| The Bachelor | |
|---|---|
| Season 9 | |
| Starring | Jimmy Nicholson |
| Presented by | Osher Günsberg |
| No. of contestants | 23 |
| Winner | Holly Kingston |
| Runner-up | Brooke Cleal |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Network 10 |
| Original release | 21 July (2021-07-21) – 2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) |
| Season chronology | |
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The ninth seasonofThe Bachelor Australia premiered on 21 July 2021.[1] This season features Jimmy Nicholson, a 31-year-old aeroplane pilot from Sydney, New South Wales.[2][3]
The season began with 23 contestants.[4]
| Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Kingston | 27 | Sydney, New South Wales | Marketing Manager | Winner |
| Brooke Cleal | 27 | Melbourne, Victoria | Occupational Therapist | Runner-up Returned in Episode 12 Left Episode 8 |
| Jacinta "Jay" Lal | 31 | Sydney, New South Wales | Nutritionist | Episode 15 |
| Carlie Hodges | 33 | Melbourne, Victoria | Corporate Lawyer | Episode 14 |
| Lily Price | 23 | Melbourne, Victoria | Crane Operator | Episode 13 |
| Ashlee "Ash" Lawson | 34 | Brisbane, Queensland | Dance Teacher | |
| Laura O'Loughlin | 28 | Adelaide, South Australia | Speech Pathologist | Episode 12 |
| Tahnee Leeson | 27 | Melbourne, Victoria | Corporate Travel Manager | Episode 11 |
| Stephanie Lynch | 27 | Perth, Western Australia | Business Development Manager | Episode 10 |
| Rebekah Modernel | 27 | Sydney, New South Wales | Youth Support Worker | Episode 9 |
| Sierah Swepstone | 28 | Melbourne, Victoria | Technical Analyst | Episode 8 |
| Stevie Grey | 29 | Brisbane, Queensland | Hair Stylist | Episode 7 |
| Tatum Hargraves | 26 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Company Director | |
| Ashleigh Freckleton | 28 | Melbourne, Victoria | Speech Pathologist | Episode 6 |
| Elena Wee | 33 | Sydney, New South Wales | Personal Trainer | Episode 5 |
| Hannah Norman | 26 | Sydney, New South Wales | Nurse | Episode 4 |
| Tamlyn Hoskins | 25 | Sydney, New South Wales | Customer Service Officer | |
| Chanel Tang | 34 | Sydney, New South Wales | Flight Manager | Episode 3 |
| Madison Allen | 24 | Melbourne, Victoria | Marketing Co-Ordinator | |
| Belinda Robinson | 29 | Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Criminal Lawyer | Episode 2 |
| Jacinta Boys | 29 | Melbourne, Victoria | Executive Recruiter | |
| Annabelle O'Regan | 28 | Sydney, New South Wales | Medical Equipment Installer | Episode 1 |
| Lauren Jenkins | 29 | Adelaide, South Australia | Office Administrator |
| # | Bachelorettes | Episode | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6[a] | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10[b] | 11[c] | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | Brooke | Jay | Brooke | Ash | Holly | Stephanie | Jay | Lily | Carlie | Laura | Holly | Carlie | Ash | Holly | Holly | Brooke | Holly | |
| 2 | Carlie | Carlie | Lily | Carlie | Brooke | Tatum | Ash | Brooke | Laura[d] | Tahnee | Carlie | Ash | Carlie | Jay | Brooke | Holly | Brooke | |
| 3 | Jay | Lily | Stephanie | Jay | Tatum | Lily | Brooke | Tahnee | Ash | Jay | Ash | Holly | Brooke | Carlie | Jay | Jay | ||
| 4 | Laura | Brooke | Holly | Stephanie | Lily | Carlie | Carlie | Rebekah | Rebekah | Ash | Jay | Laura | Lily | Brooke | Carlie | |||
| 5 | Sierah | Ash | Jay | Lily | Jay | Brooke | Holly | Laura | Tahnee | Stephanie | Laura | Lily | Holly | Ash Lily |
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| 6 | Belinda | Elena | Stevie | Ashleigh | Carlie | Holly | Laura | Jay | Stephanie | Carlie[e] | Lily | Jay | Jay | |||||
| 7 | Madison | Hannah | Ash | Rebekah | Ashleigh | Jay | Lily | Carlie | Lily | Holly[e] | Tahnee | Tahnee | Laura | |||||
| 8 | Ashleigh | Rebekah | Elena | Laura | Rebekah | Ash | Rebekah | Sierah | Jay | Lily[e] | Stephanie | |||||||
| 9 | Tamlyn | Madison | Carlie | Brooke | Sierah | Laura | Sierah | Ash | Holly | Rebekah | ||||||||
| 10 | Rebekah | Sierah | Tatum | Holly | Tahnee | Tahnee | Stephanie | Holly | Sierah | |||||||||
| 11 | Tahnee | Stevie | Rebekah | Elena | Elena | Rebekah | Stevie | Stephanie | Brooke[f] | |||||||||
| 12 | Ash | Holly | Madison | Tatum | Stephanie | Sierah | Tahnee | Stevie | ||||||||||
| 13 | Lauren | Belinda | Hannah | Hannah | Ash | Stevie | Tatum | Tatum | ||||||||||
| 14 | Stevie | Tamlyn | Ashleigh | Tahnee | Stevie | Ashleigh | Ashleigh | |||||||||||
| 15 | Hannah | Tatum | Tahnee | Stevie | Laura | Elena | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Holly | Laura | Tamlyn | Tamlyn | Hannah Tamlyn |
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| 17 | Jacinta | Jacinta | Laura | Sierah | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | Elena | Ashleigh | Chanel | Chanel Madison |
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| 19 | Tatum | Chanel | Sierah | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | Annabelle | Tahnee | Belinda Jacinta |
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| 21 | Chanel | Stephanie | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Stephanie | Annabelle Lauren |
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| 23 | Lily | |||||||||||||||||
Original airdate: 21 July 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Business Lounge key | Jay |
| Rose ceremony | Annabelle & Lauren were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 22 July 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Brooke |
| Group date | Stephanie, Laura, Rebekah, Tamlyn, Jacinta, Belinda, Sierah, Tahnee, Tatum & Lily |
| One-on-one time | Lily |
| Rose ceremony | Belinda & Jacinta were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 28 July 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Ash |
| Group date | Ashleigh, Carlie, Elena, Holly, Jay, Sierah, Stevie & Tahnee |
| One-on-one time | Carlie |
| Rose ceremony | Chanel & Madison were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 29 July 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single Date | Holly |
| Group Date | Ashleigh, Brooke, Carlie, Hannah, Laura, Lily, Stephanie & Tatum |
| One-on-one time | Brooke |
| Rose ceremony | Hannah & Tamlyn were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 4 August 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single Date | Stephanie |
| Group Date | Brooke, Carlie, Elena, Holly, Jay, Laura, Lily, Stevie, Tahnee & Tatum |
| One-on-one time | Tatum |
| Rose ceremony | Elena was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 5 August 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single Date | Jay |
| Group Date | Rebekah, Stevie, Ashleigh, Laura & Sierah |
| One-on-one time | Ashleigh |
| Rose ceremony | Ashleigh was eliminated before the rose ceremony; the rose ceremony was cancelled. |
Original airdate: 11 August 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single Date | Lily |
| Rose ceremony | Tatum quit before the rose ceremony; Stevie was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 12 August 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Leave | Brooke left the mansion due to a family matter. |
| Single Date | Carlie |
| Group Date | Everyone |
| One-on-one time | Laura & Sierah |
| Rose ceremony | Sierah was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 12 August 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single Date | Laura |
| Group Date | Holly, Lily, Ash, Laura & Tahnee |
| One-on-one time | Tahnee |
| Rose ceremony | Rebekah quit during the rose ceremony; the remaining contestants received their roses. |
Original airdate: 18 August 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single Date | Holly |
| Rose ceremony | Stephanie quit before the rose ceremony; the rose ceremony was cancelled. |
Original airdate: 18 August 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Group Date | Everyone |
| Single Date | Jay |
| Rose ceremony | Tahnee was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 19 August 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Group Date | Everyone |
| One-on-one time | Ash |
| Single Date | Carlie |
| Return | Brooke returned to the competition. |
| Rose ceremony | Laura was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 25 August 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single Date | Brooke |
| Group Date | Everyone |
| Rose ceremony | Ash & Lily were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 26 August 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Hometown #1 | Carlie – Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
| Hometown #2 | Jay – Sydney, New South Wales |
| Hometown #3 | Holly – Sydney, New South Wales |
| Hometown #4 | Brooke – Melbourne, Victoria |
| Rose ceremony | Carlie was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 1 September 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single Date #1 | Holly |
| Single Date #2 | Jay |
| Single Date #3 | Brooke |
| Rose ceremony | Jay was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 2 September 2021
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Meet Jimmy's Family #1 | Brooke |
| Meet Jimmy's Family #2 | Holly |
| Final Date #1 | Brooke |
| Final Date #2 | Holly |
| Final decision: | Holly is the winner |
| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers |
Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | ||||||
| 1 | Episode 1 | 21 July 2021 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 482,000 | 18 | 46,000 | 16 | 528,000 | [5] |
| 2 | Episode 2 | 22 July 2021 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 502,000 | 14 | 53,000 | 13 | 555,000 | [6] |
| 3 | Episode 3 | 28 July 2021 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 360,000 | 22 | 24,000 | >20 | 384,000 | [7] |
| 4 | Episode 4 | 29 July 2021 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 369,000 | 17 | 38,000 | 15 | 407,000 | [8] |
| 5 | Episode 5 | 4 August 2021 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 366,000 | 21 | 38,000 | 20 | 404,000 | [9] |
| 6 | Episode 6 | 5 August 2021 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 375,000 | 20 | 44,000 | 18 | 418,000 | [10] |
| 7 | Episode 7 | 11 August 2021 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 414,000 | 18 | 32,000 | 18 | 445,000 | [11] |
| 8 | Episode 8[a] | 12 August 2021[a] | Thursday 7:30 pm | 412,000 | 15 | 48,000 | 14 | 460,000 | [12] |
| 9 | Episode 9[a] | 12 August 2021[a] | Thursday 8:40 pm | 412,000 | 15 | 48,000 | 14 | 460,000 | [12] |
| 10 | Episode 10[a] | 18 August 2021[a] | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 471,000 | 17 | 31,000 | 18 | 502,000 | [13] |
| 11 | Episode 11[a] | 18 August 2021[a] | Wednesday 8:30 pm | 471,000 | 17 | 31,000 | 18 | 502,000 | [13] |
| 12 | Episode 12 | 19 August 2021 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 487,000 | 13 | — | — | 487,000 | [14] |
| 13 | Episode 13 | 25 August 2021 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 445,000 | 17 | — | — | 445,000 | [15] |
| 14 | Episode 14 | 26 August 2021 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 470,000 | 13 | — | — | 470,000 | [16] |
| 15 | Episode 15 | 1 September 2021 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 447,000 | 16 | — | — | 447,000 | [17] |
| 16 | Finale Final Decision |
2 September 2021 | Thursday 7:30 pm Thursday 8:40 pm |
578,000 629,000 |
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578,000 629,000 |
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