<P> The bachelor has wide discretion in choosing how many and when to present the roses . For example, Sean Lowe presented several roses at his initial cocktail party . </P> <P> It is common to accuse a contestant of not being on the show "for the right reasons", meaning that her aim is not to establish a relationship with the bachelor, but rather to garner publicity for her own career, induce jealousy in an ex-boyfriend, become selected as the next Bachelorette, or simply to get a free trip to exotic locations . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Original run </Th> <Th> Bachelor </Th> <Th> Number of contestants </Th> <Th> Winner </Th> <Th> Runner (s) - up </Th> <Th> Proposal </Th> <Th> Still together </Th> <Th> Relationship notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> March 25--April 25, 2002 </Td> <Td> Alex Michel </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Amanda Marsh </Td> <Td> Trista Rehn </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Michel did not propose to Marsh, but instead they entered into a relationship . Marsh and Michel broke up after several months . Marsh is now married to her childhood friend, Jay Caldwell, and they have a daughter named Chloe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> September 25--November 20, 2002 </Td> <Td> Aaron Buerge </Td> <Td> Helene Eksterowicz </Td> <Td> Brooke Smith </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Buerge and Eksterowicz broke up after several weeks . Buerge became engaged to Angye McIntosh and married in 2009 . They have a daughter named Aven . In 2013, Eksterowicz married senior technology consultant Andrew Goodman and they have one child together . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> March 24--May 21, 2003 </Td> <Td> Andrew Firestone </Td> <Td> Jen Schefft </Td> <Td> Kirsten Buschbacher </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Schefft and Firestone broke up after several months but remained friends . He is now married to actress Ivana Bozilović and they have three children together: sons Adam and Shane and daughter Anja . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> September 24--November 20, 2003 </Td> <Td> Bob Guiney </Td> <Td> Estella Gardinier </Td> <Td> Kelly Jo Kuharski </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Guiney did not propose to Gardinier but she accepted a promise ring indicating that they would still date . They broke up shortly after the show aired . Guiney later married soap opera star Rebecca Budig, but they split after five years of marriage . Guiney has been married to Jessica Canyon since November 2016 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> April 7--May 26, 2004 </Td> <Td> Jesse Palmer </Td> <Td> Jessica Bowlin </Td> <Td> Tara Huckeby </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Palmer did not propose to Bowlin . They continued to date but broke up several weeks later . Bowlin is now married to Omar Rawi and they have two children together . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> September 22--November 24, 2004 </Td> <Td> Byron Velvick </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Mary Delgado </Td> <Td> Tanya Michel </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Velvick and Jay Overbye started as two candidate bachelors . The women competing had to vote on which man they would like to be the bachelor . Velvick ended up winning the vote . Velvick and Delgado split after five years . Velvick is now married to Belinda Juarez, while Delgado is now married to James Kordomenos . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> March 28--May 16, 2005 </Td> <Td> Charlie O'Connell </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Sarah Bryce </Td> <Td> Krisily Kennedy </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> O'Connell chose Bryce to be the winner but did not propose to her and instead began a relationship . They broke up in September 2007, but got back together in 2008 . However, they called it quits again in 2010 . Bryce is now married to Brandt Calver and they have three children together . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> January 9--February 27, 2006 </Td> <Td> Travis Lane Stork </Td> <Td> Sarah Stone </Td> <Td> Moana Dixon </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Stork did not propose to Stone . Instead, they began a relationship . They broke up shortly after the show aired . Stork is now featured on The Doctors and was married to pediatrician Charlotte Brown, but they divorced after three years of marriage . Stone is now married to Brock Smith and they have three daughters together . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> October 2--November 27, 2006 </Td> <Td> Lorenzo Borghese </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Jennifer Wilson </Td> <Td> Sadie Murray </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Borghese did not propose to Wilson . They entered into a relationship, and broke up in January 2007 . He immediately dated Murray, the runner - up, and broke up in March of that same year . Wilson is now married to Lee Gerschultz . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> April 2--May 22, 2007 </Td> <Td> Andrew Baldwin </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Tessa Horst </Td> <Td> Bevin Nicole Powers </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Horst and Baldwin called off their engagement one month after the finale, but continued their relationship . They broke off the relationship in September 2007 . Horst is now married to Tom Pickard and they have a son together . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> September 24--November 20, 2007 </Td> <Td> Brad Womack </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> DeAnna Pappas & Jenni Croft </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Womack chose Croft and Pappas as the two finalists, but they were both rejected in the season's finale . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> March 17--May 12, 2008 </Td> <Td> Matt Grant </Td> <Td> Shayne Lamas </Td> <Td> Chelsea Wanstrath </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Grant and Lamas broke up in July 2008 as they felt their lives were going in different directions, but stated they would remain close friends . Lamas is now married to Internet personality Nik Richie and they have two children together, a boy and a girl . Grant is now married to Rebecca Moring . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> January 5--March 3, 2009 </Td> <Td> Jason Mesnick </Td> <Td> Melissa Rycroft </Td> <Td> Molly Malaney </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> On the season's finale, Mesnick had called off the engagement with Rycroft, and resumed a relationship with runner - up Malaney . Rycroft is now married to Tye Strickland, and they have three children together, daughter Ava and sons Beckett and Cayson . Mesnick would later propose to Malaney in New Zealand, which she accepted and were married on February 27, 2010, in California . Mesnick and Malaney's wedding aired on national television on March 8, 2010 . The couple welcomed their first child, Riley, in March 2013 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> January 4--March 1, 2010 </Td> <Td> Jake Pavelka </Td> <Td> Vienna Girardi </Td> <Td> Tenley Molzahn </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Pavelka and Girardi ended their relationship in June 2010 . They later appeared in the second season of Bachelor Pad . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> January 3--March 14, 2011 </Td> <Td> Brad Womack </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> Emily Maynard </Td> <Td> Chantal O'Brien </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Womack and Maynard broke up while their season was airing, but got back together after the show's finale . However, they called it quits for good in May 2011 but remained friends . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> January 2--March 12, 2012 </Td> <Td> Ben Flajnik </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Courtney Robertson </Td> <Td> Lindzi Cox </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Flajnik and Robertson originally broke up in February 2012 while their season was airing . However, they were later reconciled and got engaged for the second time, but broke up again in October 2012 for good . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> January 7--March 11, 2013 </Td> <Td> Sean Lowe </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Catherine Giudici </Td> <Td> Lindsay Yenter </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> Lowe and Giudici married on January 26, 2014 . They welcomed their first child, Samuel, on July 2, 2016 . They are expecting their second child in 2018 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> January 6--March 10, 2014 </Td> <Td> Juan Pablo Galavis </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Nikki Ferrell </Td> <Td> Clare Crawley </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Galavis did not propose to Ferrell, but instead they decided to continue their relationship . They later appeared on Couples Therapy . In October 2014, they decided to end their relationship after months of fighting . Ferrell married longtime friend Tyler Vanloo on October 8, 2016 . Galavis married former Miss Earth Venezuela Osmariel Villalobos in August 2017 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> January 5--March 9, 2015 </Td> <Td> Chris Soules </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> Whitney Bischoff </Td> <Td> Becca Tilley </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Though the season ended with Soules proposing to Bischoff, the couple announced that they had called off the engagement on May 28, 2015 . Bischoff is now married to fellow Chicagoan resident Ricky Angel . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> January 4--March 14, 2016 </Td> <Td> Ben Higgins </Td> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> Lauren Bushnell </Td> <Td> Joelle "JoJo" Fletcher </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Higgins and Bushnell had their own reality show Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After? . They also hosted a Disney wedding show special . The two announced their breakup on May 15, 2017 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> January 2--March 13, 2017 </Td> <Td> Nick Viall </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> Vanessa Grimaldi </Td> <Td> Raven Gates </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> Viall and Grimaldi announced their breakup on August 25, 2017 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> January 1--March 6, 2018 </Td> <Td> Arie Luyendyk Jr . </Td> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> Rebecca "Becca" Kufrin </Td> <Td> Lauren Burnham </Td> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> On the live season finale, it was revealed that a few weeks after filming wrapped, Luyendyk had called off his engagement to Kufrin . He subsequently decided to give another chance on his relationship with runner - up Burnham . The two are engaged during the After the Final Rose special . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Original run </Th> <Th> Bachelor </Th> <Th> Number of contestants </Th> <Th> Winner </Th> <Th> Runner (s) - up </Th> <Th> Proposal </Th> <Th> Still together </Th> <Th> Relationship notes </Th> </Tr>

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