The Bachelor (British TV series) series 4

The Bachelor UK 2011 was the fourth series of the reality television series The Bachelor, featuring Gavin Henson as "The Bachelor". The show was off-air for 6 years in the UK after the show previously aired on BBC Three, but was aired on Channel 5 between 19 August 2011 to 28 October 2011.

The Bachelor
Series 4
Promotional poster
StarringGavin Henson
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkChannel 5
Original release19 August (2011-08-19) –
28 October 2011 (2011-10-28)
Series chronology
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Series 5

Production

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Filming of the series took place over 2 months,[1] in the south of France, Italy, the UK, with the final held in St. Lucia. The Batchelor was rugby player, Gavin Henson. In the 7th episode, Henson was required to visit the parents of the quarter finalists which meant that for one of the contestants, Zivile, he had to visit Vilnius, Lithuania.

Finalist Layla Manoochehri was previously notable for being the girlfriend of Simon Webbe, whom she broke up with in 2011, as well as for reaching the finals of the fifth season of The X Factor as a member of the group Girlband.[2]

Contestants

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The 25 contestants were as follows:

Quarter-final

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Quarter-finalists were Layla, Carianne, Zivile, Morgan and April. The Bachelor visited the parents and family of the contestants.

Semi-final

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Layla, Carianne and April were selected for the semi-final in St. Lucia. After dates with the three girls Gavin decided to let April go, leaving Carianne and Layla to battle it out for his affections.

Final

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Layla and Carianne were the last two he shared romantic dates with. Although he said he had feelings for both the girls, he said that he loved Carianne and he chose her as his "girlfriend", telling her he loved her and she replied that she loved him also.[1]

Carianne broke up with Henson in early 2012, describing him as "spineless" and "really dry" and saying the "whole experience was really fake".[3]

Call-Out Order

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Gavin's Call-Out Order
# Bachelorettes Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Aaleeah Layla Nickie Carianne Keshia Morgan Layla April Layla Carianne Carianne
2 Angharad Carrie Zivile April Layla April Georgie Layla Carianne Layla Layla
3 April Danielle Carianne Zivile Carianne Angharad Morgan Morgan April April
4 Bryony Georgie Danielle Nickie Angharad Zivile April Carianne Morgan
5 Carianne Nickie Ola Morgan Georgie Georgie Keshia Zivile Zivile
6 Carrie Zivile Layla Ola April Layla Zivile Keshia
7 Chantelle Ola Keshia Layla Zivile Nickie Carianne Georgie
8 Danielle April Angharad Georgie Nickie Keshia Angharad
9 Georgie Vikki Morgan Angharad Morgan Carianne Nickie
10 Kathryn Angharad Georgie Keshia Ola
11 Keshia Morgan Carrie Carrie Carrie
12 Laura Aaleeah Laura B. Laura B.
13 Laura B. Keshia April Danielle
14 Layla Carianne Aaleeah
15 Morgan Laura B. Vikki
16 Natasha Bryony
17 Nickie Chantelle
18 Ola Kathryn
19 Sammi Laura
20 Sammy Natasha
21 Tabby Sammi
22 Tia Sammy
23 Vikki Tabby
24 Zena Tia
25 Zivile Zena
  The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony
  The contestant was on a two-one-one date and received a rose prior to the rose ceremony
  Quit
  The contestant was on a one-on-one date and received at rose prior to the rose ceremony
  The contestant was on a two-on-one date and was eliminated
  The contestant was given a rose prior to the rose ceremony
  The contestant won the competition

Ratings

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Episode Viewing figures from BARB.[4]

Episode Date Total Viewers Channel 5 Weekly Ranking
1 19 August 2011 1,430,000 7
2 26 August 2011 1,380,000 13
3 2 September 2011 1,310,000 12
4 16 September 2011 1,250,000 15
5 23 September 2011 1,260,000 14
6 30 September 2011 1,240,000 13
7 7 October 2011 1,310,000 11
8 14 October 2011 1,360,000 11
9 21 October 2011 1,500,000 12
10 28 October 2011 1,600,000 8

References

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  1. ^ a b Jennifer Kyte (29 October 2011). "Girl who stole Gavin Henson's heart". Daily Star. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ Bryant, Tom (1 April 2011). "Blue star Simon Webbe dumped by X Factor star Layla Manoochehri after he's caught on bed with The Only Way is Essex star Chloe Simms". Daily Mirror.
  3. ^ Daniella Graham (14 March 2012). "Gavin Henson was boring, says The Bachelor winner Carianne Barrow". The Metro. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ^ "BARB". BARB. 12 September 2011.