The Bachelor (American TV series) season 19

The Bachelor
Season 19
Promotional poster
Starring	Chris Soules
Presented by	Chris Harrison
No. of contestants	30
Winner	Whitney Bischoff
Runner-up	Becca Tilley
No. of episodes	13 (including 3 specials)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 5 (2015-01-05) – March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09)
Additional information
Filming dates	September 25 (2014-09-25) – November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The nineteenth season of The Bachelor premiered on January 5, 2015. This season featured 33-year-old Chris Soules, a farmer from Arlington, Iowa.

Soules finished in third place on season 10 of The Bachelorette featuring Andi Dorfman. The season concluded on March 9, 2015, with Soules choosing to propose to 29-year-old fertility nurse Whitney Bischoff. They ended their engagement on May 28, 2015.

Production

Casting and contestants

Casting began during the eighteenth season of The Bachelor. Soules and Arie Luyendyk Jr. were the candidates for the next bachelor. On August 26, 2014, Soules was chosen as a fan favorite and was first announced on Good Morning America . ^{[1] [2]} Luyendyk later became the star in the twenty-second season.

Notable contestants include Carly Waddell, who is the sister of The Bachelorette season 9 contestant Zak Waddell; professional wrestler Brittany Fetkin; former New York Jets cheerleader Nikki Delventhal; former Washington Redskins Cheerleader Jillian Anderson; and Samantha Steffen, who is the niece of Manoj Bhargava. ^[3]

Filming and development

Unlike previous seasons, this season premiered with a three-hour live episode. Filming began at The Bachelor mansion in Agoura Hills, California on September 25, 2014. On mid-October, the show was filmed at Deadwood, South Dakota. ^[4] The season included visits to San Francisco, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Des Moines, Iowa, and the Indonesian island of Bali. Jimmy Kimmel Live! host Jimmy Kimmel took over the hosting role for one episode alongside Chris Harrison and a performance from Big & Rich in week six. ^[5]

Contestants

The season began with 30 contestants. ^[6]

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Outcome	Place	Ref
Whitney Bischoff [7] [8]	29	Louisville, Kentucky	Fertility Nurse	Winner	1	[9]
Becca Tilley [10] [11]	25	Shreveport, Louisiana	Chiropractic Assistant	Runner-up	2
Kaitlyn Bristowe [12]	29	Leduc, Alberta	Dance Instructor	Week 9	3	[13]
Jade Roper [8] [14]	28	Gering, Nebraska	Cosmetics Developer	Week 8	4	[15]
Carly Waddell [3]	29	Arlington, Texas	Cruise Ship Singer	Week 7	5
Britt Nilsson [8] [14]	27	Wolcott Mills, Michigan	Waitress		6
Megan Bell [7]	24	Brentwood, Tennessee	Make-Up Artist	Week 6	7 (quit)	[16]
Kelsey Poe [8] [17]	28	Hudsonville, Michigan	Guidance Counselor		8	[18]
Ashley Iaconetti [8] [19]	26	Great Falls, Virginia	Journalist		9
Mackenzie Deonigi [7]	21	Maple Valley, Washington	Dental Assistant	Week 5	10–11
Samantha Steffen [14] [20]	27	Indianapolis, Indiana	Fashion Designer
Ashley Salter [21]	24	Vinings, Georgia	Hair Stylist	Week 4	12–14	[22]
Juelia Kinney [7] [23]	30	Beaverton, Oregon	Esthetician
Nikki Delventhal [19]	26	Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey	Former NFL Cheerleader
Jillian Anderson [24] [25]	25	Howland, Ohio	News Producer		15
Amber James [7] [26]	29	Kankakee, Illinois	Bartender	Week 3	16–18	[27]
Tracy Darakis [28]	29	Wellington, Florida	Fourth Grade Teacher
Trina Scherenberg [14] [29]	33	Algonquin, Illinois	Special Education Teacher
Alissa Giambrone [19]	24	Hamilton, New Jersey	Flight Attendant	Week 2	19–23	[30]
Jordan Branch [31]	24	Windsor, Colorado	Student
Kimberly Sherbach [32]	28	Wantagh, New York	Yoga Instructor			[30] [33]
Tandra Steiner [7]	30	Sandy, Utah	Executive Assistant			[30]
Tara Eddings [7] [34]	26	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Sport Fishing Enthusiast
Amanda Goerlitz [29]	24	Lake in the Hills, Illinois	Ballet Teacher	Week 1	24–30	[33]
Bo Stanley [35]	25	Carpinteria, California	Plus-Size Model
Brittany Fetkin [36]	26	Temecula, California	WWE Diva-in-Training
Kara Wilson [37]	25	Brownsville, Kentucky	High School Soccer Coach
Michelle Davis [7]	25	Provo, Utah	Wedding Cake Baker
Nicole Meacham [38] [39]	31	Scottsdale, Arizona	Real Estate Agent
Reegan Cornwell [14]	28	Manhattan Beach, California	Cadaver Tissue Saleswoman

Future appearances

The Bachelorette

Britt Nilsson and Kaitlyn Bristowe were chosen as co-leads for season 11 of The Bachelorette ; however, only one would survive past the first night. The men voted for Bristowe to continue as the Bachelorette. ^[40] Bristowe was named as the interim host for The Bachelorette during seasons 17 and 18 alongside Tayshia Adams, replacing Chris Harrison.

The Bachelor

Amber James and Becca Tilley returned for season 20 of The Bachelor. James was eliminated in week 4 and Tilley in week 7.

Bachelor in Paradise

Season 2

Ashley Salter, Ashley Iaconetti, Carly Waddell, Jade Roper, Jillian Anderson, Juelia Kinney, Megan Bell, James, Samantha Steffen, and Mackenzie Deonigi returned for the second season of Bachelor in Paradise . Anderson was eliminated in week 1, Bell in week 3, and Salter and James in week 5. Kinney was also eliminated in week 3 but returned in week 4. Kinney, Iaconetti, and Deonigi quit in week 5. Waddell split from Kirk DeWindt, in week 6. Roper ended the season engaged to Tanner Tolbert. They were married on January 24, 2016 and have three children together. Steffen left paradise in a relationship with Nick Peterson.

Season 3

Waddell and Iaconetti returned for the third season of Bachelor in Paradise. Iaconetti was eliminated in week 3 but returned in week 4. She split from Wells Adams in week 6. Waddell ended the season engaged to Evan Bass. They were married on June 17, 2017 and had two children. They separated in December 2020.

The Bachelor Winter Games

Iaconetti returned for The Bachelor Winter Games under Team USA. She co-won the season alongside Canadian Bachelorette alum, Kevin Wendt.

Dancing with the Stars

Chris Soules competed in season 20 of Dancing with the Stars , partnering with Witney Carson. He finished in 5th place.

Bristowe competed in season 29 of that show, with partner Artem Chigvintsev, and won.

Call-out order

Order	Bachelorettes	Week
		1	2	3	4	5	6 [lower-alpha 1]	7	8	9	10
1	Britt	Britt	Mackenzie	Kaitlyn	Kaitlyn	Carly	Becca	Kaitlyn	Whitney	Whitney	Whitney
2	Whitney	Kaitlyn	Megan	Becca	Jade	Whitney	Britt	Whitney	Kaitlyn	Becca	Becca
3	Kelsey	Jade	Kaitlyn	Whitney	Whitney	Britt	Carly Jade Kaitlyn Whitney	Becca	Becca	Kaitlyn
4	Megan	Samantha	Britt	Jade	Carly	Jade		Jade	Jade
5	Ashley I.	Ashley I.	Ashley I.	Samantha	Megan	Kaitlyn		Carly
6	Trina	Tandra	Trina	Juelia	Samantha	Megan		Britt
7	Reegan	Nikki	Kelsey	Mackenzie	Mackenzie	Becca	Megan
8	Tara	Kelsey	Samantha	Kelsey	Kelsey	Ashley I.	Kelsey
9	Amber	Megan	Juelia	Britt	Becca	Kelsey	Ashley I.
10	Nikki	Alissa	Amber	Megan	Ashley I.	Mackenzie Samantha
11	Amanda	Amber	Tracy	Carly	Britt
12	Jillian	Juelia	Jillian	Ashley S.	Ashley S. Juelia Nikki	Jordan
13	Mackenzie	Becca	Jade	Nikki
14	Ashley S.	Trina	Nikki	Jillian
15	Kaitlyn	Mackenzie	Becca	Ashley I.	Jillian
16	Samantha	Tracy	Carly	Amber Tracy Trina
17	Michelle	Tara	Whitney
18	Juelia	Jordan	Ashley S.
19	Becca	Jillian	Alissa Jordan Kimberly Tandra Tara
20	Tandra	Whitney
21	Alissa	Carly
22	Jordan	Ashley S.
23	Nicole	Kimberly
24	Brittany	Amanda Bo Brittany Kara Michelle Nicole Reegan
25	Carly
26	Tracy
27	Bo
28	Kimberly
29	Kara
30	Jade

  The contestant received the first impression rose

  The contestant received a rose during the date

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant was originally eliminated but was saved

  The contestant was eliminated during the date

  The contestant quit the competition

  The contestant was eliminated outside of the rose ceremony

  The previously eliminated contestant asked for a chance to return, but was denied

  The contestant moved on to the next week by default

  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)
178	1	"Week 1: Season Premiere"	January 5, 2015 (2015-01-05)	1901	7.76 [41]	2.2/7 [41]
179	2	"Week 2"	January 12, 2015 (2015-01-12)	1902	6.48 [42]	1.8/5 [42]
180	3	"Week 3"	January 19, 2015 (2015-01-19)	1903	7.61 [43]	2.1/6 [43]
181	4	"Week 4"	January 26, 2015 (2015-01-26)	1904	7.95 [44]	2.3/6 [44]
182	5	"Week 5: Santa Fe, New Mexico"	February 2, 2015 (2015-02-02)	1905	8.45 [45]	2.5/7 [45]
183	6	"Week 6: Deadwood, South Dakota"	February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09)	1906	8.70 [46]	2.7/8 [46]
184	7	"Chris Tells All"	February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)	N/A	5.67 [47]	1.5/4 [47]
185	8	"Week 7: Iowa"	February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)	1907	6.05 [47]	1.5/4 [47]
186	9	"Week 8: Hometowns"	February 16, 2015 (2015-02-16)	1908	8.97 [48]	2.6/7 [48]
187	10	"Week 9: Fantasy Suites"	February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23)	1909	8.97 [49]	2.6/7 [49]
188	11	"The Women Tell All"	March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02)	N/A	8.15 [50]	2.4/7 [50]
189	12	"Week 10: Season Finale"	March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09)	1910	9.68 [51]	2.7/8 [51]
190	13	"After the Final Rose"	March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09)	N/A	9.68 [51]	2.8/8 [51]

Notes

1. In week 6, Megan decided to quit the competition, cancelling the upcoming rose ceremony.

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External links

• Official website