The Bachelor Canada | |
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Also known as | 'Le Canada Bachelier (in French) |
Genre | Reality competition |
Presented by | Tyler Harcott |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 19 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Claire Freeland |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company(s) | Good Human Productions Inc. |
Release | |
Original network | City |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | October 3, 2012 – present |
Chronology | |
Followed by | The Bachelorette Canada |
Related shows |
The Bachelor (U.S.) The Bachelor (UK) |
External links | |
Website |
The Bachelor Canada is a Canadian reality television series, based on the American television series of the same name which premiered on October 3, 2012, on the City television network. Following the premiere The Bachelor Canada moved to its regular time slot Wednesdays after Modern Family.
In 2015, W Network announced The Bachelorette Canada. On June 9, 2016, 27-year-old hairstylist, Jasmine Lorimer, originally from Kenora, Ontario, now living in Pemberton, British Columbia, was announced as the Bachelorette for the opening season of the spin-off series.
It was announced that The Bachelor was coming to Canada on City's Breakfast Television by the American host, Chris Harrison. The show is produced by Good Human Productions based in Vancouver. Filming began in Spring 2012.
On May 1, 2012, former Canadian Football League slotback, Brad Smith, was announced as the Bachelor for the opening season of the series on that morning's episode of Breakfast Television.
Tyler Harcott, originally from Calgary, Alberta, began his career in radio as a disc jockey for a local radio station in Red Deer, Alberta. He then decided to continue his career by travelling to Hong Kong where he broke into the television industry hosting three programs for Startv Network. As travel became Harcott's biggest passion, he continued onto South East Asia and the Middle East, more specifically, India, Dubai, and Indonesia. Harcott then returned to Canada where he landed a hosting position that also required writing and producing a live entertainment show for A-Channel Calgary named "Wired." Tyler then moved to Los Angeles where he hosted the stunt show, I Dare You!, as well as Junkyard Wars and Miss America: Countdown to the Crown for TLC. This experience led Harcott to New York City where he hosted Guess Who's Coming to Decorate and The Complex: Malibu for FOX.