The Bachelor (American TV series) season 15
| The Bachelor | |
|---|---|
| Season 15 | |
 Promotional poster | |
| Starring | Brad Womack |
| No. of episodes | 12 (including 2 specials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | January 3 – March 14, 2011 |
| Season chronology | |
The fifteenth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The season premiere aired on January 3, 2011. 38-year-old Brad Womack, who previously appeared as the Bachelor in season 11, where he rejected both of his final two women, returned as the Bachelor for this season. He courted 30 women, unlike the 25 in previous seasons.[1] Womack became the first bachelor to appear on The Bachelor twice. The season concluded in which single mother Emily Maynard was the winner and becoming Womack's fiancée, they ended the engagement on June 29, 2011 within separate ways and refusing to move on the bachelor's respective hometown of Austin, Texas.
Filming and development
Casting and contestants
Casting began during On the Wings of Love. Potential candidates for this season including Womack, as well as Ty Brown and Chris Lambton from (Ali's season) season six of The Bachelorette. Both Brown and Lambton turned down the offer, Womack was selected as the next Bachelor and was announced during the live show of season eleven of Dancing with the Stars.[1][2]
One of the season's contestants, Emily, was the fiancée of Ricky Hendrick.
Production
This season traveled to far-flung locales in Las Vegas, Nevada, Costa Rica, the British overseas territory of Anguilla and South Africa. Musical guests included Train and Seal.[3]
Contestants
Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions.[4]
| Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Outcome | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Maynard[5] | 25 | Morgantown, West Virginia | Children's Hospital Event Planner | Winner | 1 |
| Chantal O'Brien[6] | 28 | Mercer Island, Washington | Executive Assistant | Runner-up | 2 |
| Ashley Hebert[7] | 26 | Madawaska, Maine | Dental Student | Week 9 | 3 |
| Shawntel Newton[8] | 25 | Chico, California | Funeral Director | Week 8 | 4 |
| Michelle Money | 30 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Hair stylist | Week 7 | 5 |
| Mallory Martin[6] | 32 | Seattle, Washington | Bank Teller | 6 | |
| Jacqueline "Jackie" Gordon[9] | 26 | Newport, Rhode Island | Artist | Week 6 | 7 |
| Allison "Alli" Travis[10] | 24 | Columbus, Ohio | Apparel merchant | 8 | |
| Lisa Morrisey[11] | 24 | Ottawa, Kansas | Marketing Coordinator | Week 5 | 9–10 |
| Marissa May[12] | 26 | Mesa, Arizona | Sports Publicist | ||
| Ashley Spivey[13] | 26 | Ellerbe, North Carolina | Nanny | 11 | |
| Lindsay Hill[14] | 25 | Plano, Texas | First grade teacher | Week 4 | 12–14 |
| Meghan Merritt | 30 | Princeton, New Jersey | Fashion Marketer | ||
| Stacey Quirpel | 26 | Quincy, Massachusetts | Bartender | ||
| Kimberly Coon[15] | 27 | Orlando, Florida | Marketing Coordinator | Week 3 | 15–16 |
| Sarah Powell[16] | 27 | Denver, Colorado | Real Estate Broker | ||
| Madison Garton[17] | 25 | Vail, Colorado | Model | 17 (quit) | |
| Keltie Colleen[18] | 28 | Sherwood Park, Alberta | Radio City Rockette | Week 2 | 18–20 |
| Melissa Schreiber[19] | 32 | Westport, Connecticut | Waitress | ||
| Raichel Goodyear[19] | 29 | Fullerton, California | Manscaper | ||
| Britnee | 25 | Holland, Pennsylvania | Paralegal | Week 1 | 21–30 |
| Cristy Caserta[20] | 30 | Davie, Florida | Attorney | ||
| Jessica "J" Adams[6] | 26 | Seattle, Washington | Operations Manager | ||
| Jill Ruskowski[14] | 28 | Frisco, Texas | Sales director | ||
| Lacey Garbelman[21] | 27 | Tampa, Florida | Insurance agent | ||
| Lauren Moore[22] | 26 | Culpeper, Virginia | High School Teacher | ||
| Lisa Pastrich | 27 | Dix Hills, New York | Sales Consultant | ||
| Rebecca | 30 | Mission Viejo, California | Esthetician | ||
| Renee Halpin | 28 | Palos Hills, Illinois | Nanny | ||
| Sarah Ledtke[23] | 25 | Saginaw, Michigan | Musical Theatre Performer |
Future appearances
The Bachelorette
Ashley Hebert was chosen as the bachelorette for the seventh season of The Bachelorette. Emily Maynard was later chosen as the bachelorette the following year in the eighth season of the latter season.
Bachelor Pad
Alli Travis, Jackie Gordon, Melissa Schreiber and Michelle Money returned for the second season of Bachelor Pad. Travis was eliminated in week 1, Gordon in week 2, and Schreiber in week 4. Money and her partner Graham Bunn were eliminated in week 7, finishing as the runners-up.
The Bachelor
Shawntel Newton made an appearance in the sixteenth season of The Bachelor, and was eliminated by bachelor Ben Flajnik the night she arrived.
Bachelor in Paradise
Money returned again for the first season of Bachelor in Paradise and ended that season in a relationship with Bachelor Nation alumnus Cody Sattler.
Call-out order
| Order | Bachelorettes | Week | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 1 | Chantal | Ashley S. | Ashley H. | Ashley S. | Chantal | Shawntel | Chantal | Ashley H. | Ashley H. | Chantal Emily |
Emily |
| 2 | Kimberly | Michelle | Michelle | Shawntel | Mallory | Emily | Ashley H. | Emily | Emily | Chantal | |
| 3 | Alli | Kimberly | Jackie | Emily | Michelle | Ashley H. | Emily | Shawntel | Chantal | Ashley H. | |
| 4 | Ashley S. | Madison | Emily | Michelle | Ashley S. | Michelle | Mallory | Chantal | Shawntel | ||
| 5 | Meghan | Emily | Chantal | Chantal | Alli | Alli | Shawntel | Michelle | |||
| 6 | Marissa | Raichel | Sarah P. | Lisa M. | Emily | Mallory | Michelle | Mallory | |||
| 7 | Lindsay | Keltie | Alli | Jackie | Shawntel | Jackie | Jackie | ||||
| 8 | Ashley H. | Ashley H. | Kimberly | Ashley H. | Lisa M. | Chantal | Alli | ||||
| 9 | Raichel | Meghan | Shawntel | Marissa | Jackie | Lisa M. Marissa |
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| 10 | Madison | Lisa M. | Stacey | Mallory | Marissa | ||||||
| 11 | Melissa | Lindsay | Ashley S. | Alli | Ashley H. | Ashley S. | |||||
| 12 | Renee | Alli | Madison | Lindsay | Lindsay Meghan Stacey |
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| 13 | Cristy | Sarah P. | Lisa M. | Meghan | |||||||
| 14 | Jackie | Marissa | Marissa | Stacey | |||||||
| 15 | Sarah P. | Mallory | Meghan | Kimberly Sarah P. |
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| 16 | Lacey | Stacey | Lindsay | ||||||||
| 17 | Lauren | Shawntel | Mallory | ||||||||
| 18 | Lisa P. | Jackie | Keltie Melissa Raichel |
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| 19 | Shawntel | Melissa | |||||||||
| 20 | Britnee | Chantal | |||||||||
| 21 | Stacey | Britnee Cristy J Jill Lacey Lauren Lisa P. Rebecca Renee Sarah L. |
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| 22 | Jill | ||||||||||
| 23 | Lisa M. | ||||||||||
| 24 | Rebecca | ||||||||||
| 25 | J | ||||||||||
| 26 | Keltie | ||||||||||
| 27 | Sarah L. | ||||||||||
| 28 | Emily | ||||||||||
| 29 | Mallory | ||||||||||
| 30 | Michelle | ||||||||||
- The contestant received a first impression rose
- The contestant received a rose during the date
- The contestant received a rose after receiving advice from Ali and Roberto
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant was eliminated during the date
- The contestant quit the competition
- 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 134 | 1 | "Week 1: The Bachelorette Arrivals" | January 3, 2011 | 1501 | 9.04 |
| 135 | 2 | "Week 2: Train Performs in Private Concert" | January 10, 2011 | 1502 | 8.46 |
| 136 | 3 | "Week 3: Action Movie Date" | January 17, 2011 | 1503 | 8.80 |
| 137 | 4 | "Week 4: Radio Show Date" | January 24, 2011 | 1504 | 9.28 |
| 138 | 5 | "Week 5: Las Vegas Dates" | January 31, 2011 | 1505 | 9.66 |
| 139 | 6 | "Week 6: Costa Rica" | February 7, 2011 | 1506 | 9.81 |
| 140 | 7 | "Week 7: Anguilla" | February 14, 2011 | 1507 | 9.32 |
| 141 | 8 | "Week 8: Brad's Hometown Dates" | February 21, 2011 | 1508 | 10.41 |
| 142 | 9 | "Week 9: South Africa" | February 28, 2011 | 1509 | 11.33 |
| 143 | 10 | "Brad's Women Tell All" | March 7, 2011 | TBA | 10.02 |
| 144 | 11 | "Week 10: South Africa Season Finale" | March 14, 2011 | 1510 | 13.88 |
| 145 | 12 | "Brad's After The Final Rose" | March 14, 2011 | TBA | 13.96 |
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