The Bachelor | |
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Season 2 | |
Starring | Blake Garvey |
Presented by | Osher Günsberg |
No. of contestants | 30 |
Winner | Sam Frost |
Runner-up | Lisa Hyde |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Release | |
Original network | Network Ten |
Original release | 30 July – 2 October 2014 |
Season chronology |
The second season of The Bachelor premiered on 30 July 2014. This season features Blake Garvey, a 31-year-old Perth-based real estate auctioneer, courting 30 women. [1]
The season began with 24 contestants. [2] In episode 8, six "intruders" were brought into the competition, bringing the total number of contestants to 30. [3]
Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Eliminated |
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Samantha "Sam" Frost | 25 | Mornington Peninsula, Victoria | Financial Assistant | Winner |
Lisa Hyde | 27 | Noosa, Queensland | Fashion Designer | Runner-up |
Louise Pillidge | 26 | Thredbo, New South Wales | Event Manager | Episode 19 |
Jessica Jones | 24 | Central Coast, New South Wales | Accounting Student | Episode 18 |
Zoe O'Brien | 25 | Melbourne | Pharmacist | Episode 16 |
Laurina Fleure | 30 | Melbourne | Entrepreneur | Episode 15 |
Chantal Hrynieweski | 26 | Melbourne | Interior Designer | Episode 14 |
Lauren Birdsall | 27 | Sydney | Dancer | Episode 13 |
Mary O'Neill | 27 | Sydney | Acting Student | Episode 12 |
Rachel Miley-Smith | 27 | Sydney | Medical Sales Representative | |
Amber Gelinas | 26 | Calgary, Canada | Oil & Gas Consultant | Episode 11 |
Kara Bramham | 24 | Melbourne | Law Graduate | Episode 10 |
Anastasia | 30 | Sydney | Lawyer | Episode 9 |
Aley Greenblo | 25 | Sydney | Fashion Blogger | Episode 8 |
Tahnee Lee | 24 | Sydney | Social Media Coordinator | |
Alana Wilkie | 26 | Perth, Western Australia | Legal Secretary | Episode 7 |
Anita Cusack | 30 | Castlemaine, Victoria | Dog Groomer | Episode 6 |
Diana Dinu | 28 | Brisbane, Queensland | I.T. Student | |
Katrina Burgoyne | 26 | Newcastle, New South Wales | Musician | |
Lauren Smith | 27 | Adelaide, South Australia | Flight Attendant | Episode 5 |
Shana Leggett | 26 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Poker Dealer | Episode 4 |
Stacey-Louise | 33 | Traralgon, Victoria | Fitness Trainer | |
Holly Pearce | 23 | Sydney | Professional Netballer | Episode 4 (Quit) |
Amanda Hatcher | 28 | Sydney | Account Manager | Episode 3 |
Bridgette-Rose Taylor | 24 | Brisbane, Queensland | Law Student | Episode 2 |
Tiarnar Tavita | 31 | Newcastle, New South Wales | Model | |
Emma Foster | 31 | Melbourne | Interior Designer | Episode 1 |
Emma Levitt | 28 | Perth, Western Australia | Make-Up Artist | |
Karla | 31 | Sydney | Nurse | |
Sam Aghan | 25 | Perth, Western Australia | Administrative Assistant |
# | Bachelorettes | Episode | |||||||||||||||||||
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1 [4] | 2 [5] | 3 [6] | 4 [7] | 5 [8] | 6 [9] | 7 [10] | 8 [11] [lower-alpha 1] | 9 [12] | 10 [13] | 11 [14] [lower-alpha 2] | 12 [15] | 13 [16] | 14 [17] [lower-alpha 3] | 15 [18] | 16 [19] | 18 [20] | 19 [21] | 20 [22] | |||
1 | Holly | Katrina | Holly | Holly | Lisa | Sam F. | Zoe | Laurina | Louise | Chantal | Zoe | Sam F. | Sam F. | Lisa | Louise | Sam F. | Louise | Lisa | Sam F. | Sam F. | |
2 | Sam | Louise | Jessica | Anita | Alana | Amber | Louise | Sam F. | Lisa | Kara | Lauren B. | Lauren B. | Jessica | Laurina [lower-alpha 4] | Jessica | Louise | Sam F. | Louise | Lisa | Lisa | |
3 | Emma F. | Holly | Alana | Laurina | Zoe | Chantal | Chantal | Lisa | Zoe | Lisa | Louise | Chantal | Lisa | Sam F. | Lisa | Jessica | Jessica | Sam F. | Louise | ||
4 | Amber | Jessica | Lisa | Sam F. | Chantal | Lisa | Kara | Jessica | Rachel | Zoe | Jessica | Jessica | Louise | Louise | Sam F. | Zoe | Lisa | Jessica | |||
5 | Chantal | Zoe | Stacey-Louise | Lisa | Laurina | Zoe | Jessica | Chantal | Amber | Jessica | Mary | Laurina | Chantal | Zoe | Zoe | Lisa | Zoe | ||||
6 | Jessica | Bridgette-Rose | Zoe | Zoe | Amber | Katrina | Laurina | Louise | Sam F. | Laurina | Chantal | Lisa | Lauren B. | Jessica | Laurina | Laurina | |||||
7 | Bridgette-Rose | Diana | Lauren S. | Katrina | Sam F. | Jessica | Sam F. | Amber | Lauren B. | Sam F. | Laurina | Louise | Laurina | Chantal | Chantal | ||||||
8 | Tiarnar | Laurina | Louise | Alana | Anita | Laurina | Lisa | Kara | Jessica | Lauren B. | Sam F. | Mary | Zoe | Lauren B. | |||||||
9 | Kara | Stacey-Louise | Sam F. | Jessica | Kara | Louise | Amber | Zoe | Chantal | Amber | Lisa | Rachel | Mary Rachel | ||||||||
10 | Lisa | Amanda | Diana | Diana | Jessica | Alana | Alana | Alana | Laurina | Rachel | Rachel | Zoe | |||||||||
11 | Lauren S. | Shana | Amanda | Louise | Louise | Anita | Anita Diana | Mary | Louise | Amber | Amber | ||||||||||
12 | Louise | Lisa | Anita | Shana | Katrina | Diana | Anastasia | Mary | Kara | ||||||||||||
13 | Anita | Alana | Shana | Stacey-Louise | Diana | Kara | Katrina | Kara | Anastasia | ||||||||||||
14 | Amanda | Chantal | Katrina | Chantal | Lauren S. | Lauren S. | Aley Tahnee | ||||||||||||||
15 | Alana | Lauren S. | Amber | Kara | Shana Stacey-Louise | ||||||||||||||||
16 | Zoe | Amber | Kara | Lauren S. | |||||||||||||||||
17 | Shana | Kara | Chantal | Amber | Holly | ||||||||||||||||
18 | Karla | Tiarnar | Laurina | Amanda | |||||||||||||||||
19 | Emma L. | Sam F. | Bridgette-Rose Tiarnar | ||||||||||||||||||
20 | Stacey-Louise | Anita | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Diana | Emma F. Emma L. Karla Sam A. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Samantha | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Katrina | ||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Laurina | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Mary [lower-alpha 5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Rachel [lower-alpha 5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Anastasia [lower-alpha 5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Tahnee [lower-alpha 5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Aley [lower-alpha 5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Lauren B. [lower-alpha 5] |
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Original airdate: 30 July 2014
Event | Description |
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First impression rose | Katrina, Louise |
White rose | Holly |
Rose ceremony | Emma F, Emma L, Karla, and Sam A were eliminated |
Original airdate: 31 July 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Jessica |
Group date | Alana received a rose |
Rose ceremony | Bridgette-Rose and Tiarnar were eliminated |
Original airdate: 6 August 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Holly |
Group date | |
Rose ceremony | Amanda was eliminated |
Original airdate: 7 August 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Lisa |
Group date | Alana and Zoe received roses. Holly left the competition. |
Rose ceremony | Shana and Stacey-Louise were eliminated |
Original airdate: 13 August 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Sam F |
Group date | Amber received a rose |
Rose ceremony | Lauren S was eliminated |
Original airdate: 14 August 2014
Event | Description |
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Two-on-one date | Zoe and Katrina. Zoe received a rose. Katrina was eliminated |
Group date | Sam, Amber, Lisa, Chantal, Louise, Diana, and Alana invited. |
Rose ceremony | Anita and Diana were eliminated |
Original airdate: 20 August 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Laurina |
Group date | Alana, Amber, Jess, Lisa, Sam and Kara. |
Rose ceremony | Alana was eliminated |
Original airdate 21 August 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Louise |
Group date | |
Intruders | Mary, Rachel, Anastasia, Tahnee, Aley, and Lauren B introduced |
Rose ceremony | Aley and Tahnee were eliminated |
Original airdate: 27 August 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Chantal |
Group date | Kara received a rose |
Rose ceremony | Anastasia was eliminated |
Original airdate: 28 August 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Zoe |
Group date | |
Rose ceremony | Kara was eliminated |
Original airdate: 3 September 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Sam F, Lauren B, Laurina |
Group date | None, as there were 3 one-on-one dates. |
Cocktail party | Amber was eliminated during the cocktail party; therefore, there was no rose ceremony and the remaining girls all progressed to the next week. |
Original airdate: 4 September 2014
Event | Description |
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Group date | Sam F received a rose |
One-on-one date | Jessica |
Rose ceremony | Mary and Rachel were eliminated |
Original airdate: 10 September 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Lisa |
Group date | |
Rose ceremony | Laurina had to go to hospital due to illness; therefore, she received a rose prior to the rose ceremony as she was unable to attend. Lauren B was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 11 September 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Louise |
Group date | |
Cocktail party | There was no rose ceremony; instead, there was a masquerade themed cocktail party, where roses were handed out over the course of the evening. Chantal was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 17 September 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Sam F |
Group date | |
Rose ceremony | Laurina was eliminated |
Original airdate: 18 September 2014
Event | Description |
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One-on-one date | Jessica, Lisa, Louise, Sam F, Zoe |
Group date | None |
Rose ceremony | Zoe was eliminated |
Original airdate: 24 September 2014
Event | Description |
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Women Tell All | The eliminated women returned for a tell all special, and gave their predictions of who would win out of the final 4 girls. |
Original airdate: 25 September 2014
Event | Description |
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First Hometown | Louise – Thredbo, New South Wales |
Second Hometown | Sam F – Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
Third Hometown | Lisa – Noosa, Queensland |
Fourth Hometown | Jessica – Central Coast, New South Wales |
Rose ceremony | Jessica was eliminated |
Original airdate: 1 October 2014
Event | Description |
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First One-on-one date | Lisa |
Second One-on-one date | Louise |
Third One-on-one date | Sam F |
Rose ceremony | Louise was eliminated |
Original airdate: 2 October 2014
Event | Description |
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First Meet Blake's family | Lisa |
Second Meet Blake's family | Sam F |
First Final date | Lisa |
Second Final date | Sam F |
Final decision: | Blake proposed to Sam F. |
No. | Title | Air date | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) | ||
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Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | |||||
1 | Episode 1 | 30 July 2014 | 692,000 | 12 | 51,000 | 12 | 743,000 | [23] [24] |
2 | Episode 2 | 31 July 2014 | 594,000 | 11 | 100,000 | 11 | 694,000 | [25] [26] |
3 | Episode 3 | 6 August 2014 | 712,000 | 13 | 37,000 | 14 | 749,000 | [27] [28] |
4 | Episode 4 | 7 August 2014 | 579,000 | 18 | 62,000 | 14 | 641,000 | [29] [30] |
5 | Episode 5 | 13 August 2014 | 683,000 | 15 | 47,000 | 15 | 730,000 | [31] [32] |
6 | Episode 6 | 14 August 2014 | 639,000 | 12 | 76,000 | 11 | 715,000 | [33] [34] |
7 | Episode 7 | 20 August 2014 | 640,000 | 15 | 42,000 | 15 | 682,000 | [35] [36] |
8 | Episode 8 | 21 August 2014 | 681,000 | 9 | 79,000 | 8 | 762,000 | [37] [38] |
9 | Episode 9 | 27 August 2014 | 718,000 | 12 | 51,000 | 13 | 769,000 | [39] [40] |
10 | Episode 10 | 28 August 2014 | 661,000 | 10 | 81,000 | 8 | 742,000 | [41] [42] |
11 | Episode 11 | 3 September 2014 | 863,000 | 10 | 39,000 | 11 | 902,000 | [43] [44] |
12 | Episode 12 | 4 September 2014 | 750,000 | 9 | 84,000 | 7 | 834,000 | [45] [46] |
13 | Episode 13 | 10 September 2014 | 741,000 | 13 | 33,000 | 12 | 774,000 | [47] [48] |
14 | Episode 14 | 11 September 2014 | 646,000 | 11 | 69,000 | 10 | 716,000 | [49] [50] |
15 | Episode 15 | 17 September 2014 | 774,000 | 11 | 70,000 | 11 | 844,000 | [51] [52] |
16 | Episode 16 | 18 September 2014 | 726,000 | 11 | 73,000 | 9 | 798,000 | [53] [54] |
17 | Episode 17 | 24 September 2014 | 640,000 | 14 | 38,000 | 15 | 678,000 | [55] [56] |
18 | Episode 18 | 25 September 2014 | 768,000 | 9 | 94,000 | 9 | 862,000 | [57] [58] |
19 | Episode 19 | 1 October 2014 | 895,000 | 9 | 26,000 | 10 | 922,000 | [59] [60] |
20 | Finale Final Decision | 2 October 2014 | 1,026,000 1,374,000 | 3 1 | 22,000 62,000 | 3 1 | 1,048,000 1,436,000 | [61] [62] |
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