The Bachelor Winter Games is a winter sports-themed reality competition television series that premiered on February 13, 2018, on ABC. It is a spin-off of the reality television game shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, and is a winter counterpart to the summer series Bachelor in Paradise. The show is hosted by Chris Harrison and Hannah Storm of ABC’s sister station ESPN. It has been described by ABC as "an ode to the Winter Olympic Games", and aired as counterprogramming against NBC's coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Ashley Brewer presents the play-by-play and live interviews during the games.[2]
| The Bachelor Winter Games | |
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| Genre | Reality competition |
| Presented by | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Production location | Manchester, Vermont |
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| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | February 13 – February 22, 2018 |
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The series reunite previous contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette at a winter resort in Manchester, Vermont, where they are competing with contestants from the various international adaptations of the franchise in various winter sports challenges.[1][3]
Contestants
editElimination table
edit| Place | Contestant | Episode | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1st | Ashley | Last | In | Date | Winner |
| Kevin | Date | In | Date | ||
| 2nd | Courtney | In | In | In | Runner-up |
| Lily | In | In | In | ||
| Dean | In | Date | Last | Runner-up | |
| Lesley | In | Date | Last | ||
| Luke | Date | Date | In | Runner-up | |
| Stassi | In | Date | In | ||
| 9-10 | Bibiana | Date | In | In | Split |
| Jordan | N/A[a] | In | In | Split | |
| 11–12 | Ally | In | In | Out | |
| Josiah | Last | In | Out | ||
| 13–14 | Christian | In | In | Split | |
| Clare | In | Last | Split | ||
| 15 | Yuki | In | In | Out | |
| 16 | Michael | In | In | Quit | |
| 17 | Ben | In | In | Quit | |
| 18 | Tiffany | In | In | Quit | |
| 19–20 | Jenny | In | Out | ||
| Rebecca | Date | Out | |||
| 21 | Benoit | In | Quit | ||
| 22–26 | Eric | Out | |||
| Jamey | Out | ||||
| Laura | Out | ||||
| Lauren | Out | ||||
| Zoe | Out | ||||
Key
edit- The contestant is male.
- The contestant is female.
- The couple won Bachelor Winter Games.
- The couples were the runner-ups.
- Date The contestant went on a date and gave out a rose at the rose ceremony.
- Date The contestant went on a date and got a rose at the rose ceremony.
- Date The contestant won the Winter competition, then went on a date and gave out a rose at the rose ceremony.
- Date The contestant won the Winter competition, then went on a date and got a rose at the rose ceremony.
- In The contestant gave or received a rose at the rose ceremony, thus remaining in the competition.
- Last The contestant won the Winter competition, then went on a date and received the last rose.
- Last The contestant received the last rose.
- Split The couple broke up and were eliminated.
- Quit The contestant voluntarily left the show.
- Out The contestant had to leave the show due to not having a relationship.
- Out The contestant was eliminated.
Ratings
edit| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot (ET) | Rating/share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | February 13, 2018 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.8/3 | 3.01[4] |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | February 15, 2018 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.7/3 | 3.02[5] |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | February 20, 2018 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.9/3 | 3.26[6] |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | February 22, 2018 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.8/3 | 3.19[7] |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | February 22, 2018 | Thursday 10:00 p.m. | 0.6/2 | 2.68[7] |
Notes
edit- ^ Contestant was not in the competition yet.
References
edit- ^ a b c Wagmeister, Elizabeth (May 16, 2017). "'The Bachelor' and 'Dancing With the Stars' Get Spinoffs at ABC". Variety.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (May 16, 2017). "ABC Orders 'Bachelor' and 'Dancing With the Stars' Spinoffs". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Drysdale, Jennifer (January 8, 2018). "'Bachelor Winter Games': Winter Tears Are Coming From Ashley Iaconetti in First Promo". WHAS. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ Porter, Rick (February 14, 2018). "Olympics, 'Bachelor Winter Games,' all others hold: Tuesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ Porter, Rick (February 16, 2018). "'Big Bang Theory' rerun adjusts up: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ Porter, Rick (February 22, 2018). "Winter Olympics adjust up: Tuesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 23, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ a b Porter, Rick (February 26, 2018). "'Bachelor Winter Games' finale and Olympics adjust up: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.