The Bachelorette (American TV series) season 14


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The fourteenth season of The Bachelorette premiered on May 28, 2018.[1] This season features Becca Kufrin, a 28-year-old publicist from Prior Lake, Minnesota.[2]

The Bachelorette
Season 14

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StarringBecca Kufrin
Presented byChris Harrison
No. of contestants28
WinnerGarrett Yrigoyen
Runner-upBlake Horstmann
No. of episodes11
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseMay 28 –
August 6, 2018
Additional information
Filming datesMarch 15 –
May 10, 2018
Season chronology

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Kufrin was the winner of season 22 of The Bachelor featuring Arie Luyendyk Jr.; however, Luyendyk broke off his engagement with Kufrin to resume a relationship with runner-up Lauren Burnham, to whom he is now married. The season concluded on August 6, 2018, with Kufrin accepting a proposal from 29-year-old medical sales representative Garrett Yrigoyen. They announced their engagement had ended on September 1, 2020.[3]

Casting and contestants

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Casting began during season thirteen of The Bachelorette. Kufrin was named as the bachelorette during the "After the Final Rose" special of season 22 of The Bachelor on March 6, 2018. During the live finale of the latter season, Kufrin met the first five contestants: Lincoln, Blake, Ryan, Chase and Darius.[2]

Notable contestants included Philadelphia Eagles tight end Clay Harbor and undrafted free agent Colton Underwood.[4]

Filming and development

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Filming began on March 15, 2018, at The Bachelor Mansion, it was reported in Richmond, Virginia during April 6–9 at Lombardy Street, Virginia State Capitol, Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Veil Brewing Company, and Carpenter Theatre.[5] Besides Virginia, this season also included visits to Utah, Nevada, The Bahamas, Thailand, and Maldives. Appearances on this season are musicians Lil Jon, Richard Marx, Granger Smith, Wayne Newton, Morgan Evans, Baha Men and Betty Who and sports personalities Keyshawn Johnson, Valerie Fleming and Shauna Rohbock.

Virginia governor Ralph Northam also made his appearance as the audience member in the group date held in Richmond, Virginia.

 
Clay Harbor
 
Colton Underwood

The first 5 contestants were revealed in The Bachelor season 22 finale on March 6, 2018. The full cast of 28 contestants was later revealed on May 18.[6][7]

Name Age Hometown Occupation Outcome Place Ref
Garrett Yrigoyen[8] 29 Manteca, California Medical Sales Representative Winner 1 [9]
Blake Horstmann[10] 28 Bailey, Colorado Sales Rep Runner-up 2
Jason Tartick[11] 29 Buffalo, New York Senior Corporate Banker Week 9 3 [12]
Colton Underwood[4] 26 Washington, Illinois Former Pro Football Player Week 8 4 [13]
William "Wills" Reid[14] 29 Los Angeles, California Graphic Designer Week 7 5 [15]
Leandro "Leo" Dottavio[14] 31 Valley Glen, California Actor 6
Connor Obrochta[16] 25 St. Petersburg, Florida Fitness Coach Week 6 7-8 [17]
Lincoln Adim[18] 26 Boston, Massachusetts Account Sales Executive
Chris Randone[14] 30 Orlando, Florida Sales Trainer 9
John Graham[19] 28 San Francisco, California Software Engineer Week 5 10 [20]
Jordan Kimball[21] 26 Crystal River, Florida Male Model 11
David Ravitz[22] 25 Cherry Hill, New Jersey Venture Capitalist 12
Christon Staples[14] 31 Saginaw, Michigan Former Harlem Globetrotter Week 4 13-14 [23]
Nick Spetsas[14] 27 Palm Coast, Florida Attorney
Jean Blanc[24] 31 Boston, Massachusetts Colognoisseur 15
Mike Renner[4][18] 27 Cincinnati, Ohio Sports Analyst Week 3 16-17
Ryan Peterson[25] 26 Mashpee, Massachusetts Banjoist
Clay Harbor[4][26] 30 Dwight, Illinois Pro Football Player 18 (quit) [27]
Alex Templeman[28] 31 Alpharetta, Georgia Construction Manager Week 2 19–21 [29]
Rickey Jasper[30] 27 Ashburn, Virginia IT Consultant
Trent Jespersen[31] 28 Carroll, Iowa Realtor
Chase Vergason[32] 27 Sanford, Florida Advertising Vice President Week 1 22–27 [33]
Christian Estrada[30] 28 San Diego, California Banker
Darius Feaster[34] 26 Mequon, Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Sales Rep
Grant Vandevanter[19] 27 Danville, California Electrician
Joe Amabile[26] 31 Chicago, Illinois Grocery Store Owner
Kamil Nicalek[11] 30 Monroe, New York Social Media Participant
Jake Enyeart[35] 29 Minneapolis, Minnesota Marketing Consultant 28

Colton Underwood was chosen as the lead for season 23 of The Bachelor.[36]

Bachelor in Paradise

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Season 5

David Ravitz, Kamil Nicalek, Joe Amabile, John Graham, Jordan Kimball, Nick Spetsas, Chris Randone, Colton Underwood, Connor Obrochta, Wills Reid, and Leo Dottavio returned for season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise. Reid and Spetsas were eliminated in week 1. Dottavio was removed in week 3. Obrochta and Ravitz were eliminated in week 3. Underwood quit in week 4. Amabile quit in week 5. Graham split from Olivia Goethals in week 6. Nicalek left in a relationship with Annaliese Puccini. Kimball left engaged to Jenna Cooper, and Randone left engaged to Krystal Nielson.

Season 6

Kimball and Reid along with Blake Horstmann, Christian Estrada, and Clay Harbor returned for season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise. Estrada and Kimball were removed by production in week 2. Reid was eliminated in week 2. Horstmann quit in week 5. Harbor split from Nicole Lopez-Alvar in week 6.

Season 7

Amabile and Kufrin returned for season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise. Kufrin split from Thomas Jacobs in week 6, although they later got back together. Amabile got engaged to Serena Pitt in week 6.

Bachelor in Paradise Australia

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Season 2

Obrochta later appeared on season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise Australia. He left in a relationship with Shannon Baff.

Bachelor in Paradise Canada

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Season 1

Nicalek returned for the inaugural season of Bachelor in Paradise Canada. He split from Caitlin Clemmens in week 5.

Dancing with the Stars

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Outside of the Bachelor Nation franchise, Amabile competed in season 27 of Dancing With the Stars and was partnered with Jenna Johnson. He made it to the semi-finals before being eliminated.[37] Kimball joined Amabile and Johnson during week 4's Trio Night.[38]

Blake Horstmann later competed on All Star Shore, a reality TV series on Paramount+.[39]

Order Bachelors Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Colton Garrett Jean Blanc Colton Garrett Colton Jason Colton Blake Garrett Garrett
2 Grant Lincoln Blake Chris Wills Blake Colton Garrett Jason Blake Blake
3 Clay Blake Wills David Leo Garrett Leo Blake Garrett Jason
4 Jean Blanc Rickey Chris Jason Colton Jason Garrett Jason Colton
5 Connor Jean Blanc Jason Wills Blake Wills Blake Wills
6 Joe Christon John Nick Jason Lincoln Wills Leo
7 John Clay Clay Christon Connor Leo Connor
Lincoln
8 Leo Wills Mike Lincoln Lincoln Connor
9 Jordan Connor Connor Blake John Chris Chris
10 Rickey Jason Leo Garrett Chris John
11 Alex John David Leo David Jordan
12 Nick Ryan Garrett John Jordan David
13 Mike Alex Nick Connor Christon
Nick
14 Garrett Nick Ryan Jordan
15 Blake Trent Christon Jean Blanc Jean Blanc
16 Lincoln Colton Jordan Mike
Ryan
17 Chase David Lincoln
18 Darius Jordan Colton Clay
19 Ryan Leo Alex
Rickey
Trent
20 Christon Mike
21 Wills Chris
22 Jason Chase
Christian
Darius
Grant
Joe
Kamil
23 Kamil
24 Jake
25 Trent
26 Christian
27 David
28 Chris Jake
  The contestant received the first impression rose
  The contestant received a rose during a date
  The contestant received a rose during the cocktail party
  The contestant was eliminated
  The contestant was eliminated during a date
  The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony
  The contestant received a rose during the date but quit the competition
  The contestant won the competition

Garrett Yrigoyen Instagram likes

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The show came under fire when it was revealed that Garrett Yrigoyen, who was the recipient of the "First Impression" rose and the eventual winner, had liked various controversial Instagram posts.[8] He later apologized and stated that he will be more mindful of what he likes in the future as those likes "were not a true reflection of [him] or [his morals]".[51][52][53]

Lincoln Adim sexual misconduct charges

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On June 13, 2018, the show came under more fire for allowing contestant Lincoln Adim to participate in the show after he had been charged with groping and assaulting a woman on a harbor cruise ship on May 30, 2016. Adim was convicted of this crime after he finished filming and one week before the season premiered.[54] Adim will be registered as a sex offender. Warner Bros., who produces the show, claim that Adim lied about facing sexual misconduct charges and that they use a third-party company to conduct background checks, claiming:[55]

The report we received did not reference any incident or charge relating to the recent conviction ― or any other charges relating to sexual misconduct. We are currently investigating why the report did not contain this information, which we will share when we have it.

Colton Underwood drama

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In January 2018, before being cast for The Bachelorette, Underwood had a brief relationship with The Bachelor season 22 contestant, Tia Booth. Kufrin was made aware of the relationship early in the season, but after Underwood received a hometown date, Booth came back and told Kufrin that she still had feelings for him. Underwood was then eliminated.[56]

During Underwood's hometown date, he revealed to Kufrin that she was the first girl he has brought home to meet his family. This was later proven to be untrue as fans of the show found old pictures of Underwood's ex-girlfriend, Aly Raisman, at his home with his family.[57]

After Underwood disclosed to Kufrin that he was a virgin, Wendy Williams commented on her show that she "[doesn't] trust people that have never had a drink, a smoke, and [she doesn't] trust people that have never had sex".[58] Williams received criticism from some fans, saying she humiliated Underwood and that "virgin-shaming" was not okay. Underwood responded to Williams on Twitter by stating "Don't trust a virgin, but you'll trust your 3 baby daddies who cheat on you every weekend. Okay".[59][60]

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