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Aired winter 2010 · Pilot lead

Jake Pavelka

A Dallas commercial pilot takes the mansion in the season the franchise leaned hardest into a single-image casting pitch. The producers stage the lead's flight bag, his uniform, the aerial-date economy the role unlocks — helicopter pickups read different when the Bachelor flies them himself. The casting tilts toward women with stage-ready energy, and the cocktail parties play noticeably louder than the prior winter. Chris Harrison hosts a season the franchise was willing to push for a particular viewing energy.

Filmed
Agoura Hills, California
Premiered
Jan 4, 2010
Episodes
11
Format
25 women · commercial pilot lead
the franchise's first aviation cast
Host
Chris Harrison
On this page
  1. 01The take
  2. 03Where it sits in the canon
  3. 05Adjacent in the canon
  4. 06Also appears in
01The take

Jake Pavelka.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #14 slot.

Slot #14 of 28 in the The Bachelor Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.

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06Also appears in

Cross-references.

The Bachelor S14 — Jake Pavelka — tiered.tv