As a diehard Bachelor/Bachelorette fan, I sit glued in front of the television every Monday night. Being the fan I am, I decided it was time to defend my Bachelor Nation. I started watching in 2012 (Desiree was my first season — I missed Sean and Catherine’s season by that much), and people tell me all the time that the show never works.
So I did some research, because I wanted to prove them wrong.
Turns out they were right… almost. Not quite!
Here’s a quick recap of all our televised couples:
1. Alex Michel and Amanda Marsh
Our pilot couple failed. Dated a few months after the show and called it quits.
2. Aaron Buerge and Helene Eksterowicz
Engaged… and then unengaged within a few weeks.
3. Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter
Success! They got married and now have kids! Yaay!
4. Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft
Failed.
5. Bob Guiney and Estella Gardinier
Nope.
6. Meredith Phillips and Ian Mckee
No.
7. Jesse Palmer and Jessica Bowlin
Done.
8. Byron Velvick and Mary Delgado
To their credit, they stayed together for five years. Until Mary was arrested for assaulting Byron (rumors say she punched him while drunk).
9. Jen Schefft
Back from her failed season with Andrew, she was the bachelorette! And she ended up choosing… no one.
10. Charlie O’Connell and Sarah Brice
Dated on and off for a few years before breaking up for good.
11. Travis Stork and Sarah Stone
Broken up.
12. Prince Lorenzo Borghese and Jennifer Wilson
Terminated.
13. Andrew Baldwin and Tessa Horst
Over.
14. Brad Womack
Another contestant who chose no one.
15. Matt Grant and Shayne Lamas
Broken up.
16. DeAnna Pappas and Jesse Csincsak
They failed, but she ended up marrying the brother of one of the guys on the season of "The Bachelor" after her. So basically/kind of/if you look at it that way she totally got married because of the show.
17. Jason Mesnick and Melissa Rycroft
They are not together, but he still married a finalist! He ended up breaking things off with Melissa and asking his other finalist, Molly, for a second chance, which she granted. Now they are married and have a child. I'm counting this one.
18. Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski
Nope.
19. Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi
Didn’t even make it a year.
20. Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez
Bye.
21. Brad Womack and Emily Maynard
Brad is back! Dated off and on and then… broke up.
22. Ashley Hebert and J.P.Rosenbaum
Married yay! They have a child!
23. Ben Flajnik and Courtney Robertson
Broke up. Got back together. Broke up again.
24. Emily Maynard and Jef Holm
Emily is back! Engaged. Broke up.
25. Sean Lowe and Catherine Guidici
They got married and are literally everyone's favorite. How can you not love them?
26. Desiree Hartsock and Chris Siegfried
Married! (Even though it’s pretty obvious Chris was her second choice *cringe*).
27. Juan Pablo Galavis and Nikki Ferrell
Broken up. Thank goodness. She’s too good for him.
28. Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray
They are no longer together and I will admit to crying so hard.
29. Chris Soules and Whitney Bischoff
Broken up.
30. Kaitlyn Bristowe and Shawn Booth
Making wedding plans!!
*I’d like to make a side note that Nick Viall was the runner up for both Andi and Kaitlyn. Ouch.
31. Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell
Planning to get married this summer.
32. Joelle “JoJo” Fletcher
We shall see… We. Shall. See. (Anyone that's not Chad.)
So there you have it. Four marriages. Two kind-of-because-of-the-show marriages. Two planned marriages for the near future. We’re not going to focus on that rather low statistic (or that a lot of it is staged), because you still have to consider "Bachelor in Paradise," which turned out Jade and Tanner and Lacey and Marcus, so, like, they count extra because we love them so much.
