Bachelor in Paradise (American TV series) season 7

The seventh season of Bachelor in Paradise premiered on August 16, 2021. In June 2021, it was confirmed that David Spade, Lil Jon, Tituss Burgess, Lance Bass and others would serve as rotating guest hosts for the seventh season, replacing original host Chris Harrison.^[1]

Bachelor in Paradise
Season 7
Promotional poster
No. of episodes	11
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	August 16 (2021-08-16) – October 5, 2021 (2021-10-05)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Production

As with the previous season, filming took place in the town of Sayulita, located in Vallarta-Nayarit, Mexico. It was originally set to film and air in the summer of 2020, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Casting

On June 18, 2021, Wells Adams was confirmed to be returning as the bartender with a larger role; he will be master of ceremonies at rose ceremonies and a guest host in selected episodes.^[3]

On July 8, 2021, the first 19 contestants were revealed.^[4] On July 13, 2021, a further 4 contestants were confirmed.^[5] On August 9, 2021, former Bachelorette Becca Kufrin was confirmed to be a contestant. This made her the first former lead to compete in Bachelor In Paradise.^[6] On August 12, 2021, Demi Burnett was confirmed to be returning this season.^[7]

Contestants

Name	Age	Residence	From	Arrived	Outcome
Joe Amabile	35	Chicago, Illinois	The Bachelorette – Becca Bachelor in Paradise – Season 5	Week 1	Engaged
Serena Pitt	23	Markham, Ontario	The Bachelor – Matt	Week 1
Kenny Braasch	40	Chicago, Illinois	The Bachelorette – Clare & Tayshia	Week 1	Engaged
Mariela "Mari" Pepin	25	Odenton, Maryland	The Bachelor – Matt	Week 1
Riley Christian	31	Long Island City, New York	The Bachelorette – Clare & Tayshia	Week 2	Engaged
Maurissa Gunn	25	Atlanta, Georgia	The Bachelor – Peter	Week 1
Aaron Clancy	26	San Diego, California	The Bachelorette – Katie	Week 1	Split Week 6
Tia Booth	29	Nashville, Tennessee	The Bachelor – Arie Bachelor in Paradise – Season 5	Week 3
James Bonsall	31	San Diego, California	The Bachelorette – Katie	Week 1	Split Week 6
Anna Redman	25	Chicago, Illinois	The Bachelor – Matt	Week 5
Ed Waisbrot	37	Miami, Florida	The Bachelorette – Clare & Tayshia	Week 4	Split Week 6
Mykenna Dorn	24	Langley, British Columbia	The Bachelor – Peter	Week 5[a]
Thomas Jacobs	28	San Diego, California	The Bachelorette – Katie	Week 2	Split Week 6
Becca Kufrin	31	San Diego, California	The Bachelor – Arie The Bachelorette – Season 14	Week 2
Chelsea Vaughn	28	Brooklyn, New York	The Bachelor – Matt	Week 3	Week 5
Natasha Parker	33	New York City, New York	The Bachelor – Peter	Week 1	Week 5
Noah Erb	26	Tulsa, Oklahoma	The Bachelorette – Tayshia[b]	Week 1	Split Week 6
Abigail Heringer	26	New York City, New York	The Bachelor – Matt	Week 1
Blake Monar	32	Phoenix, Arizona	The Bachelorette – Clare[c]	Week 4	Week 4
Demar Jackson	27	Scottsdale, Arizona	The Bachelorette – Clare & Tayshia	Week 4	Week 4
Joe Park	37	New York City, New York	The Bachelorette – Clare & Tayshia	Week 4	Week 4
Ivan Hall	29	Dallas, Texas	The Bachelorette – Clare & Tayshia	Week 1	Week 4 (Quit)
Kendall Long	29	Santa Clarita, California	The Bachelor – Arie Bachelor in Paradise – Season 5	Week 3	Week 4 (Quit)
Deandra Kanu	25	Plano, Texas	The Bachelor – Peter	Week 1	Week 3
Demi Burnett	26	Los Angeles, California	The Bachelor – Colton Bachelor in Paradise – Season 6	Week 1	Week 3
Jessenia Cruz	28	San Antonio, Texas	The Bachelor – Matt	Week 1	Week 3
Tammy Ly	26	Syracuse, New York	The Bachelor – Peter	Week 1	Week 3
Brendan Morais	31	Milford, Massachusetts	The Bachelorette – Clare & Tayshia	Week 1	Week 3 (Quit)
Pieper James	23	New York City, New York	The Bachelor – Matt	Week 3
Chris Conran	28	Salt Lake City, Utah	The Bachelorette – Clare[c]	Week 2	Week 3 (Quit)
Alana Milne	27	Toronto, Ontario	The Bachelor – Matt	Week 3
Alayah Benavidez	25	San Antonio, Texas	The Bachelor – Peter	Week 3	Week 3[d]
Chasen Nick	32	San Diego, California	The Bachelorette – Clare & Tayshia	Week 2	Week 2
Connor Brennan	29	Nashville, Tennessee	The Bachelorette – Katie	Week 1	Week 2
Karl Smith	34	Miami, Florida	The Bachelorette – Katie	Week 1	Week 2
Tahzjuan Hawkins	27	Castle Pines, Colorado	The Bachelor – Colton Bachelor in Paradise – Season 6	Week 1	Week 2 (Quit)
Tré Cooper	26	Covington, Georgia	The Bachelorette – Katie	Week 1	Week 2 (Quit)
Kelsey Weier	30	Des Moines, Iowa	The Bachelor – Peter	Week 1	Week 1
Serena Chew	25	San Francisco, California	The Bachelor – Matt	Week 1	Week 1
Victoria Larson	28	Los Angeles, California	The Bachelor – Matt	Week 1	Week 1
Victoria Paul	28	Alexandria, Louisiana	The Bachelor – Peter	Week 1	Week 1 (Quit)

1. Mykenna was at the VIP party in week 3, but was not brought onto the beach until week 5.
2. The contestant was one of the four men that arrived after Clare left the show in that season .
3. The contestant was eliminated before Tayshia arrived in that season.
4. Alayah was at the VIP party, but was never brought onto the beach.

Elimination table

Place	Contestant	Week
		1	2	3	4	5	6
1-6	Joe A.	In	Date	In	In	In	Engaged
	Serena P.	In	Date	In	In	In	Engaged
	Kenny	In	In	Date	Date	In	Engaged
	Mari	In	In	In	Date	In	Engaged
	Riley	Wait	Date	In	In	In	Engaged
	Maurissa	In	Date	In	In	In	Engaged
7-14	Aaron	In	Last	Date	In	In	Split
	Tia	Wait		Date	Date	In	Split
	James	In	In	In	Last	Date	Split
	Anna	Wait				Date	Split
	Ed	Wait			Date	Date	Split
	Mykenna	Wait				Date	Split
	Thomas	Wait	Date	Date	In	In	Split
	Becca	Wait	In	Date	In	In	Split
15-16	Chelsea	Wait		Last	Date	Out
	Natasha	In	In	In	Date	Out
17-18	Noah	Date	In	In	In	Split
	Abigail	Date	In	In	In	Split
19-21	Blake	Wait			Out
	Demar	Wait			Out
	Joe P.	Wait			Out
22	Ivan	Date	In	In	Quit
23	Kendall	Wait		In	Quit
24-27	Deandra	In	Date	Out
	Demi	Last	In	Out
	Jessenia	Date	Date	Out
	Tammy	In	In	Out
28-29	Brendan	Date	In	Quit
	Pieper	Wait		Quit
30-31	Chris	Wait	Date	Quit
	Alana	Wait		Quit
32	Alayah	Wait		Out
33-35	Chasen	Wait	Out
	Connor	In	Out
	Karl	In	Out
36	Tahzjuan	In	Quit
37	Tré	In	Quit
38-40	Kelsey	Out
	Serena C.	Out
	Victoria L.	Out
41	Victoria P.	Quit

Key

  The contestant is male.

  The contestant is female.

 Date  The contestant went on a date and gave out a rose at the rose ceremony.

 Date  The contestant went on a date and got a rose at the rose ceremony.

 In  The contestant gave or received a rose at the rose ceremony, thus remaining in the competition.

 Last  The contestant received the last rose.

 Last  The contestant went on a date and received the last rose.

 Out  The contestant went on a date and was eliminated.

 Out  The contestant was eliminated.

 Quit  The contestant had a date and voluntarily left the show.

 Quit  The contestant voluntarily left the show.

 Split  The couple broke up and were eliminated.

 Stay  The couple decided to stay together and won the competition.

 Wait  The contestant had to wait before appearing in paradise.

 Split/Stay  The couple split, but later got back together.

 Quit  The couple left together to pursue a relationship.

Episodes

See also: List of Bachelor in Paradise (TV series) episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date [8]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (18–49)
64	1	"Week 1: Season Premiere"	August 16, 2021 (2021-08-16)	701	3.23[9]	0.9/7[9]
Host: David Spade Arrivals: Abigail, Joe A., Ivan, Serena P., Kelsey, Brendan, Natasha, Tammy, Jessenia, Tre, Aaron, Kenny, Noah, Connor, Deandra, Victoria L., Maurissa, Mari, Tahzjuan, James, Victoria P., Serena C., Karl. Date Card: Abigail Abigail's Date: Noah Arrival: Demi
65	2	"Week 2: Part 1"	August 23, 2021 (2021-08-23)	702	3.41[10]	1.0/5[10]
Demi's Date: Brendan Date Card: Jessenia Jessenia's Date: Ivan Departure:Victoria P. Rose Ceremony: Ivan gives his rose to Jessenia, Noah gives his rose to Abigail, Joe A. gives his rose to Serena P., Connor gives his rose to Maurissa, Tre gives his rose to Tahzjuan, Karl gives his rose to Deandra, Brendan gives his rose to Natasha, Aaron gives his rose to Tammy, Kenny gives his rose to Mari, James gives his rose to Demi. Kelsey, Serena C., and Victoria L. did not receive a rose and were eliminated.
66	3	"Week 2: Part 2"	August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24)	703	2.78[11]	0.8/4[11]
New Host: Lance Bass Arrival: Thomas Thomas's Date: Serena P. Arrival: Riley Riley's Date: Maurissa
67	4	"Week 3: Part 1"	August 30, 2021 (2021-08-30)	704	3.39[12]	0.9/7[12]
Arrival: Chris, Chasen Chasen & Chris's Date: Deandra, Jessenia Date Card: Joe A. Joe A.'s Date: Serena P.
68	5	"Week 3: Part 2"	August 31, 2021 (2021-08-31)	705	2.70[13]	0.7/4[13]
Departures: Tre, Tahzjuan Arrival: Becca Rose Ceremony: Natasha gives her rose to Brendan, Maurissa gives her rose to Riley, Serena P. gives her rose to Joe A., Abigail gives her rose to Noah, Jessenia gives her rose to Chris, Tammy gives her rose to Thomas, Demi gives her rose to Kenny, Mari gives her rose to James, Deandra gives her rose to Ivan, Becca gives her rose to Aaron. Chasen, Connor, and Karl did not receive a rose and were sent home. Arrival: Tia Tia's Date: Kenny Arrival: Kendall
69	6	"Week 4: Part 1"	September 6, 2021 (2021-09-06)	706	3.12[14]	0.8[14]
Arrival: Pieper Pieper's Date: Brendan
70	7	"Week 4: Part 2"	September 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)	707	3.10[15]	0.7[15]
New Host: Tituss Burgess VIP Party: Becca, Aaron, Noah, Abigail, Kenny, Jessenia, Chris, Riley, Deandra, James, Thomas, and Demi are invited to the party where the rest of the contestants will remain on the beach. Arrivals at the VIP Party: Alana, Alayah, Chelsea, Mykenna Departures: Alayah and Mykenna Arrival: Alana Alana's Date: Chris Arrival: Chelsea Chelsea's Date: Aaron Date Card: Becca Becca's Date: Thomas Departures: Chris & Alana break up and leave
71	8	"Week 5"	September 14, 2021 (2021-09-14)	708	3.21[16]	1.0[16]
Departure: Brendan & Pieper leave as a couple Rose Ceremony: Wells gives Natasha an extra rose to give her an extra chance to find love after what happened with her and Brendan. Riley gives his rose to Maurissa, Joe A. gives his rose to Serena P., Ivan gives his rose to Kendall, Noah gives his rose to Abigail, Kenny gives his rose to Mari, James gives his rose to Tia, Thomas gives his rose to Becca, Aaron gives his rose to Chelsea. Deandra, Demi, Jessenia and Tammy do not receive a rose and are sent home. New Host: Lil Jon Arrival: Blake Blake's Date: Tia Arrival: Joe P. Joe P.'s Date: Natasha
72	9	"Week 6"	September 21, 2021 (2021-09-21)	709	3.18[17]	0.9[17]
Departure: Kendall Arrivals: Demar, Ed Demar and Ed's Date: Chelsea, Natasha Date Card: Kenny & Mari Separation: The contestants have to split up and be separated at a hotel due to a tropical storm coming to hit the beach soon. Everyone returned to the beach the next day.
73	10	"Week 7"	September 28, 2021 (2021-09-28)	710	2.82[18]	0.7[18]
Departure: Ivan quits after making the mistake of hooking up with Alexa from Peter's season at the hotel during the separation. Rose Ceremony: Serena P. gives her rose to Joe A., Abigail gives her rose to Noah, Maurissa gives her rose to Riley, Mari gives her rose to Kenny, Becca gives her rose to Thomas, Chelsea gives her rose to Aaron, Natasha gives her rose to Ed, Tia gives her rose to James. Blake, Demar, and Joe P. did not receive a rose and were sent home. Arrival: Anna Anna's Date: James Arrival: Mykenna returns on the beach Mykenna's Date: Ed
74	11	"Week 8: Season Finale"	October 5, 2021 (2021-10-05)	711	2.91[19]	0.7[19]
Departure: Noah & Abigal break up Rose Ceremony: Joe A. gives his rose to Serena P., Riley gives his rose to Maurissa, Kenny gives his rose to Mari, Thomas gives his rose to Becca, James gives his rose to Anna, Aaron gives his rose to Tia, Ed gives his rose to Mykenna. Chelsea and Natasha did not receive a rose and were sent home. Dean & Caelynn arrive to tell the couples to have the talk about what they want after Paradise. Departures: Becca & Thomas break up. Ed & Mykenna break up. James & Anna break up. Aaron & Tia break up. Commitment Ceremony #1: Kenny proposes to Mari they get engaged Commitment Ceremony #2: Riley proposes to Maurissa they get engaged Commitment Ceremony #3: Kendall comes back to the beach to talk to Joe A. again to share she's happy for him. Serena P. comes down and he tells her about Kendall. He proposed to her and they get engaged Montage: Instead of a reunion, a montage is filmed showing what different contestants are doing after Paradise. James & Aaron are roommates, and both Noah & Abigail and Becca & Thomas have gotten back together and are happy and in love. Brendan & Pieper are still together but keeping out of the spotlight after everything that happened with Natasha. They also shared that Natasha has gained thousand of Instagram followers, throwing shade at Brendan & Pieper for wanting followers from the show. All three couples who got engaged are still together.