The Bachelor (American TV series) season 1

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 Bachelor
Season 1
Promotional poster
Starring	Alex Michel
Presented by	Chris Harrison
No. of contestants	25
Winner	Amanda Marsh
Runner-up	Trista Rehn
No. of episodes	7 (including 1 special)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	March 25 (2002-03-25) – April 25, 2002 (2002-04-25)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Contestants

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	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 Lanzillotto	29	Eastchester, New York	6th Grade Teacher	Week 1
Wendi Plotnik	26	Dallas, Texas	Technology Specialist	Week 1

Future appearances

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.

Elimination Chart

#	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	Christina S.	Cathy Christina S. LaNease Rhonda
6	Alexa	Christina S.	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.

Episodes

See also: List of The Bachelor (American TV series) episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (18–49)
1	1	"Week 1"	March 25, 2002 (2002-03-25)	101	9.90[1]	4.0/0[2]
There were no dates during the first week. Amber, Daniela, Denise, Jackie, Jill, Kristina, Lisa, Paula, Rachel, and Wendi were all sent home in the first rose ceremony.
2	2	"Week 2"	April 1, 2002 (2002-04-01)	102	10.20[1]	4.4/11[2]
There were three group dates. Five women were sent on each. Alexa, Amy, Angela, Angelique, Katie, Melissa, and Tina were eliminated at the rose ceremony.
3	3	"Week 3"	April 8, 2002 (2002-04-08)	103	9.40[1]	4.2/10[2]
One-on-one date: Amanda. One-on-one date: Trista. Group date: Cathy, Christina, Kim, LaNease, and Rhonda. One-on-one date: Shannon Cathy, Christina, LaNease, and Rhonda were eliminated at the rose ceremony.
4	4	"Week 4"	April 15, 2002 (2002-04-15)	104	11.10[1]	4.6/12[2]
Hometown Visits: Kim – Tempe, Arizona; Shannon – Dallas, Texas; Trista – Miami, Florida; Amanda – Chanute, Kansas. Kim was eliminated at the rose ceremony.
5	5	"Week 5"	April 22, 2002 (2002-04-22)	105	13.10[1]	5.7/14[2]
Overnight Dates: Amanda (New York), Shannon (Vermont), and Trista (Hawaii). Shannon was eliminated at the rose ceremony.
6	6	"The Women Tell All"	April 25, 2002 (2002-04-25)	N/A	10.80[1]	3.6/9[2]
7	7	"Week 6"	April 25, 2002 (2002-04-25)	106	18.20[1]	7.3/17[2]
Meeting Alex's Parents and Final Dates: Amanda and Trista. Trista's limo pulled up to the altar first, where Alex sent her home in a limo, brokenhearted. Amanda then came to the altar, where Alex declared her his chosen woman and entered into a relationship with her.