The Bachelor (American TV series) season 17


The seventeenth season of The Bachelor premiered on January 7, 2013. This season features 28-year-old Sean Lowe, a former Kansas State football player from Irving, Texas.
Lowe finished in third place on the eighth season of The Bachelorette featuring Emily Maynard. The season concluded on March 11, 2013, with Lowe choosing to propose to 26-year-old graphic designer Catherine Giudici. Lowe and Giudici married in January 2014, and currently live in Dallas, Texas with their two sons, Isaiah and Samuel, and daughter, Mia.
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Production

Casting and contestants

Casting began during the airing of the sixteenth season of the show. First The Bachelor approached Tim Tebow, then-quarterback of the Denver Broncos; but he never signed an agreement. Lamar Hurd, a sportscaster from Portland, Oregon, had been another potential candidate, vying to become the first African-American "Bachelor." It wouldn't be until season twenty-five that would have an African-American Bachelor when Matt James later being chosen as the lead.
It was then announced on September 25, 2012, Sean Lowe was named as the Bachelor. Other rumored possible candidates included The Bachelorette season 6 winner Roberto Martinez, Lowe's The Bachelorette castmate and that season's runner-up Arie Luyendyk Jr., and eleven-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte. Luyendyk dropped out to focus on his racing career. Martinez and Lochte also declined. Luyendyk would go on to become the star of The Bachelor five seasons later.
Notable contestants include Bachelor Pad season 3 contestant and Bachelor Nation super fan Paige Vigil. Sarah Herron became the first disabled contestant in The Bachelor franchise who was born with one arm resulted with amniotic band syndrome.

Filming and development

This season traveled many places including Montana; the Canadian province of Alberta; St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands; and Thailand. Appearances including Ben Taylor, Eli Young Band and Sarah Darling.

Contestants

25 potential new contestants were first revealed on September 25, 2012 for the first time in the show's history before filming had begun.
In the premiere episode, season 16 contestant Kacie Boguskie revealed as the mystery woman and competed in this season, bringing the total to 26.
NameAgeHometownOccupationOutcomePlace
Catherine Giudici26Seattle, WashingtonGraphic DesignerWinner1
Lindsay Yenter24Fort Leonard Wood, MissouriSubstitute TeacherRunner-up2
AshLee Frazier32Houston, TexasPersonal OrganizerWeek 93
Desiree Hartsock26Northglenn, ColoradoBridal StylistWeek 84
Lesley Murphy25Fort Smith, ArkansasPolitical ConsultantWeek 75
Tierra LiCausi24Las Vegas, NevadaLeasing ConsultantWeek 76
Daniella McBride24Belmont, CaliforniaCommercial Casting AssociateWeek 67–8
Selma Alameri29Borrego Springs, CaliforniaReal Estate DealerWeek 67–8
Sarah Herron26Evergreen, ColoradoAdvertising ExecutiveWeek 69
Robyn Howard24Topeka, KansasOil Field Account ManagerWeek 510
Jackie Parr25Ormond Beach, FloridaCosmetics ConsultantWeek 511
Amanda Meyer26Bakersfield, CaliforniaFit ModelWeek 412
Leslie Hughes28Ruskin, FloridaPoker DealerWeek 413
Kristy Kaminski25Darien, WisconsinModelWeek 314–15
Taryn Daniels30Troutdale, OregonHealth Club ManagerWeek 314–15
Kacie Boguskie25Clarksville, TennesseeAdministrative AssistantWeek 316
Brooke Burchette25Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCommunity OrganizerWeek 217–18
Diana Weeks-Willardson31Sandy, UtahSalon OwnerWeek 217–18
Katie Levans27Woodstock, IllinoisYoga InstructorWeek 219
Ashley Harper25Garner, North CarolinaFashion ModelWeek 120–26
Ashley Palenkas28Macomb, MichiganHair StylistWeek 120–26
Kelly Dutton28Chattanooga, TennesseeCruise Ship EntertainerWeek 120–26
Keriann Miranda29Agoura Hills, CaliforniaEntrepreneurWeek 120–26
Lacey Latka24Stevenson Ranch, CaliforniaGraduate StudentWeek 120–26
Lauren Marchetti27Cranston, Rhode IslandJournalistWeek 120–26
Paige Vigil25Minnetonka, MinnesotaJumbotron OperatorWeek 120–26

Future appearances

''The Bachelorette''

Desiree Hartsock was chosen as the lead of season nine of The Bachelorette.

''Bachelor in Paradise''

Season 1
AshLee Frazier, Daniella McBride, Jackie Parr, and Sarah Herron returned for the inaugural season of Bachelor in Paradise. Daniella was eliminated in week 1. In week 7, AshLee split from Graham Bunn, Sarah split from Robert Graham, and Jackie split from Zack Kalter.
Season 3
Sarah returned for the third season of Bachelor in Paradise. She was eliminated in week 3.

''The Bachelor Winter Games''

Lesley Murphy returned for The Bachelor Winter Games under Team USA. She finished as co-runner-up.

''Dancing with the Stars''

Sean Lowe competed in the sixteenth season of Dancing with the Stars. He partnered with Peta Murgatroyd and finished in 6th place.

Episodes