The Bachelor (season 22)

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The 22nd season of The Bachelor premiered on January 1, 2018. This season features 36-year-old Arie Luyendyk Jr., a real estate agent and race car driver from Scottsdale, Arizona.

Luyendyk was the runner-up on the eight season of The Bachelorette featuring Emily Maynard. The season concluded on March 5, 2018 in which 27-year-old publicist Becca Kufrin was named the winner. During the finale, Luyendyk subsequently ended his engagement with Kufrin while admitted that he was still in love with runner-up Lauren Burnham to give another chance on their relationship, in which Luyendyk proposed to Burnham in the After the Final Rose special.

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Filming and development

Casting and contestants

On September 7, 2017, during Good Morning America, Luyendyk was announced as the next Bachelor over The Bachelorette season 13 runner-up Peter Kraus, who was the fan favorite choice for the role. Many fans were in disbelief in response to Kraus' decision and the producers selected Luyendyk as a last minute direct replacement.

Production

This season traveled to Lake Tahoe; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Paris, France; Tuscany, Italy and Peru. Appearances for this season included racing driver Robby Gordon, Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling wrestlers Ursula Hayden and Angelina Altishin, wrestler and The Bachelorette contestant Kenny King, singer/songwriter Connor Duermit, country band Lanco, indie singer and songwriter Tenille Arts and French singer Pauline Paris.

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Contestants

This season began with 29 contestants.

Future appearances

The Bachelor Winter Games

Bibiana Julian and Lauren Griffin took part in The Bachelor Winter Games to compete as Team USA. Griffin was eliminated in week one. Julian quit in week four.

The Bachelorette

During the After the Final Rose Ceremony, it was revealed that Becca Kufrin had been announced as the lead for season 14 of The Bachelorette.

Bachelor in Paradise

During the Women Tell All special, it was announced that Bekah Martinez was originally to join the cast of the fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise, but she declined to take part to compete. Ironically, Julian will compete on Bachelor in Paradise for her third Bachelor Nation appearance including first time returnees Annaliese Puccini, Chelsea Roy, Kendall Long, Krystal Nielson, Nysha Norris and Tia Booth.

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Call-out order

     The contestant received a first impression rose

     The contestant received a rose during the date

     The contestant temporarily left the competition

     The contestant was eliminated

     The contestant was eliminated during the date

     The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony

     The contestant quit the competition

     The contestant won the competition

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Episodes

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Controversies

Bekah Martinez filed missing case

Bekah Martinez was reported missing by her mother during the filming of this season. Her mother tried to claim that Martinez informed her while she was working on a marijuana farm instead of being on national television and was filed in the missing person's report on November 18, 2017, authorities from Humboldt County Police Sheriff tried to locate, but unsuccessfully to reach her. That very same day, Martinez eventually went home and remained on the missing person's case. Her mother reported her missing, but ended up discovering that Martinez was indeed not missing.

Minnesota Bachelor ban

In the aftermath of the season, Minnesota House of Representatives member Drew Christensen signed a document bill to ban Luyendyk to prevent travel from or to Minnesota, Becca Kufrin's home state. As stated on the document "the state of Minnesota hereby adopts a policy of zero tolerance of Arie Luyendyk, Jr. from season 22 of 'The Bachelor.' It is state policy that every person in the state has a right to live free from the presence of Arie Luyendyk, Jr. in the state."

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Notes

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References

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External links

• Official website

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