The Bachelor (American TV series) season 12

*The Bachelor*
The Bachelor
Season 12
Starring	Matt Grant
Presented by	Chris Harrison
No. of contestants	25
Winner	Shayne Lamas
Runner-up	Chelsea Wanstrath
No. of episodes	9 (including 1 special)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	March 17 –; May 12, 2008
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 11 Next →; Season 13
	List of episodes

The Bachelor: London Calling is the twelfth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The season premiere aired on March 17, 2008, and features Matt Grant, a 27-year-old British global financer, courting 25 women from the United States. The season concluded on May 12, 2008, with Grant choosing to propose to 22-year-old actress Shayne Lamas. The couple ended their relationship months later.

This was the final season to be aired in 90 minutes.

Matt Grant

He was an English financier and business development manager from London and worked at Lombard Asset Finance (RBS) in Cambridge for three years before moving to London. Grant received a B.A. in modern history and politics from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.^[1]

Contestants

Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Outcome	Place
Shayne Lamas^[2]	22	Malibu, California	Actress	Winner	1
Chelsea Wanstrath^[2]	25	Durango, Colorado	Pharmaceutical sales rep.	Runner-up	2
Amanda Rantuccio^[2]	27	Niceville, Florida	Account Executive	Week 7	3
Noelle Drake^[3]	26	Loveland, Colorado	Photographer	Week 6	4
Marshana Ritchie^[4]	27	Brooklyn, New York	Fashion designer	Week 5	5–6
Robin Canfield^[4]	22	Holland, Michigan	Advertising coordinator	Week 5	5–6
Ashlee Williss^[5]	22	Jacksonville Beach, Florida	Singer-songwriter	Week 4	7–8
Kelly Hark	25	Hollywood, California	Medical sales representative		7–8
Holly Durst^[6]^[7]	24	Suffield, Ohio	Children's book author		9
Amy Bean	22	Stockton, California	Nanny	Week 3	10–12
Erin Storm	33	San Marcos, California	Vendor
Kristine Heffelfinger^[8]	33	Dillsburg, Pennsylvania	Personal trainer
Caroline "Carri" Perrier^[9]^[10]	25	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Church marketing rep.	Week 2	13–15
Erin Harper^[11]^[12]	25	Seattle, Washington	Event planner
Michelle Procopio	28	Syracuse, New York	Administrative assistant
Alyssa Johnson	24	Boise, Idaho	Biology student	Week 1	16–25
Amanda Peterman^[13]	26	Cape Girardeau, Missouri	Law student
Denise Gitsham	30	Washington, D.C.	Attorney and former White House aide
Devon Grisham	24	Austin, Texas	Make-up artist
Lesley Geyer^[14]	23	Tampa, Florida	Youth minister
Michele Romero	33	Laguna Niguel, California	Interior designer
Rebecca Lillig	30	Alamo, California	Attorney
Stacey Elza^[15]	26	Chicago, Illinois	Graduate student
Tamara Marco	23	Beverly Hills, California	Cocktail waitress
Tiffany Hickenbottom	33	San Francisco, California	Real estate marketing rep.

Future Appearances

Bachelor Pad

Holly Durst returned in the second season of Bachelor Pad, and won that season alongside Bachelor Nation alumnus Michael Stagliano.

Call-out order

Order	Bachelorettes	Week
Order	Bachelorettes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Amanda R.	Amanda R.	Ashlee	Holly	Chelsea	Shayne	Shayne	Shayne	Shayne
2	Amy	Chelsea	Chelsea	Robin	Amanda R.	Noelle	Amanda R.	Chelsea	Chelsea
3	Devon	Shayne	Robin	Shayne	Marshana	Chelsea	Chelsea	Amanda R.
4	Kristine	Michelle P.	Holly	Amanda R.	Shayne	Amanda R.	Noelle
5	Chelsea	Marshana	Erin S.	Ashlee	Robin	Marshana Robin
6	Erin H.	Ashlee	Amanda R.	Kelly	Noelle	Marshana Robin
7	Kelly	Noelle	Kelly	Chelsea	Ashlee Kelly
8	Rebecca	Erin S.	Amy	Noelle	Ashlee Kelly
9	Denise	Amy	Kristine	Marshana	Holly
10	Erin S.	Kristine	Marshana	Amy Erin S. Kristine
11	Robin	Robin	Noelle
12	Ashlee	Kelly	Shayne
13	Alyssa	Carri	Carri Erin H. Michelle P.
14	Michelle P.	Holly
15	Shayne	Erin H.
16	Marshana	Alyssa Amanda P. Denise Devon Lesley Michele R. Rebecca Stacey Tamara Tiffany
17	Amanda P.
18	Tamara
19	Holly
20	Tiffany
21	Carri
22	Stacey
23	Lesley
24	Michele R.
25	Noelle

The contestant received the first impression rose

The contestant received a rose during the date

The contestant was eliminated

The contestant was eliminated during the date

The contestant won the competition

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (18–49)
99	1	"Week 1"	March 17, 2008 (2008-03-17)	1201	8.58^[16]	3.2/8^[17]
100	2	"Week 2"	March 24, 2008 (2008-03-24)	1202	7.27^[16]	2.6/7^[17]
101	3	"Week 3"	March 31, 2008 (2008-03-31)	1203	7.67^[16]	2.7/7^[17]
102	4	"Week 4"	April 7, 2008 (2008-04-07)	1204	6.83^[16]	2.5/6^[17]
103	5	"Week 5"	April 14, 2008 (2008-04-14)	1205	6.60^[16]	2.5/6^[17]
104	6	"Week 6"	April 21, 2008 (2008-04-21)	1206	7.30^[16]	2.6/7^[17]
105	7	"Week 7"	April 28, 2008 (2008-04-28)	1207	7.17^[16]	2.5/6^[17]
106	8	"The Women Tell All"	May 5, 2008 (2008-05-05)	N/A	6.57^[16]	2.3/6^[17]
107	9	"Week 8"	May 12, 2008 (2008-05-12)	1208	8.85^[16]	3.2/8^[17]