The fifteenth season of ABC reality television series '' The Bachelor'' premiered on January 3, 2011. 38-year-old

Brad Womack Stephen Bradley Womack (born November 10, 1972) is an American entrepreneur, bar owner, and television personality best known for appearing twice as The Bachelor on the reality show ''The Bachelor (American TV series), The Bachelor''. Re ...

, 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. Womack became the first lead to appear on ''The Bachelor'' franchise twice. The season concluded on March 14, 2011, with Womack choosing to propose to 24-year-old single mother Emily Maynard. The couple announced that they ended their engagement on June 29, 2011.

Production

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 ''

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''. Eventually, both were turned down the offer. On September 22, 2010, Womack was first rumored as the next Bachelor but he was officially confirmed to return the series five days later during the live show of season eleven of ''

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''. Notable contestants including Emily Maynard, who was the fiancée of

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; and

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Keltie Busch.

Filming and development

This season traveled to far-flung locales in

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, the

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and

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. Appearances on this season included

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and

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Contestants

The cast was revealed on December 17, 2010. Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions.

Future appearances

''The Bachelorette''

Ashley Hebert The seventh season of '' The Bachelorette'', an ABC reality television series, premiered on May 23, 2011. This season featured 27-year-old Ashley Hebert, a dentist from Madawaska, Maine. Hebert finished in third place on season 15 of '' The Bac ...

was chosen as lead of the seventh season of ''

''.

Emily Maynard The eighth season of ''The Bachelorette'', an ABC reality television series, premiered on May 14, 2012. This season features 26-year-old Emily Maynard, a single mother from West Virginia living in Charlotte, North Carolina. Maynard was previous ...

was chosen as the lead of the eighth season of ''

'' the following year.

''Bachelor Pad''

Alli Travis, Jackie Gordon, Melissa Schreiber and Michelle Money returned for the second season of '' Bachelor Pad''. Travis was eliminated during week 1, Gordon during week 2, and Schreiber during week 4. Money and her partner, Graham Bunn, were eliminated during week 7, finishing as the runners-up.

''The Bachelor''

Shawntel Newton appeared in one episode of the sixteenth season of ''The Bachelor''.

''Bachelor in Paradise''

Money returned for the first season of '' Bachelor in Paradise''. She ended the season in a relationship with Cody Sattler.

Other appearances

Outside of the ''Bachelor Nation'' franchise, Lisa Morrisey appeared as a contestant in the ''Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes'' special on the

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of '' Wipeout''.

Call-out order

: The contestant received the 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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bachelor (American season 15), The 15 2011 American television seasons Television shows filmed in California Television shows shot in the Las Vegas Valley Television shows filmed in Costa Rica Television shows filmed in Anguilla Television shows filmed in Washington (state) Television shows filmed in Maine Television shows filmed in North Carolina Television shows filmed in New York City Television shows filmed in South Africa