The Bachelor Winter Games premiered on February 13, 2018. It is a spin-off of the reality television game shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, and is a winter counterpart to the summer series Bachelor in Paradise. The show is hosted by Chris Harrison and Hannah Storm. It has been described by ABC as "an ode to the Winter Olympic Games", and will air as counterprogramming against NBC's coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Ashley Brewer presents the play-by-play and live interviews during the games.
In the final episode, Ashley Iaconetti and Kevin Wendt were crowned as the victors of the Winter Games. As well as the winning couple, three other couples came of the show; Lily McManus-Semchyshyn and Courtney Dober, Lesley Murphy and Dean Unglert and Clare Crawley and Benoit Beauséjour-Savard who got engaged at the After Show despite having ended their relationship on the show.
Production[]
The series reunites previous contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette at a winter resort in Manchester, Vermont, where they are competing with contestants from the various international adaptations of the franchise in various winter sports challenges.
Cast[]
It features contestants from America, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Japan and China.
Contestants[]
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.jpg "Courtney Dober (Winter Games).jpg (55 KB)")
.jpg "Lily McManus (Winter Games).jpg (59 KB)")
.jpg "Lesley Murphy (Winter Games).jpg (62 KB)")
.jpg "Dean Unglert (Winter Games).jpg (58 KB)")
.jpg "Luke Pell (Winter Games).jpg (64 KB)")
.jpg "Natassia Yaramchuk (Winter Games).jpg (75 KB)")
.jpg "Bibiana Julian (Winter Games).jpg (1,008 KB)")
.jpg "Jordan Mauger (Winter Games).jpg (68 KB)")
34
Auckland, New Zealand
The Bachelor, New Zealand, season 2
Split in episode 4
.jpg "Ally Thompson (Winter Games).jpg (65 KB)")
24
Nelson, New Zealand
The Bachelor, New Zealand, season 3
Eliminated in episode 3
.jpg "Josiah Graham (Winter Games).jpg (69 KB)")
.jpg "Christian Rauch (Winter Games).jpg (73 KB)")
34
Berlin, Germany
The Bachelorette, Switzerland, season 1
Split in episode 3
.jpg "Clare Crawley (Winter Games).jpg (69 KB)")
.jpg "Yuki Kimura (Winter Games).jpg (71 KB)")
21
Atsugi, Kanagawa
The Bachelor, Japan, season 1
Eliminated in episode 3
.jpg "Michael Garofola (Winter Games).jpg (57 KB)")
.jpg "Ben Higgins (Winter Games).jpg (56 KB)")
.jpg "Tiffany Scanlon (Winter Games).jpg (66 KB)")
31
Perth, Western Australia
The Bachelor, Australia, season 4
Quit in episode 3
.jpg "Jenny Helenius (Winter Games).jpg (74 KB)")
34
Helsinki, Finland
The Bachelor, Finland, season 1
Eliminated in episode 2
.jpg "Rebecca Carlson (Winter Games).jpg (64 KB)")
26
Stockholm, Sweden
The Bachelor, Sweden, season 3
Eliminated in episode 2
.jpg "Benoit Beauséjour-Savard (Winter Games).jpg (60 KB)")
.jpg "Zoe Tang (Winter Games).jpg (59 KB)")
25
Shenzhen, China
The Bachelor, China, season 1
Eliminated in episode 1
.jpg "Jamey Kocan (Winter Games).jpg (59 KB)")
.jpg "Lauren Griffin (Winter Games).jpg (1.26 MB)")
.jpg "Laura Blair (Winter Games).jpg (67 KB)")
29
Wirral, England
The Bachelor, UK, season 4
Eliminated in episode 1
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Elimination table[]
| Place | Contestant | Episode | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1st | Ashley | Last | IN | Date | Winner |
| Kevin | Date | IN | Date | ||
| 2nd | Courtney | IN | IN | IN | Runner-up |
| Lily | IN | IN | IN | ||
| Dean | IN | Date | Last | Runner-up | |
| Lesley | IN | Date | Last | ||
| Luke | Date | Date | IN | Runner-up | |
| Stassi | IN | Date | IN | ||
| 9-10 | Bibiana | Date | IN | IN | Split |
| Jordan | Not arrived | IN | IN | Split | |
| 11–12 | Ally | IN | IN | Out | |
| Josiah | Last | IN | Out | ||
| 13–14 | Christian | IN | IN | Split | |
| Clare | IN | Last | Split | ||
| 15 | Yuki | IN | IN | Out | |
| 16 | Michael | IN | IN | Quit | |
| 17 | Ben | IN | IN | Quit | |
| 18 | Tiffany | IN | IN | Quit | |
| 19–20 | Jenny | IN | Out | ||
| Rebecca | Date | Out | |||
| 21 | Benoit | IN | Quit | ||
| 22–26 | Eric | Out | |||
| Jamey | Out | ||||
| Laura | Out | ||||
| Lauren | Out | ||||
| Zoe | Out | ||||
| The contestant is male. | |
| The contestant is female. | |
| The couple won Bachelor Winter Games. | |
| The couples were the runner-ups. | |
| Date | The contestant went on a date and gave out a rose at the rose ceremony. |
| Date | The contestant The contestant went on a date and got a rose at the rose ceremony. |
| Date | The contestant won the Winter competition, then went on a date and gave out a rose at the rose ceremony. |
| Date | The contestant won the Winter competition, then went on a date and got a rose at the rose ceremony. |
| In | The contestant gave or received a rose at the rose ceremony, thus remaining in the competition. |
| Last | The contestant won the Winter competition, then went on a date and received the last rose. |
| Last | The contestant received the last rose. |
| Split | The couple broke up and were eliminated. |
| Quit | The contestant voluntarily left the show. |
| Out | The contestant had to leave the show due to not having a relationship. |
| Out | The contestant was eliminated. |
Where are they now?[]
Ashley Iaconetti and Kevin Wendt ended their relationship soon after the After Show.
In May 2018, she announced that she was dating Jared Haibon. They got engaged on June 17, 2018, in Mexico, while filming for the 5th season of Bachelor in Paradise. They were married on August 11, 2019 in Rhode Island.
Kevin met Astrid Loch on the 5th season of Bachelor in Paradise. Despite ending their relation in Paradise, the two reconnected after the show and are now in a relationship. They got engaged on August 28, 2019.
Courtney Dober and Lily McManus ended their relationship in August 2018, but remain very close friends.
Lily McManus is currently in a relationship with Richie Boyens.
Lesley Murphy and Dean Unglert ended their relationship in early April 2018.
Lesley Murphy began dating Alex Kavanagh in late 2017. They got engaged on February 4, 2020. On September 27, 2020, they announced that they are expecting their first child.
Dean Unglert met Caelynn Miller-Keyes on the 6th season of Bachelor in Paradise but originally broke up. He returned for Caelynn, asking her to leave Paradise and continue their relationship in "the real world".
Luke Pell is currently dating Amanda Mertz.
Josiah Graham got engaged to Donna Marie on December 15, 2019.
Ben Higgins started dating Jess Clarke in early 2019. On March 27, 2020, he proposed in her hometown of Franklin, Tennessee.
Clare Crawley and Benoit Beauséjour-Savard announced their split on April 6, 2018.
Clare Crawley will be the Bachelorette on the 16th season of The Bachelorette.