| Season Number: | 2 | ||||||
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| Starring: | Aaron Buerge | ||||||
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| Network: | ABC | ||||||
| Num Episodes: | 9 (including 1 special) | ||||||
| Episode List: | List of The Bachelor (American TV series) episodes |
The second season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor premiered on September 25, 2002. The show featured 28-year-old Aaron Buerge, a banker from Butler, Missouri. The season concluded on November 20, 2002, with Buerge choosing to propose to 27-year-old school psychologist Helene Eksterowicz. They ended their engagement weeks after the finale.
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 | data-sort-value="7" | Runner-up |
| Gwen Gioia | 31 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Executive Recruiter | data-sort-value="6" | Week 6 |
| Angela Vaught | 27 | Kansas City, Missouri | Registered Nurse | data-sort-value="5" | Week 5 |
| Hayley Crittenden | 28 | Lake Oswego, Oregon | Retail Manager | data-sort-value="4" | Week 4 |
| Heather Cranford | 30 | Dallas, Texas | Flight Attendant | data-sort-value="4" | Week 4 |
| Christi Weible | 23 | Boise, Idaho | Assistant Financial Advisor | data-sort-value="3" | Week 3 |
| Heather Campion | 24 | Walnut Creek, California | Marriage Therapy Trainee | data-sort-value="3" | Week 3 |
| Kyla Dickerson | 22 | Midvale, Utah | Airline Supervisor | data-sort-value="3" | Week 3 |
| Shannon Fries | 26 | North Lindenhurst, New York | Graphic Artist | data-sort-value="3" | Week 3 |
| Dana Norris | 24 | Beverly Hills, California | Radio Sales | data-sort-value="2" | Week 2 |
| Erin Lulevitch | 25 | West Chester, Pennsylvania | Publications Quality Control | data-sort-value="2" | Week 2 |
| Suzanne Freeman | 33 | Redondo Beach, California | Flight Attendant | data-sort-value="2" | Week 2 |
| Frances Dinglasan | 30 | San Francisco, California | Strategic Planning Analyst | data-sort-value="2" | Week 2 (Quit) |
| Anindita Dutta | 27 | Brooklyn, New York | Attorney | data-sort-value="2" | Week 2 (Quit) |
| Amber West | 26 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Psychologist | data-sort-value="1" | Week 1 |
| Camille Langfield | 29 | Sherman Oaks, California | Actress | data-sort-value="1" | Week 1 |
| Cari | 29 | Granite City, Illinois | 3rd Grade Teacher | data-sort-value="1" | Week 1 |
| Christy | 24 | Avondale, Arizona | Radiological Technologist | data-sort-value="1" | Week 1 |
| Erin A. | 24 | Houston, Texas | Interior Designer | data-sort-value="1" | Week 1 |
| Fatima Rivas | 22 | Long Beach, California | College Student | data-sort-value="1" | Week 1 |
| Liangy Fernandez | 30 | Coral Gables, Florida | Paralegal | data-sort-value="1" | Week 1 |
| Lori Todd | 26 | Dallas, Texas | Former NBA Cheerleader | data-sort-value="1" | Week 1 |
| Merrilee Donohue | 28 | Forked River, New Jersey | 1st Grade Teacher | data-sort-value="1" | Week 1 |
| Suzi Reid | 28 | Richmond, Virginia | Communications Specialist | data-sort-value="1" | Week 1 |
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.
| Contestants | Week | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Hayley | ||||
| 6 | Angela | Brooke | Hayley | |||||
| 7 | Lori | Dana | Christi (ID) Kyla Shannon | |||||
| 8 | Kyla | Hayley | Hayley | |||||
| 9 | Christi (ID) | Christi (ID) | ||||||
| 10 | Hayley | Shannon | Christi (ID) | |||||
| 11 | Dana | Frances | Dana Erin (PA) Suzanne | |||||
| 12 | Suzanne | |||||||
| 13 | Anindita | Gwen | ||||||
| 14 | Suzanne | Kyla | ||||||
| 15 | Amber | |||||||
| 16 | Merrilee | Amber Camille Cari Christy (AZ) Erin (TX) Fatima Liangy Lori Merrilee Suzi | ||||||
| 17 | Christy (AZ) | |||||||
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| 19 | Suzi | |||||||
| 20 | Liangy | |||||||
| 21 | Camille | |||||||
| 22 | Erin (PA) | |||||||
| 23 | Cari | |||||||
| 24 | Fatima | |||||||
| 25 | Shannon | |||||||
The contestant won the competition.
The contestant quit the competition.
The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony.
See also: List of The Bachelor (American TV series) episodes.