The Bachelorette (American TV series) season 7

The seventh season of The Bachelorette, an ABC reality television series, premiered on May 23, 2011. This season featured 27-year-old Ashley Hebert, a dentist and a dance instructor from Madawaska, Maine.^[1][2] Hebert finished in third place on season 15 of The Bachelor featuring Brad Womack.

The Bachelorette
Season 7
Promotional poster
Starring	Ashley Hebert
Presented by	Chris Harrison
No. of contestants	25
Winner	J. P. Rosenbaum
Runner-up	Ben Flajnik
No. of episodes	12 (including 2 specials)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	May 23 (2011-05-23) – August 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)
Additional information
Filming dates	March 15 (2011-03-15) – May 12, 2011 (2011-05-12)
Season chronology
List of episodes

The season concluded on August 1, 2011, with Hebert accepting a proposal from 34-year-old construction manager J.P. Rosenbaum. The couple married on December 1, 2012, and have two children.^[3] In October 2020, Hebert and Rosenbaum announced their separation and subsequently divorced the following year, making them the first divorce in the Bachelor franchise.^[4]

Contestants

Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions.

(ages stated are at time of contest)

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Outcome	Place
J.P. Rosenbaum[5][6]	34	Roslyn, New York	Construction Manager	Winner	1
Ben Flajnik[7][8]	28	Sonoma, California	Wine Maker	Runner-up	2
Constantine Tzortzis [7][9]	30	Cumming, Georgia	Restaurant Owner	Week 9	3 (quit)
Ames Brown[7][10]	31	Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania	Portfolio Manager	Week 8	4
Lucas Daniels[7][11]	30	Odessa, Texas	Oilfield Equipment Distributor	Week 7	5
Ryan Park[7][12]	31	San Luis Obispo, California	Solar Energy Executive		6
Blake Julian[7][13]	27	Steamboat Springs, Colorado	Dentist	Week 6	7
Ryan "Mickey" McLean[7][14]	31	Rochester, New York	Chef		8 (quit)
Nick Peterson[7][15]	26	Odessa, Florida	Personal Trainer	Week 5	9
William Holman[7]	30	Fostoria, Ohio	Cellular Phone Salesman		10
Ben Castoriano[7][16]	28	Lake Charles, Louisiana	Lawyer		11
Adam West Lee[7]	30	Walhalla, South Carolina	Lawyer	Week 4	12
Chris Drish[7]	25	Moline, Illinois	Sports Marketing Coordinator	Week 3	13–14
Jeff Medolla[17][18]	35	St. Louis, Missouri	Entrepreneur
Bentley Williams[7][12]	28	Alpine, Utah	Businessman		15 (quit)
Matt Colombo[19]	28	Bridgewater, Massachusetts	Office Supply Salesman	Week 2	16–18
Ryan Miller[19]	27	Novi, Michigan	Constructor Estimator
Stephen D'Amico[7][19]	27	Portland, Connecticut	Hairstylist
Anthony Santucci[7]	28	Saddle River, New Jersey	Butcher	Week 1	19–24
Chris Malhomme	27	Gibbons, Alberta	Construction Company CEO
Frank Carpenter[7]	29	Anchorage, Alaska	College Admissions Director
Jonathan "Jon" Ellsworth[7]	26	Vancouver, Washington	E-Commerce Executive
Michael Burns[7]	29	Providence, Rhode Island	Technology Salesman
Robert "Rob" Dahm[7][20]	27	Monroe, Michigan	Technology Executive
Tim McCormack[21]	35	Massapequa, New York	Liquor Distributor		25

Future appearances

The Bachelor

Ben Flajnik was chosen as the lead of the sixteenth season of The Bachelor.

Bachelor Pad

Ames Brown, Blake Julian, and William Holman returned for the second season of Bachelor Pad. Brown quit in week 2. Holman was eliminated in week 4. Julian and his partner, Erica Rose, were eliminated in week 5, finishing in 5th place.

Nick Peterson returned for the third season of Bachelor Pad. He finished as the sole winner for that season.

Bachelor in Paradise

Peterson returned for the second season of Bachelor in Paradise. He left Paradise in a relationship with Samantha Steffen.

Other appearances

Jon Ellsworth appeared as a contestant in the Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes special on the season 7 of Wipeout.

Call-out order

Order	Bachelors	Week
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Ryan P.	Ryan P.	William	Ben C.	Constantine	Ben F.	Lucas	J.P.	Ben F.	Ben F.	J.P.
2	Jon	Jeff	Bentley	Ryan P.	Ben F.	Blake	Ryan P.	Constantine	J.P.	J.P.	Ben F.
3	Lucas	Constantine	Mickey	J.P.	Ames	Constantine	J.P.	Ben F.	Constantine	Ryan P.
4	William	Ben F.	West	Constantine	Lucas	Lucas	Ben F.	Ames	Ames	Constantine
5	Mickey	Lucas	Constantine	West	Ryan P.	J.P.	Constantine	Lucas
6	Tim	Stephen	Ryan P.	Mickey	J.P.	Ames	Ames	Ryan P.
7	Ben C.	Matt	Ben C.	Ben F.	Nick	Mickey	Blake
8	Stephen	Nick	Nick	Blake	Mickey	Ryan P.	Mickey
9	Chris D.	Chris D.	Ames	Nick	Blake	Nick	Bentley
10	West	Ryan M.	Lucas	Ames	William	William
11	Anthony	Blake	Jeff	Lucas	Ben C.	Ben C.
12	Rob	Mickey	J.P.	William	West
13	Ames	Ben C.	Chris D.	Chris D. Jeff
14	Matt	West	Ben F.
15	Jeff	William	Blake	Bentley
16	Ben F.	J.P.	Matt Ryan M. Stephen
17	Frank	Ames
18	Michael	Bentley
19	Chris M.	Anthony Chris M. Frank Jon Michael Rob
20	Ryan M.
21	J.P.
22	Nick
23	Blake
24	Bentley
25	Constantine	Tim

  The contestant received the first impression rose

  The contestant received a rose during a date

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony

  The contestant was eliminated during a date

  The contestant quit the competition

  The previously eliminated contestant asked for a chance to return, but was denied

  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	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (18–49)
61	1	"Week 1: Season Premiere"	May 23, 2011 (2011-05-23)	701	9.02[22]	2.8/7[22]
62	2	"Week 2: Las Vegas"	May 30, 2011 (2011-05-30)	702	7.23[23]	2.2/6[23]
63	3	"Week 3"	June 6, 2011 (2011-06-06)	703	8.13[24]	2.6/8[24]
64	4	"Week 4: Phuket"	June 13, 2011 (2011-06-13)	704	7.88[25]	2.4/7[25]
65	5	"Week 5: Chiang Mai"	June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20)	705	7.76[26]	2.3/7[26]
66	6	"Week 6: Hong Kong"	June 27, 2011 (2011-06-27)	706	8.27[27]	2.6/8[27]
67	7	"Week 7: Taiwan"	July 11, 2011 (2011-07-11)	707	8.12[28]	2.6/8[28]
68	8	"Week 8: Hometowns"	July 18, 2011 (2011-07-18)	708	8.00[29]	2.3/7[29]
69	9	"Week 9: Fantasy Suites"	July 25, 2011 (2011-07-25)	709	8.16[30]	2.4/7[30]
70	10	"The Men Tell All"	July 31, 2011 (2011-07-31)	N/A	5.55[24]	1.7/4[24]
71	11	"Week 10: Season Finale"	August 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)	710	9.75[31]	2.8/8[31]
72	12	"After the Final Rose"	August 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)	N/A	9.31[31]	2.8/8[31]