The Bachelor 2

The Bachelor 2 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The Bachelor (season 2) is the second season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The season premiered on September 25, 2002 and concluded on November 20, 2002. The show featured Missouri banker Aaron Buerge, courting 25 women.

Contestants

The following is the list of bachelorettes for this season:

Name	Age	Hometown	Job	Eliminated
Helene Eksterowicz	27	Gloucester, New Jersey	School Psychologist	Winner
Brooke Smith	22	Albertville, Alabama	College Student	Runner-Up
Gwen Gioia	31	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Executive Recruiter	Week 6
Angela	27	Kansas City, Missouri	Registered Nurse	Week 5
Hayley Crittenden	28	Lake Oswego, Oregon	Retail Manager	Week 4
Heather Cranford	30	Dallas, Texas	Flight Attendant	Week 4
Christi Weible	23	Boise, Idaho	Assistant Financial Advisor	Week 3
Heather	24	Walnut Creek, California	Marriage Therapy Trainee	Week 3
Kyla Dickerson	22	Midvale, Utah	Airline Supervisor	Week 3
Shannon	26	Long Island, New York	Graphic Artist	Week 3
Dana Norris	24	Beverly Hills, California	Radio Sales	Week 2
Erin	25	Westchester, Pennsylvania	Publications Quality Control	Week 2
Suzanne Freeman	33	Redondo Beach, California	Flight Attendant	Week 2
Frances Dinglasan	30	San Francisco, California	Strategic Planning Analyst	Week 2 (Quit)
Anindita Dutta	27	New York, New York	Attorney	Week 2 (Quit)
Amber West	26	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Psychologist	Week 1
Camille Langfield	29	Los Angeles, California	Actress	Week 1
Cari	29	Granite City, Illinois	3rd Grade Teacher	Week 1
Christy	24	Avondale, Arizona	Radiological Technologist	Week 1
Erin	24	Houston, Texas	Interior Designer	Week 1
Fatima Rivas	22	Long Beach, California	College Student	Week 1
Liangy Fernandez	30	Coral Gables, Florida	Paralegal	Week 1
Lori	26	Dallas, Texas	Former NBA Cheerleader	Week 1
Merrilee Donahue	28	Forked River, New Jersey	1st Grade Teacher	Week 1
Suzi Reid	28	Richmond, Virginia	Communications Specialist	Week 1

Future appearances

Heather Cranford returned for the sixth season of The Bachelor along with season four contestant, Mary Delgado, where she placed 9th/12th after having been eliminated the week she arrived. Gwen Gioia competed in the first season of Bachelor Pad, placing 9th/11th.

Elimination Chart

#	Contestants	Week
#	Contestants	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Gwen	Angela	Helene	Angela	Helene	Gwen	Helene	Helene
2	Erin (TX)	Helene	Kyla	Gwen	Gwen	Helene	Brooke	Brooke
3	Frances	Erin (PA)	Angela	Brooke	Angela	Brooke	Gwen
4	Helene	Brooke	Shannon	Helene	Brooke	Angela
5	Brooke	Anindita	Gwen	Heather (TX)	Hayley
6	Angela	Heather (CA)	Brooke	Hayley	Heather (TX)
7	Lori	Dana	Heather (TX)	Christi (ID)
8	Kyla	Hayley	Hayley	Heather (CA)
9	Christi (ID)	Christi (ID)	Heather (CA)	Kyla
10	Hayley	Shannon	Christi (ID)	Shannon
11	Dana	Frances	Dana
12	Heather (CA)	Suzanne	Erin (PA)
13	Anindita	Gwen	Suzanne
14	Suzanne	Kyla	Frances
15	Amber	Heather (TX)	Anindita
16	Merrilee	Amber
17	Christy (AZ)	Camille
18	Heather (TX)	Cari
19	Suzi	Christy (AZ)
20	Liangy	Erin (TX)
21	Camille	Fatima
22	Erin (PA)	Liangy
23	Cari	Lori
24	Fatima	Merrilee
25	Shannon	Suzi

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 on a one-on-one date and was eliminated at the rose ceremony.

The contestant quit the competition.

The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony.

Episodes (dates)

Week 1

There were no dates during the first week.

Amber, Camille, Cari, Christi from Arizona, Erin from Texas, Fatima, Liangy, Lori, Merrilee, and Suzi were all sent home in the first rose ceremony.

Week 2

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

Just before the start of the rose ceremony, Anindita and Frances both quit the competition in doubt that things between Aaron and them would work out. Dana, Erin from Pennsylvania, and Suzanne were then eliminated at the rose ceremony.

Week 3

One-on-one: Helene.

There were two group dates that consisted of Angela, Christi from Idaho, Gwen, Hayley, Heather from California, Heather from Texas, Kyla, and Shannon.

One-on-one: Brooke

Christi from Idaho, Heather from California, Kyla, and Shannon were eliminated at the rose ceremony.

Week 4

One-on-one: Helene

One-on-one: Gwen

Group: Angela, Brooke, and Hayley

One-on-one: Heather from Texas

Hayley and Heather from Texas were eliminated at the rose ceremony.

Week 5

#	Bachelorette	Hometown
1	Angela	Kansas City, Missouri
2	Helene	Gloucester, New Jersey
3	Gwen	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4	Brooke	Albertville, Alabama

Angela was eliminated at the rose ceremony.

Week 6

Overnight Dates: Brooke, Gwen, and Helene.

Gwen was eliminated at the rose ceremony.

Week 7 (Finale)

Meeting Aaron's Parents and Final Dates: Brooke and Helene

Brookes's limo pulled up to the altar first, where Aaron sent her home in a limo, crying. Helene then came to the altar, where Aaron professed his love for her and proposed. She accepted and was given the final rose.

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