The Bachelor (American TV series) season 25

The Bachelor
Season 25
Promotional poster
Starring	Matt James
Presented by	Chris Harrison Emmanuel Acho
No. of contestants	37
Winner	Rachael Kirkconnell
Runner-up	Michelle Young
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 4 (2021-01-04) – March 15, 2021 (2021-03-15)
Additional information
Filming dates	October 10 (2020-10-10) – November 21, 2020 (2020-11-21)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The twenty-fifth season of The Bachelor premiered on January 4, 2021. This season features 28-year-old Matt James, a real estate broker and charity founder from Raleigh, North Carolina. ^[1]

James was originally cast on the sixteenth season of The Bachelorette featuring Clare Crawley. However, after filming was delayed due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, he was instead selected to be The Bachelor. The entire season was filmed at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, Pennsylvania due to the pandemic, making this was the first and only season to film in a single location in The Bachelor. James is the first Black male lead in The Bachelor franchise. ^[2]

The season concluded on March 15, 2021, with James choosing to pursue a relationship with 24-year-old graphic designer Rachael Kirkconnell. However, during the After the Final Rose special, it was revealed that James had broken up with Kirkconnell after her racially insensitive past came to light. ^[3] On April 28, 2021, James confirmed that he and Kirkconnell were back together. ^[4]

This was the final Bachelor Nation season to feature Chris Harrison as the host.

Production

Casting and contestants

On June 12, 2020, James was announced as the next Bachelor on Good Morning America . ^[1] James is the first Black Bachelor in franchise history, ^[2] and while it was intended and announced as the second African-American lead (after Rachel Lindsay of The Bachelorette 13 ), the sudden introduction of Tayshia Adams as a co-lead on The Bachelorette 16 , made James the third African-American lead of the franchise. He is also the first lead to have not previously appeared on a series in The Bachelor franchise since Matt Grant in season 12. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Notable contestants include Mariela "Mari" Pepin, Miss Maryland USA 2019 and top 10 finalist in Miss USA 2019; Kit Keenan, daughter of fashion designer Cynthia Rowley; Sydney Johnson, daughter of former New York Giants running backs coach and current University of Maryland analyst Craig Johnson; Abigail Heringer, the first deaf contestant in The Bachelor franchise; and Catalina Morales, who was crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2015 and competed at Miss Universe 2015. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Filming and development

See also: The Bachelorette (American season 16) § Filming and development

As with the sixteenth season of The Bachelorette , the season was filmed in a bio-secure bubble at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, Pennsylvania, 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh due to quarantine safety protocols, making this the first The Bachelor season not to film in the traditional Villa de la Vina mansion in Agoura Hills, California, and the first location other than the mansion since season 11. ^[10]

Former contestants Ashley Iaconetti, Ben Higgins, and Tyler Cameron, retired professional boxer Mia St. John, musician Aloe Blacc, and professional drift racer Tony Angelo made guest appearances this season. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

Contestants

On October 5, 2020, 43 potential contestants were revealed on The Bachelor social media sites. ^[15] On December 11, 2020, the final cast of 32 women was revealed. ^[16] In week 3, five new women joined the cast, bringing the total number of contestants to 37. ^[9]

In week 6, season 23 contestant Heather Martin asked to join the cast, but James declined prior to the rose ceremony. ^[14]

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Arrived	Outcome	Place	Ref
Rachael Kirkconnell [17]	24	Cumming, Georgia	Graphic Designer	Week 1	Winner	1	[18]
Michelle Young [19] [20]	27	Woodbury, Minnesota	Teacher	Week 3	Runner-Up	2
Briana "Bri" Springs [21] [22]	24	San Antonio, Texas	Communications Manager	Week 1	Week 9	3	[23]
Serena Pitt [24] [25]	23	Markham, Ontario	Publicist		Week 8	4 (quit)	[26]
Pieper James [27]	23	Happy Valley, Oregon	Graduate Student		Week 7	5	[14]
Jessenia Cruz [22]	27	El Paso, Texas	Social Media Marketer			6
Kit Keenan [6]	21	Manhattan, New York	Fashion Entrepreneur			7 (quit)
Abigail Heringer [8] [27]	25	Salem, Oregon	Client Financial Manager			8
Chelsea Vaughn [28]	29	Marietta, Georgia	Runway Model		Week 6	9–10
Serena Chew [29]	24	San Bruno, California	Flight Attendant
Katie Thurston [24] [30]	29	Lynnwood, Washington	Bank Marketing Manager			11	[13]
Brittany Galvin [20] [31]	23	Hinsdale, Illinois	Model	Week 3	Week 5	12–14
Mearg "Magi" Tareke [32]	32	Adwa, Ethiopia [lower-alpha 2]	Pharmacist	Week 1
Ryan Claytor [20]	26	Mechanicsville, Virginia	Dancer/Choreographer	Week 3
Meredith "MJ" Snyder [33]	23	Hudson, Ohio	Hairstylist	Week 1		15
Catalina Morales [34]	29	Caguas, Puerto Rico [lower-alpha 3]	Former Miss Universe Puerto Rico	Week 3	Week 4	16–19	[35]
Lauren Maddox [36]	29	Miami, Florida	Corporate Attorney	Week 1
Mariela "Mari" Pepin [5] [37]	24	Severn, Maryland	Marketing Director
Victoria Larson [38]	27	Los Angeles, California	Queen
Anna Redman [39] [40]	24	Owatonna, Minnesota	Copywriter			20
Kaili Anderson [40]	26	San Diego, California	Hostess		Week 3	21–23	[12]
Khaylah Epps [41]	28	Durham, North Carolina	Healthcare Advocate
Kimberly "Kim" Li [20]	28	Cypress, California	ICU Nurse	Week 3
Sarah Trott [42]	24	Scripps Ranch, California	Broadcast Journalist	Week 1		24 (quit)	[11]
Alana Milne [22]	26	San Antonio, Texas	Photographer		Week 2	25–29
Illeana Pennetto [43]	25	South Salem, New York	Health Food Developer
Kristin Hopkins [44]	27	Virginia Beach, Virginia	Attorney
Marylynn Sienna [45]	28	Huntington Beach, California	Event Coordinator
Sydney Johnson [7]	28	Franklin, Tennessee	Marketing Specialist
Alicia Holloway [46]	24	Morgantown, West Virginia	Professional Ballerina		Week 1	30–37	[47]
Amber Andrews [45]	30	Rialto, California	Nursing Student
Carolyn Vallejo [45]	30	Newburyport, Massachusetts	Journalist
Casandra Suarez [45]	25	Lodi, California	Social Worker
Corrinne Jones [48]	22	Pomfret, Connecticut	Marketing Manager
Emani Curl [49]	25	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Realtor
Kimberly Courneya [30]	28	Lake Tapps, Washington	Airline Recruiter
Saneh Ste. Claire [50]	25	Vilano Beach, Florida	IT Consultant

Future appearances

The Bachelorette

Katie Thurston and Michelle Young were both chosen as the leads for seasons 17 and 18 of The Bachelorette respectively.

Bachelor in Paradise

Season 7

Abigail Heringer, Alana Milne, Anna Redman, Chelsea Vaughn, Jessenia Cruz, Mariela "Mari" Pepin, Pieper James, Serena Chew, Serena Pitt and Victoria Larson returned for season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise . ^[51] Chew and Larson were eliminated in week 1. Milne and James quit in week 3. Cruz was eliminated in week 3. Heringer split from Noah Erb in week 5, although they've gotten back together. Vaughn was eliminated in week 5. Redman split from James Bonsall in week 6. Pepin and Pitt got engaged in week 6 to Kenny Braasch and Joe Amabile, respectively.

Season 8

Cruz and Brittany Galvin returned for season 8 of Bachelor in Paradise. ^[52] Cruz quit in week 5. Galvin left in a relationship with Tyler Norris in week 6.

Bachelor in Paradise Canada

Season 1

Illeana Pennetto returned for the inaugural season of Bachelor in Paradise Canada . She split from Brendan Scanzano in week 5.

Season 2

Chelsea Vaughn returned for the second season of Bachelor in Paradise Canada. She left in a relationship with Austin Tinsley in week 6.

Dancing with the Stars

Matt James competed on season 30 of Dancing with the Stars . He was partnered with Lindsay Arnold. They were eliminated in week 4, finishing in 12th place.

Call-out order

Order	Bachelorettes	Week
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Bri	Abigail	Bri	Rachael	Bri	Rachael	Pieper	Serena P.	Michelle	Michelle	Rachael
2	Rachael	Bri	Lauren	Serena P.	Michelle	Abigail	Michelle	Rachael	Rachael	Rachael	Michelle
3	Sarah	Rachael	Sarah	Chelsea	Pieper [lower-alpha 4]	Kit	Bri	Bri	Bri	Bri
4	Jessenia	Chelsea	Pieper	MJ	Brittany	Jessenia	Rachael	Michelle	Serena P.
5	Chelsea	Sarah	Kit	Pieper	Ryan	Serena P.	Serena P.	Pieper
6	Mari	MJ	Magi	Bri	Rachael	Michelle	Kit	Jessenia
7	Magi	Serena P.	Rachael	Magi	Serena P.	Pieper	Jessenia	Kit
8	Carolyn	Khaylah	Abigail	Michelle	Magi	Bri	Abigail	Abigail
9	Sydney	Kristin	Chelsea	Mari	Kit	Chelsea	Chelsea Serena C.
10	Kristin	Kit	Jessenia	Ryan	MJ	Katie
11	Anna	Magi	Katie	Kit	Jessenia	Serena C.	Katie
12	Khaylah	Pieper	Serena C.	Serena C.	Katie	Brittany Magi Ryan
13	Serena C.	Mari	Serena P.	Abigail	Abigail
14	Serena P.	Illeana	Khaylah	Katie	Chelsea
15	Alicia	Jessenia	Mari	Victoria	Serena C.	MJ
16	Saneh	Kaili	MJ	Lauren	Catalina Lauren Mari Victoria
17	Alana	Marylynn	Anna	Brittany
18	Kaili	Serena C.	Kaili	Jessenia
19	Abigail	Lauren	Victoria	Anna
20	Corrinne	Sydney	Alana Illeana Kristin Marylynn Sydney	Catalina	Anna
21	Marylynn	Alana		Kaili Khaylah Kim
22	Emani	Katie
23	Lauren	Anna
24	Pieper	Victoria		Sarah
25	MJ	Alicia Amber Carolyn Casandra Corrinne Emani Kimberly Saneh
26	Katie
27	Amber
28	Kimberly
29	Casandra
30	Illeana
31	Kit
32	Victoria
33	Brittany [lower-alpha 5]
34	Michelle [lower-alpha 5]
35	Ryan [lower-alpha 5]
36	Kim [lower-alpha 5]
37	Catalina [lower-alpha 5]

  The contestant received the first impression rose

  The contestant received a rose during the date

  The contestant received a rose outside of a rose ceremony or date

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony

  The contestant was eliminated during the date

  The contestant quit the competition

  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 (18–49)
252	1	"Week 1: Season Premiere"	January 4, 2021 (2021-01-04)	2501	5.23 [53]	1.3 [53]
253	2	"Week 2"	January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11)	2502	4.74 [54]	1.2 [54]
254	3	"Week 3"	January 18, 2021 (2021-01-18)	2503	5.00 [55]	1.4 [55]
255	4	"Week 4"	January 25, 2021 (2021-01-25)	2504	5.25 [56]	1.5 [56]
256	5	"Week 5"	February 1, 2021 (2021-02-01)	2505	5.49 [57]	1.5 [57]
257	6	"Week 6"	February 8, 2021 (2021-02-08)	2506	5.47 [58]	1.4 [58]
258	7	"Week 7"	February 15, 2021 (2021-02-15)	2507	5.51 [59]	1.4 [59]
259	8	"Week 8: Hometowns"	February 22, 2021 (2021-02-22)	2508	5.40 [60]	1.3 [60]
260	9	"The Women Tell All"	March 1, 2021 (2021-03-01)	N/A	4.69 [61]	1.1 [61]
261	10	"Week 9: Fantasy Suites"	March 8, 2021 (2021-03-08)	2509	5.08 [62]	1.3 [62]
262	11	"Week 10: Season Finale"	March 15, 2021 (2021-03-15)	2510	6.07 [63]	1.5 [63]
263	12	"After the Final Rose"	March 15, 2021 (2021-03-15)	N/A	5.64 [63]	1.4 [63]

Controversy

Further information: The Bachelor and race § Rachael Kirkconnell and Chris Harrison

Contestant Rachael Kirkconnell faced controversy in February 2021 after she was accused of liking racist social media posts and bullying a girl for dating African-American men in high school. ^[64] Photos also emerged of Kirkconnell attending an Antebellum South plantation themed fraternity formal in 2018. ^[65] Kirkconnell later issued an apology for her past behavior. ^[66]

Host Chris Harrison was criticized for his defense of Kirkconnell after he claimed that "50 million people [attended an Antebellum South ball] in 2018," and "the woke police is out there." He later issued an apology for his comments. ^[67] A petition to remove Harrison as host of the franchise garnered over 40,000 signatures. ^{[68] [69]} On February 13, 2021, Harrison announced that he would be "stepping aside for a period of time" and would not host the After the Final Rose special. ^[70] On June 8, 2021, it was revealed Harrison would leave the franchise for good. ^[71]

On February 27, 2021, Emmanuel Acho was selected as the replacement host for After the Final Rose. Acho is the author of the New York Times bestseller Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man. ^[72]

Notes

1. Brad Womack, who had served as lead for season 15, had not appeared on a season of The Bachelorette either, but had previously appeared on the show as the lead in season 11.
2. Magi Tareke is originally from Adwa in Ethiopia but was residing in Washington, D.C. at the time of casting and filming.
3. Catalina Morales is originally from Caguas in Puerto Rico but was residing in New York City at the time of casting and filming.
4. Pieper had the rose from the second group date. The segment of the date when Matt gave the rose to her and her rose ceremony appearance were both unaired.
5. Brittany, Catalina, Kim, Michelle, and Ryan all entered the competition in Week 3.

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External links

• Official website