico, California	Funeral Director	Week 8	4	[13]
Michelle Money	30	Salt Lake City, Utah	Hairstylist	Week 7	5	[14]
Britt Billmaier [9]	25	Woodinville, Washington	Food Writer		6
Jackie Gordon [15]	26	Newport, Rhode Island	Artist	Week 6	7	[16]
Allison "Alli" Travis [17]	24	Worthington, Ohio	Apparel Merchant		8
Lisa Morrisey [18]	24	Ottawa, Kansas	Marketing Coordinator	Week 5	9–10	[19]
Marissa May [20]	26	Mesa, Arizona	Sports Publicist
Ashley Spivey [21]	26	Ellerbe, North Carolina	Nanny		11
Lindsay Hill [22]	25	Plano, Texas	First Grade Teacher	Week 4	12–14	[23]
Meghan Merritt	30	Princeton, New Jersey	Fashion Marketer
Stacey Quirpel	26	Quincy, Massachusetts	Bartender
Kimberly Coon [24]	27	Orlando, Florida	Marketing Coordinator	Week 3	15–16	[25]
Sarah Powell [26]	27	Denver, Colorado	Real Estate Broker
Madison Garton [27]	25	Vail, Colorado	Model		17 (quit)
Keltie Busch [28]	28	Sherwood Park, Alberta	Radio City Rockette	Week 2	18–20	[29]
Melissa Schreiber [30]	32	Westport, Connecticut	Waitress
Raichel Goodyear [30]	29	Fullerton, California	Manscaper
Britnee Marks [30]	25	Holland, Pennsylvania	Paralegal	Week 1	21–30	[31]
Cristy Caserta [32]	30	Davie, Florida	Attorney
Jessica "J" Adams [9]	26	Seattle, Washington	Operations Manager
Jill Ruskowski [22]	28	Frisco, Texas	Sales Director
Lacey Garbelman [33]	27	Tampa, Florida	Insurance Agent
Lauren Moore [34]	26	Culpeper, Virginia	High School Teacher
Lisa Pastrich	27	Dix Hills, New York	Sales Consultant
Rebecca	30	Mission Viejo, California	Esthetician
Renee Halpin	28	Palos Hills, Illinois	Nanny
Sarah Ledtke [35]	25	Saginaw, Michigan	Musical Theatre Performer

Future appearances

The Bachelorette

Ashley Hebert was chosen as lead of the seventh season of The Bachelorette .

The following year, Emily Maynard was chosen as the lead of the eighth season of The Bachelorette .

Bachelor Pad

Alli Travis, Jackie Gordon, Melissa Schreiber, and Michelle Money returned for the second season of Bachelor Pad . Travis was eliminated in week 1, Gordon in week 2, and Schreiber in week 4. Money and her partner, Graham Bunn, were eliminated in week 7, finishing as the runners-up.

The Bachelor

Shawntel Newton appeared in one episode of the sixteenth season of The Bachelor.

Bachelor in Paradise

Money returned for the first season of Bachelor in Paradise . She ended the season in a relationship with Cody Sattler.

Other appearances

Outside of the Bachelor Nation franchise, Lisa Morrisey appeared as a contestant in the Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes special on the season 7 of Wipeout .

Call-out order

Order	Bachelorettes	Week
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Chantal	Ashley S.	Ashley H.	Ashley S.	Chantal	Shawntel	Chantal	Ashley H.	Ashley H.	Chantal Emily	Emily
2	Kimberly	Michelle	Michelle	Shawntel	Britt	Emily	Ashley H.	Emily	Emily		Chantal
3	Alli	Kimberly	Jackie	Emily	Michelle	Ashley H.	Emily	Shawntel	Chantal	Ashley H.
4	Ashley S.	Madison	Emily	Michelle	Ashley S.	Michelle	Britt	Chantal	Shawntel
5	Meghan	Emily	Chantal	Chantal	Alli	Alli	Shawntel	Michelle
6	Marissa	Raichel	Sarah P.	Lisa M.	Emily	Britt	Michelle	Britt
7	Lindsay	Keltie	Alli	Jackie	Shawntel	Jackie	Jackie
8	Ashley H.	Ashley H.	Kimberly	Ashley H.	Lisa M.	Chantal	Alli
9	Raichel	Meghan	Shawntel	Marissa	Jackie	Lisa M. Marissa
10	Madison	Lisa M.	Stacey	Britt	Marissa
11	Melissa	Lindsay	Ashley S.	Alli	Ashley H.	Ashley S.
12	Renee	Alli	Madison	Lindsay	Lindsay Meghan Stacey
13	Cristy	Sarah P.	Lisa M.	Meghan
14	Jackie	Marissa	Marissa	Stacey
15	Sarah P.	Britt	Meghan	Kimberly Sarah P.
16	Lacey	Stacey	Lindsay
17	Lauren	Shawntel	Britt	Madison
18	Lisa P.	Jackie	Keltie Melissa Raichel
19	Shawntel	Melissa
20	Britnee	Chantal
21	Stacey	Britnee Cristy J Jill Lacey Lauren Lisa P. Rebecca Renee Sarah L.
22	Jill
23	Lisa M.
24	Rebecca
25	J
26	Keltie
27	Sarah L.
28	Emily
29	Britt
30	Michelle

  The contestant received the first impression rose

  The contestant received a rose during the date

  The contestant received a rose after receiving advice from Ali and Roberto

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant was eliminated during the date

  The contestant quit the competition

  The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony

  The contestant won the competition

Episodes

See also: List of The Bachelor (American TV series) episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (18–49)
129	1	"Week 1: Season Premiere"	January 3, 2011 (2011-01-03)	1501	9.04 [36]	2.9/7 [37]
130	2	"Week 2"	January 10, 2011 (2011-01-10)	1502	8.46 [36]	2.8/7 [37]
131	3	"Week 3"	January 17, 2011 (2011-01-17)	1503	8.80 [36]	2.7/7 [37]
132	4	"Week 4"	January 24, 2011 (2011-01-24)	1504	9.28 [36]	2.9/8 [37]
133	5	"Week 5: Las Vegas"	January 31, 2011 (2011-01-31)	1505	9.66 [36]	3.2/8 [37]
134	6	"Week 6: Costa Rica"	February 7, 2011 (2011-02-07)	1506	9.81 [36]	3.2/8 [37]
135	7	"Week 7: Anguilla"	February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)	1507	9.32 [36]	2.9/8 [37]
136	8	"Week 8: Hometowns"	February 21, 2011 (2011-02-21)	1508	10.41 [36]	3.4/9 [37]
137	9	"Week 9: Fantasy Suites"	February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)	1509	11.33 [36]	3.5/9 [37]
138	10	"The Women Tell All"	March 7, 2011 (2011-03-07)	N/A	10.02 [36]	3.1/9 [37]
139	11	"Week 10: Season Finale"	March 14, 2011 (2011-03-14)	1510	13.86 [36]	4.5/13 [37]
140	12	"After The Final Rose"	March 14, 2011 (2011-03-14)	N/A	13.96 [36]	4.7/13 [37]

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External links

• Official website