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 reunite 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
Elimination table
Place | Contestant | Episode | |||
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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.
Lesley Murphy and Dean Unglert ended their relationship in early April 2018.
Clare Crawley and Benoit Beauséjour-Savard announced their split on April 6, 2018.