The Golden Bachelorette

The Golden Bachelorette is an American dating reality television series that premiered on September 18, 2024 on ABC.^[1] It is a spin-off of The Bachelorette featuring a cast of senior citizens as the contestants and single woman.

The Golden Bachelorette
Genre	Dating game show
Presented by	Jesse Palmer
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Production company	Warner Horizon Unscripted Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 18, 2024 (2024-09-18) – present
Related
The Bachelorette The Golden Bachelor

The series stars 61-year-old Joan Vassos, a private school administrator and widow from Rockville, Maryland.^[2] Vassos was previously a contestant on The Golden Bachelor, but quit in week 3 due to a family emergency.^[3]

It concluded on November 13, 2024, with Vassos accepting a proposal from 60-year-old Charles "Chock" Chapple.^[4]

Production

Filming and development

On February 10, 2024, following the success of The Golden Bachelor, ABC ordered the first season of The Golden Bachelorette.^[5] On May 14, 2024, Vassos was announced as the inaugural lead of the series.^[2]

Filming began in June 2024 in Los Angeles, and concluded in late July in Tahiti.^[6][7]

Musicians Taylor Dayne, Wayne Newton, and REO Speedwagon; comedian Loni Love; Hall of Fame footballers Andre Reed and Eric Dickerson; and former Bachelorettes Kaitlyn Bristowe and Trista Rehn made guest appearances this season.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Casting and contestants

Notable contestants include Gary Levingston, who is the godson of Tina Turner, Guy Gansert, who is the ex-husband of Nevada politician Heidi Gansert, and Mark Anderson, who is the father of Bachelor season 28 winner Kelsey Anderson.^[12][13][14]

Contestants

The 24 contestants were announced on August 13, 2024.^[15]

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Outcome	Place	Ref
Charles "Chock" Chapple[16]	60	Wichita, Kansas	Insurance Executive	Winner	1	[17]
Guy Gansert[13]	66	Reno, Nevada	ER Doctor	Runner-Up	2
Pascal Ibgui[18]	69	Glencoe, Illinois	Salon Owner	Week 7	3 (quit)	[19]
Jordan Heller[18]	61	Riverwoods, Illinois	Sales Manager	Week 6	4	[20]
Jonathan Rone[21]	61	Oakland, Iowa	Shipping Consultant	Week 5	5-6	[11]
Keith Gordon[22]	62	Columbus, Indiana	Girl Dad
Mark Anderson[14]	57	Leesville, Louisiana	Army Veteran		7
Charles Ling[23]	66	Malvern, Pennsylvania	Retired Financial Analyst	Week 4	8–11	[10]
Dan Roemer[24]	64	Naples, Florida	Private Investor
Gary Levingston[12]	65	Palm Desert, California	Retired Finance Executive
Gil Ramirez[25]	60	Mission Viejo, California	Educator
Charles King[26]	62	Rancho Palos Verdes, California	Portfolio Manager	Week 3	12–14	[9]
Gregg Lassen[24]	64	Longboat Key, Florida	Retired University Vice President
Kim Buike[27]	69	Seattle, Washington	Retired Navy Captain
Bob Kilroy[28]	66	Marina del Rey, California	Chiropractor	Week 2	15–18	[8]
Christopher Stallworth[29]	64	West Babylon, New York	Contractor
Jack Lencioni[18]	68	Schererville, Indiana	Caterer
Michael Stevens[30]	65	Denver, North Carolina	Retired Banking CEO
Bill Hernandez[31]	68	Portland, Oregon	Retired Videographer	Week 1	19–24	[32]
David Huff[33]	68	Austin, Texas	Rancher
Ken O'Brien[34]	60	Peabody, Massachusetts	Property Management Treasurer
Pablo Gonzalez-Juana[35]	63	Cambridge, Maryland	Retired UN Agency Director
Ralph "RJ" Johnson[36]	66	Irvine, California	Financial Adviser
Thomas Haughney[36]	62	New York City, New York	FDNY Chief

Future appearances

Bachelor in Paradise

Season 10

Charles King, Gary Levingston, Jack Lencioni, Keith Gordon, Kim Buike, and Ralph “RJ” Johnson are set to appear on season 10 of Bachelor in Paradise.^[37]

Call-out order

Order	Bachelors	Week
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Pascal	Keith	Jonathan	Pascal	Chock[a]	Pascal	Chock	Chock Guy	Chock
2	Kim	Dan	Chock	Gil	Jordan	Chock	Guy		Guy
3	Chock	Jonathan	Dan	Jonathan	Guy	Guy	Pascal	Pascal
4	Jonathan	Mark	Mark	Guy	Pascal	Jordan	Jordan
5	Jordan	Guy	Gary	Dan	Jonathan	Jonathan Keith
6	Michael	Charles K.	Pascal	Gary	Mark
7	Thomas	Gil	Jordan	Jordan	Keith	Mark
8	Gary	Gary	Charles K.	Chock	Charles L. Dan Gary Gil
9	Gregg	Pascal	Keith	Charles L.
10	Pablo	Chock	Gil	Keith
11	Bob	Kim	Charles L.	Mark
12	Jack	Christopher	Kim	Charles K. Gregg Kim
13	Charles L.	Gregg	Gregg
14	Guy	Charles L.	Guy
15	Charles K.	Jordan	Bob Christopher Jack Michael
16	Ken	Bob
17	Dan	Michael
18	Christopher	Jack
19	RJ	Bill David Ken Pablo RJ Thomas
20	Gil
21	Bill
22	David
23	Keith
24	Mark

  The contestant received the first impression rose

  The contestant received a rose during a date

  The contestant received a rose outside of a rose ceremony or date

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant was eliminated during a date

  The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony

  The contestant received a rose during a date but quit the competition

  The contestant quit the competition

  The contestant moved on to the next week by default

  The contestant won the competition

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date [38]	Prod. code [38]	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating (18–49)
1	"Week 1"	September 18, 2024 (2024-09-18)	101	2.81[39]	0.3[39]
2	"Week 2"	September 25, 2024 (2024-09-25)	102	2.69[40]	0.3[40]
3	"Week 3"	October 2, 2024 (2024-10-02)	103	2.64[41]	0.3[41]
4	"Week 4"	October 9, 2024 (2024-10-09)	104	2.58[42]	0.3[42]
5	"Week 5"	October 16, 2024 (2024-10-16)	105	2.63[43]	0.3[43]
6	"Week 6"	October 23, 2024 (2024-10-23)	106	2.87[44]	0.3[44]
7	"Week 7: Finale Part 1"	October 30, 2024 (2024-10-30)	107	2.85[45]	0.3[45]
8	"The Men Tell All"	November 6, 2024 (2024-11-06)	N/A	2.80[46]	0.3[46]
9	"Week 8: Finale Part 2 and After the Final Rose"	November 13, 2024 (2024-11-13)	108	3.46[47]	0.4[47]

Notes

1. Chock temporarily left the competition after his mother passed away, but returned in time for the rose ceremony.^[10]