The Bachelor

The Bachelor Information

The Bachelor
Format	Competitive reality show Drama
Created by	Mike Fleiss
Starring	Chris Harrison (host) List of Bachelors section
Narrated by	Chris Harrison
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	104 (approx) (As of March 14, 2011)
Production
Executiveproducer(s)	Mike Fleiss Lisa Levenson
Running time	120 minutes
Productioncompany(s)	Next Entertainment Telepictures Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	March 25, 2002 – Present
Chronology
Related shows	The Bachelorette Bachelor Pad

Season	Premiered	Bachelor	Profile	Winner	Runner(s)-Up	Proposal
1	March 25, 2002	Alex Michel	Management consultant	Amanda Marsh	Trista Rehn	No
2	September 25, 2002	Aaron Buerge	Vice President of a chain of family-owned banks	Helene Eksterowicz	Brooke Smith	Yes
3	March 24, 2003	Andrew Firestone	Sales manager of Firestone Family estates	Jen Schefft	Kristen Baschbucher	Yes
4	September 24, 2003	Bob Guiney	Creator of a mortgage company and former suitor on The Bachelorette	Estella Gardinier	Kelly Jo Kuharski	No
5	April 7, 2004	Jesse Palmer	Canadian American college football player	Jessica Bowlin	Tara Huckeby	No
6	September 22, 2004	Byron Velvick	Pro bass fisherman and divorced father	Mary Delgado	Tanya Michel	Yes
7	March 28, 2005	Charlie O'Connell	Actor	Sarah Brice	Krisily Kennedy	No
8	January 9, 2006	Travis Lane Stork	Medical doctor	Sarah Stone	Moana Dixon	No
9	October 3, 2006	Prince Lorenzo Borghese	Cosmetics entrepreneur	Jennifer Wilson	Sadie Murray	No
10	April 2, 2007	Andrew Baldwin	US Naval Officer	Tessa Horst	Bevin Nicole Powers	Yes
11	September 24, 2007	Brad Womack	Bar owner	None	DeAnna Pappas and Jenni Croft	No
12	March 17, 2008	Matt Grant	Global financier	Shayne Lamas	Chelsea Wanstrath	Yes
13	January 5, 2009	Jason Mesnick	Account executive, single father, and former suitor on The Bachelorette	Melissa Rycroft	Molly Malaney	Yes
14	January 4, 2010	Jake Pavelka	Commercial pilot and former suitor on The Bachelorette	Vienna Girardi	Tenley Molzahn	Yes
15	January 3, 2011	Brad Womack	Returning Bachelor (see above)	Emily Maynard	Chantal O'Brien	Yes