The Bachelor 1

The Bachelor 1 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The Bachelor (season 1) is the first season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The season premiered on March 25, 2002, and concluded on April 25, 2002. The show featured very first bachelor, Alex Michel, courting 25 women.

Contestants

The following is the list of bachelorettes for this season:

Name	Age	Hometown	Job	Eliminated
Amanda Marsh	23	Chanute, Kansas	Event Planner	Winner
Trista Rehn	29	Miami, Florida	Miami Heat Dancer	Runner-Up
Shannon Oliver	24	Dallas, Texas	Financial Management Consultant	Week 5
Kim	24	Tempe, Arizona	Nanny	Week 4
Cathy Grimes	22	Terra Haute, Indiana	Graduate Student	Week 3
Christina Stencil	28	Bonita, California	Attorney	Week 3
LaNease Adams	23	Los Angeles, California	Actress	Week 3
Rhonda Rittenhouse	28	Woodward, Oklahoma	Commercial Real Estate Agent	Week 3
Alexa	27	Beverly Hills, California	Special Ed. Teacher	Week 2
Amy Anzel	28	New York, New York	Production Coordinator	Week 2
Angela	25	Avondale, Arizona	Hooters Waitress	Week 2
Angelique Madrid	27	Burbank, California	Actress	Week 2
Katie	23	Malden, Massachusetts	Power Tool Sales Rep.	Week 2
Melissa	25	Tempe, Arizona	Photographer	Week 2
Tina Chen	27	Plano, Texas	Graduate Student	Week 2
Amber	29	Los Angeles, California	Business Development Director	Week 1
Daniela	30	Seattle, Washington	Neuropsychologist	Week 1
Denise	30	Honolulu, Hawaii	Doctor	Week 1
Jackie	22	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Bar Manager	Week 1
Jill	31	Chicago, Illinois	Retail Manager	Week 1
Kristina Jenkins	27	Los Angeles, California	Advertising Executive	Week 1
Lisa Gold	29	Dallas, Texas	Attorney	Week 1
Paula	24	Swansea, Massachusetts	Insurance Representative	Week 1
Rachel	29	Eastchester, New York	6th Grade Teacher	Week 1
Wendi Plotnik	26	Dallas, Texas	Technology Specialist	Week 1

Future appearances

Trista Rehn was chosen to be the Bachelorette in the first season of The Bachelorette.

Shannon Oliver appeared in episode 3 of the first season of The Bachelorette to give Trista Rehn advice.

Elimination Chart

#	Contestants	Week
#	Contestants	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Kim	Amanda	Shannon	Amanda	Trista	Trista	Amanda
2	Cathy	Cathy	Amanda	Shannon	Shannon	Amanda	Trista
3	Trista	Trista	Cathy	Kim	Amanda	Shannon
4	Denise	LaNease	Rhonda	Trista	Kim
5	Amy	Tina	Christina	Cathy
6	Alexa	Christina	Kim	Christina
7	LaNease	Katie	Trista	LaNease
8	Rachel	Alexa	LaNease	Rhonda
9	Tina	Angelique	Alexa
10	Angelique	Amy	Amy
11	Wendi	Melissa	Angela
12	Rhonda	Angela	Angelique
13	Christina	Kim	Katie
14	Jill	Shannon	Melissa
15	Katie	Rhonda	Tina
16	Amanda	Amber
17	Lisa	Daniela
18	Angela	Denise
19	Amber	Jackie
20	Daniela	Jill
21	Paula	Kristina
22	Jackie	Lisa
23	Melissa	Paula
24	Kristina	Rachel
25	Shannon	Wendi

The contestant won the competition.

The contestant was on a one-on-one date

The contestant went on a group date

The contestant went on a group date and was eliminated at the rose ceremony

The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony.

Episodes (dates)

Week 1

There were no dates during the first week.

Amber, Daniela, Denise, Jackie, Jill, Kristina, Lisa, Paula, Rachel, and Wendi were all sent home in the first rose ceremony.

Week 2

There were three group dates. Five women were sent on each.

Alexa, Amy, Angela, Angelique, Katie, Melissa, and Tina were eliminated at the rose ceremony.

Week 3

One-on-one: Amanda.

One-on-one: Trista.

Group: Cathy, Christina, Kim, LaNease, and Rhonda.

One-on-one: Shannon

Cathy, Christina, LaNease, and Rhonda were eliminated at the rose ceremony.

Week 4

#	Bachelorette	Hometown
1	Kim	Tempe, Arizona
2	Shannon	Dallas, Texas
3	Trista	Miami, Florida
4	Amanda	Chanute, Kansas

Kim was eliminated at the rose ceremony.

Week 5

Overnight Dates: Amanda (New York), Shannon (Vermont), and Trista (Hawaii).

Shannon was eliminated at the rose ceremony.

Week 6 (Finale)

Meeting Alex's Parents and Final Dates: Amanda and Trista.

Trista's limo pulled up to the altar first, where Alex sent her home in a limo, brokenhearted. Amanda then came to the altar, where Alex declared her his chosen woman and entered into a relationship with her.

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