The Bachelor (season 9)


The Bachelor: Season 9 is the ninth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The show was filmed in Rome, Italy. The season premiered on October 3, 2006. The show featured Italian American cosmetics entrepreneur, Prince Lorenzo Borghese, courting 25 women. Florida teacher Jennifer Wilson was named the winner of this season but Borghese did not propose to her. The couple ended their relationship shortly after the finale aired.

Contestants

Traditionally the Bachelor chooses from an original cast of 25 bachelorettes, however this season show producers brought in two additional ladies who are local Italians bringing the total women to 27.
The following is the list of bachelorettes for this season:
NameAgeHometownOccupationEliminated
Jennifer Wilson24Pembroke Pines, FloridaTeacherWinner
Sadie Murray23Carlsbad, CaliforniaPublicistWeek 7
Lisa Blank25Portland, OregonMarketing managerWeek 6
Agnese Polliza24Venice, ItalyStudentWeek 5
Jeanette Pawula23Bloomingdale, IllinoisTeacherWeek 4
Desiree Valentin22Salt Lake City, UtahRealtorWeek 4
Jami Matzke27Galveston, TexasEvent plannerWeek 3
Gina Clark28Dallas, TexasUltrasound technicianWeek 3
Erica Rose23Houston, TexasSocialiteWeek 3
Sarah Schnare30Nelson, British ColumbiaJournalistWeek 2
Kimberly "Kim" Jackson27Newport Beach, CaliforniaInterior designerWeek 2
Ellen DeMaio30New Haven, ConnecticutRealtorWeek 2
Tara Durr24St. Augustine, FloridaRealtorWeek 1
Rosella Fratto27Chicago, IllinoisMake-up artistWeek 1
Rita Ghazal29Richmond, VirginiaPolicy advisorWeek 1
Renee Snell30Baltimore, MarylandBroadcast marketerWeek 1
Meryl "Meri" Barr27Biloxi, MississippiAttorneyWeek 1
Laura Morgan29San Diego, CaliforniaDolphin trainerWeek 1
Jessica Horner25Charlotte, North CarolinaAssistant buyerWeek 1
Heather Sneed34Aliquippa, PennsylvaniaRegistered nurseWeek 1
Elyse Hammer27New York City, New YorkPhysicianWeek 1
Cosetta BlancaItalyDancerWeek 1
Claudia Gismondi22Boca Raton, FloridaRestaurateurWeek 1
Carissa Ilburg25Cattaraugus, New YorkAttorneyWeek 1
Britt Newton28Columbus, OhioBeer chemistWeek 1
Andrea Shirley28Cincinnati, OhioHotel conciergeWeek 1
April Jacobs23Chicago, IllinoisModelWeek 1

Future Appearances

Bachelor Pad

Erica Rose returned to compete in the second season of Bachelor Pad where she and her partner, Blake Julian, were eliminated in week 5. She returned in the third season of Bachelor Pad the following year and once again was eliminated in week 5.

Elimination Chart

Episodes

The winner

Jennifer Wilson was the eventual winner of "The Bachelor: Rome". As of the end of the show, Jennifer was a Glades Middle School teacher from Pembroke Pines. Jennifer graduated from Dade Christian School and the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in general studies.

After the show

Jennifer Wilson and Lorenzo Borghese broke up after a long-distance relationship where he was in New York while she was in South Florida. Lorenzo did not propose to Jennifer, but gave her the final rose. Jennifer Wilson was accused of secretly dating Dan Herrero, another teacher at the school she worked at, by The National Enquirer soon after the end of the show. The Enquirer included pictures of them "frolicking on the beach" together three days after the initial report. Lorenzo Borghese later began dating runner-up Sadie Murray. Erica Rose later appeared on season one of VH1's "You're Cut Off" and seasons 2 and 3 of Bachelor Pad.