''The Bachelorette'' is an American reality television

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that debuted on

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on January 8, 2003. The show is a spin-off of '' The Bachelor'' and the staple part of ''The Bachelor'' franchise. The first season featured

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, the runner-up from the first season of '' The Bachelor'', offering the opportunity for Rehn to choose a husband among 25 bachelors. The 2004 season of ''The Bachelorette'' again took a runner-up from the previous season of ''The Bachelor''. After last airing on February 28, 2005, the series returned to ABC during the spring of 2008, following an absence of three years, and has since become an annual staple of the network's summer programming. For its first 16 seasons the show was hosted by

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took on temporary hosting duties during season 16 when Harrison was isolating having taken his son to college. In March 2021, the show announced it would air two seasons for the first time ever. The seventeenth season debuted on June 7, 2021, with former Bachelorettes

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and

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as hosts. The eighteenth season premiered on October 19, 2021 with Adams and Bristowe returning as co-hosts. In March 2022, it was announced that there would be two Bachelorettes in one season. The 19th season premiered on July 11, 2022 with Jesse Palmer as host. Although season 11 featured two Bachelorettes in the first episode, and season 16 featured two consecutive Bachelorettes within a season, this marked the first time that two women lead concurrently for the entire season.

Plot

All of the rules are adapted from the rules of its parent show, ''The Bachelor''. As the name implies, it is essentially a gender-swapped version of ''The Bachelor'': the series revolves around a single bachelorette, usually a former contestant from a recent ''Bachelor'' season, and a pool of romantic interests (typically 25, though sometimes more) which could include a potential husband for the bachelorette. The show starts with the bachelorette standing in front of the mansion and greeting each male contestant individually, as they make an entrance to the bachelorette. After each rose ceremony, at least one contestant does not receive a rose and goes home; therefore, the pool of contenders gets smaller, and eventually leaves the bachelorette to decide between two contestants in the final rose ceremony. For the final selection, one of two male suitors proposes to the bachelorette. Unlike its parent show, all sixteen seasons of ''The Bachelorette'' have ended with a proposal which the bachelorette either accepted or declined. The series has resulted in five marriages to date: Trista Rehn's to

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's to JP Rosenbaum, Desiree Hartsock's to Chris Siegfried,

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’s to Bryan Abasolo, and

's to Jordan Rodgers. The first two weddings were broadcast on ABC. Season 16 was the only season did not hold an ''After the Final Rose'' special due to circumstances over the

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and

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holiday.

Casting

Season 11 was the first season to feature a twist in casting. Since producers could not decide between ''The Bachelor'' Season 19 contenders

and Britt Nilsson, the 25 men participating had to decide which bachelorette would make the best wife. In the end, more men voted for Kaitlyn and Britt was sent home on the first night. Season 13 was the first season to have an African-American contestant, Rachel Lindsay, as the lead in the entire ''Bachelor'' franchise. Season 16 was the first season to feature two bachelorettes. Clare Crawley was initially cast, but left the show after becoming engaged to contestant Dale Moss. Tayshia Adams was then brought in to complete the season. In March 2021, after host

announced he was "stepping away" from the franchise, former Bachelorettes

and

were announced as co-hosts for season 17. In June 2021, a day after the season 17 premiere, Harrison announced he was leaving the franchise altogether. Season 19 was the second season to feature two bachelorettes,

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and

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. But unlike season 16, those two would be co-leads for the entire season.

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is now reported to be in talks to become the new Bachelorette.

Questions of authenticity

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" on June 26, 2005. ''The Bachelorette'' season 4 winner, Jesse Csincsak, commented that contestants must follow producers' orders and that a storyline was fabricated in the editing room. On March 15, 2010, ''The Bachelorette'' creator Mike Fleiss appeared on ''20/20'' to confess that he developed the show's contestants into characters that catered to his audience's tastes, and that they "need

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fair share of villains every season". Fleiss has come under fire for admitting that ''The Bachelor'' has less to do with reality than it does making good television. By season 7 of ''The Bachelorette'', some believed that actors were being hired by ABC to play specific roles on the show. Some viewers were becoming tired of the show's scripted nature and speaking out. In 2018, Amy Kaufman published a book titled, ''Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure''. This book provided insight on some of the manipulation tactics that producers employ in order to create drama and garner controversy as a ratings ploy. The podcas
Game of Roses
launched in 2019 and critiques the series as a 'game'. They have since published the book
How to win The Bachelor
.

Setting

Much like the parent show, the first two seasons were filmed in a luxurious house in

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, and "Villa De La Vina" in

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for later seasons. Since the fifth season, the third and remaining episodes filmed around the world. Episodes have been filmed throughout the United States, Canada, Spain, Iceland, Turkey, Portugal, Thailand, China (Hong Kong only), Bermuda, England, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Ireland. In season 3, filming was located in

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for

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, where Emily Maynard lived, so that she could stay with her daughter Ricki during production. In addition to Villa De La Vina mansion, the contestants in seasons 4 and 5 lived in a bunkhouse close to the mansion. Due to the concerns surrounding over the

, when the mansion was strictly restricted for filming purposes, the

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and seventeenth seasons filmed entirely within the United States being isolated on a quarantine type

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atmosphere around single location at the hotel or resort they rented by production. While the eighteenth season filmed mostly in the United States, some quarantine restrictions began lifted with limited travel.

Seasons

Reunion

On April 10, 2019, it was announced that a two-hour special titled ''Bachelorette Reunion: The Biggest Bachelorette Reunion in Bachelor History Ever!'' would premiere on May 6, 2019. Bachelorettes from seasons 2 and 3, Meredith Phillips and Jen Schefft didn't make an appearance during the reunion special. Although host Chris Harrison claimed Meredith Phillips was unavailable to attend, Reality Steve reported her sending him the text ''“No, I was never contacted or spoke to anyone. I didn’t even know the show was happening.”'' in regards to the reunion. Schefft couldn't make it due to a long-planned family vacation.

Ratings

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Notes

References

External links

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