The Bachelorette (Australian TV series) season 7

The seventh season of The Bachelorette Australia premiered on Wednesday, 20 October 2021.[1] In a world first, the season features Brooke Blurton, a 26-year-old social worker from Melbourne, Victoria, who is the first bisexual Bachelorette in The Bachelor franchise history, courting 10 men and 10 women.[2] She is also Australia's first Indigenous lead.[3][4] Brooke previously appeared on the sixth season of The Bachelor Australia, where she finished in third place; and the second season of Bachelor in Paradise Australia.

The Bachelorette
Season 7
StarringBrooke Blurton
Presented byOsher Günsberg
No. of contestants20
WinnerDarvid Garayeli
Runner-upJamie-Lee Dayz
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkNetwork 10
Original release20 October (2021-10-20) –
25 November 2021 (2021-11-25)
Season chronology
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Season 6

Contestants

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The first four contestants, Jamie-Lee, Darvid, Holly and Konrad, were revealed on social media prior to the full cast being revealed.[5] Jamie-Lee was previously a contestant with Brooke in season 6 of The Bachelor. The season began with 16 contestants, who were revealed on 18 October 2021.[6][7] In episode 4, Jessica, Luca, Millie and Will entered the competition as intruders, bringing the total number of contestants to 20.[8]

Name Age Hometown Occupation Eliminated
Darvid Garayeli 27 Brisbane, Queensland Landscaper Winner
Jamie-Lee Dayz 30 Sydney, New South Wales Psychology Student Runner-up
Holly Langford 27 Sydney, New South Wales Marketing Administrator Episode 11
Konrad Bien-Stephens 31 Melbourne, Victoria Carpenter Episode 10
Kurt Herzog 29 Castle Hill, New South Wales Sports Mentor Episode 9
Millie Rubio 22 Sydney Gym Manager
Luca Fraraccio 25 Gold Coast, Queensland P.E. Teacher Episode 8
Will Sadler 31 Adelaide, South Australia Landscaper
Steve Pliatsikas 29 Sydney, New South Wales Podiatrist Episode 7
Taje Fowler 23 Sydney, New South Wales Youth Worker
Jessica Debono 28 Melbourne, Victoria HR Consultant Episode 6
Ryan Carmichael 29 Sydney, New South Wales Plumber
Carissa Croft 30 Gold Coast, Queensland Psychologist Episode 5 (Quit)
Jess Franklin 30 Adelaide, South Australia Software Sales Executive Episode 4
Matthew "Matt" Pottier 31 Brisbane, Queensland Metal Fabricator
Emily Bebbington 25 Sydney, New South Wales Vet Receptionist
Rebecca "Bec" Pressing 30 Melbourne, Victoria Charity Officer
Ritu Chhina 25 Melbourne, Victoria Filmmaker Episode 3
Beau Tauwhara 34 Sydney, New South Wales Photographer Episode 2
Johann Alessandrini 27 Sydney, New South Wales Carpenter Episode 1

Call-Out Order

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Brooke's call-out order
# Bachelors/
Bachelorettes
Episode
1 2 3 4 5[a] 6 7 8 9 10 11[b] 12
1 Holly Darvid Darvid Holly Konrad Luca Jamie-Lee Millie Holly Jamie-Lee Darvid Darvid Darvid
2 Darvid Holly Holly Emily Carissa Kurt Millie Holly Kurt Darvid Jamie-Lee Jamie-Lee Jamie-Lee
3 Beau Kurt Konrad Darvid Kurt Darvid Holly Darvid Darvid Holly Holly
Holly
4 Carissa Carissa Matt Carissa Luca Holly Konrad Luca Konrad Konrad Konrad
5 Konrad Ritu Ritu Konrad Millie Jamie-Lee Luca Konrad Jamie-Lee Kurt
Millie
6 Ryan Taje Kurt Kurt Holly Jessica Will Kurt Millie
7 Ritu Beau Taje Bec Darvid Konrad Taje Will Luca
Will
8 Taje Konrad Carissa Matt Steve Millie Steve Jamie-Lee
9 Kurt Ryan Emily Steve Ryan Ryan Kurt Steve
Taje
10 Matt Bec Steve Ryan Will Steve Darvid
11 Jess Matt Jamie-Lee Jamie-Lee Jessica Taje Jessica
Ryan
12 Emily Emily Jess Taje Jamie-Lee Will
13 Johann Steve Bec Jess Taje[c]
Carissa
14 Bec Jess Ryan Ritu Jess
Matt
Emily
Bec
15 Steve Jamie-Lee[d] Beau
16 Jamie-Lee Johann
17 Millie
18 Will
19 Jessica
20 Luca
Colour Key

Episodes

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Episode 1

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Original airdate: 20 October 2021

Event Description
First Impression Rose Darvid
Rose ceremony Johann was eliminated.

Episode 2

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Original airdate: 21 October 2021

Event Description
Group Date Jamie-Lee, Beau, Matt, Bec, Ryan,
Carissa, Kurt, Holly, Jess & Konrad
Single Date Darvid
Rose ceremony Beau was eliminated.

Episode 3

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Original airdate: 27 October 2021

Event Description
Single Date Holly
Group Date Jess, Jamie-Lee, Bec, Emily, Ritu,
Kurt, Konrad, Steve, Taje & Darvid
Rose ceremony Ritu was eliminated.

Episode 4

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Original airdate: 28 October 2021

Event Description
Single Date Konrad
Group Date Carissa, Jamie-Lee, Taje, Matt, Ryan, Kurt & Emily.
One-on-one time Carissa
Intruders Millie, Will, Jessica & Luca were introduced
Rose ceremony Jess, Matt, Emily & Bec were eliminated.

Episode 5

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Original airdate: 3 November 2021

Event Description
Single Date Luca
Group Date Darvid, Holly, Kurt, Steve,
Jessica, Millie, Will & Luca
One-on-one time Kurt
Rose ceremony Carissa quit during the cocktail party.
Brooke cancelled the rose ceremony.

Episode 6

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Original airdate: 4 November 2021

Event Description
Single Date Jamie-Lee
Group Date Everyone
Rose ceremony Jessica & Ryan were eliminated.

Episode 7

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Original airdate: 10 November 2021

Event Description
Single Date Millie
Group Date Everyone
Rose ceremony Steve & Taje were eliminated.

Episode 8

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Original airdate: 17 November 2021

Event Description
Single Date Holly
Group Date Everyone
One-on-one time Kurt
Rose ceremony Luca & Will were eliminated.

Episode 9

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Original airdate: 18 November 2021

Event Description
Group Date Everyone
One-on-one time Konrad
Single Date Darvid
Rose ceremony Kurt & Millie were eliminated.

Episode 10

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Original airdate: 18 November 2021

Event Description
Hometown #1 Konrad
Hometown #2 Jamie-Lee
Hometown #3 Darvid
Hometown #4 Holly
Rose ceremony Konrad was eliminated.

Episode 11

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Original airdate: 24 November 2021

Event Description
Single Date #1 Darvid
Single Date #2 Jamie-Lee
Single Date #3 Holly
Rose ceremony Holly was eliminated on her single date

Episode 12

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Original airdate: 25 November 2021

Event Description
Meet Brooke's Friends #1 Darvid
Meet Brooke's Friends #2 Jamie-Lee
Final Date #1 Jamie-Lee
Final Date #2 Darvid
Final Decision: Darvid is the winner.

Ratings

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No. Title Air date Timeslot Overnight ratings Consolidated ratings Total
viewers
Ref(s)
Viewers Rank Viewers Rank
1 Episode 1 20 October 2021 (2021-10-20) Wednesday 7:30 pm 397,000 14 453,000 13 754,000 [9]
2 Episode 2 21 October 2021 (2021-10-21) Thursday 7:30 pm 345,000 16 331,000 13 676,000 [10]
3 Episode 3 27 October 2021 (2021-10-27) Wednesday 7:30 pm 253,000 20 31,000 17 284,000 [11]
4 Episode 4 28 October 2021 (2021-10-28) Thursday 7:30 pm 314,000 18 44,000 4 358,000 [12]
5 Episode 5 3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Wednesday 7:30 pm 288,000 24 43,000 6 331,000 [13]
6 Episode 6 4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Thursday 7:30 pm 344,000 15 344,000 [14]
7 Episode 7 10 November 2021 (2021-11-10) Wednesday 7:30 pm 249,000 21 249,000 [15]
8 Episode 8 17 November 2021 (2021-11-17) Wednesday 7:30 pm 256,000 256,000 [16]
9 Episode 9 18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) Thursday 7:30 pm 270,000 270,000 [17]
10 Episode 10 24 November 2021 (2021-11-24) Wednesday 7:30 pm 332,000 18 332,000 [18]
11 Grand Finale
Final Decision
25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) Thursday 7:30 pm
Thursday 8:30 pm
361,000
439,000
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References

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