The Bachelorette (American TV series) season 20

The twentieth season of The Bachelorette premiered on June 26, 2023.^[1] This season features 27-year-old Charity Lawson, a child and family therapist from Columbus, Georgia.^[2]

The Bachelorette
Season 20
Promotional poster
Starring	Charity Lawson
Presented by	Jesse Palmer
No. of contestants	25
Winner	Dotun Olubeko
Runner-up	Joey Graziadei
No. of episodes	9
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	June 26 (2023-06-26) – August 21, 2023 (2023-08-21)
Additional information
Filming dates	March 20 (2023-03-20) – April 30, 2023 (2023-04-30)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Lawson finished in fourth place on the 27th season of The Bachelor featuring Zach Shallcross.

The season concluded on August 21, 2023, with Lawson accepting a proposal from 30-year-old integrative medicine specialist Dotun Olubeko.^[3]

Production

Casting and contestants

On March 14, 2023, Lawson was announced as the Bachelorette by Jesse Palmer during the Women Tell All special of the 27th season of The Bachelor.^[2]

Notable contestants include WWE NXT wrestler Caleb Balgaard, Guinness World Record holder Chris Spell, and Sean McLaughlin, son of politician Steven McLaughlin.^[4][5][6]

Filming and development

Filming began on March 20, 2023, in Agoura Hills, California.^[7] On April 8, Lawson was seen filming in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the season concluded in Fiji later that month.^[8][9]

Lauren Alaina, previous Bachelorettes Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey, and season 12 couple JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers made guest appearances this season.^[10][11]

Contestants

29 potential contestants were revealed on March 18, 2023.^[12]

The final cast of 25 men was announced on June 1, 2023.^[13]

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Outcome	Place	Ref
Dotun Olubeko[14]	30	Fresno, California	Integrative Medicine Specialist	Winner	1	[15]
Joey Graziadei[16][17]	27	Royersford, Pennsylvania	Tennis Pro	Runner-Up	2
Aaron Bryant[18][19]	29	Katy, Texas	Software Salesman	Week 7	3
Xavier Bonner[20][21]	27	Euclid, Ohio	Biomedical Scientist		4	[22]
Aaron Bryant	(Returned to competition)			Week 6	[a]	[23]
Tanner Courtad[24]	30	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Mortgage Lender	Week 5	5	[25]
Sean McLaughlin[6][26]	25	Troy, New York	Software Sales Rep		6
Caleb Balgaard[4][27]	24	Fenton, Michigan	Pro Wrestler	Week 4	7-9	[28]
John Buresh[29]	27	Excelsior, Minnesota	Data Scientist
Michael Barbour[30]	29	South Holland, Illinois	Yacht Captain
Brayden Bowers[31]	24	Murrieta, California	Travel Nurse		10 (quit)
Aaron Schwartzman[32]	33	Fremont, California	Firefighter	Week 3	11-13	[11]
Adrian Hassan[33]	33	North Hills, California	Realtor
James Pierce[34]	28	Brownsburg, Indiana	Attorney
Warwick Reider[35]	27	Oxford, Ohio	Construction Manager		14
Caleb Arthur[36]	29	Kentwood, Michigan	Resident Physician	Week 2	15-19	[10]
John Henry Spurlock[30]	30	Wilmington, North Carolina	Underwater Welder
Josh Young[37][38]	28	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Harvard Grad Student
Kaleb Kim[39]	26	Norcross, Georgia	Construction Salesman
Spencer Storbeck[40]	32	Moorpark, California	Medical Sales Director
Chris Spell[5]	27	White Plains, New York	World Record Jumper	Week 1	20-25	[41]
Joe Menzia[30]	31	Ramsey, Minnesota	Tech Operations Director
Khalid Hassan[36]	28	Dearborn, Michigan	Tech Recruiter
Nicholas "Nic" Barber[42]	32	Berkeley Heights, New Jersey	HR Executive
Peter Cappio[32]	33	Armonk, New York	Airline Pilot
Taylor Pegg[43]	32	Beavercreek, Ohio	Loan Officer

Future appearances

The Bachelor

Joey Graziadei was chosen as the lead for season 28 of The Bachelor.^[44]

Bachelor in Paradise

Season 9

Aaron Bryant, Aaron Schwartzman, Brayden Bowers, John Buresh, John Henry Spurlock, Michael Barbour, Peter Cappio, Sean McLaughlin, Tanner Courtad, and Taylor Pegg returned for season 9 of Bachelor in Paradise.^[45] Buresh, McLaughlin, and Schwartzmann were eliminated in week 2. Bowers and Pegg were eliminated in week 4. Courtad split from Jess Girod, Cappio split from Sam Picco, and Barbour split from Olivia Lewis in week 5. Bryant and Spurlock got engaged to Eliza Isichei and Kat Izzo, respectively, in week 5.

Dancing with the Stars

Season 32

Charity Lawson competed in season 32 of Dancing with the Stars where she partnered with Artem Chigvintsev.^[46] They finished in fourth place.

Season 33

Joey Graziadei competed in, and won, season 33 of Dancing with the Stars with his partner Jenna Johnson.^[47]

Call-out order

Order	Bachelors	Week
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Aaron B.	Brayden	Aaron B.	Brayden	Dotun	Joey	Dotun	Joey	Dotun
2	Josh	Aaron B.	John	Dotun	Joey	Dotun	Xavier	Dotun	Joey
3	Joey	John	Joey	Aaron B.	Xavier	Aaron B.	Joey	Aaron B.[a]
4	Warwick	Xavier	Dotun	Caleb B.	Aaron B.	Xavier	Aaron B.	Xavier
5	Xavier	Joey	Tanner	Xavier	Tanner	Tanner
6	Caleb A.	Caleb B.	Caleb B.	Joey	Sean	Sean
7	Khalid	Warwick	Warwick	Michael	Caleb B. John Michael
8	Nic	Aaron S.	Michael	John
9	John Henry	Caleb A.	Sean	Sean
10	Aaron S.	Adrian	Xavier	Tanner	Brayden
11	Tanner	James	Aaron S.	Aaron S. Adrian James
12	Chris	Sean	James
13	Brayden	Michael	Adrian
14	Spencer	Tanner	Brayden	Warwick
15	Caleb B.	Dotun	Caleb A. John Henry Josh Kaleb K. Spencer
16	Joe	Kaleb K.
17	Kaleb K.	John Henry
18	Adrian	Josh
19	James	Spencer
20	Peter	Chris Joe Khalid Nic Peter Taylor
21	Michael
22	Taylor
23	Sean
24	John
25	Dotun

  The contestant received the first impression rose

  The contestant received a rose during a 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 Bachelorette (American TV series) episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date [48]	Prod. code [48]	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating (18–49)
216	1	"Week 1: Season Premiere"	June 26, 2023 (2023-06-26)	2001	1.92[49]	0.4[49]
217	2	"Week 2"	July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03)	2002	1.77[50]	0.3[50]
218	3	"Week 3: San Diego"	July 10, 2023 (2023-07-10)	2003	1.93[51]	0.4[51]
219	4	"Week 4: Washington"	July 17, 2023 (2023-07-17)	2004	2.14[52]	0.4[52]
220	5	"Week 5: New Orleans"	July 24, 2023 (2023-07-24)	2005	2.59[53]	0.5[53]
221	6	"Week 6: Hometowns"	July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31)	2006	2.53[54]	0.4[54]
222	7	"Week 7: Fantasy Suites"	August 7, 2023 (2023-08-07)	2007	2.98[55]	0.6[55]
223	8	"The Men Tell All"	August 14, 2023 (2023-08-14)	N/A	2.64[56]	0.4[56]
224	9	"Week 8: Season Finale & After the Final Rose"	August 21, 2023 (2023-08-21)	2008	2.99[57]	0.5[57]

Notes

1. Bryant was originally eliminated in week 6, but he returned to the competition during week 7.