The Bachelor
For the 1999 movie The Bachelor starring Chris O'Donnell, see The Bachelor (movie).The Bachelor is a
reality television dating game show that debuted in
2002. This
United States show airs on the
ABC network. The bachelor has been renewed for 2006/7 season and is expected to be filmed in
Rome.
The Bachelor is a
reality television dating game show that debuted in
2002. This
United States show airs on the
ABC network. It stars a wealthy bachelor wooed by 25 money hungry women. The bachelor narrows down the 25 and eventually selects one. The show includes series of group dates until there are few remaining women, then they go on individual dates with the bachelor, and finally overnight dates and meetings with the bachelor and bachelorettes' families. The series quickly became a word-of-mouth hit, with dialogue such as "Will you accept this rose?" and "Most dramatic / shocking rose ceremony ever!" becoming popular reality TV catchphrases. The
runner-up from the first season,
Trista Rehn, later starred in
The Bachelorette, a
spin-off show in which the situation was gender-reversed. Over time viewers began to grow cynical of the "true love" premise, as every couple from the first five seasons broke up, in some cases very badly. To sustain interest, a number of twists were introduced. The fourth season featured
Bob Guiney, popular comic relief from the first season of
The Bachelorette. The fifth season featured
NFL player
Jesse Palmer. The sixth season had yet another new twist, as the women of the house were forced to choose between two eligible bachelors. They chose fisherman Byron Velvick; he ultimately ended up with none of the original women, as season four contestant Mary Delgado was returned to the show and became his final choice.
Rating have been very solid throughout the eighth season making nearly 10 million viewers turn on their TV's to
ABC. It may not be a drastic improvement from past seasons which have seen a slight fall in viewers, but a few irritations won't hurt
ABC or even the bachelor that's why it has been renewed for the 2006/7 season.
Host:
Chris HarrisonThe show was renewed for an eighth season and first ran on
January 9,
2006. The season was set in
Paris, France, and featured bachelor Dr. Travis Lane Stork, a 33-year-old emergency medicine resident from
Nashville, Tennessee and a graduate of
Duke University and
University of Virginia. In the final episode that aired on February 27, 2006, Stork gave the final rose to fellow Nashvillian and kindergarten teacher Sarah Stone, a 26-year-old
University of Tennessee alumna. Just more than a week after the airing of the finale, and nearly four months after the eight season wrapped, Stork and Stone announced they were no longer a couple in a joint interview with Nashville's daily newspaper,
The Tennessean. Both cited contractual post-production obligations to remain apart as a major reason the relationship failed. In a season fairly free of wild behavior, one of the more memorable moments of the involved bachelorette and fellow doctor Allie Garcia-Serra, who angrily confronted Travis after she was not given a rose in the first episode.
A list of the Bachelors on the program:
*Season 1:
Alex Michel*Season 2:
Aaron Buerge*Season 3:
Andrew Firestone*Season 4:
Bob Guiney*Season 5:
Jesse Palmer*Season 6:
Byron Velvick*Season 7:
Charlie O'Connell*Season 8:
Travis Stork*Season 9:
Prince Lorenzo Borghese*
Official Site*
A satire of the show*
The Bachelor Video The Bachelor Video Collection
