The Bachelor | |
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Season 4 | |
Starring | Richie Strahan |
Presented by | Osher Günsberg |
No. of contestants | 25 |
Winner | Alex Nation |
Runner-up | Niki Gogan |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Release | |
Original network | Network Ten |
Original release | 27 July – 15 September 2016 |
Season chronology |
The fourth season of The Bachelor premiered on 27 July 2016. [1] This season features Richie Strahan, a 31-year-old Rope Access Technician from Perth, Western Australia, courting 25 women. [2] [3] Strahan previously appeared on the first season of The Bachelorette Australia featuring Sam Frost, where he finished in third place.
The season began with 22 contestants. [4] In episode 7, three "intruders" were brought into the competition, bringing the total number of contestants to 25. [3]
Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Eliminated |
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Alexandra "Alex" Nation [5] | 24 | Mornington Peninsula, Victoria | Venue Manager | Winner |
Nikki Gogan [6] | 28 | Northam, Western Australia | Real Estate Agent | Runner-Up |
Olena Khamula [7] | 23 | Sydney, New South Wales | Makeup Artist | Episode 15 |
Rachael Gouvignon [8] | 31 | Perth, Western Australia | Support Worker | Episode 14 |
Faith Williams [9] [a] | 26 | Brisbane, Queensland | Hairdresser | Episode 13 |
Stephanie "Steph" Dixon [10] | 25 | Ballarat, Victoria | Model | Episode 12 |
Kirralee "Kiki" Morris [11] | 28 | Sydney, New South Wales | Personal Assistant | Episode 11 |
Sarah Harding [12] | 26 | Brisbane, Queensland | Sales Representative | Episode 10 |
Noni Janur [13] | 25 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Swimwear Designer | Episode 9 |
Keira Maguire [14] | 29 | Sydney, New South Wales | Account Manager | Episode 8 |
Georgia Tripos [15] | 24 | Melbourne, Victoria | Artist | Episode 7 |
Megan Marx [16] | 27 | Geraldton, Western Australia | Health Promotions Officer | Episode 7 (quit) |
Sasha Zhuravlyova [17] | 31 | Melbourne, Victoria | Executive Assistant | Episode 6 |
Eliza St John [18] | 31 | Sydney, New South Wales | Event Coordinator | Episode 5 |
Marja Jacobsen [19] | 34 | Sydney, New South Wales | Yoga Instructor | Episode 4 |
Sophie Edwards [20] | 28 | Adelaide, South Australia | Customer Support Manager | |
Janey Birks [21] | 27 | Brisbane, Queensland | Children's Entertainer | Episode 3 |
Tiffany Scanlon [22] | 29 | Perth, Western Australia | Training Administrator | |
Tolyna Baan [23] | 32 | Melbourne, Victoria | Personal Trainer | |
Laura Williams [24] [a] | 25 | Melbourne, Victoria | Project Manager | Episode 2 |
Mia MacKinnon [25] | 24 | Sydney, New South Wales | Former Athlete/Student | |
Aimee Psellos [26] | 31 | Melbourne, Victoria | Business Development Manager | Episode 1 |
Natalie Nazzari [27] | 27 | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia | Communications Officer | |
Vintaea Carlos [28] | 25 | Brisbane, Queensland | Massage Therapist | Episode 1 (quit) |
# | Bachelorettes | Episode | |||||||||||||||
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1 [29] | 2 [30] | 3 [31] | 4 [32] | 5 [33] | 6 [34] | 7 [35] | 8 [b] [36] | 9 [37] | 10 [38] | 11 [39] | 12 [40] | 13 [41] | 14 [42] | 15 [43] | 16 [44] | ||
1 | Nikki | Tiffany | Nikki | Megan | Faith | Alex | Faith | Rachael | Olena | Steph | Alex | Nikki | Faith | Rachael | Nikki | Nikki | Alex |
2 | Megan | Megan | Olena | Noni | Keira | Nikki | Kiki | Alex | Alex | Faith | Steph | Olena | Alex | Nikki | Olena | Alex | Nikki |
3 | Janey | Alex | Rachael | Kiki | Rachael | Sasha | Nikki | Steph | Faith | Alex | Nikki | Rachael | Nikki | Alex | Alex | Olena | |
4 | Natalie | Faith | Georgia | Nikki | Nikki | Kiki | Keira | Nikki | Khalia | Rachael | Kiki | Steph | Olena | Olena | Rachael | ||
5 | Georgia | Nikki | Noni | Olena | Olena | Faith | Olena | Noni | Kiki | Olena | Faith | Alex | Rachael | Faith | |||
6 | Tiffany | Rachael | Keira | Keira | Georgia | Rachael | Georgia | Faith | Nikki | Nikki | Olena | Faith | Steph | ||||
7 | Eliza | Olena | Alex | Marja | Sasha | Georgia | Alex | Olena | Noni | Kiki | Rachael | Kiki | |||||
8 | Alex | Janey | Faith | Alex | Megan | Olena | Noni | Keira | Rachael | Sarah | Sarah | ||||||
9 | Kiki | Mia | Kiki | Faith | Eliza | Megan | Megan | Kiki | Sarah | Khalia Noni | |||||||
10 | Aimee | Kiki | Sasha | Rachael | Noni | Keira | Rachael | Sarah | Steph | ||||||||
11 | Rachael | Noni | Megan | Sophie | Alex | Noni | Sasha | Khalia | Keira | ||||||||
12 | Marja | Laura | Janey | Georgia | Kiki | Eliza | Georgia | ||||||||||
13 | Sophie | Sophie | Tiffany | Sasha | Marja Sophie | Megan | |||||||||||
14 | Laura | Sasha | Eliza | Eliza | |||||||||||||
15 | Tolyna | Eliza | Tolyna | Janey Tiffany Tolyna | |||||||||||||
16 | Mia | Marja | Marja | ||||||||||||||
17 | Keira | Tolyna | Sophie | ||||||||||||||
18 | Sasha | Georgia | Laura Mia | ||||||||||||||
19 | Faith | Keira | |||||||||||||||
20 | Noni | Aimee Natalie | |||||||||||||||
21 | Vintaea | ||||||||||||||||
22 | Olena | Vintaea | |||||||||||||||
23 | Steph [c] | ||||||||||||||||
24 | Sarah [c] | ||||||||||||||||
25 | Khalia [c] |
Original airdate: 27 July 2016
Event | Description |
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First impression rose | Tiffany Megan |
White rose | Alex |
Rose ceremony | Vintaea quit during the rose ceremony; Aimee & Natalie were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 28 July 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Nikki Olena |
Group date | Alex, Faith, Kiki, Tolyna, Keira, Sasha, Eliza, Laura, Georgia, and Mia |
Rose ceremony | Laura & Mia were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 3 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Megan |
Group date | Rachael, Alex, Nikki, Sasha, Marja, Janey, Kiki, Keira, Tolyna, Noni, Tiffany, and Sophie |
One-on-one time | Rachael, Sasha, Janey, Tolyna, Noni and Tiffany |
Rose ceremony | Janey, Tiffany & Tolyna were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 4 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Faith |
Group date | Eliza, Georgia, Noni, Sophie, Rachael, Olena and Keira |
One-on-one time | Keira |
Rose ceremony | Marja & Sophie were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 10 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Alex |
Group date | Sasha, Kiki, Megan and Nikki (and Noni) |
One-on-one time | Nikki |
Rose ceremony | Eliza was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 11 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Group date | Olena, Faith, Megan, Georgia, Nikki, Sasha, Noni, Alex, Rachael and Keira |
One-on-one time | Faith |
Single date | Kiki |
Rose ceremony | Sasha was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 17 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Rachael |
Intruders | Steph, Sarah & Khalia were introduced. |
Group date | Khalia, Sarah & Steph |
Rose ceremony | Megan quit during the rose ceremony; Georgia was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 18 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Olena Keira |
Group date | Alex, Steph, Rachael, Kiki, Sarah, Faith, Nikki and Noni |
One-on-one time | Rachael & Noni |
Rose ceremony | Keira was eliminated during her single date; the rose ceremony was cancelled. |
Original airdate: 24 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Steph |
Group date | Everyone |
Rose ceremony | Khalia & Noni were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 25 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Alex |
Group date | Everyone |
Rose ceremony | Sarah was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 31 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Nikki |
Group date | Everyone |
Rose ceremony | Kiki was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 1 September 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Faith Rachael |
Group date | N/A |
Rose ceremony | Steph was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 7 September 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | N/A |
Group date | Everyone |
Rose ceremony | Faith was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 8 September 2016
Event | Description |
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Hometown #1 | Alex - Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
Hometown #2 | Olena - Sydney, New South Wales |
Hometown #3 | Rachael - Perth, Western Australia |
Hometown #4 | Nikki - Northam, Western Australia |
Rose ceremony | Rachael was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 14 September 2016; filmed at Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Event | Description |
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Overnight #1 | Alex |
Overnight #2 | Nikki |
Overnight #3 | Olena |
Rose ceremony | Olena was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 15 September 2016
Location: Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Event | Description |
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Meet Richie's Family #1 | Alex |
Meet Richie's Family #2 | Nikki |
Final Date #1 | Nikki |
Final Date #2 | Alex |
Final Decision: | Alex is the winner |
No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) | ||
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Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | ||||||
1 | Episode 1 | 27 July 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 882,000 | 5 | 52,000 | 5 | 934,000 | [45] [46] |
2 | Episode 2 | 28 July 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 824,000 | 5 | 129,000 | 4 | 953,000 | [47] [48] |
3 | Episode 3 | 3 August 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 819,000 | 8 | 60,000 | 7 | 879,000 | [49] [50] |
4 | Episode 4 | 4 August 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 771,000 | 5 | 80,000 | 5 | 851,000 | [51] [52] |
5 | Episode 5 | 10 August 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 858,000 | 8 | 62,000 | 7 | 920,000 | [53] [54] |
6 | Episode 6 | 11 August 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 742,000 | 9 | 110,000 | 7 | 852,000 | [55] [56] |
7 | Episode 7 | 17 August 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 838,000 | 7 | 37,000 | 7 | 875,000 | [57] [58] |
8 | Episode 8 | 18 August 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 777,000 | 8 | 94,000 | 6 | 871,000 | [59] [60] |
9 | Episode 9 | 24 August 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 853,000 | 6 | 44,000 | 7 | 897,000 | [61] [62] |
10 | Episode 10 | 25 August 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 750,000 | 8 | 74,000 | 5 | 824,000 | [63] [64] |
11 | Episode 11 | 31 August 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 821,000 | 8 | 44,000 | 8 | 865,000 | [65] [66] |
12 | Episode 12 | 1 September 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 857,000 | 5 | 73,000 | 4 | 930,000 | [67] [68] |
13 | Episode 13 | 7 September 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 844,000 | 7 | 66,000 | 7 | 910,000 | [69] [70] |
14 | Episode 14 | 8 September 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 818,000 | 5 | 101,000 | 2 | 919,000 | [71] [72] |
15 | Episode 15 | 14 September 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 909,000 | 5 | 43,000 | 4 | 952,000 | [73] [74] |
16 | Finale Final Decision | 15 September 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm Thursday 9:00 pm | 1,103,000 1,324,000 | 3 1 | 32,000 53,000 | 2 1 | 1,134,000 1,377,000 | [75] [76] |
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