The Bachelorette (Australian TV series) season 1

The first season of The Bachelorette Australia premiered on Network Ten on 23 September 2015.^[1] The season features Sam Frost, a 26-year-old Marketing Manager from Melbourne, Victoria,^[2] courting 14 men. Frost previously appeared on the second season of The Bachelor Australia,^[3] where although she won the show and received a proposal from Blake Garvey, the two separated prior to the finale airing.^[4][5][6][7]

The Bachelorette
Season 1
Starring	Sam Frost
Presented by	Osher Günsberg
No. of contestants	14
Winner	Sasha Mielczarek
Runner-up	Michael Turnbull
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	Network Ten
Original release	23 September (2015-09-23) – 22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)
Season chronology

Contestants

The season began with 14 contestants.

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Eliminated
Sasha Mielczarek	30	Bowral, New South Wales	Construction Manager	Winner
Michael Turnbull	34	Brisbane, Queensland	Professional Soccer Player	Runner-Up
Richie Strahan	30	Perth, Western Australia	Rope Access Technician	Episode 9
Alex Cameron	35	Avoca Beach, New South Wales	Financial Consultant	Episode 8[8][9]
Dave Billsborrow	30	Sydney, New South Wales	Plumber	Episode 7[10][11]
Davey Lloyd	25		Carpenter	Episode 6
Kayne Buik	25	Perth, Western Australia	Mining Electrician	Episode 5[12]
Tony Strugar	32	Brisbane, Queensland	Airline Cabin Manager
Kieren Nicholson	28	Melbourne, Victoria	Exercise Physiologist	Episode 4[13]
Will Ferrier	31	Perth, Western Australia	Musician
Drew Woolford	31	Brisbane, Queensland	Sleep Technician	Episode 3[14]
David Witko	31	Melbourne, Victoria	International Model	Episode 2
Shane Leverett	27	Byron Bay, New South Wales	Charity Ambassador	Episode 1
Luke Haddrick	28	Sydney, New South Wales	Marketing Manager

Future appearances

Richie Strahan was later chosen as the bachelor on the fourth season of The Bachelor. Michael Turnbull and Davey Lloyd returned for the inaugural series of Bachelor in Paradise. Strahan later returned for the second season of Bachelor in Paradise.

Call-out order

Color key

The contestant received a first impression rose.   The contestant received a rose during the date or after the date.   The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony.   The contestant was eliminated.   The contestant quit the competition.   The contestant won the competition.   The contestant was eliminated during a date.

Sam's Call-Out Order

#	Bachelors	Episodes
		1[15]	2[16]	3[17]	4[18]	5[19]	6[20]	7[21]	8[22]	9[23]	10[24]
1	Dave	Sasha	Dave	Sasha	Alex	Davey	Richie	Sasha	Michael	Sasha	Sasha
2	Alex	Alex	Richie	Michael	Richie	Michael	N/A	Michael	Sasha	Michael	Michael
3	Davey	Drew	Michael	Dave	Michael	Sasha		Richie	Richie	Richie
4	David	Dave	Davey	Richie	Sasha	Dave		Alex	Alex
5	Sasha	Tony	Alex	Kieren	Kayne	Alex		Dave
6	Drew	Kieren	Sasha	Alex	Dave	Richie	Davey
7	Tony	Richie	Will	Will	Tony	Kayne
8	Kayne	Michael	Drew	Kayne	Davey	Tony
9	Luke	David	Tony	Davey	Kieren Will
10	Kieren	Will	Kieren	Tony
11	Shane	Kayne	Kayne	Drew
12	Will	Davey	David
13	Michael	Luke Shane
14	Richie

Episodes

Episode 1

Original airdate: 23 September 2015

Event	Description
First impression rose	Sasha
Rose ceremony	Luke and Shane were eliminated

Episode 2

Original airdate: 24 September 2015

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Dave
Group date	David, Michael, Sasha, Kieren, Drew, Richie, Kayne, and Tony
Rose ceremony	David was eliminated

Episode 3

Original airdate: 30 September 2015

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Sasha
Group date	Kieren, Richie, Michael, Dave, Will, Tony, Kayne, and Davey
Rose ceremony	Drew was eliminated

Episode 4

Original airdate: 1 October 2015

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Alex
Group date	Will, Kayne, Richie, Dave, Davey, and Sasha
Rose ceremony	Kieren and Will were eliminated

Episode 5

Original airdate: 7 October 2015

Event	Description
Two-on-one date	Davey and Tony Tony was eliminated.
Group date	Dave, Michael, Alex, Sasha, Kayne, and Richie
Rose ceremony	Kayne was eliminated.

Episode 6

Original airdate: 8 October 2015

Event	Description
Group date	Dave, Sasha, Alex, Michael and Davey
One-on-one date	Richie
Rose ceremony	Davey was eliminated outside the rose ceremony.

Episode 7

Original airdate: 14 October 2015

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Sasha
Group date	None
Rose ceremony	Dave was eliminated

Episode 8

Original airdate: 15 October 2015

Event	Description
First Hometown	Michael - Brisbane, Queensland
Second Hometown	Alex - Avoca Beach, New South Wales
Third Hometown	Richie - Perth, Western Australia
Fourth Hometown	Sasha - Bowral, New South Wales
Rose ceremony	Alex was eliminated

Episode 9

Original airdate: 21 October 2015

Event	Description
First One-on-one date	Sasha
Second One-on-one date	Richie
Third One-on-one date	Michael
Rose ceremony	Richie was eliminated

Episode 10

Original airdate: 22 October 2015

Event	Description
First Meet Sam's family	Michael
Second Meet Sam's family	Sasha
First Final date	Michael
Second Final date	Sasha
Final decision:	Sasha is the winner

Ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Overnight Viewers		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers	Ref(s)
			Viewers	Rank	Viewers	Rank
1	Episode 1	23 September 2015 (2015-09-23)	875,000	8	87,000	7	962,000	[25][26]
2	Episode 2	24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)	973,000	1	77,000	1	1,050,000	[27][28]
3	Episode 3	30 September 2015 (2015-09-30)	992,000	5	36,000	4	1,028,000	[29][30]
4	Episode 4	1 October 2015 (2015-10-01)	875,000	4	121,000	2	996,000	[31][32]
5	Episode 5	7 October 2015 (2015-10-07)	918,000	6	50,000	5	968,000	[33][34]
6	Episode 6	8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)	855,000	6	105,000	1	960,000	[35][36]
7	Episode 7	14 October 2015 (2015-10-14)	879,000	7	44,000	6	923,000	[37][38]
8	Episode 8	15 October 2015 (2015-10-15)	930,000	1	71,000	1	1,001,000	[39][40]
9	Episode 9	21 October 2015 (2015-10-21)	1,026,000	3	34,000	1	1,060,000	[41][42]
10	Finale Final Decision	22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)	1,241,000 1,520,000	2 1	27,000 43,000	2 1	1,268,000 1,563,000	[43][44]