The Bachelorette (American TV series) season 13
The Bachelorette | |
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Season 13 | |
Starring | Rachel Lindsay |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | May 22 August 7, 2017 | –
Season chronology | |
The thirteenth season of The Bachelorette premiered on May 22, 2017.[1] This season featured Rachel Lindsay, a 32-year-old attorney from Dallas, Texas.[2] The season concluded on August 7, 2017.
Lindsay attended the University of Texas at Austin where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2007 and Marquette University Law School where she graduated with a Juris Doctor in 2011. Lindsay was the second runner-up on the 21st season of The Bachelor featuring Nick Viall. Lindsay is the first African-American in the lead role in the history of the Bachelor Nation franchise. The season concluded when 37-year-old chiropractor Bryan Abasolo was named the winner. The two lived in Dallas before relocating to Abasolo's hometown of Miami, prior to their August 2019 wedding in Mexico.
Development and Production
Casting began during season twelve of The Bachelorette. Lindsay was named as the bachelorette during Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[2]
This season's cast includes pro wrestler Kenny Layne.
Destinations for this season were South Carolina, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland and Spain, with appearances including actors Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, former NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, actress and television host Ellen DeGeneres and country singer Russell Dickerson.[3]
Contestants
The season began with 31 contestants.[4]
Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Outcome | Place | Ref |
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Bryan Abasolo[5][6] | 37 | Miami, Florida | Chiropractor | Winner | 1 | [7] |
Peter Kraus [8] | 31 | Madison, Wisconsin | Business Owner | Runner-Up | 2 | |
Eric Bigger[9] | 29 | Baltimore, Maryland | Personal Trainer | Week 9 | 3 | |
Dean Unglert[6][10] | 26 | Aspen, Colorado | Startup Recruiter | Week 8 | 4 | [11] |
Adam Gottschalk[12] | 27 | Dallas, Texas | Real Estate Agent | Week 7 | 5 | [13] |
Matthew "Matt" Munson[14] | 32 | Meriden, Connecticut | Construction Sales Rep | 6 | ||
Aleksandr "Alex" Bordyukov[15] | 28 | Grosse Pointe, Michigan | Information Systems Supervisor | Week 6 | 7 | [16] |
William "Will" Gaskins[5] | 28 | White Plains, New York | Sales Manager | 8 | ||
Kenny Layne[6][17][18] | 35 | Orlando, Florida | Professional Wrestler | 9 | ||
Anthony Battle[8] | 26 | Chicago, Illinois | Education Software Manager | Week 5 | 10-11 | |
Josiah Graham[5][19] | 28 | Plantation, Florida | Prosecuting Attorney | |||
Lee Garrett[17] | 30 | Jacksonville, Florida | Singer/Songwriter | 12 | ||
Ignacio "Iggy" Rodriguez[8] | 30 | Pasadena, California | Consulting Firm CEO | Week 4 | 13-14 | [20] |
Jonathan Treece[17][21] | 31 | Paragould, Arkansas | Tickle Monster | |||
Jack Stone[12] | 32 | Dallas, Texas | Attorney | 15 | [22] | |
Brady Ervin[5] | 29 | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | Male Model | Week 3 | 16-18 | |
Kenneth "Diggy" Moreland[8] | 31 | Chicago, Illinois | Senior Inventory Analyst | |||
Bryce Powers[23] | 30 | Orlando, Florida | Firefighter | |||
Frederick "Fred" Johnson[6][12] | 27 | Dallas, Texas | Executive Assistant | 19 | [24] | |
Blake Elarbee[25] | 31 | Marina del Rey, California | Aspiring Drummer | Week 2 | 20-22 | |
James "Jamey" Kocan[26] | 32 | Santa Monica, California | Sales Account Executive | |||
Lucas Yancey[26][27] | 30 | Woodside, California | Whaboom | |||
DeMario Jackson[6][28] | 30 | Century City, California | Executive Recruiter | 23 | [29] | |
Jedidiah Ballard[30] | 35 | Augusta, Georgia | ER Physician | Week 1 | 24-31 | [31] |
Michael Black[8][32] | 26 | Chicago, Illinois | Former Professional Basketball Player | |||
Robert "Rob" Howard[12][33] | 30 | Calgary, Alberta | Law Student | |||
Grant Hubsher | 29 | Palm Harbor, Florida | Emergency Medicine Physician | |||
Blake Killpack[34] | 29 | San Francisco, California | U.S. Marine Veteran | |||
Milton LaCroix[5] | 31 | North Bay Village, Florida | Hotel Recreation Supervisor | |||
Mohit Sehgal | 26 | Pacifica, California | Product Manager | |||
Kyle Sherwood[35] | 26 | Stratford, Connecticut | Marketing Consultant |
Future Appearances
Bachelor in Paradise
DeMario Jackson was set to appear in the fourth season of Bachelor in Paradise thus became the only cast member of this season has announced. When production restarted after the misconduct allegations had halted production, Jackson did not return for filming.[36] Dean Unglert joined the cast on that season after he was eliminated during hometowns,.[37] Diggy Moreland, Matt Munson, Iggy Rodriguez, Jack Stone, Jonathan Treece, Fred Johnson, Blake Elarbee, and Adam Gottschalk would also appear on season 4. When production restarted, Rodriguez was eliminated in week one. Munson quit in week two. Elarbee and Johnson were eliminated in week three. Unglert, Moreland, Stone, and Treece all quit in week four. Gottschalk left Paradise in a relationship with Raven Gates.
Eric Bigger and Diggy Moreland competed in the fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise on their third Bachelor Nation appearances. They were joined by first time returnee Kenny Layne. Layne quit in week three. Bigger quit in week five. Moreland was eliminated in week five.
Unglert returned for the sixth season of Bachelor in Paradise. He quit during week 3 but returned in week 5. He quit, once again, that same week.
Alex Bordyukov appeared on the second season of Bachelor in Paradise Australia.[38] He left the show in week 7 to pursue a relationship with fellow US contestant, Caroline Lunny, who was also competing on that season. However, the pair is no longer together.
The Bachelor Winter Games
Unglert would appear again on his third Bachelor Nation franchise appearance in The Bachelor Winter Games, he joined with first-time returnees Eric Bigger, Jamey Kocan and Josiah Graham to compete as Team USA. Bigger and Kocan were eliminated in week one, Graham was eliminated in week three. Unglert was eliminated in week four.
Call-out order
Order | Bachelors | Episode / Week | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 5/6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9/10 | 10 | |||||||||||
1 | Peter | Bryan | Dean | Alex | Dean | Bryan | Eric | Bryan | Bryan | Bryan | Bryan | |||||||||
2 | Josiah | Peter | Peter | Anthony | Bryan | Will | Peter | Dean | Eric | Peter | Peter | |||||||||
3 | Bryan | Will | Josiah | Eric | Eric | Kenny | Bryan | Peter | Peter | Eric | ||||||||||
4 | Kenny | Jack | Bryan | Will | Peter | Dean | Matt | Eric | Dean | |||||||||||
5 | Rob | Jamey | Bryce | Dean | Adam | Eric | Dean | Adam | ||||||||||||
6 | Iggy | Iggy | Eric | Jonathan | Will | Peter | Adam | Matt | ||||||||||||
7 | Bryce | Eric | Anthony | Peter | Matt | Alex | Alex | |||||||||||||
8 | Will | DeMario | Will | Adam | Alex | Adam | Will | |||||||||||||
9 | Diggy | Jonathan | Jonathan | Bryan | Josiah | Matt | Kenny | |||||||||||||
10 | Kyle | Bryce | Jack | Matt | Anthony | Anthony Josiah |
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11 | Blake K. | Alex | Matt | Josiah | Kenny | |||||||||||||||
12 | Brady | Kenny | Alex | Jack | Lee | Lee | ||||||||||||||
13 | Dean | Dean | Adam | Iggy | Iggy Jonathan |
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14 | Eric | Matt | Kenny | Kenny | ||||||||||||||||
15 | DeMario | Anthony | Brady | Lee | Jack | |||||||||||||||
16 | Blake E. | Brady | Lee | Brady Bryce Diggy |
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17 | Fred | Josiah | Iggy | |||||||||||||||||
18 | Jonathan | Lee | Fred | |||||||||||||||||
19 | Lee | Diggy | Diggy | Fred | ||||||||||||||||
20 | Alex | Fred | Blake E. Jamey Lucas |
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21 | Milton | Adam | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | Adam | Blake E. | ||||||||||||||||||
23 | Matt | Lucas | DeMario | |||||||||||||||||
24 | Grant | Blake K. Grant Jedidiah Kyle Michael Milton Mohit Rob |
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25 | Anthony | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | Jamey | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | Jack | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | Mohit | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | Jedidiah | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | Lucas |
- The contestant received the first impression rose
- The contestant received a rose during a date
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant was eliminated during a date
- The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony
- The contestant won the competition
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18–49) |
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135 | 1 | "Week 1: Season Premiere" | May 22, 2017 | 1301 | 5.66[39] | 1.8/6[39] |
136 | 2 | "Week 2: Celebrity Guests" | May 29, 2017 | 1302 | 5.68[40] | 1.5/6[40] |
137 | 3 | "Week 3: Ellen DeGeneres & More" | June 5, 2017 | 1303 | 6.04[41] | 1.7/6[41] |
138 | 4 | "Week 4: Hilton Head Island" | June 19, 2017 | 1304 | 5.90[42] | 1.6/6[42] |
139 | 5 | "Week 5: Part 1" | June 26, 2017 | 1305 | 5.39[43] | 1.4/6[43] |
140 | 6 | "Week 5: Part 2" | June 27, 2017 | 1306 | 4.51[44] | 1.2/5[44] |
141 | 7 | "Week 6: Switzerland" | July 10, 2017 | 1307 | 5.68[45] | 1.4/6[45] |
142 | 8 | "Week 7: Hometown Dates" | July 17, 2017 | 1308 | 6.21[46] | 1.6/7[46] |
143 | 9 | "Week 8: Spain" | July 24, 2017 | 1309 | 6.43[47] | 1.6/7[47] |
144 | 10 | "The Men Tell All" | July 31, 2017 | N/A | 5.76[48] | 1.5/6[48] |
145 | 11 | "Week 9: Season 13 Finale" | August 7, 2017 | 1310 | 7.57[49] | 2.1/8[49] |
Controversies
Lee Garrett's racist tweets
The show came under fire for casting Lee Garrett, who had tweeted many racist comments, for their first ever black lead's season. Garrett's tweets consisted of comparing Black Lives Matter to a terrorist group, comparing the NAACP to the Ku Klux Klan, and called feminists ugly.[50]
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