The Bachelor (Australian TV series) season 3
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The third season of The Bachelor premiered on 29 July 2015. This season features Sam Wood, a 34-year-old Melbourne-based business owner and personal trainer, and founder of children's fitness company Gecko Kids, originally from Tasmania; courting 21 women.[1][2]
| The Bachelor | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
| Starring | Sam Wood |
| Presented by | Osher Günsberg |
| No. of contestants | 21 |
| Winner | Snezana Markoski |
| Runner-up | Lana Jeavons-Fellows |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Network Ten |
| Original release | 29 July – 17 September 2015 |
| Season chronology | |
Contestants
The season began with 19 contestants.[3] In episode 9, two "intruders" were brought into the competition, bringing the total number of contestants to 21.[4]
| Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snezana Markoski | 34 | Perth, Western Australia | Scientific Sales Rep | Winner |
| Lana Jeavons-Fellows | 27 | Berowra, New South Wales | Communications Assistant | Runner-up |
| Sarah Mackay | 25 | Mornington, Victoria | Event Manager | Episode 15 |
| Heather Maltman | 29 | Brisbane, Queensland | Filmmaker | Episode 14 |
| Nina Rolleston | 28 | Brisbane, Queensland | Wedding Planner | Episode 13 |
| Rachel Moore | 29 | Brisbane, Queensland | Food Blogger | Episode 12 |
| Ebru Dallikavak | 31 | Melbourne | Portfolio Manager | Episode 10 |
| Emily Simms | 31 | Melbourne | Advertising Executive | Episode 9 (Quit) |
| Bec Chin | 28 | Central Coast, New South Wales | Dietitian | Episode 9 |
| Rachel Jones | 28 | Adelaide, South Australia | Charity Worker | Episode 8 |
| Jasmin Brown | 24 | Brisbane, Queensland | Marketing Graduate | Episode 7 |
| Jacinda Gugliemino | 33 | Sydney | Personal Assistant | Episode 6 |
| Sandra Rato | 27 | Melbourne | Primary P.E. Teacher | Episode 5 |
| Laura Musgrove | 28 | Sydney | Veterinary Surgeon | Episode 4 |
| Joni Hodson | 31 | Melbourne | Motivational Speaker | |
| Madeleine Van Orsouw | 26 | Melbourne | Fertility Nurse | Episode 3 |
| Krystal Steele | 30 | Cannonvale, Queensland | Travel Agent | Episode 2 |
| Tessa Moritz | 33 | Melbourne | Account Manager | |
| Reshael Sirputh | 28 | Brisbane, Queensland | Accounts Manager | |
| Jessica Lea | 24 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Hospitality Manager | Episode 1 |
| Zilda Williams | 31 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Model |
Call-out order
| No. | Bachelorettes | Episodes | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[5][6] | 2[7] | 3[8] | 4[9] | 5[10] | 6[11][12] | 7[13] | 8[14] | 9[15] | 10[16] | 11[17] | 12[18] | 13[19] | 14[20] | 15[21] | 16[22] | ||
| 1 | Snezana | Sarah | Sarah | Snezana | Heather | Nina | N/A | Emily | Snezana | Sarah | Heather | Lana | Sarah | Lana | Sarah | Lana | Snezana |
| 2 | Sarah | Heather | Jacinda | Sarah | Nina | Sarah | Sarah | Heather | Lana | Lana | Heather | Heather | Snezana | Snezana | Snezana | Lana | |
| 3 | Laura | Snezana | Nina | Joni | Jasmin | Ebru | Bec | Sarah | Heather | Nina | Snezana | Nina | Sarah | Lana | Sarah | ||
| 4 | Rachel J. | Joni | Heather | Emily | Jacinda | Heather | Ebru | Nina | Snezana | Snezana | Nina Rachel M. Sarah |
Snezana | Heather | Heather | |||
| 5 | Ebru | Bec | Emily | Heather | Snezana | Jasmin | Snezana | Emily | Ebru | Sarah | Lana | Nina | |||||
| 6 | Nina | Rachel J. | Snezana | Jacinda | Emily | Snezana | Heather | Ebru | Rachel M. | Rachel M. | Rachel M. | ||||||
| 7 | Jasmin | Ebru | Rachel J. | Bec | Sarah | Bec | Rachel J. | Bec | Nina | Ebru | |||||||
| 8 | Heather | Nina | Sandra | Rachel J. | Bec | Emily | Nina | Rachel J. | Emily | ||||||||
| 9 | Jacinda | Tessa | Joni | Nina | Sandra | Jacinda | Jasmin | Bec | |||||||||
| 10 | Bec | Krystal | Bec | Jasmin | Rachel J. | Rachel J. | Jacinda | ||||||||||
| 11 | Joni | Jacinda | Laura | Sandra | Ebru | Sandra | |||||||||||
| 12 | Jessica | Madeleine | Ebru | Ebru | Joni Laura |
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| 13 | Tessa | Emily | Jasmin | Laura | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Reshael | Jasmin | Madeleine | Madeleine | |||||||||||||
| 15 | Madeleine | Laura | Krystal Reshael Tessa |
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| 16 | Krystal | Reshael | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | Zilda | Sandra | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | Sandra | Jessica Zilda |
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| 19 | Emily | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Lana | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Rachel M. | ||||||||||||||||
- Color key
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Episodes
Episode 1
Original airdate: 29 July 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| First impression rose | Sarah |
| White rose | Heather |
| Rose ceremony | Zilda and Jessica were eliminated |
Episode 2
Original airdate: 30 July 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| One-on-one date | Sarah |
| Group date | Heather, Tessa, Jasmin, Emily, Madeleine, Snezana, Reshael, Jacinda, Sandra, Bec, Krystal, and Joni |
| Rose ceremony | Tessa, Reshael, and Krystal were eliminated |
Episode 3
Original airdate 5 August 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| One-on-one date | Snezana was given single date by the Bachelor |
| One-on-one date (Girl's vote) | Madeleine was voted to go on a single date |
| Rose ceremony | Madeleine was eliminated |
Episode 4
Original airdate: 6 August 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date (White Rose) | Heather |
| Group date | Joni, Ebru, Laura, Sarah, Rachel J., Sandra, Jasmin |
| One-on-one time | Joni |
| Rose ceremony | Laura and Joni were eliminated |
Episode 5
Original airdate 12 August 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| One-on-one date | Nina |
| Group date | Sandra, Ebru, Bec, Jasmin, Jacinda, Snezana, Sarah and Heather |
| Rose ceremony | Sandra was eliminated |
Episode 6
Original airdate: 13 August 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| One-on-one date | "Groundhog" Dates: Bec, Ebru, Jacinda |
| Group date | None |
| Rose ceremony | No Rose Ceremony, Jacinda was eliminated before the ceremony |
Episode 7
Original airdate 19 August 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| One-on-one date | Emily |
| Group date | Ebru, Heather, Sarah, Snezana, Rachel J., Jasmin, Bec, Nina |
| Rose ceremony | Jasmin was eliminated |
Episode 8
Original airdate 20 August 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| One-on-one date | Snezana |
| Group date | Rachel J., Heather, Bec, Emily, Nina |
| Rose ceremony | Rachel J. was eliminated |
Episode 9
Original airdate 26 August 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| One-on-one date | Bec, Sarah |
| Group date | *None, two single dates instead |
| Intruders | Lana & Rachel M. introduced |
| Rose ceremony | Bec was eliminated during her single date Emily quits before last rose is handed out |
Episode 10
Original airdate 27 August 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| One-on-one date | Heather |
| Group date | Ebru, Rachel M., Nina, Snezana, Lana |
| Rose ceremony | Ebru was eliminated |
Episode 11
Original airdate 2 September 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| One-on-one date | Lana |
| Group date | Lana, Heather, Snezana, Sarah, Nina, Rachel M. |
| Rose ceremony | Neither Sarah, Rachel M., or Nina were eliminated |
Episode 12
Original airdate 3 September 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| One-on-one date | Sarah |
| Group date | Everyone |
| Rose ceremony | Rachel M. was eliminated |
Episode 13
Original airdate 9 September 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| One-on-one date | Lana, Snezana, Heather, Sarah, Nina |
| Group date | None |
| Rose ceremony | Nina was eliminated |
Episode 14
Original airdate 10 September 2015
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| First Hometown | Heather – Brisbane, Queensland |
| Second Hometown | Lana – Berowra, New South Wales |
| Third Hometown | Sarah – Mornington, Victoria |
| Fourth Hometown | Snezana – Perth, Western Australia |
| Rose ceremony | Heather was eliminated. |
Episode 15
Original airdate: 16 September 2015.[citation needed]
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| First One-on-one date | Snezana |
| Second One-on-one date | Lana |
| Third One-on-one date | Sarah |
| Rose ceremony: | Sarah was eliminated. |
Episode 16
Original airdate: 17 September 2015; filmed at Fernhill in Mulgoa.[24]
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| First Meet Sam's family | Snezana |
| Second Meet Sam's family | Lana |
| First Final date | Lana |
| Second Final date | Snezana |
| Final decision: | Snezana is the winner |
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers |
Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | |||||
| 1 | Episode 1 | 29 July 2015 | 846,000 | 6 | 52,000 | 6 | 898,000 | [25][26] |
| 2 | Episode 2 | 30 July 2015 | 739,000 | 8 | 58,000 | 6 | 797,000 | [27][28] |
| 3 | Episode 3 | 5 August 2015 | 805,000 | 8 | 35,000 | 7 | 840,000 | [29][30] |
| 4 | Episode 4 | 6 August 2015 | 794,000 | 8 | 70,000 | 4 | 864,000 | [31][32] |
| 5 | Episode 5 | 12 August 2015 | 922,000 | 6 | 46,000 | 6 | 968,000 | [33][34] |
| 6 | Episode 6 | 13 August 2015 | 911,000 | 3 | 55,000 | 3 | 966,000 | [35][36] |
| 7 | Episode 7 | 19 August 2015 | 877,000 | 6 | 40,000 | 7 | 917,000 | [37][38] |
| 8 | Episode 8 | 20 August 2015 | 817,000 | 6 | 83,000 | 5 | 900,000 | [39][40] |
| 9 | Episode 9 | 26 August 2015 | 906,000 | 5 | 50,000 | 4 | 956,000 | [41][42] |
| 10 | Episode 10 | 27 August 2015 | 889,000 | 5 | 102,000 | 3 | 991,000 | [43][44] |
| 11 | Episode 11 | 2 September 2015 | 984,000 | 3 | 53,000 | 3 | 1,037,000 | [45][46] |
| 12 | Episode 12 | 3 September 2015 | 942,000 | 3 | 83,000 | 1 | 1,026,000 | [47][48] |
| 13 | Episode 13 | 9 September 2015 | 920,000 | 7 | 56,000 | 6 | 976,000 | [49][50] |
| 14 | Episode 14 | 10 September 2015 | 981,000 | 3 | 90,000 | 1 | 1,071,000 | [51][52] |
| 15 | Episode 15 | 16 September 2015 | 1,050,000 | 2 | 27,000 | 1 | 1,079,000 | [53][54] |
| 16 | Finale Final Decision |
17 September 2015 | 1,228,000 1,482,000 | 2 1 | 40,000 37,000 | 2 1 | 1,268,000 1,519,000 |
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