The Bachelor (Season 22)

Host

Chris Harrison

Original run

January 1 - March 6, 2018

Bachelor

Arie Luyendyk Jr.

Winner

Becca Kufrin

Proposal

Yes

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The 22nd season of The Bachelor premiered on January 1, 2018. It featured 36-year-old Arie Luyendyk Jr., a race car driver.

He was previously rejected by Emily Maynard on the 8th season of The Bachelorette.

He ultimately chose to propose to Becca Kufrin.

Filming and development[]

Casting and contestants[]

Arie was announced as the Bachelor on September 7, 2017, on Good Morning America.

The women were announced on December 9, 2017.

Production[]

This season traveled to many places like, Lake Tahoe; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Paris, France; Tuscany, Italy and Peru. Appearances for this season included racing driver Robby Gordon, Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling wrestlers Ursula Hayden and Angelina Altishin, wrestler Kenny King, singer/songwriter Connor Duermit, country band Lanco, indie singer and songwriter Tenille Arts and French singer Pauline Paris.

Contestants[]

The season began with 29 contestants.

Future appearances[]

Bibiana Julian and Lauren Griffin appeared on The Bachelor Winter Games. Griffin was eliminated in week one. Julian quit in week four.

Rebecca "Becca" Kufrin was chosen for the 14th season of The Bachelorette.

Bibiana Julian, Annaliese Puccini, Chelsea Roy, Kendall Long, Krystal Nielson, Nysha Norris, Tia Booth, Jenna Cooper, Caroline Lunny, Jacqueline Trumbull and Olivia Goethals all returned for the 5th season of Bachelor in Paradise. Julian, Lunny, Norris, and Trumbull were eliminated in week two. Booth quit in week four. Roy was eliminated in week four.

Annaliese Puccini and Bibiana Julian both returned to compete in the 6th season of Bachelor in Paradise. Puccini and Julian were eliminated in week one.

Call-Out Order[]

Order	Bachelorettes	Episode
Order	Bachelorettes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Caroline	Chelsea	Becca K.	Bekah M.	Seinne	Chelsea	Lauren B.	Becca K.	Becca K.	Lauren B.	Becca K.
2	Chelsea	Becca K.	Krystal	Chelsea	Tia	Lauren B.	Bekah M.	Lauren B.	Lauren B.	Becca K.	Lauren B.
3	Kendall	Marikh	Seinne	Caroline	Bekah M.	Tia	Kendall	Kendall	Kendall	Kendall
4	Seinne	Kendall	Maquel	Kendall	Lauren B.	Bekah M.	Jacqueline	Tia	Tia
5	Tia	Lauren G.	Jacqueline	Ashley	Kendall	Seinne	Tia	Bekah M.
6	Bibiana	Krystal	Bekah M.	Lauren B.	Ashley	Kendall	Seinne	Seinne
7	Bri	Bekah M.	Jenna	Brittany T.	Becca K.	Becca K.	Becca K.	Jacqueline
8	Jenny	Lauren S.	Chelsea	Becca K.	Chelsea	Jacqueline	Chelsea Jenna
9	Brittane J.	Seinne	Lauren S.	Seinne	Jenna	Jenna	Chelsea Jenna
10	Jacqueline	Caroline	Tia	Krystal	Jacqueline	Krystal	Krystal
11	Krystal	Brittany T.	Annaliese	Tia	Marikh	Ashley Maquel Marikh
12	Nysha	Bibiana	Lauren B.	Maquel	Krystal
13	Valerie	Annaliese	Kendall	Jenna	Brittany T. Caroline
14	Bekah M.	Jenna	Brittany T.	Jacqueline	Brittany T. Caroline
15	Jenna	Valerie	Ashley	Marikh	Maquel
16	Jessica	Jacqueline	Marikh	Bibiana
17	Marikh	Jenny	Caroline	Annaliese
18	Olivia	Lauren B.	Bibiana	Lauren S.
19	Becca K.	Ashley	Jenny Lauren G. Valerie
20	Lauren S.	Tia
21	Lauren J.	Maquel
22	Lauren B.	Ali Amber Bri Brittane J. Jessica Lauren J. Nysha Olivia
23	Lauren G.
24	Ashley
25	Brittany T.
26	Amber
27	Ali
28	Annaliese
29	Maquel

	The contestant received a first impression rose.
	The contestant received a rose during the date.
	The contestant temporarily left the competition.
	The contestant was eliminated.
	The contestant was eliminated during the date.
	The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony.
	The contestant quit the competition.
	The contestant won the competition.

Episodes[]

No. in season	Title	Original air date
1	"Week 1: Limo Arrivals"	January 1, 2018
In the Season 22 premiere, Arie meets with Sean and Catherine Lowe and their son, Samuel, before his journey begins. At the mansion, he meets the bachelorettes, including a "kissing bandit" and a woman who gives him compliments in Dutch, his second language.
2	"Week 2"	January 8, 2018
Arie's search for love gets off to a fast start with back-to-back one-on-one dates with Becca K. and Krystal. The Bachelor transports Becca K., via a slick motorcycle ride, to a breathtaking oceanside Malibu mansion, where celebrity fashion designer Rachel Zoe works her magic on Arie's date. Krystal looks to a possible future with the Bachelor when she visits his hometown of Scottsdale, Ariz., and meets his family. But she is concealing a dark secret that might scare Arie away.
3	"Week 3"	January 15, 2018
As the charming race car driver intensifies his search for his soul mate among the 18 remaining women, Arie selects eight women to battle for supremacy in the wrestling arena with two top veterans of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW)—Ursula Hayden and Angelina Altishin—sharing their secrets of success in the ring. The undercard will feature a surprise guest, Kenny "Pretty Boy Pit Bull" King from Bachelorette Rachel's season, who will take on the Bachelor himself.
4	"Week 4"	January 22, 2018
Arie and the 15 remaining bachelorettes leave the Bachelor mansion behind and begin a cross-country trip to continue their search for love. In South Lake Tahoe, Nev., Seinne gets the first one-on-one date and joins Arie on a sheer adrenaline date: parasailing. Meanwhile, one woman gets a critical phone call that might change her romantic journey. A dozen ladies hike into the snowy wilderness on a survival-themed group date where they learn about roughing it in the woods from pro survivalists.
5	"Week 5"	January 29, 2018
Chelsea receives the first one-on-one date in Ft. Lauderdale. Arie swoops in to take her on a 100-foot luxury yacht, but her checkered past may endanger her getting a rose. Eleven women split into two teams for a day of competitive bowling with the winner going to a private after-party. Tia and Arie travel to the Sawtooth Park Reserve, riding an air boat through the Florida swamps, but then she reveals her daunting past, which might spell the end for this happy couple.
6	"Week 6"	February 5, 2018
In Paris, Lauren B. and Arie are whisked away on a luxury speed boat down the Seine River and then tour the city's tourist attractions. Arie also surprises a group of the women with a visit to the legendary dance hall, Moulin Rouge. Krystal and Kendall face off during a two-on-one date that ends with a romantic kiss at the top of the Eiffel Tower for one woman. The final date goes to Jacqueline, but a clash in lifestyles might be a deal breaker for Arie.
7	"Week 7"	February 12, 2018
The pressure mounts as the crucial hometown dates loom, but first Arie and the remaining seven bachelorettes travel to beautiful Tuscany, Italy. High anxiety permeates the group when the women find out there will not be any rose ceremony. Becca K. gets the first one-on-one date and a romantic picnic where the couple will discover if they can rekindle their passionate connection. Meanwhile, an emotionally confused Jacqueline takes a big step and visits a surprised Arie in his hotel room.
8	"Week 8: Hometowns"	February 19, 2018
Arie meets Kendall's parents in L.A.; travels to Weiner, Ark., where Tia's parents batter him with questions; stops in Prior Lake, Minn., for a romantic afternoon with Becca K.; and endures a tense dinner with Lauren B.'s family in Virginia Beach, Va.
9	"The Women Tell All"	February 25, 2018
Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s search for love has taken him from Los Angeles to Peru. Along the way there have been highs and lows - and then there was Krystal, one of the most controversial bachelorettes of the group. Now, 18 of the most unforgettable women this season are back to confront Arie and tell their side of the story and how difficult it was to date a Bachelor who was falling for multiple women. Krystal attempts to defend her behavior, but a never- seen clip from the bowling alley date reveals her calling out the women and Arie with shocking words. Bekah M. admonishes Tia for going behind her back to Arie about her age. Look back at some of the most memorable moments in "The Bachelor: The Women Tell All" history. Then, take a sneak peek at the dramatic conclusion to Arie's search for love.
10	"Week 9"	February 26, 2018
Arie takes his final three women—Becca K., Kendall and Lauren B.—to Peru for adventurous, romantic overnight dates. The dates are filled with passion and excitement as Arie explores what his future might be like with each of these potential mates. More torn than ever, Arie acknowledges that he has fallen in love with two incredible women and has professed his love to both. However, a blockbuster surprise threatens to derail Arie's fairy tale ending.
11	"Finale"	March 5, 2018
In the Season 22 finale, Arie prepares to make one of the most difficult choices of his life, having narrowed down the field to two women with whom he is madly in love—Becca K. and Lauren B.—and told both of them that he loves them. Both women meet his family before their last dates with him.
12	"After the Final Rose"	March 6, 2018
Arie, Becca and Lauren join host Chris Harrison to reflect on the season. Arie recalls the weeks in Peru with Becca and Lauren, including his unexpected decision that blindsided both of them. Special guests, including some of the provocative women from this season, Bekah M., Kendall, Seinne and Tia, also discuss Arie's dilemma and his astonishing choices.

Where are they now?[]

Arie and Rebecca ended their relationship shortly after filming ended, as Arie wasn't able to get over his feelings for Lauren. He broke the engagement off, in order to find out if Lauren would give him a second chance.

Arie proposed to Lauren at the After the Final Rose show and she accepted. On November 14, 2018, they announced that they are expecting their first child. On January 5, 2019, they announced that they are expecting a girl. On May 29, 2019, they welcomed their daughter, Alessi Ren. They got married on January 12, 2019, in Haiku Mill, Maui, Hawaii.

Becca Kufrin is got engaged to Garrett Yrigoyen whom she met on the 14th season of The Bachelorette. They announced their split on September 1, 2020.

Kendall Long dated Joe Amabile whom she met on the 5th season of Bachelor in Paradise. They announced their split on January 29, 2020.

Rebekah Martinez is dating Grayston Leonard. On September 12, 2018, they revealed that they are expecting their first child. They welcomed their daughter, Ruth Ray, on February 2, 2019. On November 28, 2019, they announced that they are expecting their second child. They welcomed their son, Franklin James, on June 19, 2020.

Jenna Cooper got engaged to Jordan Kimball whom she met on the 5th season of Bachelor in Paradise. They broke off their engagement when text messages of Jenna's relationship with another man surfaced.

Krystal Nielson got engaged to Chris Randone whom she met on the 5th season of Bachelor in Paradise. They were married on June 16, 2019. They announced their split on February 14, 2020.

Annaliese Puccini dated Kamil Nicalek whom she met on the 5th season of Bachelor in Paradise. They broke up at the After Paradise show.