The Bachelor | |
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Season 19 | |
Starring | Chris Soules |
Presented by | Chris Harrison |
No. of contestants | 30 |
Winner | Whitney Bischoff |
Runner-up | Becca Tilley |
No. of episodes | 13 (including 3 specials) |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | January 5 – March 9, 2015 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | September 25 – November 22, 2014 |
Season chronology | |
The nineteenth season of The Bachelor premiered on January 5, 2015. This season featured 33-year-old Chris Soules, a farmer from Arlington, Iowa.
Soules finished in third place on season 10 of The Bachelorette featuring Andi Dorfman. The season concluded on March 9, 2015, with Soules choosing to propose to 29-year-old fertility nurse Whitney Bischoff. They ended their engagement on May 28, 2015.
Casting began during the eighteenth season of The Bachelor. Soules and Arie Luyendyk Jr. were the candidates for the next bachelor. On August 26, 2014, Soules was chosen as a fan favorite and was first announced on Good Morning America . [1] [2] Luyendyk later became the star in the twenty-second season.
Notable contestants include Carly Waddell, who is the sister of The Bachelorette season 9 contestant Zak Waddell; professional wrestler Brittany Fetkin; former New York Jets cheerleader Nikki Delventhal; former Washington Redskins Cheerleader Jillian Anderson; and Samantha Steffen, who is the niece of Manoj Bhargava. [3]
Unlike previous seasons, this season premiered with a three-hour live episode. Filming began at The Bachelor mansion in Agoura Hills, California on September 25, 2014. On mid-October, the show was filmed at Deadwood, South Dakota. [4] The season included visits to San Francisco, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Des Moines, Iowa, and the Indonesian island of Bali. Jimmy Kimmel Live! host Jimmy Kimmel took over the hosting role for one episode alongside Chris Harrison and a performance from Big & Rich in week six. [5]
The season began with 30 contestants. [6]
Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Outcome | Place | Ref |
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Whitney Bischoff [7] [8] | 29 | Louisville, Kentucky | Fertility Nurse | Winner | 1 | [9] |
Becca Tilley [10] [11] | 25 | Shreveport, Louisiana | Chiropractic Assistant | Runner-up | 2 | |
Kaitlyn Bristowe [12] | 29 | Leduc, Alberta | Dance Instructor | Week 9 | 3 | [13] |
Jade Roper [8] [14] | 28 | Gering, Nebraska | Cosmetics Developer | Week 8 | 4 | [15] |
Carly Waddell [3] | 29 | Arlington, Texas | Cruise Ship Singer | Week 7 | 5 | |
Britt Nilsson [8] [14] | 27 | Wolcott Mills, Michigan | Waitress | 6 | ||
Megan Bell [7] | 24 | Brentwood, Tennessee | Make-Up Artist | Week 6 | 7 (quit) | [16] |
Kelsey Poe [8] [17] | 28 | Hudsonville, Michigan | Guidance Counselor | 8 | [18] | |
Ashley Iaconetti [8] [19] | 26 | Great Falls, Virginia | Journalist | 9 | ||
Mackenzie Deonigi [7] | 21 | Maple Valley, Washington | Dental Assistant | Week 5 | 10–11 | |
Samantha Steffen [14] [20] | 27 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Fashion Designer | |||
Ashley Salter [21] | 24 | Vinings, Georgia | Hair Stylist | Week 4 | 12–14 | [22] |
Juelia Kinney [7] [23] | 30 | Beaverton, Oregon | Esthetician | |||
Nikki Delventhal [19] | 26 | Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey | Former NFL Cheerleader | |||
Jillian Anderson [24] [25] | 25 | Howland, Ohio | News Producer | 15 | ||
Amber James [7] [26] | 29 | Kankakee, Illinois | Bartender | Week 3 | 16–18 | [27] |
Tracy Darakis [28] | 29 | Wellington, Florida | Fourth Grade Teacher | |||
Trina Scherenberg [14] [29] | 33 | Algonquin, Illinois | Special Education Teacher | |||
Alissa Giambrone [19] | 24 | Hamilton, New Jersey | Flight Attendant | Week 2 | 19–23 | [30] |
Jordan Branch [31] | 24 | Windsor, Colorado | Student | |||
Kimberly Sherbach [32] | 28 | Wantagh, New York | Yoga Instructor | [30] [33] | ||
Tandra Steiner [7] | 30 | Sandy, Utah | Executive Assistant | [30] | ||
Tara Eddings [7] [34] | 26 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Sport Fishing Enthusiast | |||
Amanda Goerlitz [29] | 24 | Lake in the Hills, Illinois | Ballet Teacher | Week 1 | 24–30 | [33] |
Bo Stanley [35] | 25 | Carpinteria, California | Plus-Size Model | |||
Brittany Fetkin [36] | 26 | Temecula, California | WWE Diva-in-Training | |||
Kara Wilson [37] | 25 | Brownsville, Kentucky | High School Soccer Coach | |||
Michelle Davis [7] | 25 | Provo, Utah | Wedding Cake Baker | |||
Nicole Meacham [38] [39] | 31 | Scottsdale, Arizona | Real Estate Agent | |||
Reegan Cornwell [14] | 28 | Manhattan Beach, California | Cadaver Tissue Saleswoman |
Britt Nilsson and Kaitlyn Bristowe were chosen as co-leads for season 11 of The Bachelorette ; however, only one would survive past the first night. The men voted for Bristowe to continue as the Bachelorette. [40] Bristowe was named as the interim host for The Bachelorette during seasons 17 and 18 alongside Tayshia Adams, replacing Chris Harrison.
Amber James and Becca Tilley returned for season 20 of The Bachelor. James was eliminated in week 4 and Tilley in week 7.
Ashley Salter, Ashley Iaconetti, Carly Waddell, Jade Roper, Jillian Anderson, Juelia Kinney, Megan Bell, James, Samantha Steffen, and Mackenzie Deonigi returned for the second season of Bachelor in Paradise . Anderson was eliminated in week 1, Bell in week 3, and Salter and James in week 5. Kinney was also eliminated in week 3 but returned in week 4. Kinney, Iaconetti, and Deonigi quit in week 5. Waddell split from Kirk DeWindt, in week 6. Roper ended the season engaged to Tanner Tolbert. They were married on January 24, 2016 and have three children together. Steffen left paradise in a relationship with Nick Peterson.
Waddell and Iaconetti returned for the third season of Bachelor in Paradise. Iaconetti was eliminated in week 3 but returned in week 4. She split from Wells Adams in week 6. Waddell ended the season engaged to Evan Bass. They were married on June 17, 2017 and had two children. They separated in December 2020.
Iaconetti returned for The Bachelor Winter Games under Team USA. She co-won the season alongside Canadian Bachelorette alum, Kevin Wendt.
Chris Soules competed in season 20 of Dancing with the Stars , partnering with Witney Carson. He finished in 5th place.
Bristowe competed in season 29 of that show, with partner Artem Chigvintsev, and won.
Order | Bachelorettes | Week | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
1 | Britt | Britt | Mackenzie | Kaitlyn | Kaitlyn | Carly | Becca | Kaitlyn | Whitney | Whitney | Whitney |
2 | Whitney | Kaitlyn | Megan | Becca | Jade | Whitney | Britt | Whitney | Kaitlyn | Becca | Becca |
3 | Kelsey | Jade | Kaitlyn | Whitney | Whitney | Britt | Carly Jade Kaitlyn Whitney | Becca | Becca | Kaitlyn | |
4 | Megan | Samantha | Britt | Jade | Carly | Jade | Jade | Jade | |||
5 | Ashley I. | Ashley I. | Ashley I. | Samantha | Megan | Kaitlyn | Carly | ||||
6 | Trina | Tandra | Trina | Juelia | Samantha | Megan | Britt | ||||
7 | Reegan | Nikki | Kelsey | Mackenzie | Mackenzie | Becca | Megan | ||||
8 | Tara | Kelsey | Samantha | Kelsey | Kelsey | Ashley I. | Kelsey | ||||
9 | Amber | Megan | Juelia | Britt | Becca | Kelsey | Ashley I. | ||||
10 | Nikki | Alissa | Amber | Megan | Ashley I. | Mackenzie Samantha | |||||
11 | Amanda | Amber | Tracy | Carly | Britt | ||||||
12 | Jillian | Juelia | Jillian | Ashley S. | Ashley S. Juelia Nikki | Jordan | |||||
13 | Mackenzie | Becca | Jade | Nikki | |||||||
14 | Ashley S. | Trina | Nikki | Jillian | |||||||
15 | Kaitlyn | Mackenzie | Becca | Ashley I. | Jillian | ||||||
16 | Samantha | Tracy | Carly | Amber Tracy Trina | |||||||
17 | Michelle | Tara | Whitney | ||||||||
18 | Juelia | Jordan | Ashley S. | ||||||||
19 | Becca | Jillian | Alissa Jordan Kimberly Tandra Tara | ||||||||
20 | Tandra | Whitney | |||||||||
21 | Alissa | Carly | |||||||||
22 | Jordan | Ashley S. | |||||||||
23 | Nicole | Kimberly | |||||||||
24 | Brittany | Amanda Bo Brittany Kara Michelle Nicole Reegan | |||||||||
25 | Carly | ||||||||||
26 | Tracy | ||||||||||
27 | Bo | ||||||||||
28 | Kimberly | ||||||||||
29 | Kara | ||||||||||
30 | Jade |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18–49) |
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178 | 1 | "Week 1: Season Premiere" | January 5, 2015 | 1901 | 7.76 [41] | 2.2/7 [41] |
179 | 2 | "Week 2" | January 12, 2015 | 1902 | 6.48 [42] | 1.8/5 [42] |
180 | 3 | "Week 3" | January 19, 2015 | 1903 | 7.61 [43] | 2.1/6 [43] |
181 | 4 | "Week 4" | January 26, 2015 | 1904 | 7.95 [44] | 2.3/6 [44] |
182 | 5 | "Week 5: Santa Fe, New Mexico" | February 2, 2015 | 1905 | 8.45 [45] | 2.5/7 [45] |
183 | 6 | "Week 6: Deadwood, South Dakota" | February 9, 2015 | 1906 | 8.70 [46] | 2.7/8 [46] |
184 | 7 | "Chris Tells All" | February 15, 2015 | N/A | 5.67 [47] | 1.5/4 [47] |
185 | 8 | "Week 7: Iowa" | February 15, 2015 | 1907 | 6.05 [47] | 1.5/4 [47] |
186 | 9 | "Week 8: Hometowns" | February 16, 2015 | 1908 | 8.97 [48] | 2.6/7 [48] |
187 | 10 | "Week 9: Fantasy Suites" | February 23, 2015 | 1909 | 8.97 [49] | 2.6/7 [49] |
188 | 11 | "The Women Tell All" | March 2, 2015 | N/A | 8.15 [50] | 2.4/7 [50] |
189 | 12 | "Week 10: Season Finale" | March 9, 2015 | 1910 | 9.68 [51] | 2.7/8 [51] |
190 | 13 | "After the Final Rose" | March 9, 2015 | N/A | 9.68 [51] | 2.8/8 [51] |
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