The twenty-third season of '' The Bachelor'' premiered on January 7, 2019. This season features 26-year-old

Colton Underwood Colton Scott Brown-Underwood (born January 26, 1992) is an American reality television personality and former professional football player. He played defensive end at Illinois State and was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free ...

, a former professional football player and charity founder from

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. Underwood finished in fourth place on the fourteenth season of ''

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'' featuring

Becca Kufrin Rebecca Jill Kufrin (born April 3, 1990) is an American television personality, best known for her role as the winner on the 22nd season of ABC's '' The Bachelor'' and the lead of the 14th season of '' The Bachelorette''. Early life and educ ...

, 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 Cassandra Ann Randolph (born April 27, 1995) is an American television personality who came to national prominence in 2019, as the winner of season 23 of '' The Bachelor'', starring Colton Underwood. Early life and education Randolph was born in ...

. 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. 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 ''

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'' 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 Christopher Bryan Harrison (born July 26, 1971) is an American television and game show host, best known for his role as the host of the ABC reality television dating show '' The Bachelor'' from 2002 to 2021. He also hosted its spin-offs '' T ...

on December 6, 2018. Notable contestants include beauty queens

Caelynn Miller-Keyes Caelynn Marie Miller-Keyes (born June 15, 1995) is an American television personality, model, and beauty pageant titleholder. Miller-Keyes received national recognition after appearing as a contestant on season 23 of '' The Bachelor''. While ...

Hannah Brown Hannah Kelsey Brown (born September 24, 1994) is an American television personality and former beauty pageant titleholder. She starred as the lead in season 15 of '' The Bachelorette''. Brown had previously placed in the top seven in season 23 ...

and

Hannah Godwin Hannah Godwin (born February 4, 1995) is an American television personality, model and YouTuber. She was a contestant on season 23 of '' The Bachelor'', starring Colton Underwood. Godwin was one of two remaining finalists (with Tayshia Adams) w ...

competed one against another in various beauty pageants. Miller-Keyes and Brown competed in

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, as

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and

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, 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 ''

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'' cycle 20 contestant Alexandra Agro.

Filming and development

This season featured a visit in

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. Besides Singapore, this season also included visits in

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Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

, the Bachelor's hometown of

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and

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. 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 Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, television host, and former American footballer. He played Julius Rock in the UPN/ CW sitcom ''Everybody Hates Chris'', which aired from 2005 to 2009, and portrayed Terry Jeffords ...

, ''The Bachelor Vietnam'' host Khôi Trần and singer Brett Young.

Contestants

Hannah Brown, Hannah Godwin, Demi Burnett on yacht 1

This season began with 30 contestants.

Future appearances

''The Bachelorette''

was chosen as the lead for season 15 of ''

Tayshia Adams Tayshia Adams (born September 4, 1990) is an American television personality and television host. She received national recognition after appearing as a contestant on season 23 of '' The Bachelor'' and the sixth season of '' Bachelor in Paradis ...

was chosen to replace

Clare Crawley Clare Dawkins ( Crawley) (born March 20, 1981) is an American television personality, best known for her role as the runner-up on the 18th season of ABC's '' The Bachelor'' and as the lead of the 16th season of ''The Bachelorette''. She also ...

as the lead in season 16 of ''The Bachelorette''. Adams was named as the interim host for ''The Bachelorette'' in seasons 17 and 18 alongside season 11 Bachelorette

Kaitlyn Bristowe Kaitlyn Dawn Bristowe (born June 19, 1985) is a Canadian television personality best known for being a contestant on the nineteenth season of ABC's '' The Bachelor,'' and as the lead on the eleventh season of '' The Bachelorette''. She compete ...

, replacing

''Bachelor in Paradise''

Season 6 A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and po ...

Demi Burnett Demi Gabrielle Elizabeth Burnett (born February 21, 1995) is an American television personality. She received national recognition after appearing as a contestant on season 23 of '' The Bachelor'', but she was eliminated by Colton Underwood durin ...

, Jane Averbukh, Katie Morton, Nicole Lopez-Alvar, Onyeka Ehie, Sydney Lotuaco, Bri Barnes, Caitlin Clemmens, Revian Chang, and Tahzjuan Hawkins returned for the sixth season of '' Bachelor in Paradise''. Averbukh was eliminated in week 1. Ehie quit in week 2. Clemmens and Hawkins were eliminated in week 3. Miller-Keyes left with Dean Unglert in week 5. Lotuaco and Chang were eliminated in week 5. Barnes and Adams split from Matt Donald and John Paul Jones, respectively, in week 6. Godwin, Burnett, and Morton ended the season engaged to Dylan Barbour, Kristian Haggerty and Chris Bukowski, respectively.

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Hawkins and Burnett returned for the seventh season of ''Bachelor in Paradise''. Hawkins quit in Week 2. Burnett was eliminated in week 3.

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''

Clemmens returned for the inaugural season of ''Bachelor in Paradise Canada''. She split from her partner Kamil Nicalek during week 5.

''Dancing with the Stars''

Outside of ''Bachelor Nation'' franchise, Brown was chosen for the twenty-eighth season of '' Dancing with the Stars''. She went on to win with her partner,

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''The Bachelor''

Brown appeared in two episodes in

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of ''The Bachelor''. In addition, Heather Martin attempted to join the cast of

season 25 A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and pol ...

of ''The Bachelor''. Cassie Randolph made a guest appearance during the

season 26 A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and pol ...

finale of ''The Bachelor''. Tahzjuan Hawkins attempted to join the

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cast.

''Beyond the Edge''

Underwood competed in the first season of '' Beyond the Edge'' where he was crowned the winner.

''Coming Out Colton''

Underwood starred in an unscripted six episode documentary series titled ''

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''. In the series, Ehie made an appearance in the sixth episode.

Call-out order

: 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

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, bashing reality dating shows and using offensive language, dating back from 2009 to 2011. Shapoff later apologized for her comments on Instagram.

Notes

References

External links

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