The Bachelor (American TV series) season 10


The Bachelor: Officer and a Gentleman is the tenth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The show was filmed in Los Angeles, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania, and premiered on April 2, 2007. This season features the first US Navy Officer, 30-year-old Andy Baldwin from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The season concluded on May 21, 2007, Baldwin choosing to propose to 26-year-old social worker Tessa Horst. Horst became the first winner of Asian descent in the Bachelor franchise. The couple soon ended their engagement and briefly resumed dating, but finally broke up for good later that year.

Contestants

The following is the list of bachelorettes for this season:
NameAgeHometownOccupationOutcome
Tessa Horst26Social WorkerWinner
28Palo Alto, CaliforniaAssistantWeek 8
Danielle Imwalle25Bethel, ConnecticutGraphic DesignerWeek 7
Amber Alchalabi23Sugar Land, TexasTeacherWeek 6
Stephanie Wilhite23Overland Park, KansasProject ManagerWeek 5
Tina Wu26Lenox Hill, New YorkMedical studentWeek 5
Kate Brockhouse24Ravenel, South CarolinaBoutique ownerWeek 4
Nicole Clary26Charleston, South CarolinaSales ManagerWeek 4
Stephanie Tipper27Folly Beach, South CarolinaWeek 4
Amanda Hackney26Dallas, TexasFinancial analystWeek 3
Erin Parker24Logansport, LouisianaFinancial analystWeek 3
Peyton Wright24Kingsport, TennesseeSorority recruiterWeek 3
Alexis Young26Southlake, TexasAttorneyWeek 2
Susan Anderson23The Woodlands, TexasBoutique managerWeek 2
Tiffany Warren28Boston, MassachusettsMedical equipment sales repWeek 2
Blakeney Rowe29Birmingham, AlabamaRadio salesWeek 1
Candice DeCost23Hilton Head Island, South CarolinaWaitressWeek 1
Catherine Warren23Lake Forest, IllinoisFormer Miss IllinoisWeek 1
Danielle Vallis26The Bronx, New YorkAttorneyWeek 1
Jacqueline "Jackie" Topelli23Minneapolis, MinnesotaExecutive coordinatorWeek 1
Jeanette Alvarez27Tampa, FloridaHealth care managerWeek 1
Jessica Devallo32New York, New YorkHedge fund analystWeek 1
Linda Malek33Cuyahoga Falls, OhioAttorneyWeek 1
Lindsay Smith22Lawrence, KansasStudentWeek 1
Tiffany Forester27St. Louis Park, MinnesotaReal estate sales/developmentWeek 1

Future appearances

''Bachelor Pad''

Peyton Wright returned to compete for the first season of Bachelor Pad. She and her partner Jesse Beck were eliminated in week 5, finishing in 7th/8th.

Episodes


About the winner

Tessa Horst grew up in Washington, D.C., where she graduated from Georgetown Day School in 1999 and Middlebury College in 2003. She received her MS degree in social work from Columbia University. Prior to entering graduate studies, Horst lived in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 2004, where she was employed at the famous Silver Dollar Bar of The Wort Hotel. At the time she competed on The Bachelor, she was employed as a social worker living in San Francisco.
Three months after the finale, Horst and Baldwin called off the engagement.