Filming and development

Casting

Casting began during the airing of the eighth season of the show, in 2012. Before the bachelorette was chosen, one potential candidate, Misee Harris, a pediatric dentist from Tennessee, was vying to become the first black bachelorette. Her social media campaign was covered in a number of major news outlets, including The Huffington Post. According to the website Jezebel, Harris had previously been selected to be a contestant on The Bachelor, only to not take the role for fear of being the 'token' black woman. At that point every star in all 25 combined seasons of The Bachelorette or The Bachelor had been Caucasian, with show producer Mike Fleiss stating to the media that non-caucasians simply didn't appear at the casting calls. Announced late in 2012, the selected bachelorette was Desiree Hartsock (born 1986), a bridal stylist from Northglenn, Colorado. Like the bachelorettes in the previous seasons, Hartsock had been a contestant on The Bachelor, having been sent home by Sean Lowe after the hometown dates episode in season 17. Misee Harris went on to work as a model and entrepreneur, founding a line of mouthguards and starting Project Smile, an organization that "focuses on promoting self-esteem in children." A contestant from season 9, soccer player Juan Pablo Galavis, became the first non-Anglo star for the combined franchises the following year, appearing in season 18 of The Bachelor.

Production

Filming began shortly after the season finale of The Bachelor, with many places including Atlantic City, New Jersey, the German state of Bavaria, Barcelona, Spain and the island of Madeira in Portugal. With appearances from Andy Grammer, Soulja Boy, Darius Rucker, Kate Earl and Matt White.

Contestants

Biographical information according to ABC official series site, which gives first names only, plus footnoted additions. Ages stated are at time of contest.

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Status
Chris Siegfried	27	McMinnville, Oregon	Mortgage Broker	Winner
Drew Kenney	27	Scottsdale, Arizona	Digital Marketing Analyst	Runner-up
Brooks Forester	28	Blackfoot, Idaho	Sales & Marketing	Withdrew in week 9
Zak Waddell	31	Dallas, Texas	Drilling Fluid Engineer	Eliminated in week 8
Michael Garofola	33	Lindenhurst, New York	Federal Prosecutor	Eliminated in week 7
James Case	27	Marietta, Georgia	Advertising Executive	Eliminated in week 6
Juan Pablo Galavis	31	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Former Pro Soccer Player	Eliminated in week 6
Kasey Stewart	29	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Advertising Executive	Eliminated in week 6
Mikey Tenerelli	30	Glen Ellyn, Illinois	Plumbing Contractor	Eliminated in week 5
Ben Scott	28	Lubbock, Texas	Entrepreneur	Eliminated in week 5
Bryden Vukasin	26	Havre, Montana	Iraq War Veteran	Quit in week 5
Zack Kalter	28	Phillips Ranch, California	Book Publisher	Eliminated in week 4
Brad McKinzie	27	Denver, Colorado	Accountant/DJ	Eliminated in week 4
Brandon Andreen	26	Blaine, Minnesota	Painting Contractor	Eliminated in week 3
Dan Cox	30	Dublin, California	Beverage Sales Director	Eliminated in week 3
Brian Jarosinski	29	Olney, Maryland	Financial Advisor	Removed in week 3
Nick Mucci	27	Rochester, New York	Investment Adviser	Eliminated in week 2
Robert Graham	30	Glendale, Arizona	Advertising Entrepreneur	Eliminated in week 2
Will Reese	28	Federal Way, Washington	Banker	Eliminated in week 2
Diogo Custodio	29	Penha, Brazil	Ski Resort Manager	Eliminated in week 1
Larry Burchett	34	Overland Park, Kansas	ER Doctor	Eliminated in week 1
Micah Heisler	32	Detroit Lakes, Minnesota	Law Student	Eliminated in week 1
Mike Ryatuk	28	London, England	Dental Student	Eliminated in week 1
Nick Roy	26	Ridgefield, Connecticut	Tailor/Magician	Eliminated in week 1
Jonathan Vollinger	26	Hickory, North Carolina	Lawyer	Eliminated in week 1

Future appearances

Juan Pablo Galavis was later featured in the eighteenth season of The Bachelor. Finalists Ben Scott, Brooks Forester, Zack Kalter and Robert Graham later competed on the inaugural season of Bachelor in Paradise. They finished 23rd, 13th, 7th/12th and 5th/6th, respectively. Dan Cox, Michael Garofola and Mikey Tenerelli returned in the second season of Bachelor in Paradise. Garafola was eliminated in 26/27th, Cox quit in 17th, and Tenerelli quit in 15th.

Call-out order

Desiree's call-out order

#	Bachelors	Week
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Drew	Ben	Brooks	Chris	Zak W.	Chris	Drew	Drew	Brooks	Drew	Chris
2	Brooks	Zak W.	Ben	Kasey	James	Brooks	Zak W.	Brooks	Chris	Chris	Drew
3	Brad	Bryden	Bryden	James	Chris	Michael G.	Chris	Chris	Drew	Brooks
4	Bryden	Drew	James	Bryden	Brooks	Zak W.	Brooks	Zak W.	Zak W.
5	Michael G.	Nick M.	Kasey	Juan Pablo	Juan Pablo	Kasey	Michael G.	Michael G.
6	Kasey	Michael G.	Dan	Zak W.	Drew	Juan Pablo	James
7	Will	Brandon	Juan Pablo	Brooks	Michael G.	Drew	Juan Pablo
8	Mikey T.	Zack K.	Brad	Drew	Ben	James	Kasey
9	Jonathan	Will	Chris	Zack K.	Kasey	Mikey T.
10	Zak W.	Brooks	Brian	Brad	Bryden	Ben
11	James	Juan Pablo	Zak W.	Michael G.	Mikey T.	Bryden
12	Larry	Brad	Drew	Mikey T.	Zack K.
13	Nick R.	Kasey	Mikey T.	Ben	Brad
14	Zack K.	James	Zack K.	Brandon
15	Diogo	Robert	Michael G.	Dan
16	Chris	Brian	Brandon	Brian
17	Mike R.	Dan	Nick M.
18	Robert	Chris	Robert
19	Juan Pablo	Mikey T.	Will
20	Brandon	Diogo
21	Brian	Larry
22	Micah	Micah
23	Nick M.	Mike R.
24	Dan	Nick R.
25	Ben	Jonathan

The contestant received a first impression rose.

The contestant received a rose during the date.

The contestant was eliminated.

The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony.

The contestant was eliminated during the date.

The contestant quit the competition.

The contestant was removed from the competition.

The contestant won the competition.

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