The Bachelor

This article covers the German TV show - for the Swiss see Der Bachelor (Switzerland) .

Television broadcast
Original title	The Bachelor
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	2003, since 2011
Production company	Brainpool (2003), ITV Studios Germany (2011-2014), Seapoint Productions (2015), Warner Bros. International Television Production (since 2016)
length	90 minutes
Episodes	87+ (1 special + 5 best of) in 10 seasons
genre	Reality show
Theme music	Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette : Boys & Girls (2012-2018); James Brown : It's a Man's Man's Man's World (since 2019)
Moderation	Arne Jessen (2003), voiceover (since 2011)
First broadcast	November 19, 2003 on RTL and ORF eins

The Bachelor ( English for " bachelor ") is a television show that is broadcast on RTL . In her, an attractive bachelor should find a life partner. The Bachelor is based on the American format The Bachelor at ABC , which was first produced in 2002. The 23rd season started in January 2019 in the USA .

procedure

In group and individual dates, the bachelor and the candidates get to know each other in a sophisticated environment. Elimination rounds take place until the winner is determined. To this end, the bachelor hands over roses to his favorites ("Night of Roses"), mainly at the end of a series, with the question: "Will you accept this rose?" Since fewer roses are available than there are candidates in the race, they divorce the applicants who are not offered a rose at the end of the respective episode. By rejecting the rose, a participant can bring about her own departure.

First season

The first season was produced with 25 candidates in 2003 on the Côte d'Azur . The premiere was on November 19, 2003 on RTL and ORF one.

The bachelor shown was the 29-year-old bank clerk Marcel Maderitsch, who was portrayed as solo and professionally successful in the show. The broadcast lasted seven weeks and reached an average of 3.6 million viewers. In the final, the bachelor's degree chose Juliane Ziegler, a 22-year-old chimney sweep from Berlin . Maderitsch began a relationship with runner-up Nicole after the season.

The candidates also included Ola Siemens, Katharina Pulk from Vienna, Marijana Mijatovic, Viviana Hoffmann, Marina Civic, Natalie Paal, Rabea Kloeppner, Jeannine Ehmsen, Tanja, Elisabeth, Simone and Katharina from Hamburg.

Second season

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  Paul Janke, Bachelor 2012

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  Anja Polzer, recipient of the last rose

From January 4 to February 22, 2012 RTL showed a second season of the bachelor's degree in eight episodes.

The 30-year-old image manager and Mister Hamburg 2009 Paul Janke from Hamburg was given the opportunity to find a partner among 20 candidates. The location was Cape Town , with the exception of episode 6, in which the last four candidates introduced Janke to their families and friends in Germany. In the final, the Bachelor decided in favor of the 27-year-old Anja Polzer from Weingarten (Baden) and declared that he had fallen in love with her. Polzer was working as a PR manager at the time and had previously completed a teaching degree in the subject area of German and history . In an interview in RTL news magazine Punkt 6 on February 23, 2012, Janke and Polzer announced that they were no longer together: The three months between recording and broadcasting the program had been a very difficult time and they had no longer found each other.

The broadcast was recorded in October / November 2011, and the couple then went on vacation together in the United States. After the completion of the shooting, the two were no longer allowed to meet publicly due to a clause in the contract with RTL in order not to give any indication of Janke's choice.

After a weak start, the ratings for Der Bachelor recently exceeded those of the lead-in show Deutschland sucht den Superstar . On average, the eight broadcast editions reached 4.82 million viewers and a 21.9 percent market share among viewers aged 14 to 49.

Candidate overview

Candidate, dude		place of residence	Profession, notes	Stay after the "night of roses"
				1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Anja Polzer	27	Vineyard	PR manager
Sissi driving already	23	Rosenheim	Insurance clerk and model, actually Elisabeth
Katja Runiello	26th	Hanover	Insurance clerk, model, penthouse - Pet of the month November 2007
Natalie Rau	23	Diez	Editor at the Lahn-Post local gazette
Georgina Bülowius	21st	Heidelberg	Photo model; actually Fleur Georgina
Jinjin Harder	27	Darmstadt	Physics student, hardware programmer
Annabel Varela	27	Oberhausen	flight attendant
Veronika Kraljic	29	Frankfurt	Architect
Manuela Sauter	26th	Stuttgart	Event manager
Marta Uzunova	26th	Dusseldorf	Tourism student
Mary Krassow	25th	Rostock	Student teacher
Yvonne	31	Stuttgart	Nurse
Gianna Gutzat	28	Hamburg	Graduated sports scientist
Bernadette Kaspar	27	Cologne	Office clerk, Playmate September 2010
Olia Nostra	28	Berlin	Assistant Store Manager
Alexandra	23	Frankfurt	Jeweler saleswoman
Sabrina Alwang	22nd	Nuremberg	Model, owner of a modeling agency
Louisa Rivera	21st	Fulda	Business student
Laura Zöllner	20th	Dresden	Hostess, apprentice event manager
Petra	35	Dortmund	Commercial clerk

• The candidate received a rose.
• The candidate did not receive a rose and was eliminated.

Third season

The third season ran from January 2 to February 20, 2013 with 36-year-old Bad Honnef lawyer and model Jan Kralitschka as a Bachelor, again with 20 candidates and in South Africa. In episode 6, Kralitschka visited the remaining four applicants at home and got to know parents, parents or friends. In episode 7, the “dream dates” with the last three candidates no longer took place in South Africa as in the previous season, but in Namibia , Switzerland and Mauritius . As in episode 5, one participant got out before the roses were handed over. The Bachelor presented the last two candidates to his parents in episode 8. Then he gave the last rose to the German- Algerian Alissa Harouat and not to the Swiss Ramona Stöckli, who was highly favored by the audience . In an aftershow episode broadcast three days after the finale, Frauke Ludowig interviewed when the Bachelor first met the candidates Melanie Müller, Nina Olenberg, Conny Elseberg, Nancy de Carvalho and Sarah Gehring, then met Ramona Stöckli and finally Alissa Harouat. No relationship had developed between Kralitschka and Harouat.

Candidate overview

Candidate, dude		place of residence	Profession, notes	Stay after the "night of roses"
				1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Alissa Harouat	25th	Speyer	Model, tax clerk
Ramona Stöckli	30th	Mannheim	Manager of a fitness studio
Melanie Müller	24	Leipzig	Erotic model, former porn actress ( pseudonym Scarlet Young )
Sarah Gehring	25th	Munich	Branch manager in retail
Janine Smailus	26th	Berlin	Promoter and hostess
Katie Steiner	28	Hamburg	Junior Investment Manager, Playmate February 2010
Natascha Faustka	24	Hemhofen	Medical assistant, model, security service employee in discotheque, winner of various contests
Conny Elseberg	33	Berlin	Specialized nurse for intensive care and anesthesia
Nina Olenberg	24	Bream	Model
Nancy Senga (Nancy de Carvalho)	28	Cologne	Saleswoman, model, dancer
Madeleine Jaax	27	Bonn	Student (business administration)
Mignon Kowollik	31	Hamburg	Operations manager
Polina Feist	32	court	Piano teacher, model
Nicole-Maria Niemann	28	Berlin	Model, Playmate August 2007
Petra Svamberk	28	Berlin	Travel agent
Sandra Njeri Gitau	25th	Salzburg	Model
Sabrina Oepen	24	Düren	Model
Chantal Olzem	26th	Troisdorf	Business law student
Kamika Sirot	25th	Dusseldorf	Model
Natalie Stommel	24	Erkrath	Student (law and sinology )

• The candidate received a rose.
• The candidate did not receive a rose and was eliminated.
• The candidate left the show voluntarily.

Fourth season

Christian Tews, Bachelor 2014

The fourth season was broadcast from January 22 to March 12, 2014. Like the previous two seasons, it was filmed in South Africa . Bachelor was Christian Tews . For a love affair, Tews had two more candidates to award roses than his two predecessors. The 22 women are said to have been cast from among 16,000 applicants . Again in episode 6, the Bachelor visited the candidates at home and got to know their parents. For the “Dreamdates” in episode 7, Tews met one candidate each in Jordan , the Maldives and Sweden . In episode 8, Tew's parents met the last two candidates. The Bachelor then awarded the last rose to the Dresden perfumery specialist Katja Kühne. Born in Ukraine, she came to Germany at the age of 15, was married once and has a seven-year-old son at the time of the broadcast. In an aftershow program broadcast on March 19, 2014 with six of the candidates who remained without Rose in episodes 3 to 7 and the finalists, it was announced that Tews and Kühne were the first bachelor couple to be still related even after the program was broadcast. On April 27, however, the two announced the split on their Facebook pages.

Candidate overview

Candidate, dude		place of residence	Profession, notes	Stay after the "night of roses"
				1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Katja Kühne	28	Dresden	Perfumery saleswoman, model
Angelina Heger	21st	Berlin	Student (social pedagogy), model
Susanne Huber	27	La Nucia	Dental assistant, sister of Stefanie
Daniela Michalski	37	Dusseldorf	Model
Nena Buddemeier	32	Muenster	flight attendant
Lisa Bütow	27	Hamburg	PR consultant
Jessica Paszka	23	eat	Office clerk
Ela Tas	21st	Hamburg	Student (law)
Maggie Wilhelm	28	regensburg	Physiotherapist
Helen Harkner	25th	Moritzburg	Area sales manager for a cosmetics company
Anne Pott	27	Hamburg	Make-up artist
Nadège Tebiro	38	Cologne	Specialized nurse in the surgical service, dancer
Nadja	25th	Nuremberg	Student teacher
Ilona Storch	28	Frankfurt am Main	First-class stewardess, model, Miss Frankfurt 2013
Anna Rösler	32	Berlin	Application advisor, business etiquette trainer
Melanie	23	Vienna	Fire protection technician
Victoria Bormann	31	Dessau-Rosslau	Restaurant manager
Stefanie Huber	24	La Nucia	Sales representative, sister of Susanne
Lena Kawelovski	23	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Student (psychology), model
Kim Rubenschuh	22nd	Castrop-Rauxel	Student (International Marketing)
Saskia	26th	Waiblingen	Student (primary school teacher)
Yvonne	29	Dortmund	Social security clerk, manager of a rehab clinic

• The candidate received a rose.
• The candidate did not receive a rose and was eliminated.
• The candidate received a rose on the "Night of the Roses", but turned it down.

Fifth season

The fifth season aired from January 14 to March 4, 2015. As a bachelor's degree, the 28-year-old Mister Germany 2014 Oliver Sanne was able to choose a queen of hearts from 22 applicants. The candidates were first housed in a villa in Los Angeles , California , USA . In episode 6 there were house calls to parents, mothers and sisters of the candidates again. The "dream dates" of episode 7 took place in Aruba , Canada and Florida . After Sanne's parents met the finalists in episode 8, 22-year-old Liz Kaeber received the last rose as expected. In the program “After the Last Rose” on March 11, 2015 with eight of the candidates who were eliminated in episodes 2 to 8, as well as Sanne and Kaeber, the latter stated that the feelings had quickly subsided.

Candidate overview

Candidate, dude		place of residence	Profession, notes	Stay after the "night of roses"
				1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Liz Kaeber	22nd	Eberswalde	Health and nurse
Carolin Ehrensberger	22nd	Ahaus	Tax clerk
Sarah Nowak	23	Gunzburg	Bank clerk, model, Playmate August 2014
Anica Roth	27	Gönnersdorf	Student (International Security Affairs)
Samantha Abdul	25th	Hamburg	Fashion editor at inTouch
Zişan Avcı	24	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Trainee as a dermatological beautician
Natascha van Ingen Schenau	27	The hague	Marketing assistant, model
Liesa-Marie Schmidt	21st	Braunschweig	Office clerk
Alexandra Tzimas	22nd	Berlin	Student, German Master Salsa 2013 (with Jaco Shiva Fricke)
Karina Rifert	27	Wiesbaden	Model, student (business administration)
Annamaria Kun	26th	Bonen	Insurance clerk
Nicola Neuer	31	Vienna	Advertising clerk, sales representative
Petra Colafati	26th	Bolzano	Educator, Miss South Tyrol 2009
Pamela Gil Mata	25th	On the mountain	Industrial clerk, dance teacher
Susanna Resnikova	27	Odessa / Berlin	Business economist
Scharlen	32	Munich	Nursing Manager
Yvonne Denz	27	Bad friedrichshall	Medical assistant
Samira Gabriel	24	Neuss	hair stylist
Hina Jasmin Hussain	23	Berlin	Student (Jewish Studies and Literature)
Nadine Meyer	24	Osnabrück	Beautician, Zumba trainer
Lara	25th	Gladbeck	Hotel specialist
Lisa Bienefeld-Brands	23	Kleve	Horse hostess, racing rider

• The candidate received a rose.
• The candidate did not receive a rose and was eliminated.
• The candidate left the show voluntarily.

Sixth season

The sixth season aired from January 27 to March 16, 2016. The first location was Miami . At the beginning of the first episode there were portraits of the bachelor and (in a shorter form) of some of the candidates. Bachelor was Leonard Freier from Stahnsdorf near Berlin . He introduced himself on the show as a management consultant with several companies. One of them is an Ergo insurance agency . From a six-year relationship, Freier has a one-year-old daughter at the beginning of the program.

As an innovation, he distributed a white rose to one of the participants in the first episode. The thoughtful not only progressed, but could also take the place of another candidate in a subsequent individual or group date of her choice. The home visits in episode 6 took place with the parents or mothers of the candidates, whose siblings Freier also got to know. The "dream dates" in episode 7 occurred in the Bahamas , Costa Rica and Arizona . Leonie Sophia Pump emerged as the winner. In the program “After the Last Rose” on March 23, 2016 with eight of the candidates who were eliminated in episodes 4 to 8, Freier and Pump declared that they are no longer a couple; after returning to Germany, Freier would have “missed something”.

Candidate overview

Candidate, dude		place of residence	Profession, notes	Stay after the "night of roses"
				1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Leonie Sophia Pump	25th	Itzehoe	Management assistant
Daniela Buchholz	24	Hildesheim	Student (teaching post high school - sport, German studies)
Leonie Rosella guest	22nd	Eppelheim	Student (media and communication management)
Denise Temlitz	25th	Berlin	Retail clerk
Ann-Kathrin "Anni" Burth	24	Freiburg	Rechtspflegerin
Viviane Ottemann	28	kassel	Health trainer
Jasmine Somji	34	Milton Keynes	Foreign language teacher
Saskia Atzerodt	23	Kühbach	Tax clerk, model
Cindy Riedel	27	Berlin	Naval officer
Sandra Brexel	23	Erding	Private client advisor at a bank
Franziska Maichle	23	Stuttgart	Student (economics), in the recall (last 120) at DSDS 2009
Dina Babajic	29	Berlin	Actress, burlesque dancer
Steffi Blümel	25th	Burgthann	Retail clerk (pet shop)
Kathrin Heidelbach	27	Alsfeld	Student (teaching qualification high school - mathematics, chemistry)
Romina Beck	21st	Ketch	beautician
Dominique Körfer	27	Würselen	Student (business administration)
Marisa Schubert	23	augsburg	Hairdresser
Deborah Dietz	27	Dusseldorf	Waitress, hairdresser
Annika Koerner	28	Ketch	Hotel specialist
Sarah Sakowski	22nd	Berlin	Student (business administration)
Elvira Stanski	21st	Bremen	Medical assistant
Vivien Stiller	21st	Cologne	Student (International Business)

• The candidate received a rose.
• The candidate did not receive a rose and was eliminated.
• The candidate left the show voluntarily.

Seventh season

Sebastian Pannek with winner Clea-Lacy Juhn at the German Comedy Award 2017

The seventh season with the Cologne model and owner of a design and marketing agency Sebastian Pannek as a Bachelor was broadcast from February 1 to March 22, 2017. As in the previous year, the film was shot in Miami . In the opening sequence, the protagonist was introduced with parents, sister, brother-in-law and uncle. There were short portraits of nine of the candidates. In episode 6 there was an early rose award during a stay in New Orleans . On the subsequent home dates, Pannek got to know relatives and friends of the last four aspirants before one of them had to forego the return flight to Miami after another rose distribution. The "dream dates" in episode 7 took place in St. Lucia , Jamaica and Colorado . Episode 8 showed Pannek's parents getting to know the last two candidates, the handover of the last rose to the half-Brazilian Clea-Lacy Juhn and an aftershow encounter between Pannek and the last five as well as a candidate who had left in episodes 5 and 4 under the moderation by Frauke Ludowig . Juhn stated that he had moved to Pannek in Cologne. In June 2018, the couple announced their split.

Candidate overview

Candidate, dude		place of residence	Profession, notes	Stay after the "night of roses"
				1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Clea-Lacy Juhn	25th	Rastatt	Office clerk
Erika Dorodnova	25th	Geislingen	Student ( business administration ), industrial clerk
Viola Kraus	26th	Munich	Master hairdresser, Miss Munich
Kattia Vides	28	kassel	interpreter
Inci Sencer	23	Floodplain forest	Saleswoman in the telecommunications sector, sports and fitness clerk
Cara Suckert	23	Ludwigshafen	Student (business administration)
Janika Jäcke	28	Hamburg	Event clerk
Julia Friess	27	regensburg	Musical actress
Sabrina Neumann	30th	Panke Valley	Account Analyst
Aleša Mušič	24	Munich	Student (Public Management)
Silvana Joppich	33	Berlin	Car saleswoman
Tina Schützler	26th	Dusseldorf	Real estate agent
Anna Henkel	24	Magdeburg	Student (business administration)
Caroline Leideritz	28	Chemnitz	Social security clerk
Fabienne Gierke	25th	Langenhagen	Beautician, Playboy model
Jana Wagner	25th	amounts	educator
Julia Prokopy	21st	Dormitz	Flight attendant, Miss Nuremberg
Tina Bub	23	Witten	Make-up artist, dancer
Chloé W.	22nd	Heidelberg	saleswoman
Evelyn Burdecki	28	Dusseldorf	Waitress
Lisa-Marie Sauer	22nd	Eisleben	Student (management), stewardess
Susanna Strohmaier	27	Hamburg	Dance coach

• The candidate received a rose.
• The candidate did not receive a rose and was eliminated.

Eighth season

From January 10 to March 7, 2018, the real estate agent Daniel Völz from Sarasota , Florida, was looking for his dream woman in Miami. The 32-year-old bachelor was working for the auction house Sotheby’s at the time . He studied at Loyola University New Orleans with a degree in business administration and management. His mother is the actress and voice actress Rebecca Völz , his grandfather and uncle, Wolfgang Völz and Benjamin Völz , also have their jobs. For the first time after the start of a season, two new candidates came unannounced in episode 3. In episode 5, Völz got a slap in the face from a candidate whom he had previously kissed but not given a rose . In episode 7, the bachelor said goodbye to a candidate before the four “home dates”. The three “dream dates” in episode 8 took place in Vietnam . In episode 9, Rebecca Völz met the last two candidates before the bachelor's degree presented the last rose to Kristina Yantsen, who said she wanted to quit in the first episode. In an aftershow encounter between Völz and Yantsen with eight of the applicants who had dropped out in episodes 4 to 9, moderated by Frauke Ludowig, they stated that they were still a couple. They announced their split two months later.

Candidate overview

Candidate, dude		place of residence	Profession, notes	Stay after the "night of roses"
				1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
Kristina Yantsen	24	eat	Model, go-go dancer, is catching up with high school, came to Germany from Kazakhstan when she was 14
Svenja von Wrese	22nd	Moerfelden-Walldorf	Make-up artist, participant in Wild Island - Pure survival , Playboy model
Carina Spack	21st	Recklinghausen	Industrial clerk, waitress
Janine Christin Wallat	22nd	Norderstedt	hair stylist
Jessica Neufeld	23	Hamelin	Student (media studies), YouTuberin (Jessi Cooper) (fashion & lifestyle)
Samira Klampfl	23	Munich	Bartender, business administrator, Turkish father
Maxim Herbord	23	Herzogenrath	Student (communication design), Dutch roots
Janina Weschta	24	Munich	Fitness trainer, Miss Bavaria 2016
Nadine Klein	32	Berlin	Student (culture and media management)
Yeliz Koç	24	Hanover	Beautician, make-up artist, sister of Filiz Koç
Janina Celine Jahn	23	Hamburg	Fair hostess
Lina Kolodochka	23	Hanover	Student (business administration), model, Ukrainian roots
Meike Emonts	26th	Cologne	Healthcare and nurse, student (healthcare management)
Michelle Schellhaas	22nd	Griesheim	Office clerk, voluntary social year in a disabled facility for children, guard dancer
Christina Braun	28	Koblenz	Model, Playmate September 2017
Janet Antas	23	Minden	Geriatric nurse, waitress
Roxana Papadie	26th	Cologne	Train attendant in the ICE, photo model, Romanian
Alina Ochs	22nd	Loeningen	Dental assistant
Claudia Dech	27	Cologne	IT project manager
Clarissa	21st	Rastatt	Administrator
Amelie Sperlich	22nd	Munich	Student (teaching post - Catholic religious studies, German), blogger (fashion, beauty & lifestyle)
Angie Teubner	25th	Munich	Medical specialist
Lisa Rautenberg	23	Dortmund	Make-up artist at cosmetics company
Luisa	24	Hanover	Fair hostess

• The candidate received a rose.
• The candidate did not receive a rose and was eliminated.
• The candidate received a rose on the "Night of the Roses", but turned it down.
• The candidate left the show voluntarily.

Ninth season

The ninth season started on January 2, 2019 with the basketball player Andrej Mangold as a Bachelor. The film was first shot in Mexico , in Los Cabos . For the first time, the candidates were announced by RTL with their first and last names. As in the previous year, there were later season entries: In episode 2 and episode 3, two rose aspirants were added. After two voluntary exits in episode 3, Mangold announced that each of the remaining women would receive a rose.

In the finale, Jennifer Lange received the last rose from her bachelor's degree. Mangold and Lange state after the final that they are a couple. At the beginning of April 2019, Lange moved to Mangold in Bonn.

Following the broadcast, the aftershow The Bachelor - Now the Women Talking was published online exclusively on TVNOW , in which the presenter Frauke Ludowig discussed and analyzed the events of the current episode with the candidates who had left the show and other guests.

Candidate overview

Candidate, dude		place of residence	Profession, notes	Stay after the "night of roses"
				1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
Jennifer Lange	25th	Bremen	Sports and health manager
Eva Benetatou	26th	Dusseldorf	flight attendant
Vanessa Prince	26th	Ditzingen	Accessory designer
Stefanie Gebhardt	32	Dusseldorf	Entrepreneur
Nathalia Goncalves Miranda	25th	Hall	Production employee in a confectionery factory, model, Brazilian woman , picture -summer girl 2018
Jade Uebach	24	Cologne	flight attendant
Claudia Gottwald	26th	Upper mountain	flight attendant
Nadine Illa	30th	Dillingen	Assembler
Ernestine Palmert	26th	Munich	Student (International Management), Romanian
Christina Graß	30th	Hanover	Pharmaceutical representative
Cecilia Asoro	22nd	Hamm	Model, waitress, Nigerian father, German-Italian mother
Kimberley Schulz	25th	Hamburg	Communication designer
Sina Raffert	28	Hanover	Student (LA Sport, German studies), dance trainer
Nathalie Zengin	26th	Kiel	Mobile communications industry, Turkish roots
Luisa Haimann	22nd	Forchheim	Service assistant in the dealership
Isabell Bernsee	28	Castle	Real estate agent, Playmate June 2015
Claudia Bergmann	31	Dresden	photographer
Mariya Lazareva	27	Stuttgart	Cosmetologist, Ukrainian
Lara Helmrich	27	Berlin	Waitress
Jasmine Iacuzzo	25th	Dusseldorf	Secretary and waitress, Italian roots
Julia Karbownik	26th	Munich	Receptionist, Polish roots
Karin Kufieta	21st	Schweinfurt	Make-up artist and hairstylist

• The candidate received a rose.
• The candidate did not receive a rose and was eliminated.
• The candidate received a rose on the "Night of the Roses", but turned it down.
• For health reasons, the candidate did not take part in the “Night of the Roses” and received her rose in the next episode.
• The candidate left the show voluntarily.
• The candidate was eliminated before the "Night of the Roses".

Tenth season

The tenth season started on January 8, 2020 with kickboxing world champion Sebastian Preuss as a Bachelor again in Mexico. Already at the opening meeting before the first “Night of the Roses”, the “Queen of Flowers” ​​was presented to three of the love aspirants. After four home dates and three dream dates in Mexico (on Cozumel , in Izamal and Celestun ), Preuss decided in the final "Night of the Roses", as the first Bachelor, not to award the last rose. He stated that he saw a promise in the last rose to be able to imagine more with the chosen one, but this would not have been the case because he had not developed any feelings.

To accompany the season, a podcast was published on the audio platform “Audio Now” with the moderators Steffi Brungs and Inken Wriedt, who discussed and analyzed the current episode with surprise guests. On March 11, 2020, a special was broadcast under the name The Bachelor - The Big Anniversary .

Candidate overview

Candidate, dude		place of residence	Profession, notes	Stay after the "night of roses"
				1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
Diana Kaloev	22nd	Cologne	Student (journalism)
Wioleta Psiuk	28	Muenster	Model, finalist at Germany's Next Top Model 2010
Desiree Zurga	27	Munich	Marketing Manager, Brazilian
Leah Marie Kruse	23	Hamburg	Student (law)
Natali Vrtkovska	24	Coburg	Claims clerk, 2019 in DSDS-Recall
Jenny-Jasmin Krause-Wegner	25th	Cologne	Customs officer
Jenny Thiede	32	Cologne	Zookeeper
Anna Mildenberger	27	Glue	Restaurant and event manager, roots in Sri Lanka
Vanessa Guida	27	Freiburg	Make-up artist
Denise-Jessica King	26th	Munich	Tennis coach
Linda Reschke	24	eat	Student (Spanish and Dutch), model, half-Kenyan
Birgit Schenkermayr	27	Seitenstetten	CEO of a start-up
Jenny-Fleur Kuiper	26th	Dortmund	Office clerk, German and Cameroonian roots
Jessica Fiorini	23	train	Content Creator, participant in Love Island
Judith Diaz Caballero	28	Cologne	Interpreter, Spanish with Mexican roots
Jennifer Rath	24	Cologne	Insurance clerk
Michele Stradomska	24	Munich	beautician
Jenny Schneider	26th	Freiburg	Eyelash stylist
Rebecca Elisa Hüttemann	26th	Gutersloh	Make-up artist
Jessica Brauns	29	kassel	Master optician
Isabelle Pallmann	28	Ludwigshafen	Student (teacher)
Laureen Pallmann	28	Ludwigshafen	Student (communication science)

• The candidate received a rose.
• The candidate did not receive a rose and was eliminated.
• The candidate left the show voluntarily.
• The candidate was eliminated before the "Night of the Roses".

Media reception

• Mignon Kowollik, a candidate from the third season in 2013, also tried the second season of Der Bachelor (Switzerland) later that year . Natalie Stommel, also from the third season in 2013 and left there at the beginning, won the fourth Swiss season in 2015.
• At the Promiboxen 2014 , the bachelors from 2013 and 2014, Jan Kralitschka and Christian Tews , competed against each other. The fight ended in a draw.
• Five women moved into the candidate 's villa as Playmate of the Month for the German edition of Playboy , and another was Pet of the Month for Penthouse magazine . After the broadcast there were more nude photos of participants in Playboy :
  • The winners of seasons 2 to 4, Anja Polzer, Alissa Harouat and Katja Kühne, took off their clothes for the November issue in 2014. The magazine appeared with three cover pictures, each of the winners received a cover.
  • The runner-up in season 4, Angelina Heger , undressed for the February issue in 2015.
  • Sarah Nowak finished third in Season 5 and Playmate of the Year 2015.
  • The runner-up in Season 2, Sissi Fahrenschon, was Playmate of the Month in March 2015 and later Playmate of the Year 2016.
  • Saskia Atzerodt , Season 6 candidate, was Playmate of the Month in July 2016.
  • Season four contestant Jessica Paszka undressed during her Bachelorette season for the August 2017 edition of Playboy.
• The fifth place in the fourth season, Jessica Paszka , released her first single Unrestrained in July 2014 . In 2016 she starred in the fourth season of Celebrity Big Brother .
• Georgina Fleur , Melanie Müller , Angelina Heger , Kattia Vides and Evelyn Burdecki were each after their participation in The Bachelor at Ich bin ein Star - Get me out of here! to see. Georgina Fleur, Ela Tas, Sarah Nowak , Jessica Paszka , Evelyn Burdecki and Evanthia Benetatou took part in seasons 1-7 of Celebrity Big Brother . Other candidates and bachelors took part in other reality shows.
• The “Team Bachelor” won the big ProSieben Völkerball Championship in 2016 and remained victorious in all five games. The team included the bachelors Paul Janke and Christian Tews, the bachelor candidates Angelina Heger and Sarah Nowak, the bachelorette Alisa Persch and the bachelorette candidate Aurelio Savina . In the same line-up, the “Team Bachelor” came second in 2017.
• Nena Buddemaier from season 4 tried two years later, in July 2016, to become Ninja Warrior Germany .

criticism

The first season of The Bachelor was already heavily criticized. The journalist Oliver Fuchs wrote in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on January 2, 2004 that the show was “inhuman” and “the most depraved TV show in living memory”. He described the candidates as "ultra-submissive" and "mostly mouse-like". The politician Sabine Bätzing explained: “The image of women that is conveyed to the audience is terrifying and reminds me of the camel trade.” Udo Jürgens was quoted as saying: “I find it cheap and slutty when 25 women vie for a man . ”In Austria, where the program was broadcast on ORF1 , women politicians were bothered by the“ basic constellation that discriminates against women ”and the ORF Public Council also called for its removal.

RTL spokeswoman Tina Land said: “Everyone involved knew what to expect. The women can get out at any time. ”In addition, there was unsubstantiated speculation about secret contracts with the candidates; the relationship between the Bachelor's degree and the winner Juliane Ziegler, which ended after the end of the first season, was discussed. The then RTL boss Gerhard Zeiler explained: “It's just pure entertainment. And there can be no talk of misogyny either. Next we finally do "The Bachelorette", which chooses the right man from among 25 candidates. "

The second season was criticized with similar arguments as the first season. In his review in the magazine Der Spiegel, Stefan Niggemeier criticized the “celebration of decadence, superficiality, lunacy and the values ​​of the fifties” and judged: “As a viewer, you only have more pity than for yourself.”

See also

• The Bachelorette
• The Bachelorette (Switzerland)
• Bachelor in Paradise

Web links

Commons : The Bachelor participants  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : The Bachelorette participants  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the program on RTL.de.
• The Bachelor at TVNOW
• Gallery of the candidates of the sixth, fifth, fourth, third and second season as well as scene images of the second season on Jolie.de
• Gallery of the candidates of the sixth season on RTL.de

Individual evidence

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4. ↑ Brainpool TV GmbH: Programs / Shows / The Bachelor .
5. ↑ Human dignity: Approved for shooting . In: Die Zeit , No. 24/2005.
6. ↑ What happened to Marcel Maderitsch and his queen of hearts after the show on January 10, 2012.
7. ↑ Marcel kicked out 5 women ( memento from March 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Krone.at from November 20, 2003.
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