The Bachelorette (American TV series) season 17

The Bachelorette
Season 17
Promotional poster
Starring	Katie Thurston
Presented by	Tayshia Adams Kaitlyn Bristowe
No. of contestants	31
Winner	Blake Moynes
Runner-up	Justin Glaze
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	June 7 (2021-06-07) – August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09)
Additional information
Filming dates	March 22 (2021-03-22) – April 24, 2021 (2021-04-24)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The seventeenth season of The Bachelorette premiered on June 7, 2021. ^[1] The season featured 30-year-old Katie Thurston, a bank marketing manager from Lynnwood, Washington.

Thurston previously finished in eleventh place on the 25th season of The Bachelor featuring Matt James. As with the previous season, the entire season was filmed at Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The season concluded on August 9, 2021, with Thurston accepting a proposal from 30-year-old wildlife manager Blake Moynes. They ended their engagement on October 25, 2021. ^[2] Thurston announced on November 23, 2021, that she was dating John Hersey, whom she had previously eliminated during week two of this season. ^[3] They announced their break up on June 20, 2022. ^[4]

Production

Casting and contestants

Thurston was announced as the Bachelorette by Emmanuel Acho during the After the Final Rose special of the 25th season of The Bachelor on March 15, 2021, alongside season 18 lead Michelle Young. ^[5]

Notable contestants include Andrew Spencer, who is the cousin of season 14 contestant Clay Harbor. ^[6]

Filming and development

The beginning of the series returned to its traditional summer schedule after the previous season was delayed to October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As with the last two American Bachelor Nation editions, this season was originally set to be filmed in a bio-secure bubble at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in Jasper, Alberta, Canada. ^[7] Due to quarantine measures enforced by the Canadian government would require to travel to Canada, production was later pulled from the location in early February 2021 amid travel restrictions. Jasper was eventually visited on the twenty-eighth season of The Bachelor. ^[8] This season was then filmed in Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. ^[9]

On March 13, 2021, it was announced that former Bachelorette leads Tayshia Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe would host this season, replacing long-time series host Chris Harrison following backlash for his support of Rachael Kirkconnell, a contestant on the previous The Bachelor season 25, whose photos resurfaced of her attending an Antebellum South-themed party. ^{[5] [10]}

Comedian Heather McDonald, former Bachelor Nick Viall, musicians Laine Hardy and Max Schneider, and drag queens Monét X Change and Shea Couleé made guest appearances this season. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

Contestants

34 potential contestants were revealed on March 18, 2021. ^[15] The final cast of 30 men was released on May 18, 2021. ^{[lower-alpha 1] [16]} Greg Grippo and Karl Smith were originally cast in season 16, when filming of that season was due to start in March 2020 as television productions were shut down caused by the pandemic, the former was not called back for the rescheduled production in July 2020, and the latter was initially accepted to be brought back on that season but was not selected in the final casting list of that same month.

In week 3, season 16 contestant Blake Moynes joined the cast. ^[12]

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Outcome	Place	Ref
Blake Moynes [12] [17]	30	Hamilton, Ontario	Wildlife Manager	Winner	1	[18]
Justin Glaze [19]	26	Ellicott City, Maryland	Investment Sales Consultant	Runner-Up	2
Greg Grippo [20] [21]	27	Edison, New Jersey	Marketing Sales Representative	Week 7	3 (quit)	[22]
Michael Allio [23] [24]	36	Akron, Ohio	Business Owner		4 (quit)	[25]
Andrew Spencer [6] [26]	26	Lake Villa, Illinois [lower-alpha 2]	Pro Football Player	Week 6	5	[27]
Mike Planeta [28]	31	Surprise, Arizona	Gym Owner		6
Brendan Scanzano [17]	26	Toronto, Ontario	Firefighter Trainee		7
Aaron Clancy [29]	26	Walnut, California	Insurance Agent	Week 5	8–11	[14]
Hunter Montgomery [30] [31]	34	San Angelo, Texas	Software Strategist
James Bonsall [21] [29]	30	La Jolla, California	Software Salesman
Tré Cooper [29]	26	Covington, Georgia	Software Engineer
Connor Brennan [21] [32]	29	Columbia, Illinois	Math Teacher		12
Andrew Milcovich [33]	31	Walnut Creek, California	Deputy District Attorney	Week 4	13–15	[13]
Josh Tylerbest [33]	25	Pembroke Pines, Florida	IT Consultant
Quartney Mixon [30]	26	McKinney, Texas	Nutrition Entrepreneur
Christian Smith [34]	26	Newburyport, Massachusetts	Real Estate Agent	Week 3	16–19	[12]
Conor Costello [33]	28	Edmond, Oklahoma	Former Baseball Player
David Scott [35]	27	Nashville, Tennessee	Technical Product Specialist
Thomas Jacobs [36]	28	Poway, California	Real Estate Broker
Garrett Schwartz [37]	29	Salinas, California	Software Marketing Manager	Week 2	20–23	[11]
John Hersey [38]	27	Corte Madera, California	Bartender
Karl Smith [29] [39]	34	Miami, Florida	Motivational Speaker
Kyle Howard [33]	26	Sarasota, Florida	Technical Recruiter
Cody Menk [20] [21]	27	Montclair, New Jersey	Zipper Sales Manager		24	[40]
Austin Tinsley [33]	25	Mission Viejo, California	Real Estate Investor	Week 1	25–31	[41]
Brandon Torres [42]	26	Mokena, Illinois	Auto Parts Manager
Gabriel Everett [43]	35	Charlotte, North Carolina	Entrepreneur
Jeff Caravello [20] [21]	31	Cranford, New Jersey	Surgical Skin Salesman
Landon Goesling [30]	25	Coppell, Texas	Basketball Coach
Marcus Lathan [44]	30	Vancouver, Washington	Real Estate Broker
Marty Hargrove [45]	25	Reno, Nevada	Dancer

Future appearances

Bachelor in Paradise

Season 7

Aaron Clancy, Connor Brennan, James Bonsall, Karl Smith, Tré Cooper, and Thomas Jacobs returned for season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise . ^[46] Cooper quit in week 2. Brennan and Smith were eliminated in week 2. Jacobs spilt from Becca Kufrin in week 6, although they later got back together. Bonsall and Clancy split from Anna Redman and Tia Booth, respectively, in week 6.

Season 8

Bonsall, Clancy, Andrew Spencer, Justin Glaze, and Michael Allio returned for season 8 of Bachelor in Paradise . ^[47] Bonsall and Glaze were eliminated in week 2. Glaze returned in week 4, but was eliminated again in the same week. Spencer quit in week 5. Clancy split from Genevieve Parisi in week 6. Allio left in a relationship with Danielle Maltby in week 6.

Season 9

Blake Moynes returned for season 9 of Bachelor in Paradise . ^[48] He quit in week 4.

Bachelor in Paradise Canada

Season 1

Brendan Scanzano returned for the inaugural season of Bachelor in Paradise Canada . He spilt from Illeana Pennetto in week 5.

Season 2

Austin Tinsley, Connor Brennan, and Quartney Mixon returned for season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise Canada. Mixon quit in week 2. Brennan split from Lisa Mancini in week 6. Tinsley left in a relationship with Chelsea Vaughn in week 6.

FBOY Island

Thurston starred in season 3 of The CW's FBOY Island , hosted by Nikki Glaser. ^[49]

Call-out order

Order	Bachelors	Week
		1	2	3 [lower-alpha 3]	4	5	6	7	8
1	Thomas	Greg	Thomas	Connor B.	Blake	Justin	Greg	Blake Justin	Blake
2	Aaron	Tre	Greg	Michael	Hunter	Blake	Michael		Justin
3	Andrew M.	Michael	Andrew S.	Tre	Andrew S.	Andrew S.	Blake	Greg
4	David	Thomas	David	Hunter	Greg	Greg	Justin	Michael
5	Michael	Garrett	Hunter	Greg	Aaron	Michael	Andrew S.
6	Tre	Connor B.	Conor C.	Justin	Michael	Mike	Mike
7	Greg	Andrew S.	Mike	Brendan	Connor B.	Brendan	Brendan
8	Gabriel	James	Michael	Andrew S.	James	Aaron Hunter James Tre
9	John	Justin	Connor B.	Aaron	Justin
10	Garrett	Quartney	Quartney	Mike	Mike
11	Austin	Karl	Tre	James	Brendan
12	Marty	Mike	Justin	Josh	Tre	Connor B.
13	Landon	John	Andrew M.	Quartney	Andrew M. Josh Quartney
14	Karl	Kyle	Christian	Andrew M.
15	Josh	Andrew M.	Josh	Christian Conor C. David Thomas
16	Andrew S.	Josh	Brendan
17	Brandon	Conor C.	James
18	Conor C.	Brendan	Aaron
19	Kyle	David	Garrett John Karl Kyle
20	Hunter	Aaron
21	Jeff	Christian
22	James	Hunter
23	Brendan	Cody	Cody
24	Marcus	Austin Brandon Gabriel Jeff Landon Marcus Marty
25	Mike
26	Cody
27	Justin
28	Christian
29	Quartney
30	Connor B.
31	Blake [lower-alpha 3]

  The contestant received the first impression rose

  The contestant received a rose during a date

  The contestant received a rose outside of a rose ceremony or date

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant was eliminated during a date

  The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony

  The contestant quit the competition

  The contestant moved on to the next week by default

  The contestant won the competition

Episodes

See also: List of The Bachelorette (American TV series) episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating (18–49)
183	1	"Week 1: Season Premiere"	June 7, 2021 (2021-06-07)	1701	3.77 [50]	1.0 [50]
184	2	"Week 2"	June 14, 2021 (2021-06-14)	1702	3.32 [51]	0.9 [51]
185	3	"Week 3, Part 1"	June 21, 2021 (2021-06-21)	1703	3.49 [52]	0.9 [52]
186	4	"Week 3, Part 2"	June 28, 2021 (2021-06-28)	1704	3.32 [53]	0.8 [53]
187	5	"Week 4"	July 5, 2021 (2021-07-05)	1705	3.52 [54]	0.8 [54]
188	6	"Week 5"	July 12, 2021 (2021-07-12)	1706	3.72 [55]	0.9 [55]
189	7	"Week 6"	July 19, 2021 (2021-07-19)	1707	3.87 [56]	0.9 [56]
190	8	"The Men Tell All"	July 26, 2021 (2021-07-26) [lower-alpha 4]	1708	3.36 [57]	0.8 [57]
191	9	"Week 7: Hometowns"	August 2, 2021 (2021-08-02) [lower-alpha 4]	1709	3.66 [58]	1.0 [58]
192	10	"Week 8: Season Finale & After the Final Rose"	August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09)	1710	4.60 [59]	1.3 [59]

Notes

1. On the official press release, 29 of the 30 men were revealed, the 30th contestant was later revealed in the premiere episode.
2. Andrew Spencer is originally from Lake Villa, Illinois but was residing in Vienna, Austria at the time of casting and filming.
3. Blake officially joined the season after the third rose ceremony.
4. Week 8: The Men Tell All and Week 9: Hometowns were aired during the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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External links

• Official website