| Season Number: | 1 | ||||||
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| Starring: | Alex Michel | ||||||
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| Network: | ABC | ||||||
| Num Episodes: | 7 (including 1 special) | ||||||
| Episode List: | List of The Bachelor (American TV series) episodes |
The Bachelor was the first season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The show featured 31-year-old Alex Michel, a Harvard educated management consultant from Charlottesville, Virginia. The season premiered on March 25, 2002, and concluded on April 25, 2002 with Michel choosing to pursue a relationship with 23-year-old event planner Amanda Marsh. They broke up several months later.
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 | St. Louis, Missouri | Miami Heat Dancer | data-sort-value="Wh" | Runner-up |
| Shannon Oliver | 24 | Dallas, Texas | Financial Management Consultant | Week 5 | |
| Kimberly Karels | 24 | Tempe, Arizona | Nanny | Week 4 | |
| Cathy Grimes | 22 | Terre Haute, Indiana | Graduate Student | Week 3 | |
| Christina Stencil | 28 | Bonita, California | Attorney | Week 3 | |
| LaNease Adams | 23 | Playa Del Rey, California | Actress | Week 3 | |
| Rhonda Rittenhouse | 28 | Woodward, Oklahoma | Commercial Real Estate Agent | Week 3 | |
| Alexa Jurgielewicz | 27 | Beverly Hills, California | Special Ed. Teacher | Week 2 | |
| Amy Anzel | 28 | Yonkers, New York | Production Coordinator | Week 2 | |
| Angela Lowery | 25 | Avondale, Arizona | Hooters Waitress | Week 2 | |
| Angelique Madrid | 27 | Burbank, California | Actress | Week 2 | |
| Katie Sapienza | 23 | Malden, Massachusetts | Power Tool Sales Rep. | Week 2 | |
| Melissa Reese | 25 | Tempe, Arizona | Photographer | Week 2 | |
| Tina Chen | 27 | Plano, Texas | Graduate Student | Week 2 | |
| Amber Johnson | 29 | Los Angeles, California | Business Development Director | Week 1 | |
| Daniela Ferdico | 30 | Seattle, Washington | Neuropsychologist | Week 1 | |
| Denise Kellaher | 30 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Doctor | Week 1 | |
| Jackie Hucko | 22 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Bar Manager | Week 1 | |
| Jill Gosser | 31 | Chicago, Illinois | Retail Manager | Week 1 | |
| Kristina Jenkins | 27 | Chelsea, New York | Advertising Executive | Week 1 | |
| Lisa Gold | 29 | Dallas, Texas | Attorney | Week 1 | |
| Paula Oliveira | 24 | Swansea, Massachusetts | Insurance Representative | Week 1 | |
| Rachel Lanzilotto | 29 | Eastchester, New York | 6th Grade Teacher | Week 1 | |
| Wendi Plotnik | 26 | Dallas, Texas | Technology Specialist | Week 1 | |
Trista Rehn was chosen to be the Bachelorette for the first season of The Bachelorette. Shannon Oliver appeared in episode 3 of the first season of The Bachelorette to give Trista advice.
Amy Anzel appeared in Trista's wedding mini-series and would go on to act in several projects, most notably having a role in Kick Ass 2. She also competed in the UK version of The Apprentice in 2022.
| Contestants | Week | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Cathy LaNease Rhonda | ||||
| 6 | Alexa | Kim | |||||
| 7 | LaNease | Katie | Trista | ||||
| 8 | Rachel | Alexa | LaNease | ||||
| 9 | Tina | Angelique | Alexa Amy Angela Angelique Katie Melissa Tina | ||||
| 10 | Angelique | Amy | |||||
| 11 | Wendi | Melissa | |||||
| 12 | Rhonda | Angela | |||||
| 13 | Christina S. | Kim | |||||
| 14 | Jill | Shannon | |||||
| 15 | Katie | Rhonda | |||||
| 16 | Amanda | Amber Daniela Denise Jackie Jill Kristina J. Lisa Paula Rachel Wendi | |||||
| 17 | Lisa | ||||||
| 18 | Angela | ||||||
| 19 | Amber | ||||||
| 20 | Daniela | ||||||
| 21 | Paula | ||||||
| 22 | Jackie | ||||||
| 23 | Melissa | ||||||
| 24 | Kristina J. | ||||||
| 25 | Shannon | ||||||
The contestant won the competition.
The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony.
See also: List of The Bachelor (American TV series) episodes.