The Bachelor (season 13)
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The Bachelor 13 is the thirteenth season of ABC
reality television
series The Bachelor. The season premiere aired on January 5, 2009. The show features a previous contestant from the ABC show The Bachelorette
and the series' first single parent, Jason Mesnick
, courting 25 women.
told Chris Harrison
that he felt the chemistry with Melissa changed and that he would break up with her and then ask Molly to give him another chance. Jason explained to Melissa how he was feeling. After some arguing, she then gave him his ring back, asked him to leave her alone, and left. During Chris' interview with Molly, she admitted she still loved Jason. Jason told Molly that he broke up with Melissa and that he hadn't been able to stop thinking about her. He asked her if they could have another shot and he admitted that he still loved her. She agreed to "see where things go."
On the "After the Final Rose: Part Two" episode, which was taped six weeks after the "After the Final Rose: Part One" episode, Jason and Molly stated that "things were going really well" and that this had been "the happiest they had been."
Host Chris Harrison has insisted that the outcome was not manipulated by show producers to increase ratings.
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
series The Bachelor. The season premiere aired on January 5, 2009. The show features a previous contestant from the ABC show The Bachelorette
The Bachelorette
The Bachelorette is a spin-off of the American competitive reality dating game show The Bachelor. In its January 2003 debut on ABC, the first season featured Trista Rehn, the runner-up date from the first season of The Bachelor, offering the opportunity for Rehn to choose a husband among 25 bachelors...
and the series' first single parent, Jason Mesnick
Jason Mesnick
Jason Scott Mesnick is the runner-up on Season 4 of The Bachelorette and the Bachelor of the 13th season of the reality dating show The Bachelor.-Biography:Mesnick is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, but moved to Washington at the age of eight...
, courting 25 women.
Contestants
Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions| Name | Age | Hometown | Job | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Rycroft Melissa Rycroft Melissa Katherine Rycroft-Strickland , from Dallas, Texas, is a reality television contestant and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. She was a drill team officer at Newman Smith High School in Carrollton, Texas where she graduated in 2001... |
25 | Dallas, TX | Winner | |
| Molly Malaney | 23 | Grand Rapids, MI | Episode 8 | |
| Jillian Harris | 29 | Interior designer | Episode 7 | |
| 24 | Carlsbad, CA | Flight attendant | Episode 6 | |
| 34 | Huntsville, AL | Episode 5 | ||
| Lauren Wanger | 27 | Marlboro, NJ | Teacher | Episode 4 |
| Megan Parris | 25 | Sewickley, PA | Single mother and lacrosse coach | Episode 4 |
| 29 | Blue Island, IL | Administrative assistant | Episode 4 | |
| Shannon Bair | 29 | Marshall, MO | Dental hygienist | Episode 4 |
| Erica DeSimone | 25 | Monroe, CT | Account executive | Episode 3 |
| Kari Fajen | 27 | Lee's Summit, MO | Account executive | Episode 3 |
| Natalie Getz | 27 | Morton, IL | Human resources recruiter | Episode 3 |
| Lisa Gonzalez | 28 | Boise, ID | Public relations associate | Episode 2 (quit) |
| 27 | Recife, Brazil | Medical student | Episode 2 | |
| 32 | Batavia, NY | Teacher | Episode 2 | |
| Ann Lueders | 24 | Phoenix, AZ | Flight attendant | Episode 1 |
| Dominique | 26 | Mt. Carmel, PA Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania Mount Carmel is the name of a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6390 at the 2000 census. It is located 88 miles northwest of Philadelphia and 71 miles northeast of Harrisburg, in the Anthracite Coal Region... |
Medical sales rep. | Episode 1 |
| Emily | 23 | Seattle, WA | Casino marketing rep. | Episode 1 |
| Jackie | 26 | Springfield, MA | Wedding coordinator | Episode 1 |
| Julie Dermotta | 26 | Columbus, OH | Teacher | Episode 1 |
| Nicole Mah | 25 | Calgary, Alberta | Menswear buyer | Episode 1 |
| Renee Simlak | 36 | Southfield, MI | Jewelry designer | Episode 1 |
| Shelby | 23 | Stockton, CA | Account executive | Episode 1 |
| Stacia Mann | 24 | Orem, UT | Single mother & charity accountant | Episode 1 |
| Treasure Morgan | 28 | Salt Lake City, UT | Single mother and nurse practitioner | Episode 1 |
Call-out order
| # | Bachelorettes | Episodes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 1 | Lauren | Nikki | Jillian | Stephanie | Molly | Jillian | Molly | Melissa | Melissa | ||
| 2 | Kari | Megan | Melissa | Jillian | Naomi | Melissa | Jillian | Molly | Molly | ||
| 3 | Melissa | Lauren | Molly | Molly | Stephanie | Molly | Melissa | Jillian | |||
| 4 | Sharon | Kari | Megan | Lauren | Melissa | Naomi | Naomi | ||||
| 5 | Natalie | Naomi | Nikki | Melissa | Jillian | Stephanie | |||||
| 6 | Naomi | Natalie | Lauren | Naomi | Lauren | ||||||
| 7 | Megan | Molly | Naomi | Shannon | Megan | ||||||
| 8 | Stacia | Raquel | Stephanie | Nikki | Nikki | ||||||
| 9 | Jackie | Stephanie | Kari | Megan | Shannon | ||||||
| 10 | Lisa | Melissa | Natalie | Erica | |||||||
| 11 | Stephanie | Jillian | Shannon | Kari | |||||||
| 12 | Treasure | Shannon | Erica | Natalie | |||||||
| 13 | Raquel | Lisa | Lisa | ||||||||
| 14 | Shelby | Sharon | Raquel | ||||||||
| 15 | Nikki | Erica | Sharon | ||||||||
| 16 | Molly | Ann | |||||||||
| 17 | Erica | Dominique | |||||||||
| 18 | Nicole | Emily | |||||||||
| 19 | Renee | Jackie | |||||||||
| 20 | Jillian | Julie | |||||||||
| 21 | Dominique | Nicole | |||||||||
| 22 | Emily | Renee | |||||||||
| 23 | Julie | Shelby | |||||||||
| 24 | Ann | Stacia | |||||||||
| 25 | Shannon | Treasure | |||||||||
- The contestant received the first impression rose.
- The contestant received a rose because of the other women's votes.
- The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony.
- The contestant received a rose on a one-on-one date.
- The contestant received a rose on a group date.
- The contestant was on a group date.
- The contestant went on a group date and was eliminated at the rose ceremony.
- The contestant left of her own accord.
- The contestant was eliminated on a one-on-one date.
- The contestant received a rose on a two-on-one date.
- The contestant was eliminated on a two-on-one date.
- The contestant was on an individual date.
- The contestant won the competition.
After the Final Rose
During the "After the Final Rose" special, aired immediately after the season finale, Jason MesnickJason Mesnick
Jason Scott Mesnick is the runner-up on Season 4 of The Bachelorette and the Bachelor of the 13th season of the reality dating show The Bachelor.-Biography:Mesnick is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, but moved to Washington at the age of eight...
told Chris Harrison
Chris Harrison
Christopher Bryan "Chris" Harrison is an American television host, perhaps best known for his role as host of the ABC reality television dating show The Bachelor since 2002 and its spin-offs The Bachelorette since 2003 and Bachelor Pad in 2010...
that he felt the chemistry with Melissa changed and that he would break up with her and then ask Molly to give him another chance. Jason explained to Melissa how he was feeling. After some arguing, she then gave him his ring back, asked him to leave her alone, and left. During Chris' interview with Molly, she admitted she still loved Jason. Jason told Molly that he broke up with Melissa and that he hadn't been able to stop thinking about her. He asked her if they could have another shot and he admitted that he still loved her. She agreed to "see where things go."
On the "After the Final Rose: Part Two" episode, which was taped six weeks after the "After the Final Rose: Part One" episode, Jason and Molly stated that "things were going really well" and that this had been "the happiest they had been."
Host Chris Harrison has insisted that the outcome was not manipulated by show producers to increase ratings.