The Bachelor | |
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Season 14 | |
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Starring | Jake Pavelka |
Presented by | Chris Harrison |
No. of contestants | 25 |
Winner | Vienna Girardi |
Runner-up | Tenley Molzahn |
No. of episodes | 10 (including 2 specials) |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | January 4 – March 1, 2010 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | October 16 – November 26, 2009 |
Season chronology | |
The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love is the fourteenth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor . The season premiere aired on January 4, 2010. The show features 31-year-old Jake Pavelka, a pilot from Dallas, Texas, courting 25 women.
Pavelka finished in seventh place on season 5 of The Bachelorette featuring Jillian Harris. It is the first season of The Bachelor to be broadcast in high definition. The season concluded on March 1, 2010, with Pavelka choosing to propose to 23-year-old marketing rep Vienna Girardi. The couple ended their engagement in June 2010.
Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions
Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Outcome | Place |
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Vienna Girardi [1] | 23 | Geneva, Florida | Marketing Representative | Winner | 1 |
Tenley Molzahn [2] | 25 | Newberg, Oregon | College Admissions | Runner-Up | 2 |
Gia Allemand [3] | 26 | Manorville, New York | Swimsuit Model | Week 7 | 3 |
Ali Fedotowsky [4] [3] | 25 | Williamstown, Massachusetts | Advertising Account Manager | Week 6 | 4 (quit) |
Corrie Adamson | 23 | Kissimmee, Florida | Wardrobe Consultant | Week 5 | 5 |
Ashleigh Hunt [4] | 25 | North Potomac, Maryland | Account Manager | Week 4 | 6–7 |
Jessica "Jessie" Sulidis [4] | 25 | Oakville, Ontario | Cosmetic Sales Manager | ||
Kathryn Sherlock [5] | 25 | Lexington, Kentucky | Corporate Flight Attendant | 8 | |
Ella Nolan [4] [3] | 30 | La Follette, Tennessee | Hair Stylist | 9 | |
Elizabeth Kitt (NE) [3] | 29 | Imperial, Nebraska | Nanny | Week 3 | 10–11 |
Valishia Savage [6] | 32 | San Bernardino, California | Homemaker | ||
Michelle Kujawa [3] | 26 | Anaheim, California | Office Manager | 12 | |
Ashley Elmore [7] | 29 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Teacher | Week 2 | 13–14 |
Christina McCasland [8] | 25 | Encinitas, California | Restaurant Manager | ||
Rozlyn Papa [3] | 28 | Richmond, Virginia | Model/Make-Up Artist | 15 (DQ) | |
Alexa "Lex" McAllister [9] | 25 | Galloway, Ohio | Entrepreneur | Week 1 | 16–25 |
Caitlyn McCabe [10] | 24 | Winfield, Illinois | Spokesmodel | ||
Channy Choch [11] | 29 | Santa Rosa, California | Mortgage Loan Officer | ||
Elizabeth Kreft (D.C.) [12] | 29 | Union, Kentucky | Captain, Air National Guard | ||
Emily Harkins [9] | 23 | West Chester, Ohio | Fit Model | ||
Kimberly Sullivan [13] | 24 | Norman, Oklahoma | NBA Dancer | ||
Kirsten Pittman [14] | 25 | Aurora, Colorado | Waitress | ||
Sheila Lidner | 25 | Scottsdale, Arizona | Commercial Pilot | ||
Stephanie Mueller [13] | 24 | Morris, Illinois | Dance Teacher | ||
Tiana Kruzel [15] | 31 | Calgary, Alberta | Medical Technician | ||
Pavelka competed in the tenth season of Dancing with the Stars . He partnered with Chelsie Hightower and finished in 7th place.
Ali Fedotowsky was chosen as the bachelorette for the sixth season of The Bachelorette .
Runner-up Tenley Molzahn, along with contestants Gia Allemand, Ashley Elmore, Elizabeth Kitt, Michelle Kujawa and Jessie Sulidis, returned for the inaugural season of Bachelor Pad . Kujawa was eliminated in week 1, Sulidis in week 2, Allemand in week 3, and Elmore in week 5. Kitt and her partner, Jesse Kovacs, were eliminated at the beginning of week 6, finishing in 3rd place. Molzahn and her partner, Kiptyn Locke, were eliminated at the end of week 6, finishing as the runners-up.
Pavelka, Allemand, Vienna Girardi, and Ella Nolan, returned for the second season of Bachelor Pad. Allemand quit in week 2, and Pavelka was eliminated in week 3. Nolan and her partner, Kirk DeWindt, were eliminated at the beginning of week 6, finishing in 4th place. Girardi and her partner, Kasey Kahl, were eliminated at the end of week 6, finishing in 3rd place.
Kujawa returned for the inaugural season of Bachelor in Paradise . She quit in week 1.
Molzahn returned for the second season of Paradise. She broke up with Joshua Albers in week 6.
Outside of the Bachelor Nation franchise, Molzahn and Kujawa appeared as contestants in the Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes special on the season 7 of Wipeout .
Order | Bachelorettes | Week | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | 7 | 8 | ||
1 | Rozlyn | Tenley | Ali | Vienna | Gia | Tenley | Gia Tenley Vienna | Tenley | Vienna |
2 | Emily | Ella | Elizabeth (NE) | Ella | Tenley | Ali | Vienna | Tenley | |
3 | Ali | Elizabeth (NE) | Vienna | Gia | Ali | Gia | Gia | ||
4 | Jessie | Ali | Gia | Corrie | Corrie | Vienna | Ali | Ali | |
5 | Tenley | Vienna | Tenley | Tenley | Vienna | Corrie | |||
6 | Ella | Christina | Ella | Ali | Ashleigh Jessie | ||||
7 | Kathryn | Gia | Valishia | Jessie | |||||
8 | Caitlyn | Ashley | Corrie | Kathryn | Kathryn | ||||
9 | Elizabeth (D.C.) | Rozlyn | Jessie | Ashleigh | Ella | ||||
10 | Alexa | Jessie | Ashleigh | Elizabeth (NE) Valishia | |||||
11 | Vienna | Corrie | Michelle | ||||||
12 | Corrie | Valishia | Kathryn | Michelle | |||||
13 | Kimberly | Ashleigh | Ashley Christina | ||||||
14 | Valishia | Kathryn | |||||||
15 | Gia | Michelle | Rozlyn [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
16 | Elizabeth (NE) | Alexa Caitlyn Channy Elizabeth (D.C.) Emily Kimberly Kirsten Sheila Stephanie Tiana | |||||||
17 | Channy | ||||||||
18 | Ashley | ||||||||
19 | Tiana | ||||||||
20 | Christina | ||||||||
21 | Ashleigh | ||||||||
22 | Kirsten | ||||||||
23 | Stephanie | ||||||||
24 | Sheila | ||||||||
25 | Michelle |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18–49) |
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119 | 1 | "Week 1" | January 4, 2010 | 1401 | 9.54 [16] | 3.3/8 [17] |
120 | 2 | "Week 2" | January 11, 2010 | 1402 | 10.50 [16] | 3.6/9 [17] |
121 | 3 | "Week 3" | January 18, 2010 | 1403 | 10.66 [16] | 3.8/9 [17] |
122 | 4 | "Week 4" | January 25, 2010 | 1404 | 11.47 [16] | 3.9/10 [17] |
123 | 5 | "Week 5" | February 1, 2010 | 1405 | 11.73 [16] | 4.1/10 [17] |
124 | 6 | "Week 6" | February 8, 2010 | 1406 | 12.35 [16] | 4.1/10 [17] |
125 | 7 | "Week 7" | February 15, 2010 [lower-alpha 1] | 1407 | 11.53 [16] | 4.1/10 [17] |
126 | 8 | "The Women Tell All" | February 22, 2010 [lower-alpha 1] | N/A | 11.27 [16] | 3.9/10 [17] |
127 | 9 | "Week 8" | March 1, 2010 | 1408 | 15.15 [16] | 5.3/14 [17] |
128 | 10 | "After the Final Rose" | March 1, 2010 | N/A | 13.91 [16] | 5.3/14 [17] |
This is the special episode which airs after every finale. In season 14's segment, Jake told Chris Harrison about Bachelor Pad, Ali was chosen as the next bachelorette in the sixth season of The Bachelorette. Jake and Vienna were seen in a public appearance as a couple, Jeffrey Osborne sang "On the Wings of Love" at the closing of the show.
In June 2010, several months after their engagement, it was announced that Jake and Vienna Girardi had split. [18]
On August 14, 2013, third-place contestant Gia Allemand died after a reported suicide attempt. Several contestants as well as Pavelka expressed their condolences via Twitter, with Pavelka saying, "I am in complete shock and devastated to hear the news about Gia. She was one of the sweetest people I have ever known. And a very dear friend. My heart goes out to her family during this very difficult time. We have lost an angel today. I miss you Gia...". [19] [20] [21]
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On 16 February 2016, Alexa (Lex) McAllister died after an apparent suicide attempt in Columbus, Ohio, as reported by TMZ. Per E!News, the local police said that on 13 February they'd received a call in which it was claimed that McAllister had overdosed on prescription drugs. While McAllister was in a stable condition on her way to Grant Medical Center, then E!News got access to a police report, which stated that she had taken "a lot" of pills. Her family took her off life support after her health began to deteriorate. McAllister was 31. [22] [23] Pavelka tweeted his condolences on Twitter, "I'm so sad to hear about Alexa. Such a beautiful girl. My heart breaks for her family. Covering them in prayer during this rough time". [24]
Jake Pavelka grew up in Denton, Texas, and attended University of North Texas and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In his free time, he takes dancing lessons, woodworking, and has fun flying acrobatic planes and he is also a former child actor. Pavelka is an airline pilot, and took his first flying lessons at 12 years old. He also became a certified flight instructor when he was 23 years old. [25]
Pavelka became a member of an ABC reality show for the third time when he appeared as a celebrity contestant on the tenth season of Dancing with the Stars , partnered with Chelsie Hightower he was the fifth competitor eliminated on April 27, 2010.
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