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Zach Shallcross’s season of The Bachelor is already off to a dramatic start. (Cue the infamous hug-jump.) While his journey has just started, we can’t stop thinking about all the past Bachelors who preceded him.
In honor of season 27, here is a complete list of every single past Bachelor, ranked from “marry me” to “thank u, next.”
Season: 20
Chose: Lauren Bushnell
Famous for: Claiming no one will ever love him
Season: 17
Chose: Catherine Giudici
Famous for: Being the show’s first-ever born-again virgin star
Season: 23
Chose: Cassie Randolph
Famous for: Being the show’s first-ever actual virgin star
Season: 21
Chose: Vanessa Grimaldi
Famous for: Coming in second place…twice
Season: 12
Chose: Shayne Lamas
Famous for: Taking The Bachelor across the pond to Britain
Season: 10
Chose: Tessa Horst
Famous for: Being a navy officer
Season: 8
Chose: Sarah Stone
Famous for: Becoming host of The Doctors
Season: 6
Chose: Mary Delgado
Famous for: His career as a deep-sea fisherman
Season: 26
Chose: Susie Evans
Famous for: His on-again, off-again relationship
Season: 25
Chose: Rachael Kirkconnell
Famous for: Being the first Black Bachelor
Season: 5
Chose: Jessica Bowlin
Famous for: Replacing Chris Harrison as host
Season: 2
Chose: Helene Eksterowicz
Famous for: Being the banker who went bankrupt
Season: 3
Chose: Jen Schefft
Famous for: Being the great-grandson of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founder Harvey Firestone
Season: 7
Chose: Sarah Brice
Famous for: Failing to propose in the finale
Season: 9
Chose: Jennifer Wilson
Famous for: Being a supposed prince
Season: 1
Chose: Amanda Marsh
Famous for: Being the first Bachelor
Season: 19
Chose: Whitney Bischoff
Famous for: Being from the middle of nowhere
Season: 16
Chose: Courtney Robertson
Famous for: Having the worst hair, like, ever
Season: 18
Chose: Nikki Ferrell
Famous for: Being told off by Clare Crawley
Season: 14
Chose: Vienna Girardi
Famous for: Having a really, really hot temper
Season: 13
Chose: Melissa Rycroft, er, Molly Malaney
Famous for: Dumping Melissa to pursue his runner-up, Molly
Season(s): 11 and 15
Chose: Emily Maynard
Famous for: Choosing neither of the final two ladies in season 11
Season: 22
Chose: Becca Kufrin, er, Lauren Burnham
Famous for: Proposing to Becca and then dumping her for his runner-up, Lauren
Season: 27
Chose: TBD
Famous for: Getting rejected by Rachel Recchia
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