The Bachelor 13 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The Bachelor 13 is the thirteenth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The season premiere aired on January 5, 2009. The show features a previous contestant from the ABC show The Bachelorette and the series' first single parent from Kirkland, Washington, Jason Mesnick, counting 25 women. Mesnick became the second former The Bachelorette suitor ever competed on The Bachelor since Bob Guiney of season 1 of The Bachelorette and season 4 of The Bachelor.

Contestants

Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions

Name	Age	Hometown	Job	Eliminated
Melissa Rycroft	25	Dallas, Texas		Winner
Molly Malaney	23	Grand Rapids, Michigan		Episode 8
Jillian Harris	29	Peace River, Alberta	Interior Designer	Episode 7
	24	Carlsbad, California	Flight Attendant	Episode 6
	34	Huntsville, Alabama		Episode 5
Lauren Wanger	27	Marlboro, New Jersey	Teacher	Episode 4
Megan Parris	25	Sewickley, Pennsylvania	Single Mother and Lacrosse Coach	Episode 4
	29	Blue Island, Illinois	Administrative Assistant	Episode 4
Shannon Bair	29	Marshall, Missouri	Dental Hygienist	Episode 4
Erica DeSimone	25	Monroe, Connecticut	Account Executive	Episode 3
Kari Fajen	27	Lee's Summit, Missouri	Account Executive	Episode 3
Natalie Getz	27	Morton, Illinois	Human Resources Recruiter	Episode 3
Lisa Gonzalez	28	Boise, Idaho	Public Relations Associate	Episode 2 (quit)
	27	Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Medical Student	Episode 2
	32	Batavia, New York	Teacher	Episode 2
Ann Lueders	24	Phoenix, Arizona	Flight Attendant	Episode 1
Dominique Martinez	26	Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania	Medical Sales Rep.	Episode 1
Emily Hayder	23	Seattle, Washington	Casino Marketing Rep.	Episode 1
Jackie Banks	26	Springfield, Massachusetts	Wedding Coordinator	Episode 1
Julie Dermotta	26	Columbus, Ohio	Teacher	Episode 1
Nicole Mah	25	Calgary, Alberta	Menswear Buyer	Episode 1
Renee Simlak	36	Southfield, Michigan	Jewelry Designer	Episode 1
Shelby Farkey	23	Stockton, California	Account Executive	Episode 1
Stacia Mann	24	Orem, Utah	Single Mother & Charity Accountant	Episode 1
Treasure Morgan	28	Salt Lake City, Utah	Single Mother and Nurse Practitioner	Episode 1

Call-out order

#	Bachelorettes	Episodes
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Lauren	Nikki	Jillian	Stephanie	Molly	Jillian	Molly	Melissa	Melissa
2	Kari	Megan	Melissa	Jillian	Naomi	Melissa	Jillian	Molly	Molly
3	Melissa	Lauren	Molly	Molly	Stephanie	Molly	Melissa	Jillian
4	Sharon	Kari	Megan	Lauren	Melissa	Naomi	Naomi
5	Natalie	Naomi	Nikki	Melissa	Jillian	Stephanie
6	Naomi	Natalie	Lauren	Naomi	Lauren
7	Megan	Molly	Naomi	Shannon	Megan
8	Stacia	Raquel	Stephanie	Nikki	Nikki
9	Jackie	Stephanie	Kari	Megan	Shannon
10	Lisa	Melissa	Natalie	Erica
11	Stephanie	Jillian	Shannon	Kari
12	Treasure	Shannon	Erica	Natalie
13	Raquel	Lisa	Lisa
14	Shelby	Sharon	Raquel
15	Nikki	Erica	Sharon
16	Molly	Ann
17	Erica	Dominique
18	Nicole	Emily
19	Renee	Jackie
20	Jillian	Julie
21	Dominique	Nicole
22	Emily	Renee
23	Julie	Shelby
24	Ann	Stacia
25	Shannon	Treasure

{{colorbox}} The contestant received the first impression rose.

{{colorbox}} The contestant received a rose because of the other women's votes.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony.

{{colorbox}} The contestant received a rose on a one-on-one date.

{{colorbox}} The contestant received a rose on a group date.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was on a group date.

{{colorbox}} The contestant went on a group date and was eliminated at the rose ceremony.

{{colorbox}} The contestant left of her own accord.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was eliminated on a one-on-one date.

{{colorbox}} The contestant received a rose on a two-on-one date.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was eliminated on a two-on-one date.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was on an individual date.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won the competition.

After the Final Rose

During the "After the Final Rose" special, aired immediately after the season finale, Jason Mesnick told Chris Harrison that he felt the chemistry with Melissa changed and that he would break up with her and then ask Molly to give him another chance. Jason explained to Melissa how he was feeling. After some arguing, she then gave him his ring back, asked him to leave her alone, and left. During Chris' interview with Molly, she admitted she still loved Jason. Jason told Molly that he broke up with Melissa and that he hadn't been able to stop thinking about her. He asked her if they could have another shot and he admitted that he still loved her. She agreed to "see where things go."

On the "After the Final Rose: Part Two" episode, which was taped six weeks after the "After the Final Rose: Part One" episode, Jason and Molly stated that "things were going really well" and that this had been "the happiest they had been."

In the other hand, host Chris Harrison that announced Jillian became the next bachelorette in the fifth season of The Bachelorette and has insisted that the outcome was not manipulated by show producers to increase ratings.

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen Ratings

Episode	First Air Date	Rating (18-49)	Share (18-49)	Viewers (millions)	Rank (timeslot)	Rank (night)
1	January 5, 2009	3.1	8	8.74	N/A	N/A
2	January 12, 2009	3.2	8	9.06	N/A	N/A
3	January 19, 2009	3.6	9	9.95	N/A	N/A
4	January 26, 2009	4.0	10	10.57	N/A	N/A
5	February 2, 2009	4.1	10	11.02	N/A	N/A
6	February 9, 2009	4.2	10	11.59	N/A	N/A
7	February 16, 2009	4.4	10	12.52	N/A	N/A
8	February 23, 2009	3.7	10	10.93	N/A	N/A
9	March 2, 2009	5.4	13	15.48	N/A	N/A
10	March 2, 2009	6.7	16	17.47	N/A	N/A
11	March 3, 2009	4.1	10	10.90	N/A	N/A

• Episode 8 is The Women Tell All Special.
• Episode 10, the After the Final Rose Special had the highest rated number ever in this special episode in The Bachelor history.
• Episode 11, the 2nd part of the After the Final Rose Special

Footnotes

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