The Bachelor (American TV series) season 28

The twenty-eighth season of The Bachelor premiered on January 22, 2024.^[1] This season features 28-year-old Joey Graziadei, a teaching tennis pro from Royersford, Pennsylvania.^[2]

The Bachelor
Season 28
Promotional poster
Starring	Joey Graziadei
Presented by	Jesse Palmer
No. of contestants	32
Winner	Kelsey Anderson
Runner-up	Daisy Kent
No. of episodes	11
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 22 (2024-01-22) – March 25, 2024 (2024-03-25)
Additional information
Filming dates	September 19 (2023-09-19) – November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Graziadei was the runner-up on the 20th season of The Bachelorette featuring Charity Lawson.

The season concluded on March 25, 2024, with Graziadei choosing to propose to 25-year-old junior project manager Kelsey Anderson.^[3]

Production

Casting and contestants

On August 21, 2023, Graziadei was announced as the Bachelor by Jesse Palmer during the After the Final Rose special of the 20th season of The Bachelorette.^[4] He then met his first contestant, Lea.^[5]

Notable contestants include Miami Dolphins Cheerleader Samantha Washington, who was crowned Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2017 and is the daughter of retired NFL safety Brian Washington, Marlena Haddad, who was previously an aide for former president Donald Trump, and Maria Georgas, who appeared in the 2005 Disney movie The Pacifier as one of the fireflies girl scouts.^[6][7][8]

Filming and development

Much like the previous season, there was a three-week delay from its standard first week of January start to avoid a potential clash with ABC's coverage of Monday Night Football.^[1]

Filming began on September 19, 2023, in Agoura Hills, California.^[9] In October 2023, filming was reported at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in Jasper, Alberta. This was previously set to be the filming location of season 17 of The Bachelorette in February 2021, but the season was relocated due to travel restrictions enforced by the Canadian government as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

This season also includes visits to Mdina, Malta; Marbella, Spain; and Montreal, Quebec, with filming concluding in Tulum, Mexico in mid-November.^[9][11][12]

Musicians Michael Bolton, Bahamas, and Feist; former contestants Demi Burnett and Jubilee Sharpe; The Golden Bachelor contestants April Kirkwood, Kathy Swarts, Leslie Fhima, Nancy Hulkower, Sandra Mason, and Susan Noles; and retired professional tennis players James Blake and Pam Shriver made guest appearances this season.^[13][14][15]

Contestants

32 potential contestants, including a set of sisters, were revealed on September 16, 2023.^[16]

The final cast was announced on December 20, 2023. Unlike previous seasons, there were no cuts prior to the start of the filming, and all 32 women made it into the final cast.^[17]

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Outcome	Place	Ref
Kelsey Anderson[18]	25	Leesville, Louisiana	Junior Project Manager	Winner	1	[19]
Daisy Kent[20][21]	25	Becker, Minnesota	Account Executive	Week 10	2 (quit)
Rachel Nance[22]	26	Honolulu, Hawaii	ICU Nurse	Week 9	3	[23]
Maria Georgas[8][24]	29	Kleinburg, Ontario	Executive Assistant	Week 8	4	[25]
Jennifer "Jenn" Tran[26][27]	25	Hillsdale, New Jersey	PA Student	Week 7	5-6	[28]
Kelsey Toussant[29]	31	Inglewood, California	Actress
Katelyn DeBacker[30]	26	Santa Fe, New Mexico	Radiochemist	Week 6	7-8	[15]
Lea Cayanan[5][22]	23	Waipahu, Hawaii	Account Manager
Lexi Young[31]	30	Pataskala, Ohio	Digital Strategist		9 (quit)
Jessica "Jess" Edwards[32]	24	Erwin, Tennessee	Executive Assistant		10
Autumn Waggoner[33]	26	De Soto, Missouri	Account Executive	Week 5	11–12	[34]
Madina Alam[35]	31	Charlotte, North Carolina	Mental Health Therapist
Allison Hollinger[a][36]	26	Dover, Delaware	Realtor	Week 4	13–14
Edwina Dorbor[37]	25	Maple Grove, Minnesota	Entrepreneur
Sydney Gordon[38]	28	Newport, Rhode Island	Vintage Store Owner		15	[39]
Chrissa Perez[24][40]	26	Abbotsford, British Columbia	Marketing Director	Week 3	16–18	[14]
Evalin Clark[41]	29	San Antonio, Texas	Nanny
Starr Skyler[27]	25	Delray Beach, Florida	Mental Health Counselor
Erika Cardenas[42]	25	North Bergen, New Jersey	Leasing Agent	Week 2	19–21	[13]
Marlena Haddad[7][27]	26	Waterbury, Connecticut	Finance Writer
Taylor Wiens[43]	23	Olathe, Kansas	Recruiter
Lauren Hollinger[a][36]	28	Dover, Delaware	Registered Nurse		22 (quit)
Chandler Dewgard[44]	24	Brooklyn, New York	Graphic Designer	Week 1	23–32	[45]
Kayla Rodgers[46]	27	Hamilton, Ohio	Guidance Counselor
Kyra Brusch[27]	26	Miami, Florida	Paralegal
Lanie Latsios[36]	27	Glen Mills, Pennsylvania	Realtor
Natalie "Nat" Crepeau[24][47]	26	Sudbury, Ontario	Nursing Professor
Samantha "Sam" Hale[48]	31	Melville, New York	CPA
Samantha Washington[6][27]	25	Lincoln, Nebraska	Miami Dolphins Cheerleader
Sandra Rabadi[48]	26	Strongsville, Ohio	Cybersecurity Consultant
Talyah Jackson[49]	23	Huntington Beach, California	Esthetician
Zoe Antona[50]	24	Roswell, Georgia	Artist

Future appearances

The Bachelorette

Jenn Tran was chosen as the lead for season 21 of The Bachelorette.^[51]

Dancing with the Stars

Joey Graziadei and Jenn Tran competed in season 33 of Dancing with the Stars, partnering with Jenna Johnson and Sasha Farber, respectively.^[52] Tran finished in 7th place, and Graziadei was the winner.^[53]

Call-out order

Order	Bachelorettes	Week
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Lexi	Lea	Jess	Kelsey A.	Lexi	Kelsey A.	Jenn	Daisy	Daisy	Daisy	Kelsey A.
2	Rachel	Allison	Daisy	Jenn	Kelsey T.	Maria	Kelsey T.	Kelsey A.	Kelsey A.	Kelsey A.	Daisy
3	Maria	Daisy	Edwina	Katelyn	Maria	Rachel	Maria	Rachel	Rachel	Rachel
4	Erika	Kelsey T.	Rachel	Lexi	Kelsey A.	Jenn	Daisy	Maria	Maria
5	Autumn	Lexi	Lexi	Lea	Katelyn	Kelsey T.	Kelsey A.	Jenn Kelsey T.
6	Kelsey A.	Jess	Kelsey A.	Kelsey T.	Daisy	Daisy	Rachel
7	Chrissa	Jenn	Kelsey T.	Rachel	Rachel	Lea	Katelyn Lea
8	Chandler	Autumn	Jenn	Madina	Jenn	Lexi
9	Marlena	Chrissa	Evalin	Daisy	Autumn	Katelyn	Lexi
10	Starr	Edwina	Autumn	Jess	Jess	Jess	Jess
11	Talyah	Kelsey A.	Madina	Edwina	Madina	Autumn Madina
12	Nat	Katelyn	Lea	Autumn	Lea
13	Sandra	Rachel	Katelyn	Allison	Allison Edwina
14	Sam	Erika	Chrissa	Maria
15	Allison	Madina	Maria	Sydney	Sydney
16	Lauren	Sydney	Starr	Chrissa Evalin Starr
17	Katelyn	Starr	Allison
18	Kelsey T.	Marlena	Sydney
19	Jenn	Maria	Erika Marlena Taylor
20	Jess	Taylor
21	Lanie	Evalin
22	Edwina	Lauren	Lauren
23	Samantha	Chandler Kayla Kyra Lanie Nat Sam Samantha Sandra Talyah Zoe
24	Taylor
25	Kyra
26	Zoe
27	Kayla
28	Evalin
29	Sydney
30	Madina
31	Daisy
32	Lea

  The contestant received the first impression rose

  The contestant received a rose during a date

  The contestant received a rose outside of a rose ceremony or date

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant was eliminated during a date

  The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony

  The contestant quit the competition

  The contestant won the competition

Episodes

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

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date [54]	Prod. code [54]	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating (18–49)
287	1	"Week 1: Season Premiere"	January 22, 2024 (2024-01-22)	2801	3.18[55]	0.5[55]
288	2	"Week 2"	January 29, 2024 (2024-01-29)	2802	3.16[56]	0.6[56]
289	3	"Week 3"	February 5, 2024 (2024-02-05)	2803	3.22[57]	0.6[57]
290	4	"Week 4: Malta"	February 12, 2024 (2024-02-12)	2804	3.49[58]	0.6[58]
291	5	"Week 5: Marbella"	February 13, 2024 (2024-02-13)	2805	3.21[59]	0.6[59]
292	6	"Week 6: Montreal"	February 19, 2024 (2024-02-19)	2806	3.43[60]	0.6[60]
293	7	"Week 7: Jasper"	February 26, 2024 (2024-02-26)	2807	3.60[61]	0.6[61]
294	8	"Week 8: Hometowns"	March 4, 2024 (2024-03-04)	2808	3.62[62]	0.7[62]
295	9	"Week 9: Fantasy Suites"	March 11, 2024 (2024-03-11)	2809	3.79[63]	0.7[63]
296	10	"The Women Tell All"	March 18, 2024 (2024-03-18)	N/A	3.43[64]	0.6[64]
297	11	"Week 10: Season Finale & After the Final Rose"	March 25, 2024 (2024-03-25)	2810	4.14[65]	0.8[65]

Notes

1. Allison and Lauren are sisters. They competed individually.

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External links

• Official website