50 Fun Facts About The Bachelorette

Jordan, who won season twelve of The Bachelorette, is the younger brother of which star NFL quarterback?

Aaron Rodgers was the Green Bay Packers' quarterback when his brother proposed in the finale. The couple postponed their wedding during the pandemic and married in 2022.

Bachelorette leads Hannah Brown and Kaitlyn Bristowe won back-to-back seasons of which celebrity contest?

Dancing with the Stars crowned Hannah Brown in season 28 and Kaitlyn Bristowe in season 29. Trista Rehn, the first Bachelorette, was the first celebrity eliminated in the dance show's debut season.

Which host fronted the first sixteen seasons of The Bachelorette before two former leads replaced him?

Chris Harrison hosted from the first episode through season sixteen. He also fronted The Bachelor for 25 seasons before leaving the franchise in 2021.

Garrett Yrigoyen pulled up on night one of The Bachelorette driving which vehicle filled with diaper bags?

A minivan loaded with baby car seats carried him up the driveway. Becca Kufrin gave him her first impression rose that night and accepted his proposal in the finale.

Which Dallas lawyer became the first Black lead in franchise history on season thirteen of The Bachelorette?

Rachel Lindsay was announced as the lead on Jimmy Kimmel Live! while still a contestant on the season of The Bachelor then airing, where she finished third.

Which actor couple hosted a season thirteen date on The Bachelorette testing the men as husband material?

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis ran an obstacle course of diaper changing, baby carriers, a clogged sink and a dash with a vacuum cleaner.

Who took over as lead partway through season sixteen of The Bachelorette after Clare Crawley left engaged?

Tayshia Adams inherited the remaining men, plus four new arrivals, without the season starting over. She later co-hosted the next two seasons.

Which musician won Hannah Brown's season of The Bachelorette, then lost her over a girlfriend back home?

Jed Wyatt saw the engagement end before the finale even aired. He admitted he had joined the cast to promote his music career.

Blake Horstmann, runner-up on Becca Kufrin's season of The Bachelorette, later looked for love on which spin-off?

Bachelor in Paradise gave him a second try at love, but he quit in week five. He later competed on the Paramount+ reality series All Star Shore.

Which network launched The Bachelorette as a gender-swapped spin-off of its own dating hit The Bachelor?

ABC premiered the spin-off in January 2003, then shelved it after three seasons. It returned in 2008 and became a fixture of the network's summer schedule.

When four men remain on The Bachelorette, which outings send the lead on the road to meet their parents?

Hometown dates sent Becca Kufrin to Buffalo for chicken wings and hockey, and to Colorado, where singer Betty Who performed for the couple.

Which episode of The Bachelorette, aired just before the finale, gathers the eliminated suitors in a studio?

The Men Tell All put seventeen of Becca Kufrin's rejected men in one room, where accusations flew and the bickering began.

Which firefighter won the first season of The Bachelorette and married its lead, Trista Rehn, on television?

Ryan Sutter, a former NFL draft pick turned Colorado firefighter, married her in December 2003. The network paid the couple $1 million for the right to televise the ceremony.

Jillian Harris, who led season five of The Bachelorette, was the show's first lead from which country?

Canada supplied a second lead six seasons later in Kaitlyn Bristowe, who grew up in the same province, Alberta.

Which race car driver ended his engagement to Becca Kufrin on camera before she led The Bachelorette?

Arie Luyendyk Jr. had proposed to her in his finale of The Bachelor, then left her for runner-up Lauren Burnham, whom he later married.

Unable to choose, Hannah Brown took all four remaining men on The Bachelorette to overnight dates in which room?

The fantasy suite week in Greece ended early for Luke Parker. She sent him home at dinner, furious that he had shamed her over intimacy with the other men.

Which former NFL prospect told Becca Kufrin he was a virgin on The Bachelorette, then became the next Bachelor?

Colton Underwood reached the final four before being sent home. He later became the first lead in the franchise's history to come out as gay.

Which New Jersey native became the first Asian American lead of The Bachelorette in its twenty-first season?

Jenn Tran, the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, traded proposals with her final pick, then revealed at the live special that he had ended the engagement.

Which comedian joined a stand-up comedy group date on Kaitlyn Bristowe's season of The Bachelorette?

Amy Schumer brought fellow comics Bridget Everett and Nikki Glaser along as seven of the men tried out routines for the lead.

Which former Bachelor and ex-NFL quarterback became host of The Bachelorette for its two-lead nineteenth season?

Jesse Palmer was a New York Giants backup quarterback when he starred as the Bachelor in 2004. He returned to the franchise as host of The Bachelor's 26th season.

Ali Fedotowsky left The Bachelor over a work ultimatum from which company before leading The Bachelorette?

Facebook told her to return to work or quit, so she left in fourth place. She came back as the lead of season six and got engaged in the finale.

Which contestant finished runner-up on two straight seasons of The Bachelorette before being cast as the Bachelor?

Nick Viall lost Andi Dorfman's final rose, then talked his way onto Kaitlyn Bristowe's season in week four and lost again.

Clare Crawley left season sixteen of The Bachelorette in its fourth episode, engaged to which former NFL receiver?

Dale Moss had bounced around NFL practice squads, including Green Bay's, before reality TV. He became the first Black winner in the show's history.

Season eight of The Bachelorette filmed in which city so that Emily Maynard could stay near her young daughter?

Charlotte, North Carolina, replaced the usual California mansion that year. It was the first time a show in the franchise had been based in the South.

Emily Maynard led The Bachelorette after her engagement to which two-time Bachelor fell apart?

Brad Womack chose no one in his first season, turning down future Bachelorette DeAnna Pappas, then returned four seasons later and proposed to Maynard.

Juan Pablo Galavis, a future Bachelor, played which sport professionally before joining The Bachelorette?

Soccer was his job for several seasons as a midfielder in Venezuela's top division. He was named the Bachelor the day Desiree Hartsock's finale aired.

Andi Dorfman took leave from which legal job in Atlanta to lead season ten of The Bachelorette?

Assistant district attorney was a post she never went back to: she resigned from the Fulton County office instead of asking for more leave.

Which ICU nurse and former Denver Broncos cheerleader co-led season nineteen of The Bachelorette?

Gabby Windey shared the lead role for the entire season, a first for the show, and later won the third season of The Traitors.

Which tennis pro finished second on Charity Lawson's season of The Bachelorette, then became the Bachelor?

Joey Graziadei played tennis at West Chester University and moved to Hawaii after graduating. He was named the Bachelor for season 28.

Which jeweler supplied the engagement ring Blake Moynes chose for his finale on The Bachelorette?

Neil Lane turned up as a surprise with a selection of engagement rings. A nervous Moynes chose one and proposed to Katie Thurston, who accepted.

Hannah Brown, who led season fifteen of The Bachelorette, held which state pageant title the year before?

Miss Alabama USA 2018 was her title, and at the national pageant she roomed with Caelynn Miller-Keyes, later her castmate on The Bachelor.

Blake Moynes, who joined Katie Thurston's season of The Bachelorette in week three and won, held which job?

Wildlife manager was the job listed for him, and he was no newcomer: he had competed for two different leads in the season before.

Michelle Young, a former Division I basketball player, held which job when she led The Bachelorette?

Elementary school teacher was her job in Minnesota, where part of her season was filmed once pandemic travel limits eased.

Which dentist from Maine led season seven of The Bachelorette and married her winner in a televised wedding?

Ashley Hebert married J.P. Rosenbaum on December 1, 2012, and the couple had two children. They announced their separation in October 2020 and divorced the following year.

Blake Horstmann rode up to the mansion on night one of Becca Kufrin's season of The Bachelorette on which animal?

An ox was his ride up the driveway that night. He lasted until the final two, where he was turned away on a beach before he could finish his speech.

On night one of season eleven of The Bachelorette, the men voted for Kaitlyn Bristowe over which rival lead?

Britt Nilsson, a waitress from Michigan, was sent home that first night after more of the men backed her rival.

The mansion used on The Bachelorette, a house known as Villa de la Vina, stands in which California city?

Agoura Hills is home to the villa, though three straight pandemic-era seasons were filmed at resorts instead.

Garrett Yrigoyen proposed to Becca Kufrin on a beach in which island nation in the finale of The Bachelorette?

Maldives hosted the final week, where her relatives met both finalists on the island of Villingili before she made her choice.

Trista Rehn, the first lead of The Bachelorette, spent two seasons as a dancer for which NBA team?

Miami Heat games were her side job while she worked as a pediatric physical therapist at a children's hospital in the city.

Katie Thurston's season of The Bachelorette was filmed entirely at a resort in Santa Ana Pueblo in which state?

New Mexico offered a sealed-off bubble after pandemic border rules scuttled the first plan, a lodge in Jasper, Alberta.

DeAnna Pappas ended season four of The Bachelorette engaged to a professional athlete from which winter sport?

Snowboarding was her winner's profession. The pair set a wedding date for May 2009 but called off the engagement six months before it.

Which producer created The Bachelorette after first making Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?

Mike Fleiss also produced horror films, including the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the Hostel series.

Which Bachelor sent Trista Rehn home as his runner-up before she became the first lead of The Bachelorette?

Alex Michel, a Harvard-educated management consultant, was the very first Bachelor. He chose event planner Amanda Marsh, and the two broke up several months later.

Which former winner of The Bachelor led season three of The Bachelorette and rejected the final proposal?

Jen Schefft had earlier won Andrew Firestone's season of The Bachelor, an engagement that also ended. She later wrote a book titled Better Single Than Sorry.

Which former lead filled in on season sixteen of The Bachelorette while the host took his son to college?

JoJo Fletcher covered while he isolated after the trip, since the whole season was filmed inside a pandemic bubble at one resort.

Which chiropractor won season thirteen of The Bachelorette and later married its lead?

Bryan Abasolo beat runner-up Peter Kraus, and the couple married in August 2019. He filed for divorce after four years of marriage.

When Becca Kufrin of The Bachelorette visited Garrett Yrigoyen's farm in Manteca, which crop did they plant?

Tomatoes went into a muddy field that day, and he also planted a rose bush for her.

Hannah Brown's season of The Bachelorette traveled to which ex-Soviet country for a week of dates?

Latvia treated the lead and one suitor to a countryside sauna ritual, complete with wreaths and honey, on a date that ended with fireworks.

Season sixteen of The Bachelorette aired on Tuesdays during the pandemic, breaking from which usual weeknight?

Monday had been the show's regular slot. That season also premiered in October, months later than planned, after production shut down in March 2020.

Clare Crawley's pandemic season of The Bachelorette was filmed entirely at a resort in which California desert city?

La Quinta Resort & Club housed the whole production in one sealed location because of the pandemic, so the season had none of the show's usual travel.