The Bachelor | |
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Season 20 | |
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Starring | Ben Higgins |
Presented by | Chris Harrison |
No. of contestants | 28 |
Winner | Lauren Bushnell |
Runner-up | Joelle "JoJo" Fletcher |
No. of episodes | 12 (including 2 specials) |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | January 4 – March 14, 2016 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | September 24 – November 18, 2015 |
Season chronology | |
The twentieth season of The Bachelor premiered on January 4, 2016. [1] This season featured 26-year-old Ben Higgins, a software salesman from Warsaw, Indiana.
Higgins attended Indiana University, where he graduated with a BS in business administration and management through the school of public and environmental affairs (SPEA). In addition, he was also a member of Delta Upsilon's Indiana chapter where he served as the vice president of external affairs. He finished in third place on the 11th season of The Bachelorette featuring Kaitlyn Bristowe.
The season concluded on March 14, 2016, with Higgins choosing to propose to 25-year-old flight attendant Lauren Bushnell. They ended their engagement on May 15, 2017.
Casting began during the 19th season of the show. On August 24, 2015, during season one, episode four of Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise , Ben Higgins was announced as the next Bachelor. [2] [3]
Notable contestant includes previous season's runner-up Becca Tilley and fellow contestant Amber James; news anchor Olivia Caridi from WCYB-TV; and Joelle "JoJo" Fletcher, who is a half-sister of Ready for Love star Ben Patton. [4] [5] [6]
The season traveled to many places including Las Vegas, Nevada, Mexico City, Mexico, Pig Island in The Bahamas and the state of Indiana,[ citation needed ] with appearances from rapper Ice Cube, comedian Kevin Hart, soccer players Alex Morgan, Kelley O'Hara, comedian Terry Fator, and Indiana Pacers basketball players Paul George and George Hill. [7]
The season began with 28 contestants, including a set of twins. [4] [8]
Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Outcome | Place | Ref |
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Lauren Bushnell [9] | 25 | West Linn, Oregon | Flight Attendant | Winner | 1 | [10] |
Joelle "JoJo" Fletcher [6] [11] | 24 | Dallas, Texas | Real Estate Developer | Runner-up | 2 | |
Caila Quinn [12] | 24 | Hudson, Ohio | Software Sales Representative | Week 9 | 3 | [13] |
Amanda Stanton [11] [14] | 25 | Laguna Beach, California | Esthetician | Week 8 | 4 | [15] |
Becca Tilley [16] | 26 | Shreveport, Louisiana | Chiropractic Assistant | Week 7 | 5 | [17] |
Emily Ferguson [lower-alpha 1] [11] | 23 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Waitress | 6 | ||
Lauren Himle [18] | 25 | Dexter, Michigan | Kindergarten Teacher | Week 6 | 7 | [19] |
Olivia Caridi [5] [11] | 23 | Austin, Texas | Former News Anchor | 8 | ||
Leah Block [20] | 25 | Greenwood Village, Colorado | Event Planner | 9 | ||
Jennifer Saviano [21] | 25 | Davie, Florida | Small Business Owner | Week 5 | 10 | |
Jubilee Sharpe [11] | 24 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | War Veteran | 11 | [22] | |
Amber James [23] | 30 | Kankakee, Illinois | Bartender | Week 4 | 12–13 | [24] |
Rachel Tchen [25] | 23 | Little Rock, Arkansas | Unemployed | |||
Haley Ferguson [lower-alpha 1] [11] | 23 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Waitress | 14 | ||
Jami Letain [26] | 23 | St. Albert, Alberta | Bartender | Week 3 | 15–16 | [27] |
Shushanna Mkrtychyan [28] | 27 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Property Manager | |||
Lace Morris [20] | 25 | Denver, Colorado | Real Estate Agent | 17 (quit) | ||
Amanda "Mandi" Kremer [29] | 28 | Portland, Oregon | Dentist | Week 2 | 18–20 | [30] |
Jacqueline "Jackie" Dion [31] | 23 | Newport Beach, California | Gerontologist | |||
Samantha Passmore [32] | 26 | New Smyrna Beach, Florida | Attorney | |||
Lauren "LB" Barr [33] | 23 | Stillwater, Oklahoma | Fashion Buyer | 21 (quit) | ||
Breanne Rice [34] | 30 | Seattle, Washington | Nutritional Therapist | Week 1 | 22–28 | [35] |
Isabel "Izzy" Goodkind [36] | 24 | Branford, Connecticut | Graphic Designer | |||
Jessica Moser [37] | 23 | Boca Raton, Florida | Accountant | |||
Laura Esselman [38] | 24 | Louisville, Kentucky | Account Executive | |||
Lauren Russell [39] | 26 | Houston, Texas | Math Teacher | |||
Maegan Miller [39] | 30 | Visalia, California | Cowgirl | |||
Tiara Soleim [40] | 27 | Redmond, Washington | Chicken Enthusiast |
JoJo Fletcher was chosen as the lead of season 12 of The Bachelorette. [41]
Caila Quinn, Lauren Himle, Tiara Soleim, Jami Letain, Shushanna Mkrtychyan, Jennifer Saviano, Izzy Goodkind, Lace Morris, Jubilee Sharpe, Leah Block, Haley Ferguson, Emily Ferguson, and Amanda Stanton returned for the third season of Bachelor in Paradise. Block and Sharpe were eliminated in week 1. Emily and Haley quit in week 4. Goodkind, Mkrtychyan, and Quinn quit in week 5. Himle, Letain, and Soleim were eliminated in week 5. Saviano split from Nick Viall in week 6. Stanton and Morris left engaged to Josh Murray and Grant Kemp, respectively.
Stanton, Emily and Haley returned for season 4. Emily and Haley quit in week 4. Stanton split from Robby Hayes in week 4.
Mkrtychyan and Sharpe returned for season 5. Sharpe quit in week 3. Mkrtychyan split from Robby Hayes in week 6.
Saviano and Haley Ferguson returned for season 6. Saviano was eliminated in week 3. Ferguson was eliminated in week 5.
Morris returned for season 8. [42] She quit in week 3.
Higgins and Bushnell appeared in their own reality series, Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After?, on the sister network Freeform. Emily and Haley starred in the Freeform reality series The Twins: Happily Ever After?
Higgins returned for The Bachelor Winter Games under Team USA. He quit in week 3.
Order | Bachelorettes | Week | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
1 | Lauren B. | Olivia | JoJo | Lauren B. | JoJo | Lauren H. | Caila | Amanda | Lauren B. | JoJo | Lauren B. |
2 | Caila | Lauren B. | Caila | Amber | Lauren B. | Olivia | Amanda | Lauren B. | Caila | Lauren B. | JoJo |
3 | Jennifer | LB | Olivia | Jubilee | Becca | Amanda | Emily | JoJo | JoJo | Caila | |
4 | Jami | Caila | Amanda | Lauren H. | Amanda | Caila | Becca | Caila | Amanda | ||
5 | Samantha | Amber | Jubilee | Amanda | Lauren H. | Lauren B. | JoJo | Becca | |||
6 | Jubilee | Jami | Lauren B. | Becca | Jubilee | JoJo | Lauren B. | Emily | |||
7 | Amanda | Jennifer | Leah | Haley | Emily | Becca | Lauren H. | ||||
8 | Lace | Jubilee | Becca | Emily | Caila | Leah | Olivia | ||||
9 | Lauren R. | Amanda | Rachel | Rachel | Jennifer | Emily | Leah | ||||
10 | Shushanna | JoJo | Lace | Caila | Leah | Jennifer | |||||
11 | Leah | Leah | Jennifer | JoJo | Olivia | Jubilee | |||||
12 | JoJo | Rachel | Emily | Jennifer | Amber Rachel | ||||||
13 | Lauren H. | Samantha | Jami | Leah | |||||||
14 | Laura | Jackie | Lauren H. | Olivia | Haley | ||||||
15 | Mandi | Haley | Shushanna | Jami Shushanna | |||||||
16 | Emily Haley | Emily | Haley | ||||||||
17 | Shushanna | Amber | Lace | ||||||||
18 | Maegan | Lauren H. | Jackie Mandi Samantha | ||||||||
19 | Breanne | Becca | |||||||||
20 | Izzy | Mandi | |||||||||
21 | Rachel | Lace | LB | ||||||||
22 | Jessica | Breanne Izzy Jessica Laura Lauren R. Maegan Tiara | |||||||||
23 | Tiara | ||||||||||
24 | LB | ||||||||||
25 | Jackie | ||||||||||
26 | Olivia | ||||||||||
27-28 | Amber Becca |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18–49) |
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191 | 1 | "Week 1: Season Premiere" | January 4, 2016 | 2001 | 7.55 [43] | 2.2/7 [43] |
192 | 2 | "Week 2" | January 11, 2016 | 2002 | 6.90 [44] | 2.0/6 [44] |
193 | 3 | "Week 3" | January 18, 2016 | 2003 | 7.56 [45] | 2.2/6 [45] |
194 | 4 | "Week 4: Las Vegas" | January 25, 2016 | 2004 | 7.73 [46] | 2.3/7 [46] |
195 | 5 | "Week 5: Mexico City" | February 1, 2016 | 2005 | 7.50 [47] | 2.3/7 [47] |
196 | 6 | "Week 6: The Bahamas" | February 8, 2016 | 2006 | 8.62 [48] | 2.5/8 [48] |
197 | 7 | "Week 7: Warsaw, Indiana" | February 15, 2016 | 2007 | 7.24 [49] | 2.2/6 [49] |
198 | 8 | "Week 8: Hometowns" | February 22, 2016 | 2008 | 8.67 [50] | 2.5/8 [50] |
199 | 9 | "Week 9: Fantasy Suites" | February 29, 2016 | 2009 | 8.17 [51] | 2.5/8 [51] |
200 | 10 | "The Women Tell All" | March 7, 2016 | N/A | 7.48 [52] | 2.2/7 [52] |
201 | 11 | "Week 10: Season Finale" | March 14, 2016 | 2010 | 9.58 [53] | 2.9/9 [53] |
202 | 12 | "After the Final Rose" | March 14, 2016 | N/A | 9.24 [53] | 2.6/9 [53] |
On May 15, 2017, the couple announced their breakup.
Ben married Jessica Clarke on November 13, 2021.
Lauren married Chris Lane on October 25, 2019. Lauren and Chris have two children together, Dutton Walker (born June 8, 2021) and Baker Weston (born October 16, 2022).
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