The Bachelorette (American TV series) season 8

The eighth season of The Bachelorette, an ABC reality television series, premiered on May 14, 2012. This season features 26-year-old Emily Maynard, a single mother from West Virginia living in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Bachelorette
Season 8
Promotional poster
Starring	Emily Maynard
Presented by	Chris Harrison
No. of contestants	25
Winner	Jef Holm
Runner-up	Arie Luyendyk Jr.
No. of episodes	12 (including 2 specials)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	May 14 (2012-05-14) – July 22, 2012 (2012-07-22)
Additional information
Filming dates	March 14 (2012-03-14) – May 10, 2012 (2012-05-10)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Maynard was previously the winner of season 15 of The Bachelor, where she got engaged to Brad Womack; however, they ended their engagement in May 2011.

The season concluded on July 22, 2012, with Maynard accepting a proposal from 27-year-old entrepreneur Jef Holm. They ended their engagement in October 2012.

This is the first season of The Bachelorette filmed in Maynard's current city of Charlotte, North Carolina, where she and her daughter Ricki Hendrick live^[1][2][3][4] (along with the child's paternal grandfather; the child's father died before she was born).^[5] This marks the first time a show in The Bachelor franchise has taken place in the Southern United States and also the second time one has been filmed on the East Coast since New York City in season three.^[6][7][8][9]

Production

Casting and contestants

On January 18, 2012, Maynard was announced as the next Bachelorette.^[10]

Notable contestants including race car driver Arie Luyendyk Jr.; former college football player Sean Lowe; and singer-songwriter David Homyk.

Michael Nance died on May 29, 2017. The official cause of his death was multiple drug toxicity, according to the Travis County Office of the Medical Examiner. His death was ruled as accidental.^[11]

Contestants

Arie Luyendyk Jr.

David Homyk

On May 1, 2012, 25 contestants were revealed. Biographical information according to ABC's official series site, which gives first names only, plus footnoted additions. Ages stated are at time of contest.^[12]

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Outcome	Place
Jeffrey "Jef" Holm[13]	27	St. George, Utah	Entrepreneur	Winner	1
Arie Luyendyk Jr.[14]	30	Scottsdale, Arizona	Race Car Driver	Runner-up	2
Sean Lowe[15][16]	28	Irving, Texas	Insurance Agent	Week 9	3
Chris Bukowski[17]	25	Bartlett, Illinois	Corporate Sales Director	Week 8	4
John Wolfner[18]	30	Creve Coeur, Missouri	Data Destruction Specialist	Week 7	5
Doug Clerget[19]	33	Tacoma, Washington	Real Estate Agent		6
Ryan Bowers[15]	31	Evans, Georgia	Pro Sports Trainer	Week 6	7
Travis Pope[18]	30	Madison, Mississippi	Advertising Sales Representative		8
Alejandro Velez[20]	25	Medellín, Colombia	Mushroom Farmer	Week 5	9
Kalon McMahon[18]	27	Houston, Texas	Luxury Brand Consultant		10
Charlie Grogan[21]	32	Worcester, Massachusetts	Recruiter	Week 4	11–12
Michael Nance[22]	26	Austin, Texas	Rehab Counselor
Nathan Bakke[22]	25	Casa Grande, Arizona	Accountant		13
Stevie Alberino	26	Monroe Township, New Jersey	Party M.C.	Week 3	14
Alessandro Goulart[23]	30	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Grain Merchant		15
Tony Pieper[23]	31	Beaverton, Oregon	Lumber Trader		16
Aaron Martell[24][25]	36	North Sydney, Nova Scotia	Biology Teacher	Week 2	17–18
Kyle Dillon[14][24]	29	Long Beach, California	Financial Adviser
Joe Gendreau[24][26]	27	Orlando, Florida	Field Energy Adviser		19
Brent Strandy[24]	41	Midland, Texas	Technology Salesman	Week 1	20–25
David Homyk[18][24]	33	Charlottesville, Virginia	Singer/Songwriter
Jackson Bloore[24]	29	Lockport, Illinois	Fitness Model
Jean-Paul LaCount[24]	35	Moraga, California	Marine Biologist
Lerone Anu[14][24]	29	Laguna Beach, California	Real Estate Consultant
Randy Lee[24]	30	Oak Creek, Wisconsin	Marketing Manager

Future appearances

The Bachelor

Sean Lowe was chosen as the lead of season 17 of The Bachelor.

Arie Luyendyk Jr. was chosen as the lead of season 22 of The Bachelor.^[27]

Bachelor Pad

Chris Bukowski, Kalon McMahon, and Tony Pieper returned for the third season of Bachelor Pad. McMahon and his partner, Lindzi Cox, were eliminated in week 6, finishing in 5th place. Pieper and his partner, Blakeley Jones, were eliminated at the beginning of week 7, finishing in 4th place. Bukowski and his partner, Sarah Newlon, finished as the runners-up.

The Bachelorette

Bukowski returned for season 10 of The Bachelorette during night one. However, Bachelorette Andi Dorfman decided she didn't want to meet him, and he was sent home.

Bachelor in Paradise

Season 1

Bukowski and McMahon returned for the inaugural season of Bachelor in Paradise. Bukowski quit the show in week 3 due to a leg injury. McMahon was eliminated in week 4.

Season 2

Bukowski returned for season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise, but quit the show in week 4.

Season 6

Bukowski returned once again for season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise, and left engaged to Katie Morton.

Dancing With The Stars

Outside of the Bachelor Nation franchise, Lowe competed in the sixteenth season of Dancing with the Stars. He was partnered with Peta Murgatroyd and finished in 6th place.^[28]

Other appearances

Luyendyk, Jean-Paul LaCount and Alejandro Velez appeared as a contestants in the Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes special on season 7 of Wipeout.

Luyendyk also appeared as a contestant on season 1 of The Traitors.

Call-out order

Order	Bachelors	Week
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Sean	Doug	Ryan	Chris	Doug	Sean	Chris	Sean	Arie	Jef	Jef
2	David	Chris	Jef	Sean	Jef	Jef	Sean	Jef	Jef	Arie	Arie
3	Doug	Ryan	Kalon	Arie	John	Doug	Jef	Arie	Sean	Sean
4	Jackson	Kalon	Arie	Jef	Sean	Ryan	Arie	Chris	Chris
5	Joe	Arie	Michael	Charlie	Arie	Chris	Doug John	John
6	Arie	Charlie	Nathan	Doug	Travis	John		Doug
7	Kyle	Jef	Sean	Michael	Chris	Travis	Ryan
8	Chris	Nathan	Chris	Travis	Ryan	Arie	Travis
9	Aaron	Sean	Doug	Alejandro	Kalon	Alejandro
10	Alessandro	Joe	Travis	Ryan	Alejandro	Kalon
11	Jef	Kyle	Tony	John	Charlie Michael
12	Lerone	Aaron	John	Kalon
13	Stevie	Alejandro	Alessandro	Nathan	Nathan
14	Charlie	John	Charlie	Stevie
15	Tony	Alessandro	Alejandro	Alessandro
16	Randy	Michael	Stevie	Tony
17	Nathan	Stevie	Aaron Kyle
18	Brent	Tony
19	John	Travis	Joe
20	Travis	Brent David Jackson Jean-Paul Lerone Randy
21	Michael
22	Jean-Paul
23	Alejandro
24	Ryan
25	Kalon

  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 was part of non-elimination bottom two

  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)
73	1	"Week 1: Season Premiere"	May 14, 2012 (2012-05-14)	801	8.05[29]	2.6/7[29]
74	2	"Week 2"	May 21, 2012 (2012-05-21)	802	7.53[30]	2.4/6[30]
75	3	"Week 3"	May 28, 2012 (2012-05-28)	803	5.79[31]	1.9/5[31]
76	4	"Week 4: Bermuda"	June 4, 2012 (2012-06-04)	804	6.77[32]	2.2/6[32]
77	5	"Week 5: London"	June 11, 2012 (2012-06-11)	805	7.43[33]	2.3/7[33]
78	6	"Week 6: Croatia"	June 18, 2012 (2012-06-18)	806	7.04[34]	2.3/7[33]
79	7	"Week 7: Prague"	June 25, 2012 (2012-06-25)	807	7.03[35]	2.3/7[35]
80	8	"Week 8: Hometowns"	July 2, 2012 (2012-07-02)	808	7.49[36]	2.5/8[36]
81	9	"Week 9: Fantasy Suites"	July 9, 2012 (2012-07-09)	809	8.11[37]	2.5/7[37]
82	10	"The Men Tell All"	July 16, 2012 (2012-07-16)	N/A	7.16[38]	2.2/6[38]
83	11	"Week 10: Season Finale"	July 22, 2012 (2012-07-22)	810	8.86[38]	3.1/9[38]
84	12	"After the Final Rose"	July 22, 2012 (2012-07-22)	N/A	8.80[38]	3.1/8[38]