| Season Number: | 5 |
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| Num Episodes: | 11 |
| Network: | ABC |
| Episode List: | List of Bachelor in Paradise (TV series) episodes |
The fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise premiered on August 7, 2018.[1] Chris Harrison reprised his role from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette as the host of the show.
During the Women Tell All of the twenty-second season of The Bachelor, host Chris Harrison announced that Bekah Martinez was scheduled to be in Paradise for the upcoming season, but a few months later, she declined to join, due to having a boyfriend.[2] For the first time, it was announced past contestants from the international versions of The Bachelor franchise will join the cast similar to The Bachelor Winter Games and the Australian version.[3] On June 26, 2018, the cast of season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise was announced.[4] After Wills Reid was eliminated during week 7, it was announced that he would be joining the season 5 cast in Paradise.[5] It was announced that Colton Underwood will be joining the cast of season 5 in Paradise after he was eliminated during week 8 after the hometown dates.[6]
Wells Adams returned as the bartender alongside Yuki Kimura from The Bachelor Japan and The Bachelor Winter Games.[7] [8]
On Tuesday, September 4, 2018 it was revealed that Colton Underwood will be on season 23 of The Bachelor as the next bachelor.[9] There was much speculation that second runner-up Jason Tartick would be the next bachelor and there were many posts on Twitter asking why Jason wasn't going to be the bachelor. It was the third top trending post on Twitter that day.[10]
| Name | Age | Occupation | Residence | From | Arrived | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Randone | 30 | Sales Trainer | Orlando, Florida | The Bachelorette – Becca | Week 1 | Engaged |
| Krystal Nielson | 30 | Fitness Coach | San Diego, California | The Bachelor – Arie | Week 1 | |
| Jordan Kimball | 26 | Model | Crystal River, Florida | The Bachelorette – Becca | Week 1 | Engaged |
| Jenna Cooper | 29 | Social Media Manager | Upland, Indiana | The Bachelor – Arie | Week 2 | |
| Kamil Nicalek | 30 | Model | Monroe, New York | The Bachelorette – Becca | Week 3 | Relationship |
| Annaliese Puccini | 33 | Event Designer | San Francisco, California | The Bachelor – Arie | Week 1 | |
| Kevin Wendt | 34 | Firefighter | Waterloo, Ontario | The Bachelorette Canada – Jasmine The Bachelor Winter Games | Week 1 | Split Week 6 |
| Astrid Loch | 28 | Plastic Surgery Office Manager | Tampa, Florida | The Bachelor – Nick | Week 1 | |
| Jordan Mauger | 34 | Television & Film Producer | The Bachelor New Zealand The Bachelor Winter Games | Week 4 | Split Week 6 | |
| Cassandra Ferguson | 26 | Makeup Artist | Detroit, Michigan | Week 4 | ||
| Robby Hayes | 29 | Model | Los Angeles, California | Week 5 | Split Week 6 | |
| Shushanna Mkrtychyan | 30 | Property Manager | Salt Lake City, Utah | Week 4 | ||
| John Graham | 28 | Software Engineer | San Francisco, California | Week 1 | Split Week 6 | |
| Olivia Goethals | 24 | Marketing Associate | Week 4 | |||
| Diggy Moreland | 32 | Senior Inventory Analyst | Chicago, Illinois | Week 5 | Week 5 | |
| Joe Amabile | 32 | Grocery Store Owner | Chicago, Illinois | The Bachelorette – Becca | Week 1 | Split Week 5 |
| Kendall Long | 26 | Creative Director | Los Angeles, California | The Bachelor – Arie | Week 1 | |
| Eric Bigger | 30 | Personal Trainer | Baltimore, Maryland | The Bachelorette – Rachel The Bachelor Winter Games | Week 1 | Week 5 (Quit) |
| Angela Amezcua | 28 | Model | Greenville, South Carolina | Week 1 | Week 4 | |
| Chelsea Roy | 29 | Real Estate Executive Assistant | Portland, Maine | Week 1 | Week 4 | |
| Christen Whitney | 26 | Wedding Videographer | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Week 4 | Week 4 | |
| 26 | Philanthropist | Week 1 | Split Week 4 | |||
| Tia Booth | 26 | Physical Therapist | Week 1 | |||
| Benoit Beauséjour-Savard | 31 | Restaurant Manager | The Bachelorette Canada – Jasmine The Bachelor Winter Games | Week 3 | Week 3 | |
| Connor Obrochta | 25 | Fitness Coach | Week 3 | Week 3 | ||
| David Ravitz | 26 | Venture Capitalist | Week 1 | Week 3 | ||
| Leo Dottavio | 31 | Stuntman | Week 3 | Week 3 | ||
| Jubilee Sharpe | 27 | War Veteran | Miami, Florida | Week 2 | Week 3 (Quit) | |
| 36 | Professional Wrestler | Las Vegas, Nevada | Week 1 | Week 3 (Quit) | ||
| Bibiana Julian | 30 | Executive Assistant | The Bachelor – Arie The Bachelor Winter Games | Week 1 | Week 2 | |
| Caroline Lunny | 27 | Realtor | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Week 2 | Week 2 | |
| D'Nysha "Nysha" Norris | 30 | Orthopedic Nurse | Week 1 | Week 2 | ||
| Jacqueline Trumbull | 27 | Research Coordinator | New York, New York | Week 2 | Week 2 | |
| Wills Reid | 29 | Graphic Designer | Week 1 | Week 1 | ||
| Nick Spetsas | 27 | Attorney | Week 1 | Week 1 | ||
| Place | Contestant | Week | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1-6 | Chris | Date | In | In | In | Date | Engaged |
| Krystal | Date | In | Date | In | Date | Engaged | |
| Jordan K. | In | Date | In | In | Date | Engaged | |
| Jenna | Wait | Date | Date | In | Date | Engaged | |
| Kamil | Wait | Date | Date | In | Relationship | ||
| Annaliese | In | Last | Date | Last | In | Relationship | |
| 7-8 | Kevin | In | In | In | Date | In | Split |
| Astrid | In | In | In | Date | In | Split | |
| 9-14 | Jordan M. | Wait | In | Date | Split | ||
| Cassandra | Wait | Date | Date | Split | |||
| Robby | Wait | Date | Split | ||||
| Shushanna | Wait | Date | Date | Split | |||
| John | In | Date | Last | Date | Last | Split | |
| Olivia | Wait | Date | Date | Split | |||
| 15 | Diggy | Wait | Out | ||||
| 16-17 | Joe | In | In | In | In | Split | |
| Kendall | In | In | Date | In | Split | ||
| 18 | Eric | In | In | Date | Date | Quit | |
| 19-21 | Angela | In | In | Date | Out | ||
| Chelsea | In | In | In | Out | |||
| Christen | Wait | Out | |||||
| 22-23 | Colton | Last | In | Date | Split | ||
| Tia | Date | In | Date | Split | |||
| 24-26 | Benoit | Wait | Out | ||||
| Connor | Wait | Out | |||||
| David | In | In | Out | ||||
| 27 | Leo | Wait | Out | ||||
| 28 | Jubilee | Wait | Date | Quit | |||
| 29 | Kenny | Date | Date | Quit | |||
| 30-33 | Bibiana | In | Out | ||||
| Caroline | Wait | Out | |||||
| Jacqueline | Wait | Out | |||||
| Nysha | In | Out | |||||
| 34-35 | Nick | Out | |||||
| Wills | Out | ||||||
The contestant is male.
The contestant is female.
The contestant went on a date and gave out a rose at the rose ceremony.
The contestant went on a date and got a rose at the rose ceremony.
The contestant gave or received a rose at the rose ceremony, thus remaining in the competition.
The contestant received the last rose.
The contestant went on a date and received the last rose.
The contestant went on a date and was eliminated.
The contestant was eliminated.
The contestant went on a date and was eliminated.
The contestant voluntarily left the show.
The couple had a date, then broke up and were eliminated.
The couple decided to stay together and won the competition.
The contestant had to wait before appearing in paradise.
The contestant split, but later got back together.
See also: List of Bachelor in Paradise (TV series) episodes.