The Bachelor is an American romance and relationship multimedia franchise which began with the reality television series The Bachelor in 2002 and now includes multiple spin-off television series, a podcast network, a website, live tour, and more.
The Bachelor revolves around a single bachelor who begins with a pool of romantic interests from whom he is expected to select a wife. During the course of the season, the bachelor goes on group and one-on-one dates to get to know the candidates, and eliminates some of them each week, eventually culminating in a marriage proposal to his final selection. Following the success of The Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss produced The Bachelorette, in which the format is gender-reversed. The bachelorettes are often eliminated contestants from The Bachelor.
The franchise has been financially successful, bringing in $86 million in advertising revenue alone in 2017.
International versions[]
The Bachelor[]
| Country/Region | Name | Network | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | The Bachelor Afrique | Canal+ Afrique | Emma Lohoues |
| Albania | Love Story | TV Klan | Alketa Vejsiu |
| Australia | The Bachelor Australia | Network 10 | Osher Günsberg |
| Belgium | De Bachelor | Play4 | Goedele Liekens |
| Brazil | The Bachelor | RedeTV! | Fábio Arruda |
| Bulgaria | Ергенът The Bachelor |
bTV | Naum Shopov |
| Canada | The Bachelor Canada | City, W Network | Tyler Harcott |
| China | 黄金单身汉 The Bachelor |
Mango TV | Qiu Qiming |
| Croatia | Gospodin Savršeni | RTL | Antonija Blaće |
| Czech Republic | Vem si mě – The Bachelor | TV Nova | Mário Kubec |
| Bachelor Česko | Zorka Hejdová | ||
| Denmark | Bachelor | TV 2 Play | Petra Nagel |
| Finland | Suomen unelmien poikamies | Nelonen | Sami Kuronen |
| Bachelor Suomi | MTV3 | Mikko Parikka | |
| France | Bachelor, le gentleman célibataire | M6, NT1 | Stéphane Rotenberg, Grégory Ascher, Boris Ehrgott |
| Germany | Der Bachelor | RTL | Current: none Former: Arne Jessen |
| Greece | The Bachelor | Alpha TV | George Satsidis |
| Hungary | A Nagy Ő | TV2 | Current: Ramóna Lékai-Kiss Former: László Szarvas, András Stohl |
| India (Tamil) | எங்க வீட்டு மாப்பிள்ளை Enga Veetu Mapillai |
Colors Tamil | Sangeetha Krish |
| India (Malayalam) | Aryakku Parinayam | Flowers TV | |
| Indonesia | The Bachelor Indonesia | HBO, HBO Go | Oka Antara |
| Israel | הרווק HaRavak |
Channel 10 | Guy Geyor |
| Italy | The Bachelor – L'uomo dei sogni | Canale 5 | Cristina Parodi |
| Japan | バチェラー・ジャパン The Bachelor Japan |
Amazon Prime Video | Koji Imada, Shingo Fujimori, Rino Sashihara, Ryota Katayose |
| New Zealand | The Bachelor New Zealand | TV3 | Mike Puru |
| Norway | Ungkaren | TVNorge | Christopher Dons |
| Poland | Kawaler do wzięcia | TVN | Krzysztof Banaszyk |
| Romania | Burlacul | Antena 1 | Current: Răzvan Fodor Former: Lucian Marinescu, Cătălin Botezatu, Andreea Mantea |
| Russia | Холостяк Holostyak |
TNT | Pyotr Fadayev, Nikita Dobrynin, Mikhail Belyanin |
| Slovakia | Nevesta pre milionára | Markíza | Viliam Rozboril |
| Ruža pre nevestu | Krištof Králik | ||
| Slovenia | Sanjski moški | POP TV | Peter Poles, Nejc Šmit |
| South Africa | The Bachelor SA | M-Net | Jason Greer |
| Sweden | Bachelor – När leken blir allvar | TV4 | Current: Amie Bramme Sey Former: Malin Stenbäck |
| Switzerland | Der Bachelor | 3+ | none |
| Thailand | The Bachelor Thailand ศึกรัก...สละโสด The Bachelor Thailand (Bachelor...Battle of Love) |
One 31 | Natpawin Kulkanlayadee |
| Ukraine | Холостяк Holostyak |
STB | Current: Hryhoriy Reshetnyk Former: Ivan Gorodetsky |
| United Kingdom | The Bachelor | BBC Three | Jeremy Milnes |
| Channel 5 | Hugo Speer, Mark Wright | ||
| United States | The Bachelor | ABC | Current: Jesse Palmer Former: Chris Harrison |
| Vietnam | The Bachelor Vietnam – Anh chàng độc thân | HTV7 | Khôi Trần |
The Bachelorette[]
| Country/Region | Name | Network | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | The Bachelorette Australia | Network 10 | Osher Günsberg |
| Belgium | De Bachelorette | Play4 | Dominique Van Malder |
| Canada | The Bachelorette Canada | W Network | Noah Cappe |
| Denmark | Drømmekvinden | TvDanmark | Unknown |
| Finland | Bachelorette Suomi | Nelonen | Unknown |
| Germany | Die Bachelorette | RTL | none |
| Hungary | A Nagy Ő | TV2 | László Szarvas |
| India | The Bachelorette India | Life OK | Rohit Roy |
| Japan | バチェロレッテ・ジャパン The Bachelorette Japan |
Amazon Prime Video | Takashi Okamura, Hiroyuki Yabe, Shelly |
| New Zealand | The Bachelorette New Zealand | TVNZ 2 | Art Green |
| Romania | Burlăcița | Antena 1 | Cătălin Botezatu, Bogdan Vlădău, Radu Vălcan |
| Slovenia | Sanjska ženska | POP TV | Unknown |
| Spain | Para toda la vida. The Bachelorette | Telecinco, Cuatro | Jesús Vázquez |
| Sweden | Bachelorette Sverige | TV3 | Unknown |
| TV4 | Malin Stenbäck | ||
| Switzerland | Die Bachelorette | 3+ | none |
| Ukraine | Холостячка Holostyachka |
STB | Hryhoriy Reshetnyk |
| United States | The Bachelorette | ABC | Current: Jesse Palmer Former: Chris Harrison, Kaitlyn Bristowe, Tayshia Adams |
Bachelor in Paradise[]
| Country/Region | Name | Network | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Bachelor in Paradise | Network 10 | Osher Günsberg |
| Canada | Bachelor in Paradise Canada | Citytv | Current: Sharleen Joynt Former: Jesse Jones |
| Germany | Bachelor in Paradise | RTL | none |
| Sweden | Bachelor in Paradise | TV4 | Malin Stenbäck |
| United States | Bachelor in Paradise | ABC | Current: Jesse Palmer Former: Chris Harrison, David Spade, Lance Bass, Tituss Burgess, Lil Jon, Wells Adams |
The Golden Bachelor[]
| Country/Region | Name | Network | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Le Golden Bachelor | M6 | Stéphane Rotenberg |
| United States | The Golden Bachelor | ABC | Jesse Palmer |
Other spin-offs[]
| Country/Region | Name | Network | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Bachelor Pad | ABC | Chris Harrison, Melissa Rycroft |
| Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise | Chris Harrison, Jenny Mollen, Michelle Collins, Sean Lowe | ||
| The Bachelor Winter Games | Chris Harrison, Hannah Storm | ||
| The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart | Chris Harrison | ||
| The Golden Bachelorette | Jesse Palmer |