The Bachelor | |
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Season 18 | |
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Starring | Juan Pablo Galavis |
Presented by | Chris Harrison |
No. of contestants | 27 |
Winner | Nikki Ferrell |
Runner-up | Clare Crawley |
No. of episodes | 12 (including 2 specials) |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | January 6 – March 10, 2014 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | September 16 – November 13, 2013 |
Season chronology | |
The eighteenth season of The Bachelor premiered on January 6, 2014. [1] This season features 32-year-old Juan Pablo Galavis, a former Venezuelan professional soccer player from Miami, Florida. Galavis finished in seventh place on the ninth season of The Bachelorette featuring Desiree Hartsock. He is the first Latino lead. The season concluded on March 10, 2014, with Galavis choosing to pursue a relationship with 26-year-old pediatric nurse Nikki Ferrell. They ended their relationship in October 2014.
There are 4 Sunday special episodes during the month of January 2014 as follows:
Casting began during the airing of the seventeenth season of the show. Galavis was instantly chosen during the season finale of The Bachelorette. [3]
The season travelled to locales including Utah, South Korea, Vietnam, New Zealand, Florida, and Saint Lucia. With performances such as 2NE1, Romeo Santos, and Josh Krajcik. [4]
Unlike previous seasons, there are 27 contestants competing the show, for the first time since Rome . Biographical information according to ABC official series site, which gives first names only. Plus footnoted additions. [5]
Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Outcome | Place |
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Nikki Ferrell [6] [7] | 26 | Kearney, Missouri | Pediatric Nurse | Winner | 1 |
Clare Crawley [8] | 32 | Sacramento, California | Hairstylist | Runner-up | 2 |
Andi Dorfman [9] | 26 | Buckhead, Georgia | Assistant District Attorney | Week 9 | 3 (quit) |
Renee Oteri [10] | 32 | Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts | Real Estate Agent | Week 8 | 4 |
Chelsie Webster [11] | 24 | Lexington, Ohio | Science Educator | Week 7 | 5 |
Sharleen Joynt [12] [13] | 29 | Ottawa, Ontario [lower-alpha 1] | Opera Singer | 6 (quit) | |
Katherine "Kat" Hurd [14] | 29 | Iowa City, Iowa | Medical Sales Rep | Week 6 | 7 |
Cassandra Ferguson [15] | 22 | Rochester Hills, Michigan | Former NBA Dancer | 8 | |
Allison "Alli" Restko [13] | 26 | Orland Park, Illinois | Nanny | Week 5 | 9–11 |
Danielle Ronco [16] | 25 | Litchfield, Illinois | Psychiatric Nurse | ||
Kelly Travis [9] [13] | 27 | Conyers, Georgia | Dog Lover | ||
Elise Mosca [17] | 27 | Forty Fort, Pennsylvania | First Grade Teacher | Week 4 | 12–13 |
Lauren Solomon [18] | 26 | Clinton, Michigan | Music Composer | ||
Christy Hansen [19] | 24 | Aurora, Illinois | Marketing Manager | Week 3 | 14–15 |
Lucinda "Lucy" Aragon [13] | 25 | Santa Barbara, California | Free Spirit | ||
Amy Long [20] | 27 | Clermont, Florida | Local News Reporter | Week 2 | 16–17 |
Chantel Forrest [21] | 27 | Miami, Florida | Account Manager | ||
Victoria Lima [13] | 24 | Porto Alegre, Brazil [lower-alpha 2] | Legal Assistant | 18 | |
Alexis Morgado [13] [22] | 24 | Tampa, Florida | Communications Director | Week 1 | 19–27 |
Amy Jokinen [13] | 31 | Apopka, Florida | Massage Therapist | ||
Ashley Poe [13] | 25 | Roanoke, Texas | Grade School Teacher | ||
Christine Llano [13] [23] | 23 | Miami, Florida | Police Support Specialist | ||
Kylie Lewis [13] [24] | 23 | Rockford, Illinois | Interior Designer | ||
Lacy Faddoul [13] [21] | 25 | Antelope Acres, California | Nursing Home Owner | ||
Lauren Higginson [13] | 25 | Edmond, Oklahoma | Mineral Coordinator | ||
Maggie Gantt [13] [25] | 25 | Wagener, South Carolina | Personal Banker | ||
Valerie Eredia [13] [26] | 26 | Sutter, California | Personal Trainer | ||
Andi Dorfman was chosen as the lead for the tenth season of The Bachelorette . She ended the season engaged to Josh Murray. They announced their breakup on January 8, 2015.
Clare Crawley was chosen as the lead for the sixteenth season of The Bachelorette . She got engaged to Dale Moss in the fourth episode. They broke up in January 2021. They got back together, but broke up for good in September 2021.
Crawley, Lacy Faddoul, Christy Hansen, Elise Mosca, Danielle Ronco, and Lucy Aragon returned for the first season of Bachelor in Paradise . Mosca and Crawley quit in week 3 and week 5, respectively. Ronco was eliminated in week 3, Aragon in week 5, and Hansen in week 7. Faddoul ended the season engaged to Marcus Grodd. They were later married, however, they soon split up.
Crawley, Cassandra Ferguson, and Chelsie Webster returned for the second season of Bachelor in Paradise. Crawley was eliminated in week 3 and Webster in week 5. Ferguson ended the season in a relationship with Justin Reich. They split after Paradise.
Ferguson returned for the fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise. She split with Jordan Mauger in week 6.
Crawley returned for The Bachelor Winter Games under Team USA. She quit in week 3.
Galavis and Nikki Ferrell participated in VH1 reality series Couples Therapy .
Order | Bachelorettes | Week | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
1 | Amy L. | Sharleen | Clare | Cassandra | Nikki | Renee | Andi | Andi | Nikki | Nikki | Nikki |
2 | Cassandra | Clare | Kat | Nikki | Sharleen | Clare | Sharleen | Nikki | Clare | Clare | Clare |
3 | Christy | Nikki | Kelly | Chelsie | Andi | Nikki | Clare | Clare | Andi | Andi | |
4 | Christine | Renee | Cassandra | Andi | Renee | Sharleen | Nikki | Renee | Renee | ||
5 | Nikki | Andi | Nikki | Renee | Chelsie | Cassandra | Renee | Chelsie | |||
6 | Kat | Alli | Andi | Kelly | Kelly | Chelsie | Chelsie | Sharleen | |||
7 | Chantel | Chantel | Elise | Sharleen | Danielle | Kat | Kat | ||||
8 | Victoria | Lauren S. | Sharleen | Elise | Cassandra | Andi | Cassandra | ||||
9 | Lucy | Kelly | Renee | Kat | Alli | Alli Danielle Kelly | |||||
10 | Danielle | Cassandra | Danielle | Alli | Clare | ||||||
11 | Lauren S. | Danielle | Lucy | Clare | Kat | ||||||
12 | Chelsie | Chelsie | Alli | Lauren S. | Elise Lauren S. | ||||||
13 | Valerie | Kat | Chelsie | Danielle | |||||||
14 | Elise | Victoria | Lauren S. | Christy Lucy | |||||||
15 | Ashley | Christy | Christy | ||||||||
16 | Clare | Lucy | Amy L. Chantel | ||||||||
17 | Alli | Elise | |||||||||
18 | Amy J. | Amy L. | Victoria | ||||||||
19 | Renee | Alexis Amy J. Ashley Christine Kylie Lacy Lauren H. Maggie Valerie | |||||||||
20 | Lauren H. | ||||||||||
21 | Maggie | ||||||||||
22 | Kelly | ||||||||||
23 | Lacy | ||||||||||
24 | Alexis | ||||||||||
25 | Kylie | ||||||||||
26 | Sharleen | ||||||||||
27 | Andi |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18–49) |
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166 | 1 | "Week 1: Season Premiere" | January 6, 2014 | 1801 | 8.65 [27] | 2.7/7 [27] |
167 | 2 | "Week 2" | January 13, 2014 | 1802 | 7.96 [28] | 2.3/6 [28] |
168 | 3 | "Week 3" | January 20, 2014 | 1803 | 7.94 [29] | 2.3/6 [29] |
169 | 4 | "Week 4: Seoul, South Korea" | January 27, 2014 | 1804 | 8.61 [30] | 2.5/7 [30] |
170 | 5 | "Week 5: Vietnam" | February 3, 2014 | 1805 | 8.33 [31] | 2.6/7 [31] |
171 | 6 | "Week 6: New Zealand" | February 10, 2014 [lower-alpha 3] | 1806 | 7.87 [32] | 2.3/6 [32] |
172 | 7 | "Week 7: Miami, Florida" | February 17, 2014 [lower-alpha 3] | 1807 | 7.68 [33] | 2.2/6 [33] |
173 | 8 | "Week 8: Hometowns" | February 24, 2014 | 1808 | 8.17 [34] | 2.5/7 [34] |
174 | 9 | "Week 9: Fantasy Suites" | February 25, 2014 | 1809 | 8.13 [35] | 2.5/7 [35] |
175 | 10 | "The Women Tell All" | March 3, 2014 | N/A | 8.15 [36] | 2.3/6 [36] |
176 | 11 | "Week 10: Season Finale" | March 10, 2014 | 1810 | 10.10 [37] | 3.3/10 [37] |
177 | 12 | "After the Final Rose" | March 10, 2014 | N/A | 10.97 [37] | 3.8/11 [37] |
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