The 9th season of The Bachelor, also known as The Bachelor: Rome, premiered on October 3, 2006. The show featured 34-year-old, Italian-American cosmetics entrepreneur, Prince Lorenzo Borghese.
He is the first non-North American to be the bachelor. His season had 2 native Italian women, alongside 25 American women, making 27 contestants.
He ultimately chose Jennifer Wilson, but did not propose.
Contestants[]
The season began with 27 contestants.
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Future appearances[]
Erica Rose returned to compete in the 2nd season of Bachelor Pad in 2011, finished in 9th/10th place and returned in the 3rd season of Bachelor Pad the following year for a third time, finished in 12th place.
Call-Out Order[]
| Order | Contestants | Week | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 1 | Agnese | Sadie | Desiree | Agnese | Jennifer | Lisa | Sadie | Jennifer | ||
| 2 | Andrea | Agnese | Jeanette | Lisa | Agnese | Sadie | Jennifer | Sadie | ||
| 3 | April | Desiree | Lisa | Jeanette | Sadie | Jennifer | Lisa | |||
| 4 | Brit | Gina | Gina | Jennifer | Lisa | Agnese | ||||
| 5 | Carissa | Sarah | Jami | Sadie | Desiree Jeanette |
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| 6 | Claudia | Ellen | Agnese | Desiree | ||||||
| 7 | Cosetta | Jennifer | Erica | Erica Gina Jami |
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| 8 | Desiree | Lisa | Jennifer | |||||||
| 9 | Ellen | Jeanette | Sadie | |||||||
| 10 | Elyse | Jami | Ellen Kim Sarah |
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| 11 | Erica | Erica | ||||||||
| 12 | Gina | Kim | ||||||||
| 13 | Heather | April Andrea Brit Carissa Claudia Cosetta Elyse Heather Jessica Laura Meri Renee Rita Rosella Tara |
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| 14 | Jami | |||||||||
| 15 | Jeanette | |||||||||
| 16 | Jennifer | |||||||||
| 17 | Jessica | |||||||||
| 18 | Kim | |||||||||
| 19 | Laura | |||||||||
| 20 | Lisa | |||||||||
| 21 | Meri | |||||||||
| 22 | Renee | |||||||||
| 23 | Rita | |||||||||
| 24 | Rosella | |||||||||
| 25 | Sadie | |||||||||
| 26 | Sarah | |||||||||
| 27 | Tara | |||||||||
| The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony. | |
| The contestant won the competition. |
Episodes[]
| No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Week 1" | October 2, 2006 |
| "The Bachelor: Rome," the ninth season, begins an all new adventure as Prince Lorenzo Borghese meets the 27 women who will compete for his affections. | ||
| 2 | "Week 2" | October 9, 2006 |
| Lorenzo takes some of the women to the Mediterranean sea for a beach party, some through the city of Rome to see the sites and one gets the first individual date in Borghese Park. Nine bachelorettes move on to the next round. | ||
| 3 | "Week 3" | October 16, 2006 |
| Lorenzo takes one women to a romantic date at the opera, six to a sleep over pool party in a Tuscan castle and two back to his place for an intimate date over pizza. With nine women left, only six will be asked to stay. | ||
| 4 | "Week 4" | October 23, 2006 |
| A bachelorette returns to give the remaining women a "truth exercise" deciding the next round of dates. Lorenzo takes one woman to see the sites in a fairy tale carriage ride, one gets a private plane ride with Lorenzo at the helm and the rest of the women race chariots in ancient Rome style. In the end, Lorenzo must send two women home rose-less. | ||
| 5 | "Week 5" | October 30, 2006 |
| With a few surprises in store, the four remaining ladies take Lorenzo to their hometowns to meet their families and close friends. Three women continue. | ||
| 6 | "Week 6" | November 13, 2006 |
| Lorenzo takes the final three bachelorettes on romantic overnight dates, but then must narrow the field down to two. | ||
| 7 | "The Women Tell All" | November 20, 2006 |
| The rejected women of The Bachelor: Rome come together for a reunion special and dish about season highlights. | ||
| 8 | "Finale" | November 27, 2006 |
| Lorenzo takes the last two women to meet his family. Lorenzo chooses his final bachelorette. | ||
Where are they now?[]
Borghese did not propose to Jennifer Wilson. They entered into a relationship, and broke up in January 2007.
Lorenzo Borghese later began dating runner-up Sadie Murray.
Erica Rose welcomed a daughter, Holland Rose Madeleine Gentry, on September 19, 2016, with former fiance Galen Gentry. She is now married to Charles Sanders and goes by the name Erica Rose Sanders. On March 23, 2018, they announced that they are expecting their first child in August 2018. Their daughter, Aspen Rose, was born on August 1, 2018.