The Bachelor (season 15)
| The Bachelor (season 15) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 12 (including 2 specials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | January 3 – March 14, 2011 |
| Season chronology | |
The fifteenth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The season premiere aired on January 3, 2011. 38-year-old Brad Womack, who previously appeared as the Bachelor in season 11, where he rejected both of his final two women, returned as the Bachelor for this season. He courted 30 women, unlike the 25 in previous seasons. Womack became the first bachelor to appear on The Bachelor twice.
Casting began during On the Wings of Love. Potential candidates for this season including Womack, as well as Ty Brown and Chris Lambton from (Ali's season) season six of The Bachelorette. Both Brown and Lambton turned down the offer, Womack was selected as the next Bachelor and was announced during the live show of season eleven of Dancing with the Stars.
One of the season's contestants, Emily, was the fiancée of Ricky Hendrick.
This season traveled to far-flung locales in Las Vegas, Nevada, Costa Rica, the British overseas territory of Anguilla and South Africa. Musical guests included Train and Seal.
Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions.
Ashley Hebert was chosen as the bachelorette for the seventh season of The Bachelorette.
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