The Bachelor (American TV series) season 16

The Bachelor
Season 16
Promotional poster
Starring	Ben Flajnik
Presented by	Chris Harrison
No. of contestants	25
Winner	Courtney Robertson
Runner-up	Lindsey "Lindzi" Cox
No. of episodes	12 (including 2 specials)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 2 (2012-01-02) – March 12, 2012 (2012-03-12)
Additional information
Filming dates	September 20 (2011-09-20) – November 16, 2011 (2011-11-16)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The sixteenth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor premiered on January 2, 2012. This show features a previous contestant from The Bachelorette , a winemaker and owner of Envolve wines, from Sonoma, California, 29-year-old Ben Flajnik, who finished runner-up in the seventh season of the show featuring Ashley Hebert. This season returns with 25 women featured in the competition, excluding a senior citizen. ^{[lower-alpha 1] [1]}

The season concluded on March 12, 2012, with Flajnik choosing to propose to 28-year-old model Courtney Robertson. They called off their engagement on October 26, 2012.

Production

Casting and contestants

On September 6, 2011, Flajnik was announced as the next bachelor, and he was subsequently formally named during the season finale of Bachelor Pad . ^{[2] [3]}

Notable contestants include Rachel Truehart, who is the sister of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency season 4 contestant Crystal Truehart. ^[4]

Filming and development

Unlike previous seasons, traditionally, the contestants would not normally choose to stay the Villa de la Vina in Agoura Hills, California, for long but it appeared for the first night. For the rest of the season, the contestants traveled to Flajnik's hometown of Sonoma and San Francisco in California; Park City, Utah; Vieques, Puerto Rico; Panama City, Panama; Belize and Switzerland. Appearances for this season included recording artist Matt Nathanson and country singer Clay Walker. ^[5]

Contestants

Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions. ^[6]

In week 3, season 15 contestant Shawntel Newton asked to join the cast, but was eliminated by Flajnik in that rose ceremony.

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Outcome	Place
Courtney Robertson [7] [8]	28	Scottsdale, Arizona	Model	Winner	1
Lindzi Cox [9]	27	Ocala, Florida	Business Development Manager	Runner-up	2
Nicki Sterling [7]	26	Hurst, Texas	Dental Hygienist	Week 9	3
Kacie Boguskie [10]	24	Clarksville, Tennessee	Administrative Assistant	Week 8	4
Emily O'Brien [11]	27	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	PhD Student	Week 7	5–6
Rachel Truehart [12]	27	Southampton, Massachusetts	Fashion Sales Representative
Jamie Otis [13]	25	Dryden, New York	Registered Nurse	Week 6	7
Casey Shteamer [14]	26	Leawood, Kansas	Trading Clerk		8 (DQ)
Blakeley Jones [11]	34	Rutherfordton, North Carolina	VIP Cocktail Waitress		9
Jennifer Fritsch [14]	28	Cache, Oklahoma	Accountant	Week 5	10
Elyse Myers [14]	24	Chicago, Illinois	Personal Trainer		11
Monica Spannbauer [15]	33	Yuba, California	Dental Consultant	Week 4	12
Samantha Levey [16] [17]	26	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Advertising Account Manager		13
Erika Uhlig [18]	23	Charlottesville, Virginia	Law Student	Week 3	14–15
Jaclyn Swartz [19]	27	Newton, Massachusetts	Advertising Account Manager
Brittney Schreiner [7]	26	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Medical Sales Representative		16 (quit)
Jenna Burke [20] [21]	27	Loveland, Ohio	Blogger	Week 2	17–18
Shawn Reynolds [22]	28	Cincinnati, Ohio	Financial Advisor
Amber Bacon [23]	23	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia	Labor and Delivery Nurse	Week 1	19–25
Amber Tierney [24] [25]	28	Waverly, Nebraska	Critical Care Nurse
Anna Snowball [20] [26]	25	Grosse Pointe, Michigan	Student
Dianna Martinez [17]	30	San Gabriel, California	Nonprofit Director
Holly Johnson [24]	34	Salyersville, Kentucky	Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
Lyndsie James [24]	29	London, England [lower-alpha 2]	Internet Entrepreneur
Shira Astrof [17]	32	Massapequa Park, New York	Actress

Future appearances

Bachelor Pad

Lindzi Cox, Blakeley Jones, Jamie Otis, Jaclyn Swartz, and Rachel Truehart returned for the third season of Bachelor Pad . Otis was eliminated in week 4, Cox in week 6, Jones and Swartz in week 7, and Truehart in week 8.

Bachelor in Paradise

Swartz returned for season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise . She was eliminated in week 5.

Other appearances

Outside of Bachelor Nation, Otis later appeared in the inaugural season of Married at First Sight .

Call-out order

Order	Bachelorettes	Week
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Rachel	Lindzi C.	Kacie B.	Emily	Rachel	Nicki	Kacie B.	Kacie B.	Courtney	Lindzi C.	Courtney
2	Erika	Jamie	Blakeley	Rachel	Courtney	Kacie B.	Lindzi C.	Nicki	Lindzi C.	Courtney	Lindzi C.
3	Amber B.	Rachel	Courtney	Lindzi C.	Jennifer	Lindzi C.	Rachel	Lindzi C.	Nicki	Nicki
4	Elyse	Blakeley	Jennifer	Courtney	Lindzi C.	Jamie	Nicki	Courtney	Kacie B.	Kacie B.
5	Jenna	Emily	Emily	Kacie B.	Jamie	Rachel	Courtney	Emily Rachel
6	Courtney	Kacie B.	Elyse	Elyse	Nicki	Courtney	Emily
7	Emily	Casey S.	Jaclyn	Jamie	Kacie B.	Casey S.	Jamie
8	Samantha	Brittney	Erika	Jennifer	Elyse	Blakeley	Casey S. [lower-alpha 3]
9	Casey S.	Erika	Rachel	Casey S.	Blakeley	Emily	Blakeley
10	Amber T.	Shawn	Lindzi C.	Blakeley	Casey S.	Jennifer
11	Holly	Nicki	Nicki	Monica	Emily	Elyse
12	Jamie	Jennifer	Casey S.	Nicki	Monica
13	Shira	Elyse	Samantha	Samantha	Samantha
14	Blakeley	Samantha	Monica	Erika Jaclyn
15	Brittney [lower-alpha 4]	Courtney	Jamie
16	Nicki	Jaclyn	Brittney	Brittney
17	Dianna	Monica	Jenna Shawn
18	Jennifer	Jenna
19	Lyndsie J.	Amber B. Amber T. Anna Dianna Holly Lyndsie J. Shira
20	Anna
21	Monica
22	Jaclyn
23	Shawn
24	Kacie B.
25	Lindzi C.

  The contestant received the first impression rose

  The contestant received a rose during the date

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant was eliminated during the date

  The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony

  The contestant quit the competition

  The contestant was disqualified from the competition

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

  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)
141	1	"Week 1: Season Premiere"	January 2, 2012 (2012-01-02)	1601	7.78 [27]	2.4/6 [27]
142	2	"Week 2: Sonoma"	January 9, 2012 (2012-01-09)	1602	7.31 [28]	2.2/5 [28]
143	3	"Week 3: San Francisco"	January 16, 2012 (2012-01-16)	1603	7.43 [29]	2.4/6 [29]
144	4	"Week 4: Park City, Utah"	January 23, 2012 (2012-01-23)	1604	8.30 [30]	2.7/7 [30]
145	5	"Week 5: Puerto Rico"	January 30, 2012 (2012-01-30)	1605	8.17 [31]	2.6/7 [31]
146	6	"Week 6: Panama"	February 6, 2012 (2012-02-06)	1606	8.35 [32]	2.6/7 [32]
147	7	"Week 7: Belize"	February 13, 2012 (2012-02-13)	1607	8.09 [33]	2.5/6 [33]
148	8	"Week 8: Hometowns"	February 20, 2012 (2012-02-20)	1608	8.18 [34]	2.5/6 [34]
149	9	"Week 9: Fantasy Suites"	February 27, 2012 (2012-02-27)	1609	8.05 [35]	2.6/6 [35]
150	10	"The Women Tell All"	March 5, 2012 (2012-03-05)	N/A	8.19 [36]	2.5/6 [36]
151	11	"Week 10: Season Finale"	March 12, 2012 (2012-03-12)	1610	9.23 [37]	2.9/8 [37]
152	12	"After the Final Rose"	March 12, 2012 (2012-03-12)	N/A	9.87 [37]	3.3/8 [37]

Notes

1. Although Sheryl is included in the ABC website, she is not an actual contestant and neither her age nor location are given there. She is related to actual contestant Brittney.
2. Lyndsie J. is originally from London in England, but was residing in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the time of casting and filming.
3. Casey S. was removed from the show after admitting to still being in love with her ex-boyfriend at home.
4. In week 1, Brittney's grandmother, Sheryl, exited the limo to meet Ben before her.

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External links

• ABC: The Bachelor official site
• http://theashleysrealityroundup.com/2012/10/05/another-bachelor-couple-splits-ben-courtney-are-done/