The Bachelorette (season 14)
The fourteenth season of The Bachelorette premiered on May 28, 2018. This season features Becca Kufrin, a 28-year-old publicist from Prior Lake, Minnesota.
Kufrin was the winner of the 22nd season of The Bachelor featuring Arie Luyendyk Jr.; however, Luyendyk broke off his engagement with Kufrin to resume a relationship with runner-up Lauren Burnham prior to the After the Final Rose special. On the season finale, Kufrin picked medical sales representative Garrett Yrigoyen to be her fiancé.
Development and production
Casting began during season thirteen of The Bachelorette. Kufrin was named as the bachelorette during the After the Final Rose of Season 22 of The Bachelor on March 6, 2018.This season's cast includes Philadelphia Eagles tight end Clay Harbor and undrafted free agent Colton Underwood.
Filming was reported in Richmond, Virginia during April 6 – 9 at Lombardy Street, Virginia State Capitol, Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Veil Brewing Company, and Carpenter Theatre. Besides Virginia, this season also included visits in Utah, Nevada, The Bahamas, Thailand and Maldives. Appearances on this season are musicians Lil Jon, Richard Marx, Granger Smith, Wayne Newton, Morgan Evans, Baha Men and Betty Who and sports personalities Keyshawn Johnson, Valerie Fleming and Shauna Rohbock.
Virginia governor Ralph Northam also made his appearance as the audience member in the group date held in Richmond, Virginia.
Contestants
The season began with 28 contestants.| Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Outcome | Place | Ref |
| Garrett Yrigoyen | 29 | Manteca, California | Medical Sales Representative | Winner | 1 | |
| Blake Horstmann | 28 | Bailey, Colorado | Sales Rep | Runner-up | 2 | |
| Jason Tartick | 29 | Buffalo, New York | Senior Corporate Banker | Week 9 | 3 | |
| Colton Underwood | 26 | Washington, Illinois | Former Pro Football Player | Week 8 | 4 | |
| William "Wills" Reid | 29 | Los Angeles, California | Graphic Designer | Week 7 | 5 | |
| Leandro "Leo" Dottavio | 31 | Los Angeles, California | Actor | Week 7 | 6 | |
| Connor Obrochta | 25 | St. Petersburg, Florida | Fitness Coach | Week 6 | 7-8 | |
| Lincoln Adim | 26 | Boston, Massachusetts | Account Sales Executive | Week 6 | 7-8 | |
| Chris Randone | 30 | Pleasantville, New York | Sales Trainer | Week 6 | 9 | |
| John Graham | 28 | Chicago, Illinois | Software Engineer | Week 5 | 10 | |
| Jordan Kimball | 26 | Crystal River, Florida | Male Model | Week 5 | 11 | |
| David Ravitz | 25 | Cherry Hill, New Jersey | Venture Capitalist | Week 5 | 12 | |
| Christon Staples | 31 | Los Angeles, California | Former Harlem Globetrotter | Week 4 | 13-14 | |
| Nicholas "Nick" Spetsas | 27 | Palm Coast, Florida | Attorney | Week 4 | 13-14 | |
| Jean Blanc | 31 | Boston, Massachusetts | Colognoisseur | Week 4 | 15 | |
| Michael "Mike" Renner | 27 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Sports Analyst | Week 3 | 16-17 | |
| Ryan Peterson | 26 | Mashpee, Massachusetts | Banjoist | Week 3 | 16-17 | |
| Clay Harbor | 30 | Chicago, Illinois | Pro Football Player | Week 3 | 18 | |
| Alex Templeman | 31 | Atlanta, Georgia | Construction Manager | Week 2 | 19–21 | |
| Rickey Jasper | 27 | Ashburn, Virginia | IT Consultant | Week 2 | 19–21 | |
| Trent Jespersen | 28 | Carroll, Iowa | Realtor | Week 2 | 19–21 | |
| Chase Vergason | 27 | Sanford, Florida | Advertising Vice President | Week 1 | 22–27 | |
| Christian Estrada | 28 | San Diego, California | Banker | Week 1 | 22–27 | |
| Darius Feaster | 26 | Sherman Oaks, California | Pharmaceutical Sales Rep | Week 1 | 22–27 | |
| Grant Vandevanter | 27 | Danville, California | Electrician | Week 1 | 22–27 | |
| Joe Amabile | 31 | Chicago, Illinois | Grocery Store Owner | Week 1 | 22–27 | |
| Kamil Nicalek | 30 | Monroe, New York | Social Media Participant | Week 1 | 22–27 | |
| Jake Enyeart | 29 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Marketing Consultant | Week 1 | 28 |
Future appearances
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Season 5David Ravitz, Kamil Nicalek, Joe Amabile, John Graham, Jordan Kimball, Nick Spetsas, Chris Randone, Colton Underwood, Connor Obrochta, Wills Reid, and Leo Dottavio competed in the fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise. Reid and Spetsas were eliminated in week one. Dottavio was removed in week three. Obrachta and Ravitz were eliminated in week three. Underwood quit in week four. Amabile quit in week five. Graham quit in week six. Nicalek left in a relationship with Annaliese Puccini. Kimball left engaged to Jenna Cooper and Randone left engaged to Krystal Nielson.
Season 6
Kimball and Reid along with Blake Horstmann, Christian Estrada, and Clay Harbor competed in the sixth season of Bachelor in Paradise. Estrada and Kimball were removed by production in week 2 due to their aggressive behavior towards one another. Reid was eliminated in week 2. Horstmann quit during week 5.
Australia Season 2
Obrachta appeared on the Australian version of Bachelor in Paradise. He quit the show during week 6.
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Outside of the Bachelor Nation franchise, Amabile competed in the twenty-seventh season of Dancing With the Stars and was partnered with Jenna Johnson. He made it to the semi-finals before being eliminated. Kimball joined Amabile and Johnson during week 4's.Call-out order
Episodes
Controversies
Garrett Yrigoyen Instagram likes
The show came under fire when it was revealed that Garrett Yrigoyen, who was the recipient of the "First Impression" rose and the eventual winner, had liked offensive posts on Instagram that mocked the trans community, immigrants, and liberal women, along with one post that referred to David Hogg, a survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, as a crisis actor. Yrigoyen later apologized on Instagram for the hurt and offense that liking the posts may have caused and stated that he will be more mindful of what he likes in the future as those likes "were not a true reflection of or ".Lincoln Adim sexual misconduct charges
On June 13, 2018, the show came under more fire for allowing contestant Lincoln Adim to be on the show after he had been charged with groping and assaulting a woman on a harbor cruise ship on May 30, 2016. Adim was convicted of this crime after he had finished filming and one week before the season premiered. Adim will have to register as a sex-offender. Warner Bros., who produces the show, claims that Adim lied about facing sexual misconduct charges and that they use a third-party company to do background checks, claiming:Colton Underwood drama
In January 2018, prior to being cast for The Bachelorette, Underwood had a brief relationship with The Bachelor season 22 contestant Tia Booth. Kufrin was made aware of the relationship early in the season but after Underwood received a hometown date, Booth came back and told Kufrin that she still had feelings. Underwood was then eliminated.During Underwood's hometown date, he revealed to Kufrin that she was the first girl he has brought home to meet his family. This was later proven to be untrue as fans of the show found old pictures of Underwood's ex-girlfriend, Aly Raisman, at his home with his family.
After Underwood disclosed to Kufrin that he is a virgin, Wendy Williams commented on her show that she " trust people that have never had a drink, a smoke, and trust people that have never had sex". Williams received criticism from some fans, saying she humiliated Underwood and that virgin-shaming was not okay. Underwood responded to Williams on Twitter by stating "Don’t trust a virgin, but you’ll trust your 3 baby daddies who cheat on you every weekend. Okay". The tweet was ill-received by some fans of The Bachelorette, believing it had racist and slut-shaming undertones.