The Bachelors (Australian TV series) season 11

*The Bachelors*
The Bachelors
Season 11
Starring	Ben Waddell; Luke Bateman; Wesley Senna Cortes;
Presented by	Osher Günsberg
No. of contestants	24
Winners	Mckenna Lea; Ellie Rolfe
Runners-up	Angela Valenti; Lana Chegodaev
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	Network 10
Original release	3 December –; 20 December 2023
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 10

The eleventh and final season of The Bachelor Australia, known as The Bachelors, premiered on 3 December 2023.^[1] For the second consecutive season, there are three Bachelors: Ben Waddell, a 36-year-old international model and environmentalist from Melbourne, Victoria; Luke Bateman, a 28-year-old lumberjack and former NRL player from Toowoomba, Queensland; and Wesley Senna Cortes, a 33-year-old theology student and marketing & sales manager from Brazil, living in Sydney, New South Wales.^[2]

This season is the first in the series to have been filmed in Melbourne, with production moving from the previous season's location on the Gold Coast in Queensland.^[3] Selected episodes were released 24 hours prior to broadcast, on video on demand streaming service 10Play, to reach younger audiences and increase the platform's viewership.^[4]

Contestants

The season began with 24 contestants.^[5]

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Bachelor	Eliminated	Place^[a]
Mckenna Lea	25	Gold Coast, Queensland	PR Manager	Ben	Winner	1
Ellie Rolfe	29	Geraldton, Western Australia	Beauty Therapist	Luke	Winner	1
Brea Marshall	25	Tully Heads, Queensland	Mining Administrator	Wesley	Episode 12	Quit^[b]
Angela Valenti	36	Melbourne, Victoria	Business Owner	Ben	Runner-Up	2
Lana Chegodaev	36	Sydney, New South Wales	Category Manager	Luke	Runner-Up	2
Aarthi Balakumar	29	Sydney, New South Wales	Health Projects Manager	Luke	Episode 10	3
Amelia Easey	25	Central Coast, New South Wales	Nursing Student	Ben	Episode 10	3
Maddison Lieberwirth	24	Melbourne, Victoria	Marketing Specialist	Ben	Episode 9	4
Nella Lelo	33	Sydney, New South Wales	Flight Attendant	Wesley		2-3
Natalie Benson	27	Melbourne, Victoria	Technical Specialist	Wesley		2-3
Caitlin Allan	25	Melbourne, Victoria	Jewellery Salesperson	N/A	Episode 8	11
Evangeline "Evie" Batalha	29	Adelaide, South Australia	Professional Development Specialist		Episode 8	12 (quit)
Jade Wilden	27	Brisbane, Queensland	Interior Designer		Episode 7	13 (quit)
Lisa Brehmer	23	Sydney, New South Wales	Interior Design Student		Episode 6	14-15
Tabitha von Sanden	27	Brisbane, Queensland	Registered Nurse			14-15
Anastasia Iliopoulos	32	Melbourne, Victoria	Property Developer			16 (quit)
Mel Ree	35	Darwin, Northern Territory	Indigenous Mentor		Episode 5	17
Dana Melnik	25	Sydney, New South Wales	Medical Researcher		Episode 4	18
Holly Trim	27	Sydney, New South Wales	Environmental Scientist		Episode 3	19
Angie Glavas	33	Melbourne, Victoria	Makeup Artist		Episode 2	20
Carla Di Matteo	23	Sydney, New South Wales	Hairdresser		Episode 1	21-23
Chrystal Mao	25	Melbourne, Victoria	IT Analyst
Kristen Sorrenson	32	Gold Coast, Queensland	Tattoo Artist
Yasemin Islek	32	Melbourne, Victoria	Model			24 (quit)

Call-out order

#	Bachelorettes	Episode
#	Bachelorettes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9^[b]	10	12
1	Aarthi	Holly^[i]	Caitlin	Mckenna	Amelia	Nella	Jade	Maddison	Angela^[ii]	Brea^[i]		Ellie^[iii]	Mckenna^[ii]	Brea
2	Amelia	Mckenna^[ii]	Amelia Dana Evie Lana Mel Nella Tabitha	Tabitha	Aarthi	Lana	Ellie	Brea	Aarthi^[iii]	Ellie^[iii]	Mckenna^[ii]	Lana	Angela
3	Anastasia	Ellie^[iii]		Anastasia Angela Caitlin Ellie Lisa	Caitlin Evie Jade Tabitha	Angela	Amelia	Caitlin Evie	Natalie^[i]	Mckenna^[ii]	Lana^[iii]
4	Angela	Brea^[i]				Amelia Anastasia Maddison Mckenna	Aarthi Angela Caitlin Evie Mckenna Natalie Nella	Caitlin Evie	Mckenna^[ii]	Lana^[iii]	Ellie^[iii]
5	Angie	Aarthi^[iii]						Lana^[iii]	Brea^[i]	Angela^[ii]	Angela^[ii]
6	Brea	Amelia^[ii]						Nella^[i]	Lana^[iii]	Aarthi^[iii]	Aarthi Amelia
7	Caitlin	Jade^[i]			Nella^[i]			Angela^[ii]	Maddison^[ii]	Amelia^[ii]	Aarthi Amelia
8	Carla	Evie^[ii]		Lana^[iii]	Lana^[iii]	Jade^[i]		Aarthi^[iii]	Ellie^[iii]	Maddison
9	Chrystal	Dana^[iii]	Ellie^[ii]	Amelia^[ii]	Anastasia^[ii]	Tabitha^[iii]		Natalie^[i]	Nella^[i]	Natalie Nella
10	Dana	Caitlin^[i]	Aarthi^[iii]	Brea^[i]	Lisa^[i]	Evie^[ii]		Ellie^[iii]	Amelia^[ii]	Natalie Nella
11	Ellie	Angela^[ii]	Jade^[i]	Aarthi^[iii]	Mckenna^[ii]	Natalie^[i]	Maddison^[ii]	Amelia^[ii]	Caitlin
12	Evie	Tabitha^[iii]	Angela^[ii]	Mel^[ii]	Ellie^[iii]	Aarthi^[iii]	Lana^[iii]	Mckenna^[ii]	Evie
13	Holly	Angie^[i]	Mckenna^[iii]	Nella^[i]	Natalie^[i]	Brea^[i]	Brea^[i]	Jade
14	Jade	Natalie^[ii]	Anastasia^[ii]	Natalie^[iii]	Angela^[ii]	Caitlin^[ii]	Lisa Tabitha
15	Kristen	Lana^[iii]	Lisa^[iii]	Evie^[ii]	Mel^[iii]	Lisa^[i]	Lisa Tabitha
16	Lana	Lisa^[i]	Brea^[i]	Jade^[i]	Maddison^[ii]	Ellie^[iii]	Anastasia
17	Lisa	Maddison^[ii]	Natalie^[ii]	Dana^[ii]	Brea^[i]	Mel
18	Maddison	Nella^[iii]	Maddison^[iii]	Maddison^[ii]	Dana
19	Mckenna	Mel^[i]	Holly^[i]	Holly
20	Mel	Anastasia^[ii]	Angie
21	Natalie	Carla Chrystal Kristen
22	Nella
23	Tabitha
24	Yasemin	Yasemin

The contestant went on a single date and moved on to the next week by default

The contestant received a rose outside of the rose ceremony

The contestant moved on to the next week by default

The contestant was eliminated

The contestant was eliminated during the date

The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony

The contestant quit the competition

The contestant won the competition

Notes

^ Placement reflects where they finished for their respective Bachelor.
^ ^a ^b In Episode 9, Wesley choose to exclusively pursue Brea, eliminating his other connections. However, she broke up with him at the final rose ceremony.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab The contestant received a rose from Wesley
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj The contestant received a rose from Ben
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af The contestant received a rose from Luke

Episodes

Episode 1

Original airdate: 3 December 2023

Event	Description
Self-Elimination	Yasemin
Rose ceremony	Carla, Chrystal and Kristen were eliminated.

Episode 2

Original airdate: 4 December 2023

Event		Description
Luke's Single date		Ellie
Ben's Single date		Caitlin
Wesley's Single date		Jade
Group date	Ben's Invite	Angela, Anastasia, Natalie, Ellie
	Luke's Invite	Aarthi, Mckenna, Maddison, Lisa
	Wesley's Invite	Holly, Jade, Angie, Brea
Rose ceremony		Angie was eliminated.

Episode 3

Original airdate: 5 December 2023

Event	Description
Ben's Single date	Mckenna
Luke's Single date	Tabitha
Wesley's Single date	Holly
Group date	Aarthi, Amelia, Brea, Dana, Evie, Holly, Jade, Lana, Maddison, Mel, Natalie, Nella
Rose ceremony	Holly was eliminated.

Episode 4

Original airdate: 6 December 2023

Event	Description
Ben's Single date	Amelia
Wesley's Single date	Brea
Luke's Single date	Aarthi
Rose ceremony	Dana was eliminated.

Episode 5

Original airdate: 10 December 2023

Event		Description
Wesley's Single date		Nella
Luke's Single date		Lana
Ben's Single date		Angela
Group date	Ben's Invite	Caitlin, Evie, Ellie
	Luke's Invite	Tabitha, Mel, Aarthi
	Wesley's Invite	Brea, Jade, Natalie
	Self Invite	Lisa
Rose ceremony		Mel was eliminated.

Episode 6

Original airdate: 11 December 2023

Event		Description
Wesley's Single date		Jade
Luke's Single date		Ellie
Ben's Single date		Amelia
Group date	Ben's Invite	Maddison, Anastasia
	Luke's Invite	Lana, Tabitha
	Wesley's Invite	Brea, Lisa
Self-Elimination		Anastasia
Surprise Date Elimination		Tabitha and Lisa were eliminated.

Episode 7

Original airdate: 12 December 2023

Event		Description
Ben's Single date		Maddison
Wesley's Single date		Brea
Luke's Single date		Lana
Group date	Ben's Invite	Amelia, Angela, Mckenna
	Luke's Invite	Aarthi, Ellie, Lana
	Wesley's Invite	Jade, Nella, Natalie
Self-Elimination		Jade

Episode 8

Original airdate: 13 December 2023

Event		Description
Ben's Single date		Angela
Luke's Single date		Aarthi
Wesley's Single date		Natalie
Group date	Ben's Invite	Amelia, Angela, Caitlin, Evie, Maddison, Mckenna
	Luke's Invite	Aarthi, Ellie, Lana
	Wesley's Invite	Brea, Natalie, Nella
Self-Elimination		Evie
Rose ceremony		Caitlin was eliminated.

Episode 9

Original airdate: 17 December 2023

Event		Description
Elimination outside Rose ceremony		Natalie and Nella were eliminated.
Wesley's Single date		Brea
Luke's Single date		Ellie
Ben's Single date		Amelia
Group date	Ben's Invite	Amelia, Angela, Maddison, Mckenna
Group date	Luke's Invite	Aarthi, Ellie, Lana
Rose ceremony		Maddison was eliminated.

Episode 10

Original airdate: 18 December 2023

Event		Description
Luke's Compatibility date		Aarthi, Ellie, Lana
Ben's Compatibility date		Mckenna, Amelia, Angela
Wesley's Compatibility date		Brea
Rose ceremony		Aarthi and Amelia were eliminated.

Episode 11

Original airdate: 19 December 2023

The Bachelors met the in-laws and friends.

Episode 12

Original airdate: 20 December 2023

Event	Description
Luke's Final Decision	Ellie
Ben's Final Decision	Mckenna
Wesley's Final Decision	Brea
Self-Elimination	Brea

Ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Timeslot	Overnight ratings		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers	Ref(s)
No.	Title	Air date	Timeslot	Viewers	Rank	Viewers	Rank	Total viewers	Ref(s)
1	Episode 1	3 December 2023	Sunday 7:30 pm	224,000	11	25,000	13	407,000	^[6]
2	Episode 2	4 December 2023	Monday 7:30 pm	170,000	26	16,000	22	341,000	^[7]
3	Episode 3	5 December 2023	Tuesday 7:30 pm	153,000	23	23,000	22	314,000	^[8]
4	Episode 4	6 December 2023	Wednesday 7:30 pm	149,000	25	36,000	24	312,000	^[9]
5	Episode 5	10 December 2023	Sunday 7:30 pm	165,000	15	—	—	165,000	^[10]
6	Episode 6	11 December 2023	Monday 7:30 pm	186,000	23	—	—	186,000	^[11]
7	Episode 7	12 December 2023	Tuesday 7:30 pm	157,000	23	—	—	157,000	^[12]
8	Episode 8	13 December 2023	Wednesday 7:30 pm	146,000	22	—	—	146,000	^[13]
9	Episode 9	17 December 2023	Sunday 7:30 pm		—	—	—
10	Episode 10	18 December 2023	Monday 7:30 pm		—	—	—
11	Episode 11	19 December 2023	Tuesday 7:30 pm		—	—	—
12	Finale Final Decision	20 December 2023	Wednesday 7:30 pm		—	—	—

References

^ Knox, David (8 November 2023). "Returning: The Bachelors". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
^ Knox, David (9 July 2023). "New Bachelors cast confirmed". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "The Bachelor makes surprise move with filming location". news.com.au. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
^ "The brand-new season of The Bachelors Australia arrives early on 10 Play". 10 Play. Network 10. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Meet this year's Bachelorettes". 10 Play. Network 10. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
^ Knox, David (4 December 2023). "Sunday 3 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
^ Knox, David (5 December 2023). "Monday 4 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
^ Knox, David (6 December 2023). "Tuesday 5 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
^ Knox, David (7 December 2023). "Wednesday 6 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
^ Knox, David (11 December 2023). "Sunday 10 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
^ Knox, David (12 December 2023). "Monday 11 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
^ Knox, David (13 December 2023). "Tuesday 12 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ Knox, David (14 December 2023). "Wednesday 13 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

[6] Placement reflects where they finished for their respective Bachelor.

[Wesley's_Decision-7] In Episode 9, Wesley choose to exclusively pursue Brea, eliminating his other connections. However, she broke up with him at the final rose ceremony.

[WesleyRose-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab The contestant received a rose from Wesley

[BenRose-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj The contestant received a rose from Ben

[LukeRose-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af The contestant received a rose from Luke

[1] Knox, David (8 November 2023). "Returning: The Bachelors". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

[Bachelors11-2] Knox, David (9 July 2023). "New Bachelors cast confirmed". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 July 2023.

[3] "The Bachelor makes surprise move with filming location". news.com.au. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

[4] "The brand-new season of The Bachelors Australia arrives early on 10 Play". 10 Play. Network 10. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[5] "Meet this year's Bachelorettes". 10 Play. Network 10. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

[11] Knox, David (4 December 2023). "Sunday 3 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

[12] Knox, David (5 December 2023). "Monday 4 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

[13] Knox, David (6 December 2023). "Tuesday 5 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

[14] Knox, David (7 December 2023). "Wednesday 6 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

[15] Knox, David (11 December 2023). "Sunday 10 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

[16] Knox, David (12 December 2023). "Monday 11 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[17] Knox, David (13 December 2023). "Tuesday 12 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

[18] Knox, David (14 December 2023). "Wednesday 13 December 2023". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

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The Bachelors
Season 11
Starring	Ben Waddell Luke Bateman Wesley Senna Cortes

Presented by	Osher Günsberg
No. of contestants	24
Winners	Mckenna Lea Ellie Rolfe
Runners-up	Angela Valenti Lana Chegodaev

No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	Network 10
Original release	3 December (2023-12-03) – 20 December 2023 (2023-12-20)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 10