The Bachelor | |
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Season 4 | |
Starring | Richie Strahan |
Presented by | Osher Günsberg |
No. of contestants | 25 |
Winner | Alex Nation |
Runner-up | Niki Gogan |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Release | |
Original network | Network Ten |
Original release | 27 July (2016-07-27) – 15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) |
Season chronology | |
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The fourth season of The Bachelor premiered on 27 July 2016. This season features Richie Strahan, a 31-year-old Rope Access Technician from Perth, Western Australia, courting 25 women. Strahan previously appeared on the first season of The Bachelorette Australia featuring Sam Frost, where he finished in third place.
Contestants
The season began with 22 contestants. In episode 7, three "intruders" were brought into the competition, bringing the total number of contestants to 25.
Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Eliminated |
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Alexandra "Alex" Nation | 24 | Mornington Peninsula, Victoria | Venue Manager | Winner |
Nikki Gogan | 28 | Northam, Western Australia | Real Estate Agent | Runner-Up |
Olena Khamula | 23 | Sydney, New South Wales | Makeup Artist | Episode 15 |
Rachael Gouvignon | 31 | Perth, Western Australia | Support Worker | Episode 14 |
Faith Williams | 26 | Brisbane, Queensland | Hairdresser | Episode 13 |
Stephanie "Steph" Dixon | 25 | Ballarat, Victoria | Model | Episode 12 |
Kirralee "Kiki" Morris | 28 | Sydney, New South Wales | Personal Assistant | Episode 11 |
Sarah Harding | 26 | Brisbane, Queensland | Sales Representative | Episode 10 |
Noni Janur | 25 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Swimwear Designer | Episode 9 |
Keira Maguire | 29 | Sydney, New South Wales | Account Manager | Episode 8 |
Georgia Tripos | 24 | Melbourne, Victoria | Artist | Episode 7 |
Megan Marx | 27 | Geraldton, Western Australia | Health Promotions Officer | Episode 7 (quit) |
Sasha Zhuravlyova | 31 | Melbourne, Victoria | Executive Assistant | Episode 6 |
Eliza St John | 31 | Sydney, New South Wales | Event Coordinator | Episode 5 |
Marja Jacobsen | 34 | Sydney, New South Wales | Yoga Instructor | Episode 4 |
Sophie Edwards | 28 | Adelaide, South Australia | Customer Support Manager | |
Janey Birks | 27 | Brisbane, Queensland | Children's Entertainer | Episode 3 |
Tiffany Scanlon | 29 | Perth, Western Australia | Training Administrator | |
Tolyna Baan | 32 | Melbourne, Victoria | Personal Trainer | |
Laura Williams | 25 | Melbourne, Victoria | Project Manager | Episode 2 |
Mia MacKinnon | 24 | Sydney, New South Wales | Former Athlete/Student | |
Aimee Psellos | 31 | Melbourne, Victoria | Business Development Manager | Episode 1 |
Natalie Nazzari | 27 | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia | Communications Officer | |
Vintaea Carlos | 25 | Brisbane, Queensland | Massage Therapist | Episode 1 (quit) |
Call-out order
# | Bachelorettes | Episode | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
1 | Nikki | Tiffany | Nikki | Megan | Faith | Alex | Faith | Rachael | Olena | Steph | Alex | Nikki | Faith | Rachael | Nikki | Nikki | Alex |
2 | Megan | Megan | Olena | Noni | Keira | Nikki | Kiki | Alex | Alex | Faith | Steph | Olena | Alex | Nikki | Olena | Alex | Nikki |
3 | Janey | Alex | Rachael | Kiki | Rachael | Sasha | Nikki | Steph | Faith | Alex | Nikki | Rachael | Nikki | Alex | Alex | Olena | |
4 | Natalie | Faith | Georgia | Nikki | Nikki | Kiki | Keira | Nikki | Khalia | Rachael | Kiki | Steph | Olena | Olena | Rachael | ||
5 | Georgia | Nikki | Noni | Olena | Olena | Faith | Olena | Noni | Kiki | Olena | Faith | Alex | Rachael | Faith | |||
6 | Tiffany | Rachael | Keira | Keira | Georgia | Rachael | Georgia | Faith | Nikki | Nikki | Olena | Faith | Steph | ||||
7 | Eliza | Olena | Alex | Marja | Sasha | Georgia | Alex | Olena | Noni | Kiki | Rachael | Kiki | |||||
8 | Alex | Janey | Faith | Alex | Megan | Olena | Noni | Keira | Rachael | Sarah | Sarah | ||||||
9 | Kiki | Mia | Kiki | Faith | Eliza | Megan | Megan | Kiki | Sarah | Khalia Noni |
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10 | Aimee | Kiki | Sasha | Rachael | Noni | Keira | Rachael | Sarah | Steph | ||||||||
11 | Rachael | Noni | Megan | Sophie | Alex | Noni | Sasha | Khalia | Keira | ||||||||
12 | Marja | Laura | Janey | Georgia | Kiki | Eliza | Georgia | ||||||||||
13 | Sophie | Sophie | Tiffany | Sasha | Marja Sophie |
Megan | |||||||||||
14 | Laura | Sasha | Eliza | Eliza | |||||||||||||
15 | Tolyna | Eliza | Tolyna | Janey Tiffany Tolyna |
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16 | Mia | Marja | Marja | ||||||||||||||
17 | Keira | Tolyna | Sophie | ||||||||||||||
18 | Sasha | Georgia | Laura Mia |
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19 | Faith | Keira | |||||||||||||||
20 | Noni | Aimee Natalie |
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21 | Vintaea | ||||||||||||||||
22 | Olena | Vintaea | |||||||||||||||
23 | Steph | ||||||||||||||||
24 | Sarah | ||||||||||||||||
25 | Khalia |
- The contestant received the white rose, giving her the ability to spend extra time in a secret room with the Bachelor whenever she wishes.
- The contestant received a first impression rose.
- The contestant received a rose during a date.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant was eliminated during a date.
- The contestant quit the competition.
- The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony.
- The contestant won the competition.
- ^ Despite sharing a surname, Faith and Laura are not related.
- The rose ceremony was cancelled due to Keira's elimination during her single date. Therefore, the remaining contestants are listed in alphabetical order.
- ^ This contestant was an intruder and did not join the competition until Episode 7.
Episodes
Episode 1
Original airdate: 27 July 2016
Event | Description |
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First impression rose | Tiffany Megan |
White rose | Alex |
Rose ceremony | Vintaea quit during the rose ceremony; Aimee & Natalie were eliminated. |
Episode 2
Original airdate: 28 July 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Nikki Olena |
Group date | Alex, Faith, Kiki, Tolyna, Keira, Sasha, Eliza, Laura, Georgia, and Mia |
Rose ceremony | Laura & Mia were eliminated. |
Episode 3
Original airdate: 3 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Megan |
Group date | Rachael, Alex, Nikki, Sasha, Marja, Janey, Kiki, Keira, Tolyna, Noni, Tiffany, and Sophie |
One-on-one time | Rachael, Sasha, Janey, Tolyna, Noni and Tiffany |
Rose ceremony | Janey, Tiffany & Tolyna were eliminated. |
Episode 4
Original airdate: 4 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Faith |
Group date | Eliza, Georgia, Noni, Sophie, Rachael, Olena and Keira |
One-on-one time | Keira |
Rose ceremony | Marja & Sophie were eliminated. |
Episode 5
Original airdate: 10 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Alex |
Group date | Sasha, Kiki, Megan and Nikki (and Noni) |
One-on-one time | Nikki |
Rose ceremony | Eliza was eliminated. |
Episode 6
Original airdate: 11 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Group date | Olena, Faith, Megan, Georgia, Nikki, Sasha, Noni, Alex, Rachael and Keira |
One-on-one time | Faith |
Single date | Kiki |
Rose ceremony | Sasha was eliminated. |
Episode 7
Original airdate: 17 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Rachael |
Intruders | Steph, Sarah & Khalia were introduced. |
Group date | Khalia, Sarah & Steph |
Rose ceremony | Megan quit during the rose ceremony; Georgia was eliminated. |
Episode 8
Original airdate: 18 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Olena Keira |
Group date | Alex, Steph, Rachael, Kiki, Sarah, Faith, Nikki and Noni |
One-on-one time | Rachael & Noni |
Rose ceremony | Keira was eliminated during her single date; the rose ceremony was cancelled. |
Episode 9
Original airdate: 24 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Steph |
Group date | Everyone |
Rose ceremony | Khalia & Noni were eliminated. |
Episode 10
Original airdate: 25 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Alex |
Group date | Everyone |
Rose ceremony | Sarah was eliminated. |
Episode 11
Original airdate: 31 August 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Nikki |
Group date | Everyone |
Rose ceremony | Kiki was eliminated. |
Episode 12
Original airdate: 1 September 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | Faith Rachael |
Group date | N/A |
Rose ceremony | Steph was eliminated. |
Episode 13
Original airdate: 7 September 2016
Event | Description |
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Single date | N/A |
Group date | Everyone |
Rose ceremony | Faith was eliminated. |
Episode 14
Original airdate: 8 September 2016
Event | Description |
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Hometown #1 | Alex - Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
Hometown #2 | Olena - Sydney, New South Wales |
Hometown #3 | Rachael - Perth, Western Australia |
Hometown #4 | Nikki - Northam, Western Australia |
Rose ceremony | Rachael was eliminated. |
Episode 15
Original airdate: 14 September 2016; filmed at Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Event | Description |
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Overnight #1 | Alex |
Overnight #2 | Nikki |
Overnight #3 | Olena |
Rose ceremony | Olena was eliminated. |
Episode 16
Original airdate: 15 September 2016
Location: Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Event | Description |
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Meet Richie's Family #1 | Alex |
Meet Richie's Family #2 | Nikki |
Final Date #1 | Nikki |
Final Date #2 | Alex |
Final Decision: | Alex is the winner |
Ratings
No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers |
Ref(s) | ||
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Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | ||||||
1 | Episode 1 | 27 July 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 882,000 | 5 | 52,000 | 5 | 934,000 | |
2 | Episode 2 | 28 July 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 824,000 | 5 | 129,000 | 4 | 953,000 | |
3 | Episode 3 | 3 August 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 819,000 | 8 | 60,000 | 7 | 879,000 | |
4 | Episode 4 | 4 August 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 771,000 | 5 | 80,000 | 5 | 851,000 | |
5 | Episode 5 | 10 August 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 858,000 | 8 | 62,000 | 7 | 920,000 | |
6 | Episode 6 | 11 August 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 742,000 | 9 | 110,000 | 7 | 852,000 | |
7 | Episode 7 | 17 August 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 838,000 | 7 | 37,000 | 7 | 875,000 | |
8 | Episode 8 | 18 August 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 777,000 | 8 | 94,000 | 6 | 871,000 | |
9 | Episode 9 | 24 August 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 853,000 | 6 | 44,000 | 7 | 897,000 | |
10 | Episode 10 | 25 August 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 750,000 | 8 | 74,000 | 5 | 824,000 | |
11 | Episode 11 | 31 August 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 821,000 | 8 | 44,000 | 8 | 865,000 | |
12 | Episode 12 | 1 September 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 857,000 | 5 | 73,000 | 4 | 930,000 | |
13 | Episode 13 | 7 September 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 844,000 | 7 | 66,000 | 7 | 910,000 | |
14 | Episode 14 | 8 September 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 818,000 | 5 | 101,000 | 2 | 919,000 | |
15 | Episode 15 | 14 September 2016 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 909,000 | 5 | 43,000 | 4 | 952,000 | |
16 | Finale Final Decision |
15 September 2016 | Thursday 7:30 pm Thursday 9:00 pm |
1,103,000 1,324,000 |
3 1 |
32,000 53,000 |
2 1 |
1,134,000 1,377,000 |
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