Bachelor in Paradise is an American elimination-style reality competition television series, which premiered on August 4, 2014, on ABC. It is a spin-off of the Americanreality television showsThe Bachelor and The Bachelorette. The show features previous contestants who have been featured on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette as they travel to a secluded paradise in Mexico where the show will take place. The show was originally hosted by Chris Harrison.
On July 10, 2024, ABC renewed Bachelor in Paradise for a tenth season, to air in summer 2025.[1]
Production
Development and filming
In March 2013, ABC canceled Bachelor Pad after three seasons. The show premiered in 2010, providing former contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette with an opportunity to gain additional screen time and participate in an elimination-style competition.[2] Very similar to Bachelor Pad, rejected contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are isolated in a romantic paradise in an exotic tropical destination.[3] The first season was filmed in Tulum, Mexico. Beginning in season 2, the show has been filmed in Sayulita, Mexico, at Playa Escondida.
The show begins with an uneven number of women and men, with there being more women. At the first rose ceremony, the men are given a rose to hand out to a woman they would like to spend more time getting to know in paradise. The women left without roses are immediately sent home. New men are then brought to the beach, so at the next rose ceremony, women can give a rose to a man they would like to spend more time with and the remaining men are sent home. For seven weeks, this set up alternates between new men or new women joining the cast.
During initial filming of season 4, production was halted due to allegations of sexual misconduct between two contestants—DeMario Jackson and Corinne Olympios.[4] After an internal investigation, it was determined that there was no misconduct and filming resumed shortly after.[5]
Grodd and Faddoul got engaged in the finale and had a wedding ceremony in June 2015 on the season 2 premiere. They ended their relationship in June 2016 and revealed that they were never legally a married couple.[8]
Cody Sattler & Michelle Money
No
No
Sattler and Money began a relationship and split up in December 2014, but they later got back together in June 2015. The two later broke up again after appearing on the seventh season of Marriage Boot Camp.
Tolbert and Roper were married on January 24, 2016, with their wedding airing on ABC as a special edition of The Bachelor: A Celebration of Love.[9] The couple later appeared on the eighth season of Marriage Boot Camp. They live in Trabuco Canyon, California, with their three children; Emerson (born August 17, 2017), Brooks (born July 29, 2019), and Reed (born November 14, 2020).[10][11][12]
Justin Reich & Cassandra Ferguson
No
No
Reich and Ferguson revealed on After Paradise that they had broken up.
Nick Peterson & Samantha Steffen
No
No
Peterson and Steffan announced their breakup on October 9, 2015.[13]
Bass and Waddell were married on June 17, 2017, in Mexico, and their wedding aired during season 4.[14] They have a daughter Isabella (born February 15, 2018), and a son Charles (born November 13, 2019).[15][16] However, they announced their separation on December 23, 2020.[17]
Grant Kemp & Lace Morris
Yes
No
Kemp and Morris announced their breakup on November 29, 2016.[18]
Peth and Nolan announced their breakup on June 26, 2018.[20]
Adam Gottschalk & Raven Gates
No
Yes
Gottschalk and Gates left Paradise in a relationship.[21] They got engaged on May 31, 2019, and were married on April 16, 2021.[22][23] They live in Dallas, Texas, with their two sons, Gates (born January 18, 2022), and Max (born July 23, 2023).[24][25]
Daniel Maguire & Lacey Mark
No
No
Maguire and Mark left Paradise in a relationship, but at the reunion it was revealed that they had since broken up.[26]
Randone and Nielson were married on June 16, 2019, in Mexico, and their wedding aired during season 6.[27] They announced their separation in February 2020 and filed for divorce in August of that year.[28] Their divorce was finalized on December 22, 2020.[29]
Jordan Kimball & Jenna Cooper
Yes
No
While filming the reunion, Kimball and Cooper announced their wedding was set for June 9, 2019, but a day before the reunion aired, it was announced that Kimball had broken up with Cooper after he discovered that she was allegedly cheating on him the whole time.[30] It was later revealed that all of the evidence alleging that Cooper had cheated was fabricated.[31]
Kamil Nicalek & Annaliese Puccini
No
No
Nicalek and Puccini left Paradise in a relationship, but at the reunion he broke up with her onstage.[30]
Although they initially split during the show, it was revealed at the reunion that Amabile and Long had gotten back together. However, they announced their breakup on January 29, 2020.[32]
Kevin Wendt & Astrid Loch
No
Yes
Although they initially split during the show, it was revealed at the reunion that Wendt and Loch had gotten back together. They got engaged on August 28, 2019, and they married on October 28, 2022.[33] They live in Toronto, Ontario, with their two sons, August (born November 20, 2021), and Nash (born October 7, 2023).[34][35]
After Burnett proposed to Haggerty during the show, Haggerty proposed to Burnett during the reunion. However, they announced their breakup on October 31, 2019.[37] Burnett and Haggerty were the first same-sex couple to be featured on the American version of the show.[38]
Unglert and Miller-Keyes left Paradise as a couple in week 5. They got engaged on October 24, 2022.[40] They married on September 23, 2023, and both changed their surnames to Bell in honor of his late mother.[41] They live in Carbondale, Colorado.
Although they initially split during the show, it was revealed at the reunion that Jones and Adams had gotten back together. They announced their breakup on October 30, 2019.[42]
Amabile and Pitt were legally married on October 27, 2022, and had their official wedding ceremony on September 2, 2023, in Charleston, South Carolina.[43] They live in New York City.
Braasch and Pepin married in June 2023 on the beach during season 9. They had a second ceremony on November 11, 2023, in Puerto Rico.[44] They live in Chicago, Illinois.
Riley Christian & Maurissa Gunn
Yes
No
Christian and Gunn announced their breakup on January 24, 2022.[45]
Noah Erb & Abigail Heringer
No
Yes
Although they initially spilt during the show, it was revealed after the finale aired that Erb and Heringer had gotten back together.[46] They got engaged on August 8, 2023, and married on October 7, 2024.[47][48] They live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Although they initially spilt during the show, it was revealed after the finale aired that Jacobs and Kufrin had gotten back together.[49] They got engaged in May 2022, and married on October 13, 2023.[50] They live in San Diego, California, with their son, Benson (born September 21, 2023).[51]
Brendan Morais & Pieper James
No
No
Morais and James quit the show as a couple in week 3. They broke up in September 2023.[52]
Chris Conran & Alana Milne
No
Yes
Although Conran and Milne quit separately week 3, they revealed they started dating after Paradise. They announced their engagement on March 24, 2024, and live in Salt Lake City, Utah.[53]
Jones and Russell announced their breakup on May 8, 2023.[54]
Johnny DePhillipo & Victoria Fuller
Yes
No
Although the season ended with DePhillipo proposing to Fuller, at the reunion it was revealed that they broke up in September 2022 after DePhillipo alleges Fuller cheated on him with Bachelorette season 17 contestant Greg Grippo.[55][56]
Michael Allio & Danielle Maltby
No
No
In February 2023, Maltby moved to Ohio to be with Allio and his son James.[57] He confirmed their breakup on September 18, 2023.[58]
Tyler Norris & Brittany Galvin
No
No
Norris and Galvin left Paradise in a relationship, but at the reunion it was revealed she broke up with him over FaceTime in August 2022.[59]
Romeo Alexander & Kira Mengistu
No
No
Alexander and Mengistu left as couple in week 2. However, they announced their breakup on December 16, 2022.[60]
Bryant and Isichei announced their breakup on December 11, 2023.[61]
John Henry Spurlock & Kat Izzo
Yes
No
Spurlock and Izzo announced their breakup on December 11, 2023.[62]
Aven Jones & Kylee Russell
No
No
Jones and Russell left Paradise in a relationship, but on December 9, 2023, she announced they had broken up after she discovered he'd cheated on her multiple times.[63] They later got back together, but broke up again in July 2024.[64]
Ratings
Viewership and ratings per season of Bachelor in Paradise
