The Bachelor: Rome (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
The Bachelor: Season 9 (also known as The Bachelor: Rome) is the ninth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The show was filmed in Rome, Italy. The season premiered on October 3, 2006. The show featured Italian American cosmetics entrepreneur, Prince Lorenzo Borghese, counting 25 women.
Contestants
Traditionally the Bachelor chooses from an original cast of 25 bachelorettes, however this season show producers brought in two additional ladies who are local Italians bringing the total women to 27.
The following is the list of bachelorettes for this season:
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Eliminated
Jennifer Wilson
24
Pembroke Pines, FL
Teacher
Winner
Sadie Murray
23
Carlsbad, CA
Publicist
Week 7
Lisa Blank
25
Portland, OR
Marketing manager
Week 6
Agnese Polliza
24
Venice, Italy
Student
Week 5
Jeanette Pawula
23
Bloomingdale, IL
Teacher
Week 4
Desiree Valentin
22
Salt Lake City, UT
Realtor
Week 4
Jami Matzke
27
Galveston, TX
Event planner
Week 3
Gina Clark
28
Chicago, IL
Ultrasound technician
Week 3
Erica Rose
23
Houston, TX
Socialite
Week 3
Sarah Schnare
30
Nelson, BC
Journalist
Week 2
Kim Jackson
27
Newport Beach, CA
Interior designer
Week 2
Ellen DeMaio
30
New Haven, CT
Realtor
Week 2
Tara Durr
24
St. Augustine, FL
Realtor
Week 1
Rosella Fratto
27
Chicago, IL
Make-up artist
Week 1
Rita Ghazal
29
Richmond, VA
Policy advisor
Week 1
Renee Snell
30
Baltimore, MD
Broadcast marketer
Week 1
Meri Barr
27
Biloxi, MS
Attorney
Week 1
Laura Morgan
29
San Diego, CA
Dolphin trainer
Week 1
Jessica Horner
25
Charlotte, NC
Assistant buyer
Week 1
Heather Sneed
34
Aliquippa, PA
Registered nurse
Week 1
Elyse Greenebaum
27
New York, NY
Physician
Week 1
Cosetta Blanca
Italy
Dancer
Week 1
Claudia Porter
22
Boca Raton, FL
Restaurateur
Week 1
Carissa Ilburg
25
Cattaraugus, NY
Attorney
Week 1
Brit Keeder
28
Columbus, OH
Beer chemist
Week 1
Andrea Shirley
28
Cincinnati, OH
Hotel concierge
Week 1
April Jacobs
23
Chicago, IL
Model
Week 1
Elimination Chart
Contestants
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Agnese
Sadie
Desiree
Agnese
Jennifer
Lisa
Sadie
Jennifer
Andrea
Agnese
Jeanette
Lisa
Agnese
Sadie
Jennifer
Sadie
April
Desiree
Lisa
Jeanette
Sadie
Jennifer
Lisa
Brit
Gina
Gina
Jennifer
Lisa
Agnese
Carissa
Sarah
Jami
Sadie
Jeanette
Claudia
Ellen
Agnese
Desiree
Desiree
Cosetta
Jennifer
Erica
Jami
Desiree
Lisa
Jennifer
Gina
Ellen
Jeanette
Sadie
Erica
Elyse
Jami
Sarah
Erica
Erica
Kim
Gina
Kim
Ellen
Heather
Tara
Jami
Rosella
Jeanette
Rita
Jennifer
Renee
Jessica
Meri
Kim
Laura
Laura
Jessica
Lisa
Heather
Meri
Elyse
Renee
Cosetta
Rita
Claudia
Rosella
Carissa
Sadie
Brit
Sarah
Andrea
Tara
April
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Episodes
Episode 1
The girls pull up in a limo as Lorenzo greets each one with a smile. The girls and Lorenzo talk all night and the show ends with a rose ceremony where Lorenzo sends home over half of the ladies.
Episode 2
The remaining 12 women are divided up into single and group dates. Lisa received the first single date with Lorenzo. The other girls go on a group date with Lorenzo. The show ends with a rose ceremony and 3 girls are eliminated.
Episode 3
The nine remaining Bachelorettes find out there's going to be a group date, a two-on-one date and a solo date with Lorenzo. Three ladies are eliminated at the rose ceremony.
Episode 4: There is one group date and two one-on-one dates in this episode. The women who get roses this week will also get a hometown visit to have Lorenzo meet their parents. Two ladies are eliminated at the rose ceremony.
Episode 5
Lorenzo proceeds to on the hometown dates with the bachelorettes. He meets the girl's families. Lorenzo eliminates one girl at the rose ceremony which leaves him with three girls for the remaining shows.
The winner
Jennifer Wilson was the eventual winner of "The Bachelor: Rome". As of the end of the show, Jennifer was a Glades Middle School teacher from Pembroke Pines. Jennifer graduated from Dade Christian School and the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in general studies.
After the show
Jennifer Wilson and Lorenzo Borghese broke up after a long-distance relationship where he was in New York while she was in South Florida. Lorenzo did not propose to Jennifer, but gave her the final rose. Jennifer Wilson was accused of secretly dating Dan Herrero, another teacher at the school she worked at, by The National Enquirer soon after the end of the show. The Enquirer included pictures of them "frolicking on the beach" together three days after the initial report. Lorenzo Borghese later began dating runner-up Sadie Murray. Erica Rose later appeared on season one of VH1's "You're Cut Off" and seasons 2 and 3 of Bachelor Pad.