The twenty-third season of The Bachelor premiered on January 7, 2019. This season features 26-year-old Colton Underwood, a former professional football player and charity founder from Washington, Illinois.
Underwood finished in fourth place on the fourteenth season of The Bachelorette featuring Becca Kufrin, and also appeared on the fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise. The season concluded on March 12, 2019, with Underwood choosing to pursue a relationship with 23-year-old speech pathologist Cassie Randolph. Randolph was the first woman to win in the show's history after quitting in the same season. The couple announced their breakup on May 29, 2020. In September 2020, Randolph filed a restraining order against Underwood, alleging that he stalked her and put a tracking device on her car, but the restraining order was later dropped after the two reached a private agreement.
Underwood publicly came out as gay on April 14, 2021, making him the first lead in franchise history to publicly identify as gay.
Production Casting and contestants On September 4, 2018, during Good Morning America, Underwood was announced as the next Bachelor over Blake Horstmann and Jason Tartick, who are castmates with Underwood in The Bachelorette season 14. Horstmann would go on to be a contestant in season six of Bachelor in Paradise.
Three contestants were first introduced in The Ellen DeGeneres Show on September 20, 2018. On that show, Colton met Annie Reardon, Sydney Lotuaco, and Katie Morton in a game of Know or Go. Annie won the game and got to talk to Colton for longer than Sydney and Katie. The rest of the contestants were later revealed on the official Facebook page by Chris Harrison on December 6, 2018.
Notable contestants include beauty queens Caelynn Miller-Keyes, Hannah Brown and Hannah Godwin competed one against another in various beauty pageants. Miller-Keyes and Brown competed in Miss USA 2018, as Miss North Carolina USA and Miss Alabama USA, respectively; Miller-Keyes was placed as the first runner-up, Godwin had competed against Brown in Miss Alabama USA; and Catherine Agro is the twin sister of America's Next Top Model cycle 20 contestant Alexandra Agro.
Filming and development This season featured a visit in Singapore. Besides Singapore, this season also included visits in Thailand, Vietnam, Portugal, the Bachelor's hometown of Denver, Colorado and Spain. The season also had special appearances from husband and wife comedians Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman, actor and comedian Billy Eichner, actor and former professional football player Terry Crews, The Bachelor Vietnam host Khôi Trần and singer Brett Young.
Contestants This season began with 30 contestants.
NameAgeHometownOccupationOutcomePlaceRefCassie Randolph23Huntington Beach, CaliforniaSpeech PathologistWinner1Hannah Godwin23Birmingham, AlabamaContent CreatorWeek 92Tayshia Adams28Santa Ana, CaliforniaPhlebotomist3Cassie Randolph(Returned to competition)QuitCaelynn Miller-Keyes23Fredericksburg, Virginia Miss North Carolina USA 2018Week 84Kirpa Sudick26Whittier, CaliforniaDental HygienistWeek 75Heather Martin23Carlsbad, CaliforniaAssistant Program Manager6 (quit)Hannah Brown24Northport, AlabamaMiss Alabama USA 20187Katie Morton26Oviedo, FloridaMedical Sales RepresentativeWeek 68Demi Burnett23Red Oak, TexasInterior Designer9Sydney Lotuaco27Virginia Beach, VirginiaNBA Dancer10 (quit)Nicole Lopez-Alvar25Miami, FloridaSocial Media CoordinatorWeek 511–12Onyeka Ehie24Manhattan, KansasIT Risk ConsultantElyse Dehlbom31Soldotna, AlaskaMakeup Artist13 (quit)Courtney Curtis23McDonough, GeorgiaCatererWeek 414–15Tracy Shapoff31Rochester, New YorkWardrobe StylistBrianna "Bri" Barnes24Chino Hills, CaliforniaModelWeek 316–18Catherine Agro 26Fort Lauderdale, FloridaDJNina Bartula30Raleigh, North CarolinaSales Account ManagerCaitlin Clemmens 25Toronto, OntarioRealtor19Alex Blumberg29Vancouver, British ColumbiaDog RescuerWeek 220–23Angelique Sherman28Hamilton, New JerseyMarketing SalespersonAnnie Reardon23Mequon, WisconsinFinancial AssociateErika McNutt25Encinitas, CaliforniaRecruiterAlex Dillon23Dennis, MassachusettsSlothWeek 124–30Devin Gooden23Medford, OregonBroadcast JournalistErin Landry28Plano, TexasCinderellaAdrianne "Jane" Averbukh26West Hollywood, CaliforniaSocial WorkerLaura Pellerito26Dallas, TexasAccountantRevian Chang24Plano, TexasNurseTahzjuan Hawkins25Castle Pines, ColoradoBusiness Development Associate
Future appearances The Bachelorette Hannah Brown was chosen as the lead for season 15 of The Bachelorette.
Tayshia Adams was chosen to replace Clare Crawley as the lead in season 16 of The Bachelorette. Tayshia was named as the interim host for The Bachelorette in seasons 17 and 18 alongside season 11 Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe, replacing Chris Harrison.
Bachelor in Paradise Season 6
Hannah Godwin, Tayshia, Caelynn Miller-Keyes, Demi Burnett, Jane Averbukh, Katie Morton, Nicole Lopez-Alvar, Onyeka Ehie, Sydney Lotuaco, Bri Barnes, Caitlin Clemmens, Revian Chang, and Tahzjuan Hawkins returned for season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise. Jane was eliminated in week 1. Onyeka quit in week 2. Caitlin and Tahzjuan were eliminated in week 3. Caelynn left with Dean Unglert in week 5. Sydney and Revian were eliminated in week 5. Bri and Tayshia split from Matt Donald and John Paul Jones, respectively, in week 6. Hannah G., Demi, and Katie ended the season engaged to Dylan Barbour, Kristian Haggerty and Chris Bukowski, respectively.
Season 7
Tahzjuan and Demi returned for season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise. Tahzjuan quit in Week 2. Demi was eliminated in week 3.
Bachelor in Paradise Canada Season 1
Caitlin returned for the inaugural season of Bachelor in Paradise Canada. She split from Kamil Nicalek in week 5.
Dancing with the Stars Outside of Bachelor Nation franchise, Hannah B. was chosen for the twenty-eighth season of Dancing with the Stars. She went on to win with her partner, Alan Bersten.
The Bachelor Hannah B. appeared in two episodes in season 24 of The Bachelor. In addition, Heather Martin attempted to join the cast of season 25 of The Bachelor. Cassie Randolph made a guest appearance during the season 26 finale of The Bachelor. Tahzjuan attempted to join the season 27 cast.
Beyond the Edge Colton Underwood competed in the first season of Beyond the Edge where he was crowned the winner.
Coming Out Colton In 2021, after publicly coming out as gay, Colton starred in an unscripted, six-episode Netflix documentary series titled Coming Out Colton. In the series, Onyeka made an appearance in the sixth episode.
The Masked Singer
Colton competed on season eleven of The Masked Singer.
The Goat
Tayshia appeared on the first season of The Goat.
Got to Get Out
Demi appeared on the first season of the Hulu show Got to Get Out.
Are You My First?
Colton co-hosted alongside Kaitlyn Bristowe on a dating reality series titled, Are You My First?, featuring twenty-one virgin singles that premiered on Hulu.
The Traitors
Colton competed on the fourth season of The Traitors.
Call-out order
OrderBachelorettesWeek123456789101DemiElyseCaelynnTayshiaHeather Tayshia Cassie2TayshiaCaelynnElyseDemiTayshiaCaelynnTayshiaTayshia3HeatherKatieHeatherNicoleCaelynnCassieKirpaCassieCassie4NicoleAlex B.TayshiaCaelynnCassieCaelynn5CaelynnHannah B.CassieTayshiaHeatherTayshiaCaelynnKirpa6SydneyOnyekaCaelynnKatieKirpaKirpaCassieHeather7ElyseCaitlinCourtneyCassieHannah B.DemiHeather8TahzjuanAnnieDemiKirpaKatieKatie9CassieKirpaNicoleSydneyElyseKatieDemi10KirpaHeatherKirpaDemiSydneySydneySydney11CaitlinElyseTracyCassieNicoleOnyeka12CourtneyTayshiaCatherineCourtneyNicole13KatieCourtneyBriHeatherOnyekaElyse14Alex D.CassieSydneyOnyekaCourtneyTracy15OnyekaDemiOnyekaHannah B.16ErikaNinaKatieBriCatherineNina17Hannah B.ErikaCaitlin18TracySydneyNina19AngeliqueBriTracyCaitlin20DevinAngeliqueAlex B.AngeliqueAnnieErika21RevianTracy22NinaNicole23Alex B.Catherine24BriAlex D.DevinErinJaneLauraRevianTahzjuan25Laura26Hannah G.27Annie28Jane29Catherine30Erin
The contestant received the first impression rose The contestant received a rose during the date The contestant was eliminated The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony The contestant was eliminated during the date The contestant quit the competition The contestant won the competition
Episodes
Controversies Tracy Shapoff Twitter content Shortly after the announcement of this season's contestants, one of the contestants, Tracy Shapoff, came under fire for her offensive posts on Twitter, bashing reality dating shows and using offensive language, dating back from 2009 to 2011. Shapoff later apologized for her comments on Instagram.
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