The Bachelor Winter Games

The Bachelor Winter Games
GenreReality competition
Presented by
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producers
Production locationManchester, Vermont
Production companies
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseFebruary 13 (2018-02-13) –
February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22)
Related

The Bachelor Winter Games is a winter sports-themed reality competition television series that premiered on February 13, 2018, on ABC. It is a spin-off of the reality television game shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, and is a winter counterpart to the summer series Bachelor in Paradise. The show is hosted by Chris Harrison and Hannah Storm of ABC’s sister station ESPN. It has been described by ABC as "an ode to the Winter Olympic Games", and aired as counterprogramming against NBC's coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Ashley Brewer presents the play-by-play and live interviews during the games.[2]

The series reunite previous contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette at a winter resort in Manchester, Vermont, where they are competing with contestants from the various international adaptations of the franchise in various winter sports challenges.[1][3]

Contestants

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Name Age Residence From Eliminated
Ashley Iaconetti 29 Los Angeles, California The BachelorChris
Bachelor in Paradise – Season 2 and 3
Winner
Relationship
Kevin Wendt 33 Waterloo, Ontario The Bachelorette Canada
Courtney Dober 31 Sydney, New South Wales The Bachelorette Australia Relationship
Lily McManus-Semchyshyn 21 Auckland, New Zealand The Bachelor New Zealand
Dean Unglert 26 Venice, California The BacheloretteRachel
Bachelor in Paradise – Season 4
Relationship
Lesley Murphy 30 Fort Smith, Arkansas The BachelorSean
Luke Pell 33 Nashville, Tennessee The BacheloretteJoJo Relationship
Nastassia "Stassi" Yaramchuk 26 Malmö, Sweden The Bachelor Sweden
Bibiana Julian 30 Miami, Florida The BachelorArie Split Episode 4
Jordan Mauger 34 Auckland, New Zealand The Bachelor New Zealand
Ally Thompson 24 Nelson, New Zealand The Bachelor New Zealand Episode 3
Josiah Graham 29 Plantation, Florida The BacheloretteRachel Episode 3
Christian Rauch 34 Berlin, Germany The Bachelorette Germany
The Bachelorette Switzerland
Split Episode 3
Clare Crawley 36 Sacramento, California The BachelorJuan Pablo
Bachelor in Paradise – Season 1 and 2
Yuki Kimura 21 Atsugi, Kanagawa The Bachelor Japan Episode 3
Michael Garofola 37 Houston, Texas The Bachelorette – Desiree
Bachelor in Paradise – Season 2
Episode 3 (Quit)
Ben Higgins 28 Denver, Colorado The BacheloretteKaitlyn
The Bachelor — Season 20
Episode 3 (Quit)
Tiffany Scanlon 31 Perth, Western Australia The Bachelor Australia Episode 3 (Quit)
Jenny Helenius 34 Helsinki, Finland The Bachelor Finland Episode 2
Rebecca Carlson 26 Stockholm, Sweden The Bachelor Sweden Episode 2
Benoit Beauséjour-Savard 30 Montreal, Quebec The Bachelorette Canada Episode 2 (Quit)
Eric Bigger 29 Baltimore, Maryland The BacheloretteRachel Episode 1
Jamey Kocan 33 Santa Monica, California The BacheloretteRachel Episode 1
Laura Blair 29 Wirral, England The Bachelor UK Episode 1
Lauren Griffin 26 Los Angeles, California The BachelorArie Episode 1
Zoe Tang 25 Shenzhen, China The Bachelor China Episode 1

Elimination table

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Place Contestant Episode
1 2 3 4
1st Ashley Last In Date Winner
Kevin Date In Date
2nd Courtney In In In Runner-up
Lily In In In
Dean In Date Last Runner-up
Lesley In Date Last
Luke Date Date In Runner-up
Stassi In Date In
9-10 Bibiana Date In In Split
Jordan N/A[a] In In Split
11–12 Ally In In Out
Josiah Last In Out
13–14 Christian In In Split
Clare In Last Split
15 Yuki In In Out
16 Michael In In Quit
17 Ben In In Quit
18 Tiffany In In Quit
19–20 Jenny In Out
Rebecca Date Out
21 Benoit In Quit
22–26 Eric Out
Jamey Out
Laura Out
Lauren Out
Zoe Out

Key

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  The contestant is male.
  The contestant is female.
  The couple won Bachelor Winter Games.
  The couples were the runner-ups.
 Date  The contestant went on a date and gave out a rose at the rose ceremony.
 Date  The contestant went on a date and got a rose at the rose ceremony.
 Date  The contestant won the Winter competition, then went on a date and gave out a rose at the rose ceremony.
 Date  The contestant won the Winter competition, then went on a date and got a rose at the rose ceremony.
 In  The contestant gave or received a rose at the rose ceremony, thus remaining in the competition.
 Last  The contestant won the Winter competition, then went on a date and received the last rose.
 Last  The contestant received the last rose.
 Split  The couple broke up and were eliminated.
 Quit  The contestant voluntarily left the show.
 Out  The contestant had to leave the show due to not having a relationship.
 Out  The contestant was eliminated.

Ratings

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Viewership and ratings per episode of The Bachelor Winter Games
No. Title Air date Timeslot (ET) Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
1 "Episode 1" February 13, 2018 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.8/3 3.01[4]
2 "Episode 2" February 15, 2018 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 0.7/3 3.02[5]
3 "Episode 3" February 20, 2018 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.9/3 3.26[6]
4 "Episode 4" February 22, 2018 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 0.8/3 3.19[7]
5 "Episode 5" February 22, 2018 Thursday 10:00 p.m. 0.6/2 2.68[7]

Notes

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  1. ^ Contestant was not in the competition yet.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Wagmeister, Elizabeth (May 16, 2017). "'The Bachelor' and 'Dancing With the Stars' Get Spinoffs at ABC". Variety.
  2. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (May 16, 2017). "ABC Orders 'Bachelor' and 'Dancing With the Stars' Spinoffs". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ^ Drysdale, Jennifer (January 8, 2018). "'Bachelor Winter Games': Winter Tears Are Coming From Ashley Iaconetti in First Promo". WHAS. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  4. ^ Porter, Rick (February 14, 2018). "Olympics, 'Bachelor Winter Games,' all others hold: Tuesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  5. ^ Porter, Rick (February 16, 2018). "'Big Bang Theory' rerun adjusts up: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  6. ^ Porter, Rick (February 22, 2018). "Winter Olympics adjust up: Tuesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 23, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Porter, Rick (February 26, 2018). "'Bachelor Winter Games' finale and Olympics adjust up: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.