The twenty-first season of '' The Bachelor'' premiered on January 2, 2017. This season features 36-year-old

Nick Viall Nicholas Joseph Viall (born September 28, 1980) is an American actor, television personality and model who had a starring role on the 21st season of ABC's ''The Bachelor'', after finishing as runner-up in two consecutive seasons of '' The Bachel ...

, a software sales executive from

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. Viall attended the

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where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Viall was the runner-up on both the

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and 11th seasons of '' The Bachelorette'' featuring

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and

Kaitlyn Bristowe Kaitlyn Dawn Bristowe (born June 19, 1985) is a Canadian television personality best known for being a contestant on the nineteenth season of ABC's '' The Bachelor,'' and as the lead on the eleventh season of '' The Bachelorette''. She compete ...

, respectively. He also made it to the final episode on the 3rd season of '' Bachelor in Paradise'' along with Bachelor alumna Jennifer Saviano. The season concluded on March 13, 2017, with Viall choosing to propose to 29-year-old special education teacher Vanessa Grimaldi. They ended their engagement on August 25, 2017.

Production

Casting and contestants

On August 30, 2016, during season 2 episode 4 of '' Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise'' and while the 3rd season of ''Bachelor in Paradise'' was still airing, Nick Viall was announced as the next Bachelor. Prior to Viall's selection in the series, fan favorites Luke Pell and Chase McNary, both from ''The Bachelorette'' season 12 were considered for the lead role on the show, according to host

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. Pell and McNary would go on to compete in ''

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'' and season six of '' Bachelor in Paradise'', respectively.

Filming and development

Filming of this season began on September 24, 2016, as it was traveled to many places including Viall's home state of

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;

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; Saint Thomas in

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;

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, the

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and

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Lapland. Numerous media outlets reported

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have performed at Honda Stage at the iHeartRadio Theater in Downtown Los Angeles on September 30, 2016. Besides Backstreet Boys, this season also had appearances include Olympians Michelle Carter, Allyson Felix and

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, country singer Chris Lane and Lolo. The production was initially set to travel to Charleston, South Carolina, from Los Angeles, host Chris Harrison stated that it would be headed to Kiawah Island, but was changed to Viall's home state of

due to

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hit

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, although the state would later be visited in the thirteenth season of '' The Bachelorette''.

Contestants

The season began with 30 contestants.

Future appearances

''The Bachelorette''

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was chosen as the bachelorette for the thirteenth season of '' The Bachelorette'' while this season of the show was still airing, becoming the first

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lead cast member of the franchise's history, while Raven Gates, Alexis Waters, Kristina Schulman, Astrid Loch, Whitney Fransway, Jasmine Goode and Corinne Olympios made several appearances as well.

''Bachelor in Paradise''

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Raven Gates, Corinne Olympios, Taylor Nolan, Alexis Waters, Lacey Mark, Kristina Schulman, Danielle Maltby, Danielle Lombard, Christen Whitney, Sarah Vendal, Dominique Alexis, Jaimi King, and Jasmine Goode, returned for

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of '' Bachelor in Paradise''. Olympios quit in week 1 after the production shutdown. Mark had originally quit during week 1 but returned following the shutdown. Maltby quit in week 2, and Schulman in week 3. Waters and Vendal were eliminated in week 2, and King in week 4. In week 4, Lombard split from Dean Unglert, Whitney split from Jack Stone, Alexis split from Diggy Moreland, and Goode split from Jonathan Treece. Gates, Nolan, and Mark all left Paradise in relationships with Adam Gottschalk, Derek Peth, and Daniel Maguire, respectively. It was announced on the reunion show, however, that Mark and Maguire had ended their relationship. Gottschalk and Gates were still together, while Peth and Nolan became engaged. Season 5 Whitney, Astrid Loch and Angela Amezcua returned for season 5 of ''Bachelor in Paradise''. Amezcua and Whitney were eliminated in week 4. Loch split Kevin Wendt in week six. It was announced on the reunion show, however, that they had rekindled their relationship after leaving Paradise. Season 6 Amezcua and Schulman returned for season 6 of ''Bachelor in Paradise'', along with Whitney Fransway. Schulman and Fransway quit in week 5. Amezcua split from Chase McNary in week 6.

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Maltby returned for

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of ''Bachelor in Paradise''. She left in a relationship with Michael Allio in week 6.

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Amezcua returned for the inaugural season of ''Bachelor in Paradise Canada''. She left in a relationship with her partner Brendan Morgan.

''Dancing with the Stars''

Viall competed in the 24th season of '' Dancing with the Stars''. He partnered with

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and finished in 6th place.

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''

Outside of the ''Bachelor Nation'' franchise, Goode was featured on the first season of the USA version of ''Ex On The Beach''.

Call-out order

: The contestant received the first impression rose : The contestant received a rose during the date : The contestant was eliminated : The contestant was eliminated during the date : The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony : The contestant moved on to the next week by default : The contestant won the competition

Episodes

Post-show

Nick and Vanessa announced their breakup on August 25, 2017. Vanessa married Josh Wolfe on August 20, 2021. Vanessa and Josh have one son together, Winston Franco (born September 29, 2022).

Notes

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