The Bachelor (Australian TV series) season 2

The second season of The Bachelor premiered on 30 July 2014. This season features Blake Garvey, a 31-year-old Perth-based real estate auctioneer, courting 30 women.^[1]

The Bachelor
Season 2
Starring	Blake Garvey
Presented by	Osher Günsberg
No. of contestants	30
Winner	Sam Frost
Runner-up	Lisa Hyde
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	Network Ten
Original release	30 July (2014-07-30) – 2 October 2014 (2014-10-02)
Season chronology

Contestants

The season began with 24 contestants.^[2] In episode 8, six "intruders" were brought into the competition, bringing the total number of contestants to 30.^[3]

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Eliminated
Samantha "Sam" Frost	25	Mornington Peninsula, Victoria	Financial Assistant	Winner
Lisa Hyde	27	Noosa, Queensland	Fashion Designer	Runner-up
Louise Pillidge	26	Thredbo, New South Wales	Event Manager	Episode 19
Jessica Jones	24	Central Coast, New South Wales	Accounting Student	Episode 18
Zoe O'Brien	25	Melbourne	Pharmacist	Episode 16
Laurina Fleure	30	Melbourne	Entrepreneur	Episode 15
Chantal Hrynieweski	26	Melbourne	Interior Designer	Episode 14
Lauren Birdsall	27	Sydney	Dancer	Episode 13
Mary O'Neill	27	Sydney	Acting Student	Episode 12
Rachel Miley-Smith	27	Sydney	Medical Sales Representative
Amber Gelinas	26	Calgary, Canada	Oil & Gas Consultant	Episode 11
Kara Bramham	24	Melbourne	Law Graduate	Episode 10
Anastasia	30	Sydney	Lawyer	Episode 9
Aley Greenblo	25	Sydney	Fashion Blogger	Episode 8
Tahnee Lee	24	Sydney	Social Media Coordinator
Alana Wilkie	26	Perth, Western Australia	Legal Secretary	Episode 7
Anita Cusack	30	Castlemaine, Victoria	Dog Groomer	Episode 6
Diana Dinu	28	Brisbane, Queensland	I.T. Student
Katrina Burgoyne	26	Newcastle, New South Wales	Musician
Lauren Smith	27	Adelaide, South Australia	Flight Attendant	Episode 5
Shana Leggett	26	Gold Coast, Queensland	Poker Dealer	Episode 4
Stacey-Louise	33	Traralgon, Victoria	Fitness Trainer
Holly Pearce	23	Sydney	Professional Netballer	Episode 4 (Quit)
Amanda Hatcher	28	Sydney	Account Manager	Episode 3
Bridgette-Rose Taylor	24	Brisbane, Queensland	Law Student	Episode 2
Tiarnar Tavita	31	Newcastle, New South Wales	Model
Emma Foster	31	Melbourne	Interior Designer	Episode 1
Emma Levitt	28	Perth, Western Australia	Make-Up Artist
Karla	31	Sydney	Nurse
Sam Aghan	25	Perth, Western Australia	Administrative Assistant

Call-out order

Blake's call-out order

#	Bachelorettes	Episode
		1[4]	2[5]	3[6]	4[7]	5[8]	6[9]	7[10]	8[11][a]	9[12]	10[13]	11[14][b]	12[15]	13[16]	14[17][c]	15[18]	16[19]	18[20]	19[21]	20[22]
1	Holly	Katrina	Holly	Holly	Lisa	Sam F.	Zoe	Laurina	Louise	Chantal	Zoe	Sam F.	Sam F.	Lisa	Louise	Sam F.	Louise	Lisa	Sam F.	Sam F.
2	Sam	Louise	Jessica	Anita	Alana	Amber	Louise	Sam F.	Lisa	Kara	Lauren B.	Lauren B.	Jessica	Laurina[d]	Jessica	Louise	Sam F.	Louise	Lisa	Lisa
3	Emma F.	Holly	Alana	Laurina	Zoe	Chantal	Chantal	Lisa	Zoe	Lisa	Louise	Chantal	Lisa	Sam F.	Lisa	Jessica	Jessica	Sam F.	Louise
4	Amber	Jessica	Lisa	Sam F.	Chantal	Lisa	Kara	Jessica	Rachel	Zoe	Jessica	Jessica	Louise	Louise	Sam F.	Zoe	Lisa	Jessica
5	Chantal	Zoe	Stacey-Louise	Lisa	Laurina	Zoe	Jessica	Chantal	Amber	Jessica	Mary	Laurina	Chantal	Zoe	Zoe	Lisa	Zoe
6	Jessica	Bridgette-Rose	Zoe	Zoe	Amber	Katrina	Laurina	Louise	Sam F.	Laurina	Chantal	Lisa	Lauren B.	Jessica	Laurina	Laurina
7	Bridgette-Rose	Diana	Lauren S.	Katrina	Sam F.	Jessica	Sam F.	Amber	Lauren B.	Sam F.	Laurina	Louise	Laurina	Chantal	Chantal
8	Tiarnar	Laurina	Louise	Alana	Anita	Laurina	Lisa	Kara	Jessica	Lauren B.	Sam F.	Mary	Zoe	Lauren B.
9	Kara	Stacey-Louise	Sam F.	Jessica	Kara	Louise	Amber	Zoe	Chantal	Amber	Lisa	Rachel	Mary Rachel
10	Lisa	Amanda	Diana	Diana	Jessica	Alana	Alana	Alana	Laurina	Rachel	Rachel	Zoe
11	Lauren S.	Shana	Amanda	Louise	Louise	Anita	Anita Diana		Mary	Louise	Amber	Amber
12	Louise	Lisa	Anita	Shana	Katrina	Diana			Anastasia	Mary	Kara
13	Anita	Alana	Shana	Stacey-Louise	Diana	Kara	Katrina		Kara	Anastasia
14	Amanda	Chantal	Katrina	Chantal	Lauren S.	Lauren S.			Aley Tahnee
15	Alana	Lauren S.	Amber	Kara	Shana Stacey-Louise
16	Zoe	Amber	Kara	Lauren S.
17	Shana	Kara	Chantal	Amber	Holly
18	Karla	Tiarnar	Laurina	Amanda
19	Emma L.	Sam F.	Bridgette-Rose Tiarnar
20	Stacey-Louise	Anita
21	Diana	Emma F. Emma L. Karla Sam A.
22	Samantha
23	Katrina
24	Laurina
25	Mary[e]
26	Rachel[e]
27	Anastasia[e]
28	Tahnee[e]
29	Aley[e]
30	Lauren B.[e]

The contestant was in possession of the white rose – safe passage through the first two rose ceremonies.   The contestant received a first impression rose.   The contestant received a rose during a date   The contestant received a rose outside the rose ceremony.   The contestant was eliminated on a date.   The contestant was eliminated.   The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony.   The contestant quit the competition.   The contestant won the competition.

Episodes

Episode 1

Original airdate: 30 July 2014

Event	Description
First impression rose	Katrina, Louise
White rose	Holly
Rose ceremony	Emma F, Emma L, Karla, and Sam A were eliminated

Episode 2

Original airdate: 31 July 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Jessica
Group date	Alana received a rose
Rose ceremony	Bridgette-Rose and Tiarnar were eliminated

Episode 3

Original airdate: 6 August 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Holly
Group date
Rose ceremony	Amanda was eliminated

Episode 4

Original airdate: 7 August 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Lisa
Group date	Alana and Zoe received roses. Holly left the competition.
Rose ceremony	Shana and Stacey-Louise were eliminated

Episode 5

Original airdate: 13 August 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Sam F
Group date	Amber received a rose
Rose ceremony	Lauren S was eliminated

Episode 6

Original airdate: 14 August 2014

Event	Description
Two-on-one date	Zoe and Katrina. Zoe received a rose. Katrina was eliminated
Group date	Sam, Amber, Lisa, Chantal, Louise, Diana, and Alana invited.
Rose ceremony	Anita and Diana were eliminated

Episode 7

Original airdate: 20 August 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Laurina
Group date	Alana, Amber, Jess, Lisa, Sam and Kara.
Rose ceremony	Alana was eliminated

Episode 8

Original airdate 21 August 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Louise
Group date
Intruders	Mary, Rachel, Anastasia, Tahnee, Aley, and Lauren B introduced
Rose ceremony	Aley and Tahnee were eliminated

Episode 9

Original airdate: 27 August 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Chantal
Group date	Kara received a rose
Rose ceremony	Anastasia was eliminated

Episode 10

Original airdate: 28 August 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Zoe
Group date
Rose ceremony	Kara was eliminated

Episode 11

Original airdate: 3 September 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Sam F, Lauren B, Laurina
Group date	None, as there were 3 one-on-one dates.
Cocktail party	Amber was eliminated during the cocktail party; therefore, there was no rose ceremony and the remaining girls all progressed to the next week.

Episode 12

Original airdate: 4 September 2014

Event	Description
Group date	Sam F received a rose
One-on-one date	Jessica
Rose ceremony	Mary and Rachel were eliminated

Episode 13

Original airdate: 10 September 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Lisa
Group date
Rose ceremony	Laurina had to go to hospital due to illness; therefore, she received a rose prior to the rose ceremony as she was unable to attend. Lauren B was eliminated.

Episode 14

Original airdate: 11 September 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Louise
Group date
Cocktail party	There was no rose ceremony; instead, there was a masquerade themed cocktail party, where roses were handed out over the course of the evening. Chantal was eliminated.

Episode 15

Original airdate: 17 September 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Sam F
Group date
Rose ceremony	Laurina was eliminated

Episode 16

Original airdate: 18 September 2014

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Jessica, Lisa, Louise, Sam F, Zoe
Group date	None
Rose ceremony	Zoe was eliminated

Episode 17

Original airdate: 24 September 2014

Event	Description
Women Tell All	The eliminated women returned for a tell all special, and gave their predictions of who would win out of the final 4 girls.

Episode 18

Original airdate: 25 September 2014

Event	Description
First Hometown	Louise – Thredbo, New South Wales
Second Hometown	Sam F – Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Third Hometown	Lisa – Noosa, Queensland
Fourth Hometown	Jessica – Central Coast, New South Wales
Rose ceremony	Jessica was eliminated

Episode 19

Original airdate: 1 October 2014

Event	Description
First One-on-one date	Lisa
Second One-on-one date	Louise
Third One-on-one date	Sam F
Rose ceremony	Louise was eliminated

Episode 20

Original airdate: 2 October 2014

Event	Description
First Meet Blake's family	Lisa
Second Meet Blake's family	Sam F
First Final date	Lisa
Second Final date	Sam F
Final decision:	Blake proposed to Sam F.

Ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Overnight ratings		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers	Ref(s)
			Viewers	Rank	Viewers	Rank
1	Episode 1	30 July 2014	692,000	12	51,000	12	743,000	[23][24]
2	Episode 2	31 July 2014	594,000	11	100,000	11	694,000	[25][26]
3	Episode 3	6 August 2014	712,000	13	37,000	14	749,000	[27][28]
4	Episode 4	7 August 2014	579,000	18	62,000	14	641,000	[29][30]
5	Episode 5	13 August 2014	683,000	15	47,000	15	730,000	[31][32]
6	Episode 6	14 August 2014	639,000	12	76,000	11	715,000	[33][34]
7	Episode 7	20 August 2014	640,000	15	42,000	15	682,000	[35][36]
8	Episode 8	21 August 2014	681,000	9	79,000	8	762,000	[37][38]
9	Episode 9	27 August 2014	718,000	12	51,000	13	769,000	[39][40]
10	Episode 10	28 August 2014	661,000	10	81,000	8	742,000	[41][42]
11	Episode 11	3 September 2014	863,000	10	39,000	11	902,000	[43][44]
12	Episode 12	4 September 2014	750,000	9	84,000	7	834,000	[45][46]
13	Episode 13	10 September 2014	741,000	13	33,000	12	774,000	[47][48]
14	Episode 14	11 September 2014	646,000	11	69,000	10	716,000	[49][50]
15	Episode 15	17 September 2014	774,000	11	70,000	11	844,000	[51][52]
16	Episode 16	18 September 2014	726,000	11	73,000	9	798,000	[53][54]
17	Episode 17	24 September 2014	640,000	14	38,000	15	678,000	[55][56]
18	Episode 18	25 September 2014	768,000	9	94,000	9	862,000	[57][58]
19	Episode 19	1 October 2014	895,000	9	26,000	10	922,000	[59][60]
20	Finale Final Decision	2 October 2014	1,026,000 1,374,000	3 1	22,000 62,000	3 1	1,048,000 1,436,000	[61][62]