The 23rd season of The Bachelor premiered on January 7, 2019. It featured 26-year-old Colton Underwood, a former NFL player.
He was previously rejected by Becca Kufrin on the 14th season of The Bachelorette.
He ultimately chose to pursue a relationship with Cassie Randolph.
Filming and development[]
Casting and contestants[]
Colton was announced as the Bachelor on September 4, 2018.
Colton met the first three contestants, Sydney, Annie and Katie, while appearing on The Ellen Show. The women took part in a segment known as "Know or Go".
The remaining contestants were revealed on December 6, 2018, via Facebook Live.
Production[]
This season featured a visit in Singapore. Besides Singapore, this season also included visits in Thailand, Vietnam, Portugal and the Bachelor's hometown of Denver, Colorado. The season also had special appearances from husband and wife comedians Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman, actor and comedian Billy Eichner, actor and former professional football player Terry Crews, and The Bachelor Vietnam host Khôi Trần.
Contestants[]
The season began with 30 contestants.
23
Huntington Beach, California
Speech Pathologist
Winner
Quit in week 9
Brought back in week 10
Future appearances[]
Hannah Brown was chosen as the Bachelorette for the 15th season of The Bachelorette.
Caelynn Miller-Keyes, Demi Burnett, Hannah Goodwin, Jane Averbukh, Katie Morton, Nicole Lopez-Alvar, Onyeka Ehie, Sydney Lotuaco, Tayshia Adams, Caitlin Clemmens, Tahzjuan Hawkins, Bri Barnes, and Revian Chang competed in the 6th season of Bachelor in Paradise.
Tayshia Adams replaced Clare Crawley as the lead role on the 16th season of The Bachelorette.
Call-Out Order[]
Order | Bachelorettes | Episode | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
1 | Demi | Hannah G | Elyse | Caelynn | Tayshia | Heather | Hannah G. | Tayshia | Hannah G. | Hannah G. | Cassie |
2 | Tayshia | Caelynn | Hannah B | Elyse | Demi | Hannah B. | Tayshia | Caelynn | Tayshia | Tayshia | |
3 | Heather | Katie | Heather | Nicole | Caelynn | Cassie | Kirpa | Hannah G. | Cassie | Cassie | |
4 | Nicole | Alex B. | Tayshia | Hannah G. | Hannah G. | Caelynn | Cassie | Cassie | Caelynn | ||
5 | Caelynn | Hannah B. | Cassie | Tayshia | Heather | Tayshia | Caelynn | Kirpa | |||
6 | Sydney | Onyeka | Caelynn | Katie | Kirpa | Kirpa | Cassie | Heather | |||
7 | Elyse | Caitlin | Courtney | Cassie | Hannah B. | Demi | Heather | Hannah B. | |||
8 | Tahzjuan | Annie | Demi | Kirpa | Katie | Hannah G. | Katie | ||||
9 | Cassie | Kirpa | Nicole | Sydney | Elyse | Katie | Demi | ||||
10 | Kirpa | Heather | Kirpa | Demi | Sydney | Sydney | Sydney | ||||
11 | Caitlin | Elyse | Hannah G. | Tracy | Cassie | Nicole Onyeka |
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12 | Courtney | Tayshia | Catherine | Courtney | Nicole | ||||||
13 | Katie | Courtney | Bri | Heather | Onyeka | Elyse | |||||
14 | Alex D. | Cassie | Sydney | Onyeka | Courtney Tracy |
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15 | Onyeka | Demi | Onyeka | Hannah B. | |||||||
16 | Erika | Nina | Katie | Bri Catherine Nina |
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17 | Hannah B. | Erika | Caitlin | ||||||||
18 | Tracy | Sydney | Nina | ||||||||
19 | Angelique | Bri | Tracy | Caitlin | |||||||
20 | Devin | Angelique | Alex B. Angelique Annie Erika |
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21 | Revian | Tracy | |||||||||
22 | Nina | Nicole | |||||||||
23 | Alex B. | Catherine | |||||||||
24 | Bri | Alex D. Devin Erin Jane Laura Revian Tahzjuan |
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25 | Laura | ||||||||||
26 | Hannah G. | ||||||||||
27 | Annie | ||||||||||
28 | Jane | ||||||||||
29 | Catherine | ||||||||||
30 | Erin |
The contestant received a first impression rose. | |
The contestant received a rose during the date. | |
The contestant was eliminated. | |
The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony. | |
The contestant was eliminated during the date. | |
The contestant quit the competition. | |
The contestant quit the competition, but re-entered and won. |
Episodes[]
Where are they now?[]
Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph pursued a relationship off-camera, but announced on their Instagram accounts on May 29, 2020 that they have split.
Hannah Goodwin got engaged to Dylan Barbour whom she met on the 6th season of Bachelor in Paradise.
Caelynn Miller-Keyes is dating Dean Unglert whom she met on the 6th season of Bachelor in Paradise.
Hannah Brown got engaged to Jed Wyatt on the 15th season of The Bachelorette. They ended their engagement before the show stopped airing when Jed revealed that he already had a girlfriend.
Katie Morton got engaged to Chris Bukowski whom she met on the 6th season of Bachelor in Paradise. They announced their split on December 10, 2019.
Demi Burnett got engaged to a woman named Kristian Haggerty, only to call it off months later.
Nicole Lopez-Alvar was briefly in a relationship with Clay Harbor whom she met on the 6th season of Bachelor in Paradise.
Tayshia Adams was announced as the new Bachelorette and replacement for Clare Crawley on the 16th season of The Bachelorette on November 5, 2020.
The Ring[]
Colton didn't propose to Cassie and was therefor not offered a ring from Neil Lane. However, when the new couple made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Jimmy Kimmel had reached out to the jewelry designer and convinced him to give the couple a ring. They where also given the opportunity to choose a different ring, if they didn't like the one that was chosen for them.