Bachelor in Paradise (American TV series)

For the current season, see Bachelor in Paradise (American TV series) season 10.

Bachelor in Paradise is an American elimination-style reality competition television series, which premiered on August 4, 2014, on ABC. It is a spin-off of the American reality television shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. The show features previous contestants who have been featured on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette as they travel to a secluded paradise in Mexico in the first nine seasons took place. The show moved to Costa Rica since season ten.^[1] The show was originally hosted by Chris Harrison until his departure fromThe Bachelor franchise in 2021. Jesse Palmer currently hosts the show.

Bachelor in Paradise
Genre	Reality competition
Presented by	Chris Harrison Jesse Palmer
Opening theme	"Almost Paradise" by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	107 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Mike Fleiss Martin Hilton Nicole Woods Elan Gale Tim Warner
Production locations	Mexico (seasons 1–9) Costa Rica (season 10–)[1]
Running time	120 minutes 60 minutes (season 2)
Production companies	Next Entertainment (seasons 1–9) Warner Horizon Unscripted Television[a]
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	August 4, 2014 (2014-08-04) – present
Related
The Bachelor The Bachelorette Bachelor Pad Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise The Bachelor Winter Games

On July 10, 2024, ABC renewed Bachelor in Paradise for a tenth season, which premiered on July 7, 2025.^[2][3]

Production

Development and filming

In March 2013, ABC canceled Bachelor Pad after three seasons. The show premiered in 2010, providing former contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette with an opportunity to gain additional screen time and participate in an elimination-style competition.^[4] Very similar to Bachelor Pad, rejected contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are isolated in a romantic paradise in an exotic tropical destination.^[5] The first season was filmed in Tulum, Mexico. From season 2 to 9, the show was filmed in Sayulita, Mexico, at Playa Escondida. Beginning in season 10, the show would be taking place in Costa Rica.^[1]

The show begins with an uneven number of women and men, with there being more women. At the first rose ceremony, the men are given a rose to hand out to a woman they would like to spend more time getting to know in paradise. The women left without roses are immediately sent home. New men are then brought to the beach, so at the next rose ceremony, women can give a rose to a man they would like to spend more time with and the remaining men are sent home. For seven weeks, this set up alternates between new men or new women joining the cast.

Misconduct allegations

See also: Bachelor in Paradise (American season 4) § Misconduct allegations

During initial filming of season 4, production was halted due to allegations of sexual misconduct between two contestants—DeMario Jackson and Corinne Olympios.^[6] After an internal investigation, it was determined that there was no misconduct and filming resumed shortly after.^[7]

After Paradise

Main article: Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise

Beginning in 2015, ABC began airing Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise, a regular weekly live after show. Chris Harrison and Jenny Mollen co-hosted the show starring a celebrity fan and one of the Bachelor in Paradise cast members.^[8] Season 2 saw the introduction of comedian and talk show host Michelle Collins, who co-hosted After Paradise alongside Bachelor season 17 star Sean Lowe.^[9]

Season summary

Main article: List of Bachelor in Paradise (American TV series) episodes

Season	Original Run	Couples	Proposal	Still together?	Relationship notes
1	August 4 – September 8, 2014	Marcus Grodd & Lacy Faddoul	Yes	No	Grodd and Faddoul got engaged in the finale and had a wedding ceremony in June 2015 on the season 2 premiere. They ended their relationship in June 2016 and revealed that they were never legally a married couple.[10]
		Cody Sattler & Michelle Money	No	No	Sattler and Money began a relationship and split up in December 2014, but they later got back together in June 2015. The two later broke up again after appearing on the seventh season of Marriage Boot Camp.
2	August 2 – September 7, 2015	Tanner Tolbert & Jade Roper	Yes	Yes	Tolbert and Roper were married on January 24, 2016, with their wedding airing on ABC as a special edition of The Bachelor: A Celebration of Love.[11] The couple later appeared on the eighth season of Marriage Boot Camp. They live in Trabuco Canyon, California, with their three children; Emerson (born August 17, 2017), Brooks (born July 29, 2019), and Reed (born November 14, 2020).[12][13][14]
		Justin Reich & Cassandra Ferguson	No	No	Reich and Ferguson revealed on After Paradise that they had broken up.
		Nick Peterson & Samantha Steffen	No	No	Peterson and Steffan announced their breakup on October 9, 2015.[15]
3	August 2 – September 6, 2016	Evan Bass & Carly Waddell	Yes	No	Bass and Waddell were married on June 17, 2017, in Mexico, and their wedding aired during season 4.[16] They have a daughter Isabella (born February 15, 2018), and a son Charles (born November 13, 2019).[17][18] However, they announced their separation on December 23, 2020.[19]
		Grant Kemp & Lace Morris	Yes	No	Kemp and Morris announced their breakup on November 29, 2016.[20]
		Josh Murray & Amanda Stanton	Yes	No	Murray and Stanton announced their breakup on January 3, 2017.[21]
4	August 14 – September 11, 2017	Derek Peth & Taylor Nolan	Yes[b]	No	Peth and Nolan announced their breakup on June 26, 2018.[22]
		Adam Gottschalk & Raven Gates	No	Yes	Gottschalk and Gates left Paradise in a relationship.[23] They got engaged on May 31, 2019, and were married on April 16, 2021.[24][25] They live in Dallas, Texas, with their two sons, Gates (born January 18, 2022), and Max (born July 23, 2023).[26][27]
		Daniel Maguire & Lacey Mark	No	No	Maguire and Mark left Paradise in a relationship, but at the reunion it was revealed that they had since broken up.[28]
5	August 7 – September 11, 2018	Chris Randone & Krystal Nielson	Yes	No	Randone and Nielson were married on June 16, 2019, in Mexico, and their wedding aired during season 6.[29] They announced their separation in February 2020 and filed for divorce in August of that year.[30] Their divorce was finalized on December 22, 2020.[31]
		Jordan Kimball & Jenna Cooper	Yes	No	While filming the reunion, Kimball and Cooper announced their wedding was set for June 9, 2019, but a day before the reunion aired, it was announced that Kimball had broken up with Cooper after he discovered that she was allegedly cheating on him the whole time.[32] It was later revealed that all of the evidence alleging that Cooper had cheated was fabricated.[33]
		Kamil Nicalek & Annaliese Puccini	No	No	Nicalek and Puccini left Paradise in a relationship, but at the reunion he broke up with her onstage.[32]
		Joe Amabile & Kendall Long	No	No	Although they initially split during the show, it was revealed at the reunion that Amabile and Long had gotten back together. However, they announced their breakup on January 29, 2020.[34]
		Kevin Wendt & Astrid Loch	No	Yes	Although they initially split during the show, it was revealed at the reunion that Wendt and Loch had gotten back together. They got engaged on August 28, 2019, and they married on October 28, 2022.[35] They live in Toronto, Ontario, with their two sons, August (born November 20, 2021), and Nash (born October 7, 2023).[36][37]
6	August 5 – September 17, 2019	Chris Bukowski & Katie Morton	Yes	No	Bukowski and Morton announced their breakup on December 10, 2019.[38]
		Demi Burnett & Kristian Haggerty	Yes	No	After Burnett proposed to Haggerty during the show, Haggerty proposed to Burnett during the reunion. However, they announced their breakup on October 31, 2019.[39] Burnett and Haggerty were the first same-sex couple to be featured on the American version of the show.[40]
		Dylan Barbour & Hannah Godwin	Yes	Yes	Barbour and Godwin married on August 23, 2023, in Paris.[41] They live in San Diego, California.
		Dean Unglert & Caelynn Miller-Keyes	No	Yes	Unglert and Miller-Keyes left Paradise as a couple in week 5. They got engaged on October 24, 2022.[42] They married on September 23, 2023, and both changed their surnames to Bell in honor of his late mother.[43] They live in Carbondale, Colorado.
		John Paul Jones & Tayshia Adams	No	No	Although they initially split during the show, it was revealed at the reunion that Jones and Adams had gotten back together. They announced their breakup on October 30, 2019.[44]
7	August 16 – October 5, 2021	Joe Amabile & Serena Pitt	Yes	Yes	Amabile and Pitt were legally married on October 27, 2022, and had their official wedding ceremony on September 2, 2023, in Charleston, South Carolina.[45] They live in New York City.
		Kenny Braasch & Mariela "Mari" Pepin	Yes	Yes	Braasch and Pepin married in June 2023 on the beach during season 9. They had a second ceremony on November 11, 2023, in Puerto Rico.[46] They live in Chicago, Illinois.
		Riley Christian & Maurissa Gunn	Yes	No	Christian and Gunn announced their breakup on January 24, 2022.[47]
		Noah Erb & Abigail Heringer	No	Yes	Although they initially spilt during the show, it was revealed after the finale aired that Erb and Heringer had gotten back together.[48] They got engaged on August 8, 2023, and married on October 7, 2024.[49][50] They live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
		Thomas Jacobs & Becca Kufrin	No	Yes	Although they initially spilt during the show, it was revealed after the finale aired that Jacobs and Kufrin had gotten back together.[51] They got engaged in May 2022, and married on October 13, 2023.[52] They live in San Diego, California, with their son, Benson (born September 21, 2023).[53]
		Brendan Morais & Pieper James	No	No	Morais and James quit the show as a couple in week 3. They broke up in September 2023.[54]
		Chris Conran & Alana Milne	No	Yes	Although Conran and Milne quit separately week 3, they revealed they started dating after Paradise. They announced their engagement on March 24, 2024, and live in Salt Lake City, Utah.[55]
8	September 27 – November 22, 2022	Brandon Jones & Serene Russell	Yes	No	Jones and Russell announced their breakup on May 8, 2023.[56]
		Johnny DePhillipo & Victoria Fuller	Yes	No	Although the season ended with DePhillipo proposing to Fuller, at the reunion it was revealed that they broke up in September 2022 after DePhillipo alleges Fuller cheated on him with Bachelorette season 17 contestant Greg Grippo.[57][58]
		Michael Allio & Danielle Maltby	No	No	In February 2023, Maltby moved to Ohio to be with Allio and his son James.[59] He confirmed their breakup on September 18, 2023.[60]
		Tyler Norris & Brittany Galvin	No	No	Norris and Galvin left Paradise in a relationship, but at the reunion it was revealed she broke up with him over FaceTime in August 2022.[61]
		Romeo Alexander & Kira Mengistu	No	No	Alexander and Mengistu left as couple in week 2. However, they announced their breakup on December 16, 2022.[62]
9	September 28 – December 7, 2023	Aaron Bryant & Eliza Isichei	Yes	No	Bryant and Isichei announced their breakup on December 11, 2023.[63]
		John Henry Spurlock & Kat Izzo	Yes	No	Spurlock and Izzo announced their breakup on December 11, 2023.[64]
		Aven Jones & Kylee Russell	No	No	Jones and Russell left Paradise in a relationship, but on December 9, 2023, she announced they had broken up after she discovered he'd cheated on her multiple times.[65] They later got back together, but broke up again in July 2024.[66]
10	July 7, 2025[3]	TBA

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per season of Bachelor in Paradise

Season	Timeslot (ET)	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		TV season	Avg. viewers (millions)	Avg. 18–49 rating
			Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	Monday 8:00 pm	7	August 4, 2014 (2014-08-04)	5.31[67]	September 8, 2014 (2014-09-08)	5.40[67]	2013–14	5.14[67]	1.37[67]
2	Sunday 8:00 pm Monday 8:00 pm	12	August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02)	3.60[68]	September 7, 2015 (2015-09-07)	4.82[68]	2014–15	4.35[68]	1.32[68]
3	Monday 8:00 pm Tuesday 8:00 pm	11	August 2, 2016 (2016-08-02)	4.63[69]	September 6, 2016 (2016-09-06)	5.57[70]	2015–16	4.84[71]	1.44[71]
4		9	August 14, 2017 (2017-08-14)	5.09[72]	September 11, 2017 (2017-09-11)	4.70[73]	2016–17	4.52[74]	1.34[74]
5		11	August 7, 2018 (2018-08-07)	3.82[75]	September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11)	4.55[76]	2017–18	4.23[77]	1.14[77]
6		13	August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)	4.36[78]	September 17, 2019 (2019-09-17)	4.38[79]	2018–19	4.22[80]	1.17[80]
7		11	August 16, 2021 (2021-08-16)	3.23[81]	October 5, 2021 (2021-10-05)	2.91[82]	2020–21	TBD	TBD
8		16	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)	2.60[83]	November 22, 2022 (2022-11-22)	2.62[84]	2022–23	TBD	TBD
9	Thursday 9:00 pm	10	September 28, 2023 (2023-09-28)	2.08[85]	December 7, 2023 (2023-12-07)	1.74[86]	2023–24	TBD	TBD
10	Monday 8:00 pm[87]	TBA	July 7, 2025 (2025-07-07)	1.84[88]	TBA	TBD	2024–25	TBD	TBD

International versions

Bachelor in Paradise Australia was commissioned by Network Ten in late 2017.^[89] In Germany premiered on May 9, 2018, on RTL.^[90] Bachelor in Paradise Canada premiered on October 10, 2021, on CityTV.^{[91][92][93][94]}

See also

• Ex on the Beach
• Paradise Hotel

Notes

1. Known as Warner Horizon Television until 2020
2. Peth and Nolan got engaged during the reunion.