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The Bachelorette

<a href="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNzk3MjA1NzE5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTQ0NTcxOA@@._V1_SX214_AL_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bachelorette (2012) Poster" border="0" src="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNzk3MjA1NzE5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTQ0NTcxOA@@._V1_SX214_AL_.jpg" title="The Bachelorette" /></a><a href="http://www.fortodays.com/2014/07/the-bachelorette.html">The Bachelorette</a> is a spin-off from the American competitive reality dating game show The Bachelor. In its January 2003 debut on ABC, the first season featured Trista Rehn, the runner-up date from the first season of The Bachelor, offering the opportunity for Rehn to choose a husband among 25 bachelors. The 2004 season of The Bachelorette again took a runner-up from the previous season of The Bachelor. After last airing on February 28, 2005, the series returned to ABC during the spring of 2008, following an absence of three years 
 
 
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Plot</h2>
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Main article: Rules of The Bachelor</div>
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All of the rules are adopted from its parent show, The Bachelor. The series revolves around a single bachelorette (deemed eligible) and a pool of romantic interests (typically 25; 30 in season 5), which could include a potential husband for the bachelorette. The format is the same as the parent show. Unlike The Bachelor, one of two male suitors proposes to the bachelorette for the final selection.</div>
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Unlike The Bachelor, all eight seasons of The Bachelorette have ended with a proposal whether or not the Bachelorette decided to accept or decline. Trista Rehn's marriage to Ryan Sutter and Ashley Hebert's marriage to JP Rosenbaum have been the only marriages to result.</div>
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Questions of authenticity</h2>
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Mike Fleiss, creator of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, as well as former contestants, have come forth saying that both shows are scripted.[citation needed] The Bachelorette Season 4 winner, Jesse Csincsak, commented that contestants must follow producers' orders and that a storyline was fabricated in the editing room.</div>
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Season 13 contestant Megan Parris said in 2009 that the producers edited footage to create a false storyline. "I don't think [the producers] showed any real conversation I had with anyone... The viewers fail to realize that editing is what makes the show... You'll hear someone make one comment and then they'll show a clip of somebody's face to make it look like that is their facial reaction to that statement, but really, somebody made that face the day before to something else. It's just piecing things together to make a story." Parris said not only is the show scripted, but that producers "bully" contestants into saying specific things to the camera that the contestants do not want to say She said, "There's nothing real about [the "confessionals," in which contestants talk to the camera about the latest goings-on]. It is scripted. They basically will call you names, berate you, curse at you until they get you to say what they want you to say.</div>
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On March 15, 2010, The Bachelorette creator Mike Fleiss appeared on 20/20 to confess that he developed the show's contestants into characters that catered to his audience's tastes, and that they "need [their] fair share of villains every season." Fleiss has come under fire for admitting that The Bachelor has less to do with reality than it does making good television.</div>
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By Season 7 of The Bachelorette, some believe that actors were being hired by ABC to play specific roles on the show. Some viewers were becoming tired of the show's scripted nature and speaking out.By Season 8 there were numerous complaints when the entire cast of The Bachelorette overtly acted out the show's written script with the cast of The Muppets.</div>
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Seasons</h2>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Season 1 (2003)</li>
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<dl style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">Trista Rehn, the runner-up of the first season of The Bachelor, was the first bachelorette.</dd></dl>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Season 2 (2004)</li>
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<dl style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">Meredith Phillips, who was sent home by bachelor Bob Guiney during season four of The Bachelor, was the second bachelorette.</dd></dl>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Season 3 (2005)</li>
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<dl style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">Jennifer Schefft, selected by Andrew Firestone in season three of The Bachelor, got a second chance at love, after her relationship with Firestone ended, in The Bachelorette's third season. The season was filmed in New York City instead of Los Angeles.</dd></dl>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Season 4 (2008)</li>
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<dl style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">DeAnna Pappas, who first appeared in season eleven of The Bachelor, and was rejected by bachelor Brad Womack in his first season was the fourth bachelortte. Pappas made a surprise return in season 13 of The Bachelor.</dd></dl>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Season 5 (2009)</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Season 6 (2010)</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Season 7 (2011)</li>
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<dl style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">Ashley Hebert, who was rejected by bachelor Brad Womack in season 15 of The Bachelor, was the seventh bachelorette.</dd></dl>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Season 8 (2012)</li>
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<dl style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">Emily Maynard, chosen by bachelor Brad Womack, also in season 15 of The Bachelor, got a second chance at love, after her relationship with Womack ended, on the eighth season of The Bachelorette. Maynard is the second Bachelor winner to star in The Bachelorette after Jen Schefft. In addition, the production temporarily moved from Los Angeles to Maynard's hometown in Charlotte, North Carolina so that Emily could stay with her daughter Ricki during production.</dd></dl>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Season 9 (2013)</li>
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<dl style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">Desiree Hartsock, who was sent home after the hometown dates by Sean Lowe in season 17 of The Bachelor, was the ninth Bachelorette.</dd></dl>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Season 10 (2014)</li>
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<dl style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">Andi Dorfman, who walked away from bachelor Juan Pablo Galavis just before the rose ceremony in season 18 of The Bachelor is the tenth Bachelorette.</dd></dl>
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<tr><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Season</th><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Premiered</th><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Bachelorette</th><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Profile</th><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Winner</th><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Runner(s)-Up</th><th style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Proposal</th></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">1</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">January 8, 2003</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Trista Rehn</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Physical therapist</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Ryan Sutter</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Charlie Maher</td><td class="table-yes" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="6" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Rehn and Sutter were married on December 6, 2003 on national television.As of 2014, they are still together and have two children. Contestant Bob Guineywas featured on fourth season of The Bachelor. Rehn was also one of 6 contestants on the first season of Dancing with the Stars.</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">2</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">January 14, 2004</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Meredith Phillips</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Makeup artist</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Ian Mckee</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Matthew Hickl</td><td class="table-yes" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="6" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Phillips and McKee were engaged at the end of the show, but ended their relationship in February 2005.</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">3</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">January 10, 2005</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Jennifer Schefft</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Publicist</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">None</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Jerry Ferris and John Paul Merritt</td><td class="table-no" style="background: rgb(255, 153, 153); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">No</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="6" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Schefft rejected both Ferris and Merritt.During the first live final rose ceremony, she chose Ferris, an art gallery director, over Meritt. Ferris proposed to Schefft but she rejected his proposal, stating that the chemistry was not there.Schefft ultimately married Chicago public relations executive Joe Waterman in May 2009; they have two children, Mae Elizabeth and Charlotte Grace.</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bachelorette_(season_4)" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Bachelorette (season 4)">4</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">May 19, 2008</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">DeAnna Pappas</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Real estate agent</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Jesse Csincsak</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Jason Mesnick</td><td class="table-yes" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="6" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">The wedding was set for May 9, 2009, but they broke up in November 2008.Csincsak is now married to The Bachelor season 13 contestant Ann Lueders. Pappas ultimately married high school teacher Stephen Stagliano in October 2011, whose brother, Michael, was a contestant on the fifth season of The Bachelorette. The couple have a daughter, Addison Marie. Runner-up Mesnick was featured in the thirteenth season of The Bachelor. Finalist Graham Bunn became a contestant on the second season of Bachelor Pad. Another finalist Ryan Hoag became a contestant on the third season of Bachelor Pad. Bunn returned to become a contestant on season one of Bachelor in Paradise.</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">5</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">May 18, 2009</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Jillian Harris</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Interior designer</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Ed Swiderski</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Kiptyn Locke</td><td class="table-yes" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="6" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">In July 2010, it was announced that Harris and Swiderski had broken up.Contestant Jake Pavelka was featured on the 14th season of The Bachelor. Runner-up Locke, along with finalists Juan Barbieri, Wes Hayden, Jesse Kovacs and David Good, became contestants on the first season of Bachelor Pad. During their first season of Bachelor Pad, Locke fell in love with Tenley Molzahn from Pavelka's season, but they broke up in March 2013. Harris was a design team member of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition until its series end in 2012 and now hosts Canada's Handyman Challenge on HGTV. Finalist John Presser is now married to Tara Durr, who was a contestant on The Bachelor: Rome. Michael Stagliano became a contestant on the second season of Bachelor Pad along with Pavelka. Another finalist, Julien Hug, died on November 3, 2010. Stagliano would later return for the third season of Bachelor Pad along with winner Swiderski and another finalist Reid Rosenthal. Kovacs would later return to the first season of Bachelor in Paradise.</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">6</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">May 24, 2010</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Ali Fedotowsky</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Advertising account manager</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Roberto Martinez</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Chris Lambton</td><td class="table-yes" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="6" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Fedotowsky and Martinez broke up in November 2011, but remained friends. Finalists Jonathan Novack (referred to as Weatherman in the show), Craig McKinnon and Jesse Beck became contestants on the first season of Bachelor Pad. Finalists Kasey Kahl, Justin Rego (referred to as The Wrestler in the show) and Kirk DeWindt became contestants on the second season of Bachelor Pad. Runner-up Lambton is now married to Peyton Wright, who was a contestant on the 10th season of The Bachelor. Ty Brown is currently married to Elizabeth Kitt from the 14th season of The Bachelor.</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">7</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">May 23, 2011</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Ashley Hebert</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Dental student</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">J.P. Rosenbaum</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Ben Flajnik</td><td class="table-yes" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="6" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Hebert and Rosebaum got married on December 1, 2012 and their wedding aired as a TV Special on December 16, 2012. The couple is expecting their first child, a boy, due in October 2014. Finalists Ames Brown, Blake Julian and William Holman became contestants on the second season of Bachelor Pad. Runner-up Flajnik was featured on the sixteenth season of The Bachelor. Finalist Blake Julian is currently married to Holly Durst from The Bachelor season 12 whom he met onBachelor Pad 2. Finalist Nick Peterson became a contestant and the winner on the third season of Bachelor Pad.</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">8</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">May 14, 2012</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Emily Maynard</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Children's hospital event planner</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Jef Holm</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Arie Luyendyk, Jr.</td><td class="table-yes" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="6" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Maynard and Holm ended their relationship in October 2012. In 2014, Maynard ultimately married Tyler Johnson, whom she met at church Finalists Tony Pieper, Chris Bukowski and Kalon McMahon became contestants on the third season of Bachelor Pad. Third-place finalist Sean Lowe was featured on the 17th seasonof The Bachelor. Bukowski and McMahon returned for season one of Bachelor in Paradise.</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">9</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">May 27, 2013</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Desiree Hartsock</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Bridal stylist</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Chris Siegfried</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Drew Kenney</td><td class="table-yes" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="6" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">As of July 2014, Hartsock and Siegfried are still engaged. They currently live in Seattle, Washington and plan to marry in the future. Sixth-place finalist Juan Pablo Galavis was featured on the 18th season of The Bachelor. Finalists Ben Scott, Zack Kalter and Robert Graham became contestants on the first season of Bachelor in Paradise.</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">10</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">May 19, 2014</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Andi Dorfman</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Assistant District Attorney</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="6" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Finalists Marquel Martin, Dylan Petitt, Marcus Grodd, Cody Sattler and Tasos Hernandez became contestants on the first season of Bachelor in Paradise.</td></tr>
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