The fifteenth season of ''
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Film and television
* ''The Bachelorette'', a reality television dating show part of ''The Bachelor'' franchise with numerous versions:
** ''The Bachelorette'' (American TV ser ...
'' premiered on May 13, 2019. This season features
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 o ...
, a 24-year-old interior designer from
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population of 1 ...
. Brown was crowned
Miss Alabama USA 2018 and represented Alabama at
Miss USA 2018
Miss USA 2018 was the 67th Miss USA pageant. It was held on May 21, 2018 at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. Nick Lachey and Vanessa Lachey hosted for the first time, while Carson Kressley and Lu Sierra served as commentat ...
.
Brown finished in seventh place on
season 23
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of ''
The Bachelor'' featuring
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 ...
. She is the first ''Bachelorette'' lead to not have placed in the top four of a season of ''The Bachelor'', and is the youngest bachelorette in the show's history.
The season concluded on July 30, 2019, with Brown accepting a proposal from 25-year-old singer/songwriter Jed Wyatt. However, during the ''After The Final Rose'' special, it was revealed that they called off their engagement in June 2019 after Brown discovered that Wyatt had a girlfriend at home during filming. Wyatt also admitted that he only went on the show to promote his music career.
Production
Casting and contestants
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 o ...
was named as the Bachelorette during the ''After the Final Rose'' special of the
23rd season of ''
The Bachelor'' on March 12, 2019. During the live finale of the latter season, Brown met the first five contestants: Luke P., Cam, Dustin, Connor and Luke S.
Notable contestants include Connor Jenkins, the son of former
WGN News and
FOX News Chicago anchor
Nancy Loo
Nancy Loo is the West Coast Bureau Correspondent for NewsNation in Los Angeles.
Early life
In 1964, Loo was born in Hong Kong. Loo was raised in Northern California, U.S.
Career
Loo landed her first broadcasting job out of the University o ...
; and Daron Blaylock, the son of retired
NBA
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basketball player
Mookie Blaylock
Daron Oshay "Mookie" Blaylock (born March 20, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. He spent 13 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks, and the Golden State Warriors.
Col ...
.
Filming and development
Filming began on March 16, 2019 at The Bachelor Mansion. On March 21, filming was first spotted at
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is an American seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, ...
and several reports are seen filming in
Boston, Massachusetts a week later. Production crews have also reported in
Inverness
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,
Scotland
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,
United Kingdom
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at MacGregor's Bar nestling over
River Ness
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and
Gouda and
The Hague
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in the
Netherlands
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. In addition to them, the season will also include visits in
Latvia
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and
Greece
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. The visit in Latvia marks the first time in a major U.S.-based television or film production to take place in the country and a first visit in the
former Soviet Union
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for the whole ''Bachelor Nation'' franchise.
Appearances for this season are runway model
J. Alexander,
RuPaul's Drag Race
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drag queens
Alyssa Edwards
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and
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
, actors
Jason Biggs
Jason Matthew Biggs (born May 12, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Jim Levenstein in the '' American Pie'' comedy film series and Larry Bloom in the Netflix original series '' Orange Is the New Black''. He al ...
and
Jenny Mollen
Jenny Ann Biggs (
Mollen) is an American actress and published writer and essayist. She played Nina Ash on the television series ''Angel'' (2003–04). She appeared on the series ''Viva Laughlin'' (2007), ''Crash'' (2008), and ''Girls'' (2014). ...
, Danish pop band
Lukas Graham
Lukas Graham is a Danish pop band consisting of lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Lukas Forchhammer, bassist Magnus Larsson, and drummer Mark Falgren. The band released their first album, ''Lukas Graham'', with labels Copenhagen Records ...
, American country singer
Jake Owen
Joshua Ryan Owen (born August 28, 1981), known professionally as Jake Owen, is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. Signed to RCA Nashville in 2006, he released his debut studio album, '' Startin' with Me'', that year.
This ...
and
Boston Celtics
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basketball players
Jaylen Brown
Jaylen Marselles Brown (born October 24, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of college basketball for the California Golden Bears, being n ...
and
Terry Rozier
Terry William Rozier III (born March 17, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals before being selected ...
.
Contestants
![Mike Johnson 2019](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Mike_Johnson_2019.jpg)
The first 5 men were revealed in ''The Bachelor'' season finale on March 12, 2019, with the potential contestants were then revealed in ''The Bachelorette'' social media pages two days later, on March 14. The final cast of 30 men was revealed on May 7.
Future appearances
''The Bachelor''
Peter Weber was chosen as the lead for
season 24
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of ''
The Bachelor''. Additionally, Brown appeared in two episodes during season 24, and
Tyler Cameron
Tyler Cameron (born January 31, 1993) is an American television personality, model and general contractor. Cameron received national attention as a contestant on season fifteen of ''The Bachelorette'', starring Hannah Brown, in which Cameron was ...
also appeared in one episode of
season 25
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.
''Bachelor in Paradise''
;
Season 6
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Cam Ayala, Kevin Fortenberry, John Paul Jones, Dylan Barbour, Connor Saeli,
Mike Johnson, Matt Donald, and Luke Stone competed in
season 6
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of ''
Bachelor in Paradise''. Brown also made an appearance to give advice to fellow
season 23
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contestant, Demi Burnett. Ayala and Fortenberry were eliminated during week 2. Johnson was eliminated during week 4. Saeli quit during week 5. Stone was eliminated during week 5. Donald and John Paul Jones split from Bri Barnes and
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 The Bachelor (American season 23), season 23 of ''The Bachelor (American TV ser ...
, respectively, during week 6.
''Dancing with the Stars''
;
Season 28
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Brown competed in and won
season 28
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of ''
Dancing With the Stars
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''.
Call-out order
: The contestant received a special first impression rose
: The contestant received Hannah's first impression rose
: The contestant received a rose outside of a rose ceremony or date
: 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 was disqualified from the competition
: The contestant quit the competition
: The contestant won the competition
Episodes
Controversy
On June 18, 2019, ''
People
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'' released a story that contestant Jed Wyatt was in a relationship with
Nashville
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...
musician Haley Stevens before and during filming of the season. Stevens stated that Wyatt promised her he was going on the show purely to further his music career, that he did not intend to begin a relationship with Brown, and any appearance of him pursuing Hannah Brown was simply "acting". Fans felt that Stevens' accusations had merit as Wyatt had performed several of his own written songs for Brown throughout his time on the show. She additionally published letters that Wyatt wrote to her, where he stated how someday she would be thankful that he did this. In the first episode, Brown had eliminated contestant Scott Andersen before the first rose ceremony after she was informed that Andersen still had a girlfriend back home.
Ultimately, the news of Wyatt's relationship prior to the show caused Brown to end her engagement with him.
Notes
References
External links
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