Country of origin United Kingdom Running time 60mins (inc. comms) Picture format 16:9 | No. of episodes 10 Original network Channel 5 | |
Original release 19 August (2011-08-19) – 28 October 2011 (2011-10-28) |
The Bachelor UK 2011 is the fourth series of the reality television series The Bachelor (UK), featuring Gavin Henson as "The Bachelor". The show was off-air for 6 years in the UK after the show previously aired on BBC Three, but was aired on Channel 5 between 19 August 2011 to 28 October 2011.
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Production
The series was filmed in the south of France, Italy, the UK, with the final held in St. Lucia. In the 7th episode, Henson was required to visit the parents of the quarter finalists which meant that for one of the contestants, Zivile, he had to visit Vilnius, Lithuania.
Finalist Layla Manoochehri was previously notable for being the girlfriend of Simon Webbe, whom she broke up with in 2011, as well as for reaching the finals of the fifth season of The X Factor as a member of the group Girlband.
Contestants
The 25 contestants are as follows:
Quarter-final
Quarter-finalists were Layla, Carianne, Zivile, Morgan and April. The Bachelor visited the parents and family of the contestants.
Semi-final
Layla, Carianne and April were selected for the semi-final in St. Lucia. After dates with the three girls Gavin decided to let April go, leaving Carianne and Layla to battle it out for his affections.
Final
Layla and Carianne were the last two he shared romantic dates with. Although he said he had feelings for both the girls, he said that he loved Carianne and he chose her as his "girlfriend", telling her he loved her and she replied that she loved him also...
Call-Out Order
The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony The contestant was on a two-one-one date and received a rose prior to the rose ceremony Quit The contestant was on a one-on-one date and received at rose prior to the rose ceremony The contestant was on a two-on-one date and was eliminated The contestant was given a rose prior to the rose ceremony The contestant won the competitionRatings
Episode Viewing figures from BARB.