The Bachelor | |
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Season 15 | |
Starring | Brad Womack |
Presented by | Chris Harrison |
No. of contestants | 30 |
Winner | Emily Maynard |
Runner-up | Chantal O'Brien |
No. of episodes | 12 (including 2 specials) |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | January 3 – March 14, 2011 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | September 26 – November 19, 2010 |
Season chronology | |
The fifteenth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor premiered on January 3, 2011. 38-year-old Brad Womack, who previously appeared as the Bachelor in season 11, where he rejected both of his final two women, returned as the Bachelor for this season. Womack became the first lead to appear on The Bachelor franchise twice. [1]
The season concluded on March 14, 2011, with Womack choosing to propose to 24-year-old single mother Emily Maynard. The couple announced that they ended their engagement on June 29, 2011.
Casting began during season 14 . Potential candidates for this season included Womack, as well as Ty Brown and Chris Lambton from season six of The Bachelorette . Eventually, both turned down the offer. [2] On September 22, 2010, Womack was first rumored as the next Bachelor but he was officially confirmed to return the series five days later during the live show of season eleven of Dancing with the Stars . [1] [3] [4]
Notable contestants included Emily Maynard, who was the fiancée of Ricky Hendrick; and Radio City Rockette Keltie Busch.
This season traveled to far-flung locales in Las Vegas, Nevada, Costa Rica, the British overseas territory of Anguilla and South Africa. Appearances on this season included Drew Pinsky, Train and Seal. [5]
The cast was revealed on December 17, 2010. Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions. [6]
Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Outcome | Place | Ref |
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Emily Maynard [7] | 24 | Morgantown, West Virginia | Children's Hospital Event Planner | Winner | 1 | [8] |
Chantal O'Brien [9] | 28 | Mercer Island, Washington | Executive Assistant | Runner-up | 2 | |
Ashley Hebert [10] | 26 | Madawaska, Maine | Dental Student | Week 9 | 3 | [11] |
Shawntel Newton [12] | 25 | Chico, California | Funeral Director | Week 8 | 4 | [13] |
Michelle Money | 30 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Hairstylist | Week 7 | 5 | [14] |
Britt Billmaier [9] | 25 | Woodinville, Washington | Food Writer | 6 | ||
Jackie Gordon [15] | 26 | Newport, Rhode Island | Artist | Week 6 | 7 | [16] |
Allison "Alli" Travis [17] | 24 | Worthington, Ohio | Apparel Merchant | 8 | ||
Lisa Morrisey [18] | 24 | Ottawa, Kansas | Marketing Coordinator | Week 5 | 9–10 | [19] |
Marissa May [20] | 26 | Mesa, Arizona | Sports Publicist | |||
Ashley Spivey [21] | 26 | Ellerbe, North Carolina | Nanny | 11 | ||
Lindsay Hill [22] | 25 | Plano, Texas | First Grade Teacher | Week 4 | 12–14 | [23] |
Meghan Merritt | 30 | Princeton, New Jersey | Fashion Marketer | |||
Stacey Quirpel | 26 | Quincy, Massachusetts | Bartender | |||
Kimberly Coon [24] | 27 | Orlando, Florida | Marketing Coordinator | Week 3 | 15–16 | [25] |
Sarah Powell [26] | 27 | Denver, Colorado | Real Estate Broker | |||
Madison Garton [27] | 25 | Vail, Colorado | Model | 17 (quit) | ||
Keltie Busch [28] | 28 | Sherwood Park, Alberta | Radio City Rockette | Week 2 | 18–20 | [29] |
Melissa Schreiber [30] | 32 | Westport, Connecticut | Waitress | |||
Raichel Goodyear [30] | 29 | Fullerton, California | Manscaper | |||
Britnee Marks [30] | 25 | Holland, Pennsylvania | Paralegal | Week 1 | 21–30 | [31] |
Cristy Caserta [32] | 30 | Davie, Florida | Attorney | |||
Jessica "J" Adams [9] | 26 | Seattle, Washington | Operations Manager | |||
Jill Ruskowski [22] | 28 | Frisco, Texas | Sales Director | |||
Lacey Garbelman [33] | 27 | Tampa, Florida | Insurance Agent | |||
Lauren Moore [34] | 26 | Culpeper, Virginia | High School Teacher | |||
Lisa Pastrich | 27 | Dix Hills, New York | Sales Consultant | |||
Rebecca | 30 | Mission Viejo, California | Esthetician | |||
Renee Halpin | 28 | Palos Hills, Illinois | Nanny | |||
Sarah Ledtke [35] | 25 | Saginaw, Michigan | Musical Theatre Performer |
Ashley Hebert was chosen as lead of the seventh season of The Bachelorette .
The following year, Emily Maynard was chosen as the lead of the eighth season of The Bachelorette .
Alli Travis, Jackie Gordon, Melissa Schreiber, and Michelle Money returned for the second season of Bachelor Pad . Travis was eliminated in week 1, Gordon in week 2, and Schreiber in week 4. Money and her partner, Graham Bunn, were eliminated in week 7, finishing as the runners-up.
Shawntel Newton appeared in one episode of the sixteenth season of The Bachelor.
Money returned for the first season of Bachelor in Paradise . She ended the season in a relationship with Cody Sattler.
Outside of the Bachelor Nation franchise, Lisa Morrisey appeared as a contestant 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 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
1 | Chantal | Ashley S. | Ashley H. | Ashley S. | Chantal | Shawntel | Chantal | Ashley H. | Ashley H. | Chantal Emily | Emily |
2 | Kimberly | Michelle | Michelle | Shawntel | Britt | Emily | Ashley H. | Emily | Emily | Chantal | |
3 | Alli | Kimberly | Jackie | Emily | Michelle | Ashley H. | Emily | Shawntel | Chantal | Ashley H. | |
4 | Ashley S. | Madison | Emily | Michelle | Ashley S. | Michelle | Britt | Chantal | Shawntel | ||
5 | Meghan | Emily | Chantal | Chantal | Alli | Alli | Shawntel | Michelle | |||
6 | Marissa | Raichel | Sarah P. | Lisa M. | Emily | Britt | Michelle | Britt | |||
7 | Lindsay | Keltie | Alli | Jackie | Shawntel | Jackie | Jackie | ||||
8 | Ashley H. | Ashley H. | Kimberly | Ashley H. | Lisa M. | Chantal | Alli | ||||
9 | Raichel | Meghan | Shawntel | Marissa | Jackie | Lisa M. Marissa | |||||
10 | Madison | Lisa M. | Stacey | Britt | Marissa | ||||||
11 | Melissa | Lindsay | Ashley S. | Alli | Ashley H. | Ashley S. | |||||
12 | Renee | Alli | Madison | Lindsay | Lindsay Meghan Stacey | ||||||
13 | Cristy | Sarah P. | Lisa M. | Meghan | |||||||
14 | Jackie | Marissa | Marissa | Stacey | |||||||
15 | Sarah P. | Britt | Meghan | Kimberly Sarah P. | |||||||
16 | Lacey | Stacey | Lindsay | ||||||||
17 | Lauren | Shawntel | Britt | Madison | |||||||
18 | Lisa P. | Jackie | Keltie Melissa Raichel | ||||||||
19 | Shawntel | Melissa | |||||||||
20 | Britnee | Chantal | |||||||||
21 | Stacey | Britnee Cristy J Jill Lacey Lauren Lisa P. Rebecca Renee Sarah L. | |||||||||
22 | Jill | ||||||||||
23 | Lisa M. | ||||||||||
24 | Rebecca | ||||||||||
25 | J | ||||||||||
26 | Keltie | ||||||||||
27 | Sarah L. | ||||||||||
28 | Emily | ||||||||||
29 | Britt | ||||||||||
30 | Michelle |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18–49) |
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129 | 1 | "Week 1: Season Premiere" | January 3, 2011 | 1501 | 9.04 [36] | 2.9/7 [37] |
130 | 2 | "Week 2" | January 10, 2011 | 1502 | 8.46 [36] | 2.8/7 [37] |
131 | 3 | "Week 3" | January 17, 2011 | 1503 | 8.80 [36] | 2.7/7 [37] |
132 | 4 | "Week 4" | January 24, 2011 | 1504 | 9.28 [36] | 2.9/8 [37] |
133 | 5 | "Week 5: Las Vegas" | January 31, 2011 | 1505 | 9.66 [36] | 3.2/8 [37] |
134 | 6 | "Week 6: Costa Rica" | February 7, 2011 | 1506 | 9.81 [36] | 3.2/8 [37] |
135 | 7 | "Week 7: Anguilla" | February 14, 2011 | 1507 | 9.32 [36] | 2.9/8 [37] |
136 | 8 | "Week 8: Hometowns" | February 21, 2011 | 1508 | 10.41 [36] | 3.4/9 [37] |
137 | 9 | "Week 9: Fantasy Suites" | February 28, 2011 | 1509 | 11.33 [36] | 3.5/9 [37] |
138 | 10 | "The Women Tell All" | March 7, 2011 | N/A | 10.02 [36] | 3.1/9 [37] |
139 | 11 | "Week 10: Season Finale" | March 14, 2011 | 1510 | 13.86 [36] | 4.5/13 [37] |
140 | 12 | "After The Final Rose" | March 14, 2011 | N/A | 13.96 [36] | 4.7/13 [37] |
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