The Bachelor (British TV series) series 4 explained

Series Number:4
Starring:Gavin Henson
Network:Channel 5
Num Episodes:10

The Bachelor UK 2011 was the fourth series of the reality television series The Bachelor, featuring Gavin Henson as "The Bachelor". The show was off-air for 6 years in the UK after the show previously aired on BBC Three, but was aired on Channel 5 between 19 August 2011 to 28 October 2011.

Production

Filming of the series took place over 2 months,[1] in the south of France, Italy, the UK, with the final held in St. Lucia. The Batchelor was rugby player, Gavin Henson. In the 7th episode, Henson was required to visit the parents of the quarter finalists which meant that for one of the contestants, Zivile, he had to visit Vilnius, Lithuania.

Finalist Layla Manoochehri was previously notable for being the girlfriend of Simon Webbe, whom she broke up with in 2011, as well as for reaching the finals of the fifth season of The X Factor as a member of the group Girlband.[2]

Contestants

The 25 contestants were as follows:

Quarter-final

Quarter-finalists were Layla, Carianne, Zivile, Morgan and April. The Bachelor visited the parents and family of the contestants.

Semi-final

Layla, Carianne and April were selected for the semi-final in St. Lucia. After dates with the three girls Gavin decided to let April go, leaving Carianne and Layla to battle it out for his affections.

Final

Layla and Carianne were the last two he shared romantic dates with. Although he said he had feelings for both the girls, he said that he loved Carianne and he chose her as his "girlfriend", telling her he loved her and she replied that she loved him also.

Carianne broke up with Henson in early 2012, describing him as "spineless" and "really dry" and saying the "whole experience was really fake".[3]

Call-Out Order

+Gavin's Call-Out Order BachelorettesEpisodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1AaleeahLaylaNickieCarianneKeshiaMorganLaylaAprilLaylaCarianneCarianne
2AngharadCarrieZivileAprilLaylaAprilGeorgieLaylaCarianneLaylaLayla
3AprilDanielleCarianneZivileCarianneAngharadMorganMorganAprilApril
4BryonyGeorgieDanielleNickieAngharadZivileAprilCarianneMorgan
5CarianneNickieOlaMorganGeorgieGeorgieKeshiaZivileZivile
6CarrieZivileLaylaOlaAprilLaylaZivileKeshia
7ChantelleOlaKeshiaLaylaZivileNickieCarianneGeorgie
8DanielleAprilAngharadGeorgieNickieKeshiaAngharad
9GeorgieVikkiMorganAngharadMorganCarianneNickie
10KathrynAngharadGeorgieKeshiaOla
11KeshiaMorganCarrieCarrieCarrie
12LauraAaleeahLaura B.Laura B.
13Laura B.KeshiaAprilDanielle
14LaylaCarianneAaleeah
15MorganLaura B.Vikki
16NatashaBryony
17NickieChantelle
18OlaKathryn
19SammiLaura
20SammyNatasha
21TabbySammi
22TiaSammy
23VikkiTabby
24ZenaTia
25ZivileZena

The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony

The contestant was on a two-one-one date and received a rose prior to the rose ceremony

Quit

The contestant was on a one-on-one date and received at rose prior to the rose ceremony

The contestant was on a two-on-one date and was eliminated

The contestant was given a rose prior to the rose ceremony

The contestant won the competition

Ratings

Episode Viewing figures from BARB.[4]

Episode Date Total Viewers Channel 5 Weekly Ranking
1 19 August 2011 1,430,000 7
2 26 August 2011 1,380,000 13
3 2 September 2011 1,310,000 12
4 16 September 2011 1,250,000 15
5 23 September 2011 1,260,000 14
6 30 September 2011 1,240,000 13
7 7 October 2011 1,310,000 11
8 14 October 2011 1,360,000 11
9 21 October 2011 1,500,000 12
10 28 October 2011 1,600,000 8

Notes and References

  1. News: Jennifer Kyte . Girl who stole Gavin Henson's heart . Daily Star . 29 October 2011 . 16 March 2019 .
  2. Web site: Blue star Simon Webbe dumped by X Factor star Layla Manoochehri after he's caught on bed with The Only Way is Essex star Chloe Simms. Tom. Bryant. . 1 April 2011.
  3. News: Daniella Graham . Gavin Henson was boring, says The Bachelor winner Carianne Barrow . The Metro . 14 March 2012 . 16 March 2019 .
  4. Web site: BARB . BARB . 12 September 2011 .