The Bachelorette (American TV series) season 12


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The twelfth season of The Bachelorette premiered on ABC on May 23, 2016.[1] This season featured 25-year-old Joelle "JoJo" Fletcher, a real estate developer from Dallas, Texas. Fletcher was the runner-up on season 20 of The Bachelor featuring Ben Higgins.[2]

The Bachelorette
Season 12

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StarringJoelle "JoJo" Fletcher
Presented byChris Harrison
No. of contestants26
WinnerJordan Rodgers
Runner-upRobby Hayes
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseMay 23 –
August 1, 2016
Additional information
Filming datesMarch 16 –
May 11, 2016
Season chronology

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List of episodes

The season concluded on August 1, 2016, with Fletcher accepting a proposal from 27-year-old former pro quarterback Jordan Rodgers. Rodgers and Fletcher married on May 14, 2022, and currently live in Dallas.[3]

Contestant Chad Johnson, who was eliminated in Week 4, achieved some level of infamy in 2020 due to his arrest for domestic violence and the launch of a career in pornography.[4][5]

Casting and contestants

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Casting began during season eleven of The Bachelorette. Days before the official announcement, second runner-up Caila Quinn was originally selected to be in the lead role, but she was dropped at the last minute and Fletcher was then named during the After the Final Rose special on the twentieth season of The Bachelor on March 14, 2016 by the producers in response to her popularity on the show. Quinn eventually went on to compete in season 3 of Bachelor in Paradise.[6][7]

Notable contestant includes former American football quarterback Jordan Rodgers, the younger brother of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.[8]

Filming and development

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Filming commenced on March 16, 2016 shortly after the twentieth season of The Bachelor. Destinations including Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, Uruguay, Thailand, and Argentina with appearances from Dan + Shay, All-4-One, Max Kellerman and Marcellus Wiley.[9][10][11]

 
Jordan Rodgers

The season began with 25 contestants.[12]

Name Age Hometown Occupation Outcome Place Ref
Jordan Rodgers[13] 27 Chico, California Former Pro Quarterback Winner 1 [14]
Robby Hayes[15] 27 St. Augustine, Florida Former Competitive Swimmer Runner-up 2
Chase McNary[16] 27 Castle Rock, Colorado Medical Sales Rep Week 9 3 [17]
Luke Pell[13] 31 Burnet, Texas War Veteran Week 8 4
James Taylor[18] 29 Katy, Texas Singer-Songwriter Week 7 5 [19]
Alex Woytkiw[20] 25 Oceanside, California U.S. Marine 6
Derek Peth[21] 29 Waverly, Iowa Commercial Banker Week 6 7 [22]
Wells Adams[23][24][25] 31 Monterey, California Radio DJ 8
Evan Bass[13][23] 33 Hartford, Connecticut Erectile Dysfunction Specialist Week 5 9–11 [26]
Grant Kemp[13] 27 San Francisco, California Firefighter
Vincent "Vinny" Ventiera[27] 28 Kings Park, New York Barber
Daniel Maguire[28] 31 Lions Bay, British Columbia Male Model Week 4 12–13
James Fuertes[23] 34 Franklin, Tennessee Boxing Club Owner
Chad Johnson[13] 28 Jenks, Oklahoma Real Estate Agent 14 [29]
Ali Zahiri[30] 27 Santa Monica, California Bartender Week 3 15–17
Christian Bishop[30][31] 26 Los Angeles, California Telecom Consultant
Nick Benvenutti[24][32] 33 Carthage, Illinois Electrical Engineer
Brandon Howell[30] 28 Marysville, Washington Hipster Week 2 18–20 [33]
James Spadafore[34] 27 Phoenix, Arizona Bachelor Superfan
Will Haduch[35] 26 Somerville, New Jersey Civil Engineer
Colin "Coley" Knust[36] 27 Lincoln Park, Illinois Real Estate Consultant Week 1 21–26 [37]
Jake Patton[30] 26 Playa Vista, California Landscape Architect
Jonathan Hamilton[38] 29 Vancouver, British Columbia Technical Sales Rep
Nick Sharp[39] 26 San Francisco, California Software Salesman
Peter Medina[36] 26 Rockdale, Illinois Staffing Agency Manager
Salvatore "Sal" DeJulio[40] 28 Hubbard, Ohio Operations Manager

Bachelor in Paradise

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Season 3

Christian Bishop, Chad Johnson, Daniel Maguire, Evan Bass, Grant Kemp, Vinny Ventiera, and Wells Adams returned for the third season of Bachelor in Paradise. Johnson was removed from the show by Chris Harrison in week 1 for aggressive behavior towards everyone. Bishop was eliminated in week 2 and Maguire in week 4. Ventiera quit the show in week 4. Adams split from Ashley Iaconetti in week 6. Bass and Kemp ended the season engaged to Carly Waddell and Lace Morris, respectively.

Season 4

Ventiera, Maguire, Nick Benvenutti, Alex Woytkiw, Derek Peth, and Robby Hayes returned for the fourth season of Bachelor in Paradise. Adams returned as the hotel bartender. Woytkiw, Benvenutti, and Ventiera were eliminated in week 1. Hayes split from Amanda Stanton in week 4. Maguire left Paradise in a relationship with Lacey Mark but it was revealed on the reunion special that they had split shortly afterwards. Peth left Paradise in a relationship with Taylor Nolan, and proposed to her during the reunion special.

Season 5

Hayes returned for the fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise. Hayes split from Shushanna Mkrtychyan in week 6.

Season 6

Peth returned for the sixth season of Bachelor in Paradise, along with Chase McNary. Peth quit in week 4. McNary split from Angela Amezcua in week 6.

Bachelor in Paradise Australia

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Season 1

Kemp and Maguire appeared on the inaugural season of the Bachelor in Paradise Australia. Maguire was eliminated in week 3. Kemp left in a relationship with Ali Oetjen.

Season 2

Maguire returned for season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise Australia. He was eliminated in week 5.

Celebrity Big Brother UK

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Johnson competed on season 20 of Celebrity Big Brother UK. After 25 days in the house, he finished in fifth place.[41]

The Bachelor Winter Games

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Luke Pell returned for The Bachelor Winter Games as a part of Team USA. He was eliminated in week 4.

Fletcher served a guest host for the sixteenth season of The Bachelorette while host Chris Harrison was away to take his son in college.

Season 1

McNary appeared in the first season of the MTV reality series Ex on the Beach.

Season 2

Johnson appeared in the second season of Ex on the Beach.

Season 4

Maguire appeared in the fourth season of Ex on the Beach.

Hayes appeared on the third season of the MTV series Siesta Key.

McNary competed on the thirty-third season of the MTV series The Challenge dubbed War of the Worlds, in which alumni from multiple reality TV shows sought to compete for a $1 million prize. He was eliminated in episode 2.

Cast Member The Challenges Challenge Spin-offs Challenges Won Total Money Earned
Chase McNary War of the Worlds - None $0
Challenge in bold indicates that the contestant was a finalist on The Challenge.
Order Bachelors Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Jordan Jordan Wells Chase Luke Jordan Luke Robby Jordan Jordan Jordan
2 Derek Luke Derek Evan Jordan Derek Chase Luke Robby Robby Robby
3 Grant Wells James T. James T. Alex Robby Robby Jordan Chase Chase
4 James F. James T. Alex Grant Derek Luke Jordan Chase Luke
5 Robby Grant Christian Derek Robby Chase Alex
James T. 		James T.
6 Alex Derek Robby Jordan Chase Alex Alex
7 Will Christian Luke Luke Wells James T. Derek
8 Chad Chad Chase Robby Grant Wells Wells
9 Daniel Chase Jordan Wells Vinny Evan
Grant
Vinny
10 Ali Alex Grant James F. James T.
11 James T. Robby Ali Vinny Evan
12 Jonathan Brandon Daniel Daniel Daniel
James F.
13 Nick B. James F. James F. Alex
14 Chase Ali Nick B. Chad Chad
15 Jake Nick B. Vinny Ali
Christian
Nick B.
16 Sal Will Evan
17 Coley James S. Chad
18 Brandon Vinny Brandon
James S.
Will
19 James S. Evan
20 Nick S. Daniel
21 Vinny Coley
Jake
Jonathan
Nick S.
Peter
Sal
22 Peter
23 Evan
24 Wells
25 Christian
26 Luke
  The contestant received the first impression rose
  The contestant received a rose during a date
  The contestant was eliminated
  The contestant was eliminated during a date
  The contestant was part of non-elimination bottom two
  The contestant won the competition
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