Original network ABC Number of episodes 12 (including 2 specials) | Air date January 3, 2011 Country of origin United States of America | |
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No. of episodes 12 (including 2 specials) Original release January 3 (2011-01-03) – March 14, 2011 (2011-03-14) Winner Emily Maynard | ||
The fifteenth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The season premiere aired on January 3, 2011. 38-year-old Brad Womack, who previously appeared as the Bachelor in season 11, where he rejected both of his final two women, returned as the Bachelor for this season, counting 30 women, unlike the 25 in previous seasons (made this the first Bachelor season to have 30 suitors and the second time in the franchise's history, season five of The Bachelorette was the first). Womack became the first bachelor on The Bachelor twice.
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Casting and contestants
Casting began during On the Wings of Love. Potential candidates for this season including Womack, as well as Ty Brown and Chris Lambton from (Ali's season) season six of The Bachelorette. Both Brown and Lambton turned down the offer, Womack was selected as the next Bachelor and was announced during the live show of season eleven of Dancing with the Stars.
One of the season's contestants, Emily, was the fiancée of Ricky Hendrick.
Production
This season traveled to far-flung locales in Las Vegas, Nevada, Costa Rica, the British overseas territory of Anguilla and South Africa. Musical guests included Train and Seal.
Contestants
Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions.
Future appearances
Ashley Hebert was chosen as the bachelorette for the seventh season of The Bachelorette. Alli Travis, Jackie Gordon, Melissa Schreiber and Michelle Money returned for the second season of Bachelor Pad, where they finished in 17th/18th, 15th, 11th/12th and 3rd/4th individually. Shawntel Newton made an appearance in the sixteenth season of The Bachelor, and was eliminated by bachelor Ben Flajnik the night she arrived. Emily Maynard was later chosen as the bachelorette for 2012 in the eighth season of The Bachelorette. Money returned again for the first season of Bachelor in Paradise and won that season with Bachelor Nation alumnus Cody Sattler.
Call-out order
