Seasons
| Season | Premiered | Bachelor | Profile | Winner | Runner(s)-Up | Proposal | Aftermath |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 25, 2002 | Alex Michel | Management consultant | Amanda Marsh | Trista Rehn | No | Michel did not propose to Marsh, but instead they took a chance at a relationship. Marsh and Michel broke up after several months, and runner-up Rehn was featured on the first season of The Bachelorette. |
| 2 | September 25, 2002 | Aaron Buerge | Vice President of a chain of family-owned banks | Helene Eksterowicz | Brooke Smith | Yes | They broke up after several months. Buerge became engaged to Angye McIntosh and married in 2009. Finalist Gwen Gioia became a contestant on the first season of Bachelor Pad. |
| 3 | March 24, 2003 | Andrew Firestone | Sales manager of Firestone Family estates | Jen Schefft | Kirsten Buschbacher | Yes | Schefft and Firestone broke up after several months but remained friends. He is now married to actress Ivana Bozilovic. Schefft was featured on the third season of The Bachelorette. |
| 4 | September 24, 2003 | Bob Guiney | Creator of a mortgage company and former suitor on The Bachelorette | Estella Gardinier | Kelly Jo Kuharski | No | Guiney did not propose to Gardinier but she accepted a promise ring indicating that they would still date. They broke up shortly after the show aired. Guiney later married soap opera star Rebecca Budig, but they split after five years of marriage. Meredith Phillips, who came in fourth, was featured on the second season of The Bachelorette. |
| 5 | April 7, 2004 | Jesse Palmer | Canadian American college football player | Jessica Bowlin | Tara Huckeby | No | Palmer did not propose to Bowlin. They continued to date but broke up several months later. |
| 6 | September 22, 2004 | Byron Velvick | Pro bass fisherman and divorced father | Mary Delgado | Tanya Michel | Yes | Velvick and Delgado split after five years. |
| 7 | March 28, 2005 | Charlie O'Connell | Actor | Sarah Brice | Krisily Kennedy | No | O'Connell chose Brice to be the winner but did not propose to her. Instead they took a chance at a relationship. They broke up in September 2007, but got back together in 2008. However, they called it quits again in 2010. Runner-up Kennedy became a contestant on the first season of Bachelor Pad. |
| 8 |
January 9, 2006 | Travis Lane Stork | Medical doctor | Sarah Stone | Moana Dixon | No | Stork did not propose to Stone. Instead, they took a chance at a relationship. They broke up shortly after the show aired. Stork is now featured on The Doctors and is now married to pediatrician Charlotte Brown. |
| 9 |
October 3, 2006 | Prince Lorenzo Borghese | Cosmetics entrepreneur | Jennifer Wilson | Sadie Murray | No | Borghese did not propose to Wilson. They entered into a relationship, and broke up in January 2007. Finalist Tara Durr is now married to John Presser, who was a contestant on the fifth season of The Bachelorette. Another finalist, Erica Rose, became a contestant on the second season of Bachelor Pad and later returned for the third season of that show. |
| 10 |
April 2, 2007 | Andrew Baldwin | US Naval Officer | Tessa Horst | Bevin Nicole Powers | Yes | Horst and Baldwin called off their engagement one month after the finale, but continued their relationship. They broke off the relationship in September 2007. Finalist Peyton Wright became a contestant on the first season of Bachelor Pad and is married to Chris Lambton, who was the runner-up on the 6th season of The Bachelorette. |
| 11 | September 24, 2007 | Brad Womack | Bar owner | None | DeAnna Pappas and Jenni Croft | No | Womack chose Croft and Pappas as the two finalists, but they were both rejected in the season's finale. Pappas was featured on the fourth season of The Bachelorette. Womack returned to the show for its 15th season (see below). Finalist Sarah Newlon became a contestant on the third season of Bachelor Pad. |
| 12 |
March 17, 2008 | Matt Grant | Global financier | Shayne Lamas | Chelsea Wanstrath | Yes | Grant and Lamas broke up in July 2008 as they felt their lives were going in different directions, but stated they would remain close friends. Finalist Holly Durst became a contestant on the second season of Bachelor Pad, which she later co-won along with her ex-fiance and former Bachelorette contestant Michael Stagliano. Durst is currently married to The Bachelorette 7 contestant and dentist Blake Julian whom she met on the second season of Bachelor Pad. |
| 13 | January 5, 2009 | Jason Mesnick | Account executive, single father, and former suitor on The Bachelorette | Melissa Rycroft | Molly Malaney | Yes | On the season's finale, Mesnick had called off the engagement with Rycroft, and resumed a relationship with runner-up Malaney. Rycroft later appeared on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars and is now married to Tye Strickland and has one daughter. Rycroft is also taking part in the fifteenth season of Dancing with the Stars. On October 20, 2009, Mesnick proposed to Malaney in New Zealand, which she accepted. They were married on February 27, 2010, in California. Mesnick and Malaney's wedding aired on national television on March 8, 2010. The couple is now expecting their first child, due in March 2013. Third-place finalist Jillian Harris was featured on the fifth season of The Bachelorette. Finalists Natalie Getz and Nikki Kaapke became contestants on the first season of Bachelor Pad while Rycroft co-hosted the program. Getz went on to co-win the first season of Bachelor Pad. Another finalist, Ann Lueders, is now married to The Bachelorette winner Jesse Csincsak and has one son. |
| 14 |
January 4, 2010 | Jake Pavelka | Commercial pilot and former suitor on The Bachelorette | Vienna Girardi | Tenley Molzahn | Yes | They ended their relationship in June 2010. Pavelka appeared as a celebrity contestant on the tenth season of Dancing with the Stars. Fourth-place finalist Ali Fedotowsky was featured on the sixth season of The Bachelorette. Runner-up Molzahn along with other finalists Gia Allemand, Ashley Elmore, Elizabeth Kitt, Michelle Kujawa and Jessie Sulidis became contestants on the first season of Bachelor Pad. On the Bachelor Pad, Tenley Molzahn got together with Kiptyn Locke from the Bachelorette season 5. Allemand would return for the second season of Bachelor Pad along with finalist Ella Nolan, winner Girardi, and Pavelka himself. |
| 15 | January 3, 2011 | Brad Womack | Returning Bachelor (see above) | Emily Maynard | Chantal O'Brien | Yes | Womack and Maynard broke up in May 2011 but remained friends. Third-place finalist Ashley Hebert was featured on the seventh season of The Bachelorette. Finalists Alli Travis, Michelle Money, Jackie Gordon and Melissa Schreiber became contestants on the second season of Bachelor Pad. Maynard was featured on the eighth season of The Bachelorette. |
| 16 | January 2, 2012 | Ben Flajnik | Winemaker and former suitor on The Bachelorette | Courtney Robertson | Lindzi Cox | Yes | Flajnik and Robertson originally broke up in February 2012 while their season was airing. However, they were later reconciled and got engaged for the second time, but broke up again in October 2012 for good. Runner-up Cox, along with finalists Blakeley Jones, Jamie Otis, Jaclyn Swartz and Rachel Truehart became contestants on the third season of Bachelor Pad. 4th place finalist Kacie Boguskie will be featured on Sean Lowe's season of the show. |
| 17 | January 7, 2013 | Sean Lowe | Insurance agent and former suitor on The Bachelorette |
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