The Bachelor | |
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Season 9 | |
Starring | Lorenzo Borghese |
Presented by | Chris Harrison |
No. of contestants | 27 |
Winner | Jennifer Wilson |
Runner-up | Sadie Murray |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | October 3 – November 27, 2006 |
Season chronology | |
The Bachelor: Rome is the ninth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor . The show was filmed in Rome, Italy. The season premiered on October 3, 2006.
The show featured 34-year-old Prince Lorenzo Borghese, an Italian American cosmetics entrepreneur, courting 25 women. The season concluded on November 27, 2006, with Borghese choosing to pursue a relationship with 24-year-old teacher Jennifer Wilson. The couple ended their relationship shortly after the finale aired.
Traditionally the Bachelor chooses from an original cast of 25 bachelorettes, however this season show producers brought in two additional ladies who are local Italians bringing the total women to 27.
The following is the list of bachelorettes for this season:
Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Outcome |
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Jennifer Wilson | 24 | Pembroke Pines, Florida | Teacher | Winner |
Sadie Murray | 23 | Carlsbad, California | Publicist | Week 7 |
Lisa Blank | 25 | Portland, Oregon | Marketing manager | Week 6 |
Agnese Polliza | 24 | Venice, Italy | Student | Week 5 |
Desiree Valentin | 22 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Realtor | Week 4 |
Jeanette Pawula | 23 | Bloomingdale, Illinois | Teacher | |
Erica Rose | 23 | Houston, Texas | Attorney | Week 3 |
Gina Clark | 28 | Dallas, Texas | Ultrasound technician | |
Jami Matzke | 27 | Galveston, Texas | Event planner | |
Ellen DeMaio | 30 | New Haven, Connecticut | Realtor | Week 2 |
Kimberly "Kim" Jackson | 27 | Newport Beach, California | Interior designer | |
Sarah Schnare | 30 | Nelson, British Columbia | Journalist | |
April Jacobs | 23 | Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois | Model | Week 1 |
Andrea Shirley | 28 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Hotel concierge | |
Britt Keeder | 28 | Columbus, Ohio | Beer chemist | |
Carissa Ilburg | 25 | Cattaraugus, New York | Attorney | |
Claudia Gismondi | 22 | Boca Raton, Florida | Restaurateur | |
Cosetta Blanca | Italy | Dancer | ||
Elyse Hammer | 27 | Meadow Vista, California | Physician | |
Heather Sneed | 34 | Aliquippa, Pennsylvania | Registered nurse | |
Jessica Horner | 25 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Assistant buyer | |
Laura Morgan | 29 | Spring Valley, California | Dolphin trainer | |
Meryl "Meri" Barr | 27 | Biloxi, Mississippi | Attorney | |
Renée Snell | 30 | Baltimore, Maryland | Broadcast marketer | |
Rita Ghazal | 29 | Richmond, Virginia | Policy advisor | |
Rosella Fratto | 27 | Homer Glen, Illinois | Make-up artist | |
Tara Durr | 24 | St. Augustine, Florida | Realtor | |
Erica Rose returned to compete in the second season of Bachelor Pad where she and her partner, Blake Julian, were eliminated in week 5. She returned in the third season of Bachelor Pad the following year and once again was eliminated in week 5.
# | Contestants | Week | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
1 | Agnese | Sadie | Desiree | Agnese | Jennifer | Lisa | Sadie | Jennifer | |||||||||
2 | Andrea | Agnese | Jeanette | Lisa | Agnese | Sadie | Jennifer | Sadie | |||||||||
3 | April | Desiree | Lisa | Jeanette | Sadie | Jennifer | Lisa | ||||||||||
4 | Brit | Gina | Gina | Jennifer | Lisa | Agnese | |||||||||||
5 | Carissa | Sarah | Jami | Sadie | Desiree Jeanette | ||||||||||||
6 | Claudia | Ellen | Agnese | Desiree | |||||||||||||
7 | Cosetta | Jennifer | Erica | Erica Gina Jami | |||||||||||||
8 | Desiree | Lisa | Jennifer | ||||||||||||||
9 | Ellen | Gina | Sadie | ||||||||||||||
10 | Elyse | Jami | Ellen Kim Sarah | ||||||||||||||
11 | Erica | Erica | |||||||||||||||
12 | Gina | Kim | |||||||||||||||
13 | Heather | April Andrea Brit Carissa Claudia Cosetta Elyse Heather Jessica Laura Meri Renee Rita Rosella Tara | |||||||||||||||
14 | Jami | ||||||||||||||||
15 | Jeanette | ||||||||||||||||
16 | Jennifer | ||||||||||||||||
17 | Jessica | ||||||||||||||||
18 | Kim | ||||||||||||||||
19 | Laura | ||||||||||||||||
20 | Lisa | ||||||||||||||||
21 | Meri | ||||||||||||||||
22 | Renee | ||||||||||||||||
23 | Rita | ||||||||||||||||
24 | Rosella | ||||||||||||||||
25 | Sadie | ||||||||||||||||
26 | Sarah | ||||||||||||||||
27 | Tara | ||||||||||||||||
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18–49) |
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72 | 1 | "Week 1" | October 2, 2006 | 901 | 7.53 [1] | 3.1/8 [2] |
The girls pull up in a limo as Lorenzo greets each one with a smile. The girls and Lorenzo talk all night and the show ends with a rose ceremony where Lorenzo sends home over half of the ladies. | ||||||
73 | 2 | "Week 2" | October 9, 2006 | 902 | 7.93 [1] | 3.1/7 [2] |
The remaining 12 women are divided up into single and group dates. Lisa received the first single date with Lorenzo. The other girls go on a group date with Lorenzo. The show ends with a rose ceremony and 3 girls are eliminated. | ||||||
74 | 3 | "Week 3" | October 16, 2006 | 903 | 8.66 [1] | 3.3/8 [2] |
The nine remaining Bachelorettes find out there's going to be a group date, a two-on-one date and a solo date with Lorenzo. Three ladies are eliminated at the rose ceremony. | ||||||
75 | 4 | "Week 4" | October 23, 2006 | 904 | 8.18 [1] | 3.2/8 [2] |
There is one group date and two one-on-one dates in this episode. The women who get roses this week will also get a hometown visit to have Lorenzo meet their parents. Two ladies are eliminated at the rose ceremony. | ||||||
76 | 5 | "Week 5" | October 30, 2006 | 905 | 7.77 [1] | 3.1/7 [2] |
Lorenzo proceeds to go on the hometown dates with the bachelorettes. He meets the girl's families. Lorenzo eliminates one girl at the rose ceremony which leaves him with three girls for the remaining shows. | ||||||
77 | 6 | "Week 6" | November 13, 2006 | 906 | 8.35 [1] | 3.3/8 [2] |
78 | 7 | "The Women Tell All" | November 20, 2006 | N/A | 7.40 [1] | 2.7/6 [2] |
79 | 8 | "Week 7" | November 27, 2006 | 907 | 9.85 [1] | 3.9/9 [2] |
Jennifer Wilson was the eventual winner of "The Bachelor: Rome". As of the end of the show, Jennifer was a Glades Middle School teacher from Pembroke Pines. [3] [4] Jennifer graduated from Dade Christian School and the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in general studies. [5]
Jennifer Wilson and Lorenzo Borghese broke up after a long-distance relationship where he was in New York while she was in South Florida. [6] [7] Lorenzo did not propose to Jennifer, but gave her the final rose. [3] Jennifer Wilson was accused of secretly dating Dan Herrero, another teacher at the school she worked at, by The National Enquirer soon after the end of the show. [8] The Enquirer included pictures of them "frolicking on the beach" together three days after the initial report. [8] Lorenzo Borghese later began dating runner-up Sadie Murray. [7] Erica Rose later appeared on season one of VH1's "You're Cut Off" and seasons 2 and 3 of Bachelor Pad.
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