The Bachelor (Australian TV series) season 5
| The Bachelor | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
| Starring | Matty Johnson |
| Presented by | Osher Günsberg |
| No. of contestants | 22 |
| Winner | Laura Byrne |
| Runner-up | Elise Stacy |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Network Ten |
| Original release | 26 July – 14 September 2017 |
| Season chronology | |
The fifth season of The Bachelor premiered on 26 July 2017.[1] This season features Matty Johnson, a 29-year-old marketing director from Sydney, New South Wales, courting 22 women.[2][3] Johnson previously appeared on the second season of The Bachelorette Australia featuring Georgia Love, where he was the runner-up.
Contestants
The season began with 22 contestants.[4]
| Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Byrne | 31 | Sydney, New South Wales | Jewellery Designer | Winner |
| Elise Stacy | 30 | Perth, Western Australia | Marketing Executive | Runner-Up |
| Tara Pavlovic | 27 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Nanny | Episode 15 |
| Florence Moerenhout | 27 | Melbourne, Victoria | Brand Manager | Episode 14 |
| Elora Murger | 27 | Sydney, New South Wales | Fitness Trainer | Episode 13 |
| Cobie Frost | 30 | Brisbane, Queensland | Coal Plant Operator | |
| Lisa Carlton | 24 | Melbourne, Victoria | Model | Episode 12 |
| Simone Ormesher | 25 | Melbourne, Victoria | Office Administrator | Episode 11 |
| Jennifer Hawke | 28 | Sydney, New South Wales | Marketing Manager | Episode 10 (quit) |
| Michelle Paxton | 31 | Adelaide, South Australia | Police Officer | Episode 9 |
| Stephanie Boulton | 23 | Perth, Western Australia | Safety Administrator | Episode 8 |
| Alix McDermott | 24 | Austinmer, New South Wales | Body Painter | |
| Sharlene Boguslavsky Mik | 26 | Melbourne, Victoria | Wedding Planner | |
| Leah Costa | 24 | Melbourne, Victoria | Architecture Student | Episode 7 |
| Natalie Holmberg | 26 | Adelaide, South Australia | Midwife | Episode 6 |
| Sian Kelly | 24 | Perth, Western Australia | Retail Assistant | Episode 5 |
| Elizabeth Duncan | 31 | Sydney, New South Wales | Property Executive | |
| Belinda Rygier | 34 | Brisbane, Queensland | Love Coach | Episode 4 |
| Akoulina Ktoiants | 29 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Gymnastics Coach | Episode 3 |
| Laura-Ann Rullo | 27 | Melbourne, Victoria | Criminal Lawyer | Episode 2 |
| Stacey Simpson | 26 | Townsville, Queensland | Gym Instructor | Episode 1 |
| Monica Brown | 26 | Melbourne, Victoria | Medical Receptionist |
Call-out order
| # | Bachelorettes | Episode | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3[a] | 4 | 5[b] | 6 | 7[c] | 8 | 9 | 10[d] | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | Alix | Michelle | Elora | Laura | Cobie | Florence | Tara | Alix | Elora | Elise | Elise | Laura | Florence | Elise | Elise | Laura | Laura | |
| 2 | Tara | Lisa | Lisa | Alix | Tara | Jennifer | Elora | Cobie | Florence | Tara | Cobie | Cobie | Cobie | Tara | Tara | Elise | Elise | |
| 3 | Laura | Laura | Cobie | Belinda | Florence | Laura | Elise | Elise | Tara | Cobie | Elora | Elora | Tara | Laura | Laura | Tara | ||
| 4 | Cobie | Alix | Alix | Cobie | Elora | Tara | Simone | Elora | Elise | Lisa | Florence | Elise | Elise | Florence | Florence | |||
| 5 | Simone | Elora | Simone | Leah | Michelle | Sharlene | Alix | Florence | Laura | Laura | Laura | Tara | Laura | Elora | ||||
| 6 | Elise | Cobie | Laura | Lisa | Laura | Leah | Florence | Jennifer | Michelle | Florence | Lisa | Florence | Elora | Cobie | ||||
| 7 | Monica | Elise | Akoulina | Stephanie | Simone | Elora | Laura | Laura | Cobie | Jennifer | Simone | Lisa | Lisa | |||||
| 8 | Laura-Ann | Tara | Elise | Sharlene | Lisa | Alix | Stephanie | Lisa | Simone | Simone | Tara | Simone | ||||||
| 9 | Elizabeth | Simone | Michelle | Michelle | Alix | Cobie | Lisa | Michelle | Jennifer | Elora | Jennifer | |||||||
| 10 | Stephanie | Laura-Ann | Sian | Elise | Natalie | Elise | Cobie | Sharlene | Lisa | Michelle | ||||||||
| 11 | Sharlene | Akoulina | Elizabeth | Elora | Sian | Lisa | Leah | Simone | Alix Stephanie |
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| 12 | Stacey | Leah | Florence | Simone | Jennifer | Michelle | Jennifer | Stephanie | ||||||||||
| 13 | Sian | Sian | Stephanie | Elizabeth | Leah | Natalie | Sharlene | Tara | Sharlene | |||||||||
| 14 | Jennifer | Florence | Tara | Florence | Sharlene | Simone | Michelle | Leah | ||||||||||
| 15 | Natalie | Stephanie | Jennifer | Jennifer | Stephanie | Stephanie | Natalie | |||||||||||
| 16 | Michelle | Natalie | Sharlene | Natalie | Elizabeth | Sian | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Belinda | Belinda | Belinda | Sian | Elise | Elizabeth | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Florence | Jennifer | Natalie | Tara | Belinda | |||||||||||||
| 19 | Akoulina | Sharlene | Leah | Akoulina | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | Lisa | Elizabeth | Laura-Ann | |||||||||||||||
| 21 | Leah | Stacey Monica |
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| 22 | Elora | |||||||||||||||||
- The contestant received the first impression rose.
- The contestant received a rose during a date.
- The contestant received a rose outside of a date or the rose ceremony.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant was eliminated during a date.
- The contestant quit the competition.
- The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony.
- The contestant won the competition.
- ^ The rose ceremony took place during the group date. Therefore, the women not on the group date are listed in alphabetical order.
- ^ After Elora received her rose, the rose ceremony was cancelled when Matty pulled Sian aside and eliminated her outside of the rose ceremony. Therefore, the remaining women are listed in alphabetical order.
- ^ The rose ceremony was cancelled after Leah was eliminated during the cocktail party. Therefore, the remaining women are listed in alphabetical order.
- ^ The rose ceremony was cancelled after Jennifer decided to quit during the cocktail party. Therefore, the remaining women are listed in alphabetical order.
Episodes
Episode 1
Original airdate: 26 July 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| First impression rose | Michelle |
| Rose ceremony | Monica & Stacey were eliminated. |
Episode 2
Original airdate: 27 July 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Elora Lisa |
| Group date | Cobie, Elizabeth, Sian, Laura, Florence, Tara, Simone, Natalie, Leah and Jennifer |
| Rose ceremony | Laura-Ann was eliminated. |
Episode 3
Original airdate: 2 August 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Laura |
| Group date | Cobie, Stephanie, Michelle, Akoulina, Elora, Alix, Lisa, Belinda, Elise, Sharlene, Leah and Simone Alix got the group date rose during the banquet. |
| Rose ceremony | Akoulina was eliminated. |
Episode 4
Original airdate: 3 August 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Cobie |
| Group date | Everyone |
| Rose ceremony | Belinda was eliminated. |
Episode 5
Original airdate: 9 August 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Florence |
| Two-on-one date | Elizabeth and Jennifer |
| Rose ceremony | Elizabeth was eliminated during the two-on-one date. Sian was eliminated outside the rose ceremony. |
Episode 6
Original airdate: 10 August 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Tara |
| Group date | Leah, Elise, Laura, Elora, Natalie and Simone |
| One-on-one time | Simone |
| Rose ceremony | Natalie was eliminated. |
Episode 7
Original airdate: 16 August 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Alix |
| Group date | Leah, Jennifer, Laura, Lisa, Tara and Elise |
| One-on-one time | Laura |
| Rose ceremony | Leah was eliminated outside the rose ceremony. |
Episode 8
Original airdate: 17 August 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Elora |
| Group date | Everyone |
| One-on-one time | Florence |
| Rose ceremony | Sharlene was eliminated during the cocktail party. Alix & Stephanie were eliminated during the rose ceremony. |
Episode 9
Original airdate: 23 August 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Group date | Jennifer, Simone, Elise and Cobie |
| One-on-one time | Elise |
| Single date | Tara |
| Rose ceremony | Michelle was eliminated. |
Episode 10
Original airdate: 24 August 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Elise |
| Group date | Everyone |
| One-on-one time | Lisa, Tara, Cobie and Elora |
| Rose ceremony | Jennifer quit before the rose ceremony. |
Episode 11
Original airdate: 30 August 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Laura |
| Group date | Everyone |
| One-on-one time | Elise |
| Rose ceremony | Simone was eliminated. |
Episode 12
Original airdate: 31 August 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Florence |
| Group date | Everyone |
| One-on-one time | Tara |
| Rose ceremony | Lisa was eliminated. |
Episode 13
Original airdate: 6 September 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Group date | Everyone |
| One-on-one time | Elise |
| Single date | Cobie |
| Rose ceremony | Cobie was eliminated during her single date. Elora was eliminated during the rose ceremony. |
Episode 14
Original airdate: 7 September 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Hometown #1 | Tara – Gold Coast, Queensland |
| Hometown #2 | Florence – Melbourne, Victoria |
| Hometown #3 | Elise – Encounter Bay, South Australia |
| Hometown #4 | Laura – Sydney, New South Wales |
| Rose ceremony | Florence was eliminated. |
Episode 15
Original airdate: 13 September 2017
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single Date #1 | Laura |
| Single Date #2 | Elise |
| Single Date #3 | Tara |
| Rose ceremony | Tara was eliminated. |
Episode 16
Original airdate: 14 September 2017
Location: Phang Nga, Thailand
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Meet Matty's Family #1 | Elise |
| Meet Matty's Family #2 | Laura |
| Final Date #1 | Elise |
| Final Date #2 | Laura |
| Final Decision: | Laura is the winner |
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers |
Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | ||||||
| 1 | Episode 1 | 26 July 2017 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 846,000 | 5 | 53,000 | 5 | 899,000 | [5][6] |
| 2 | Episode 2 | 27 July 2017 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 739,000 | 6 | 116,000 | 5 | 855,000 | [7][8] |
| 3 | Episode 3 | 2 August 2017 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 715,000 | 12 | 47,000 | 11 | 762,000 | [9][10] |
| 4 | Episode 4 | 3 August 2017 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 726,000 | 7 | 73,000 | 6 | 799,000 | [11][12] |
| 5 | Episode 5 | 9 August 2017 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 753,000 | 7 | 57,000 | 9 | 810,000 | [13][14] |
| 6 | Episode 6 | 10 August 2017 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 764,000 | 6 | 87,000 | 5 | 851,000 | [15][16] |
| 7 | Episode 7 | 16 August 2017 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 736,000 | 8 | 73,000 | 9 | 809,000 | [17][18] |
| 8 | Episode 8 | 17 August 2017 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 787,000 | 5 | 114,000 | 5 | 901,000 | [19][20] |
| 9 | Episode 9 | 23 August 2017 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 749,000 | 7 | 57,000 | 7 | 806,000 | [21][22] |
| 10 | Episode 10 | 24 August 2017 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 736,000 | 6 | 82,000 | 6 | 818,000 | [23][24] |
| 11 | Episode 11 | 30 August 2017 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 680,000 | 11 | 44,000 | 10 | 724,000 | [25][26] |
| 12 | Episode 12 | 31 August 2017 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 739,000 | 6 | 96,000 | 4 | 835,000 | [27][28] |
| 13 | Episode 13 | 6 September 2017 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 717,000 | 9 | 50,000 | 10 | 767,000 | [29][30] |
| 14 | Episode 14 | 7 September 2017 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 717,000 | 7 | 108,000 | 6 | 825,000 | [31][32] |
| 15 | Episode 15 | 13 September 2017 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 816,000 | 7 | 27,000 | 8 | 843,000 | [33][34] |
| 16 | Finale Final Decision |
14 September 2017 | Thursday 7:30 pm Thursday 9:00 pm |
980,000 1,116,000 |
3 1 |
38,000 48,000 |
2 1 |
1,018,000 1,164,000 |
[35][36] |
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