With the latest announcement revealing Grant Ellis as the new bachelor, I can’t wait for the upcoming season 29 of the hit reality dating show, which is expected to premiere on ABC sometime in January. And after watching Joey Graziadei’s season of The Bachelor end on a high note, I can’t stop thinking about all the past Bachelors who preceded him.
In honor of the highly anticipated season 29, here is a complete list of every single past Bachelor, ranked from “marry me” to “thank u, next.”
Season: 28
Chose: Kelsey Anderson
Famous for: Being a tennis pro
Season: 20
Chose: Lauren Bushnell
Famous for: Claiming no one will ever love him
Season: 17
Chose: Catherine Giudici
Famous for: Being the show’s first-ever born-again virgin star
Season: 23
Chose: Cassie Randolph
Famous for: Being the show’s first-ever actual virgin star
Season: 21
Chose: Vanessa Grimaldi
Famous for: Coming in second place…twice
Season: 25
Chose: Rachael Kirkconnell
Famous for: Being the first Black Bachelor
Season: 27
Chose: Kaity Biggar
Famous for: Referring to the Fantasy Suites as “sex week”
Season: 12
Chose: Shayne Lamas
Famous for: Taking The Bachelor across the pond to Britain
Season: 10
Chose: Tessa Horst
Famous for: Being a navy officer
Season: 8
Chose: Sarah Stone
Famous for: Becoming host of The Doctors
Season: 6
Chose: Mary Delgado
Famous for: His career as a deep-sea fisherman
Season: 26
Chose: Susie Evans
Famous for: His on-again, off-again relationship
Season: 5
Chose: Jessica Bowlin
Famous for: Replacing Chris Harrison as host
Season: 2
Chose: Helene Eksterowicz
Famous for: Being the banker who went bankrupt
Season: 3
Chose: Jen Schefft
Famous for: Being the great-grandson of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founder Harvey Firestone
Season: 7
Chose: Sarah Brice
Famous for: Failing to propose in the finale
Season: 9
Chose: Jennifer Wilson
Famous for: Being a supposed prince
Season: 1
Chose: Amanda Marsh
Famous for: Being the first Bachelor
Season: 19
Chose: Whitney Bischoff
Famous for: Being from the middle of nowhere
Season: 16
Chose: Courtney Robertson
Famous for: Having the worst hair, like, ever
Season: 18
Chose: Nikki Ferrell
Famous for: Being told off by Clare Crawley
Season: 14
Chose: Vienna Girardi
Famous for: Having a really, really hot temper
Season: 13
Chose: Melissa Rycroft, er, Molly Malaney
Famous for: Dumping Melissa to pursue his runner-up, Molly
Season(s): 11 and 15
Chose: Emily Maynard
Famous for: Choosing neither of the final two ladies in season 11
Season: 22
Chose: Becca Kufrin, er, Lauren Burnham
Famous for: Proposing to Becca and then dumping her for his runner-up, Lauren
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