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The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart

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The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart
Genre
Created byMike Fleiss
Presented byChris Harrison
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Mike Fleiss
  • Martin Hilton
  • Nicole Woods
  • Bennett Graebner
  • Peter Gust
  • Tim Warner
  • Louis Caric
  • Peter Geist
Running time2:00:00
Production companies
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseApril 13 (2020-04-13) –
May 18, 2020 (2020-05-18)
Related
The Bachelor franchise

The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart is an American dating reality television series created by Mike Fleiss for ABC. It is a spin-off of The Bachelor and is hosted by Chris Harrison. The series is produced by Next Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television, with Fleiss, Martin Hilton, Nicole Woods, Bennett Graebner, Peter Gust, Tim Warner, Louis Caric, and Peter Geist serving as executive producers.[1]

Format

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The series follows single men and women, who are musicians or work in the music industry, hoping to find love through music. The contestants will sing well-known songs, both individually and as couples, and explore their relationships while living together and going on Bachelor-style dates that focus on music.[1]

Contestants

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The 23 contestants were revealed on February 27, 2020.[2][3]

Color key:

  Female contestant
  Male contestant
Contestant[3] Age Residence Music genre Arrival Status Ref.
Bri Stauss 28 Provo, Utah Pop Week 1 Winners [4]
Chris Watson 30 Los Angeles, California Soul Week 1
Jamie Weintraub 21 Nashville, Tennessee Country Week 1 Runners-Up
Trevor Holmes 29 Encino, California Country pop Week 1
Rudi Gutierrez 24 Los Angeles, California R&B and pop Week 1 Quit (Week 6)
Matt Ranaudo 32 Encino, California Neo soul Week 1
Natascha Bessez 33 Los Angeles, California Pop Week 2 Eliminated (Week 5) [5]
Ryan Neal 28 Dearborn Heights, Michigan Jazz, funk, pop and R&B Week 1
Julia Rae 27 Wayne, Pennsylvania Pop Week 1 Eliminated (Week 4) [6]
Brandon Mills 34 Nashville, Tennessee American folk-pop Week 1
Savannah McKinley 25 Nashville, Tennessee Acoustic pop Week 1 Quit (Week 4)
Sheridan Reed 27 Austin, Texas R&B soul pop Week 1
Bekah Purifoy 25 Washington, D.C. Musical theatre Week 1 Eliminated (Week 3) [7]
Danny Padilla 26 Sherman Oaks, California Singer-songwriter Week 1
Ruby Jane Smith 25 Austin, Texas Indie pop Week 2
Gabe Baker 28 Houston, Texas Soul/folk Week 1 Quit (Week 3)
Cheyenne Arnell 23 Lawndale, California R&B Week 1 Eliminated (Week 2) [8]
Mariana Jasel 23 Dallas, Texas R&B and pop Week 2
Mel Taevin 27 Brooklyn, New York Indie rock Week 1
Jack Mason 38 Dallas, Texas Country Week 1 Eliminated (Week 1) [9]
Josh Hester 31 Nashville, Tennessee Country and pop Week 1
Michael Todd 31 Atwater, California Singer-songwriter Week 1
Russell Johnson 26 New York, New York American folk Week 1

Future appearances

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Chris Watson and Bri Stauss made their appearance on one episode in season sixteen of The Bachelorette, while performing on one of the dates to one of the contestants from that season.

Rudi Gutierrez competed on the 24th season of The Voice under the name "Rudi". She was a member of Team Gwen, and was eliminated in the Playoffs.

Production

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In January 2020, ABC announced a straight-to-series order for a new spin-off of The Bachelor franchise titled The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart. The series is produced by Next Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television, with Mike Fleiss, Martin Hilton, Nicole Woods, Bennett Graebner, Peter Gust, Tim Warner, Louis Caric, and Peter Geist serving as executive producers,[1] and Chris Harrison hosting. Filming had commenced in February 2020 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Episodes

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No.Title [11]Original air dateProd.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
Rating/share
(18–49)
1"Week 1: Series Premiere"April 13, 2020 (2020-04-13)1012.95[12]0.7[12]
Twenty musicians arrive at the mansion. The first date card arrives and it is for Ryan, and he brings Jamie along on a date. Another date card arrives for Matt. Despite the strong connection between him and Rudi, he chooses to bring Mel on the date, which upsets Rudi. Matt and Mel do not develop a deeper connection on the date, leaving Matt nervous about not receiving a rose. Michael, Jack, Josh, and Russell are eliminated.
2"Week 2"April 20, 2020 (2020-04-20)1022.79[13]0.6[13]
Three new women arrive in the mansion in this episode: Ruby, Natascha, and Mariana. Jamie receives a date card and brings Trevor with her. Natascha arrives and realizes that she knows Trevor through his ex. When Trevor and Jamie return, she confronts him about it, and he admits to emotional cheating. Jamie is upset but decides to continue her relationship with Trevor. The next date card goes to Bri, and she chooses Chris and they go to Guitar Center. Another date card arrives for Sheridan, and he brings Julia to the iHeartRadio studio. Yet another date card arrives for Savannah, and she brings Brandon. Mel is upset when Savannah chooses Brandon. Mel, Cheyenne, and Mariana are eliminated.
3"Week 3"April 27, 2020 (2020-04-27)1032.81[14]0.6[14]
Chris Harrison announces that the couples will begin performing together in front of celebrity judges. Danny and Bekah go on a fashion date, trying on new outfits and having a photoshoot together. Natascha and Ryan go to a Chris Lane concert and sing. First up at the performance are Rudi and Matt, who sing "Fallin All In You" by Shawn Mendes. Next are Bri and Chris, who sing “Beyond” by Leon Bridges. A performance of “Ho Hey” by the Lumineers from Bekah and Danny follows. Brandon and Savannah are next, and they sing “I Want You to Want Me” by Cheap Trick. Julia and Sheridan sing “As Long As You Love Me” by Backstreet Boys. Ryan and Natascha sing “Stay” by Rihanna. Lastly, Jamie and Trevor perform “I Could Use a Love Song” by Maren Morris. Bekah and Danny are eliminated.
4"Week 4"May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)1042.74[15]0.6[15]
5"Week 5: Semi-Finals"May 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)1052.84[16]0.6[16]
6"Finale"May 18, 2020 (2020-05-18)TBA2.96[17]0.6[17]

Elimination table

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Place Contestant Week
1[a] 2[b] 3[c] 4[c] 5[c] 6
1 Bri In Date In In Date Winners
Chris In Date In Date Date
2 Jamie Date Date In Date Date RU
Trevor In Date In In Date
5 Matt Date In In In Date Quit
6 Rudi In In In Date Date Quit
7–8 Natascha Wait[d] In Date In Out
Ryan Date In Date Date Out
9–10 Brandon In Date In Out
Julia In Date In Out
11 Savannah In Date In Quit
12 Sheridan In Date In Quit
13–14 Bekah In In Out
Danny In In Out
15 Gabe In In Quit
16 Ruby Wait[d] In Out
17–19 Mariana Wait[d] Out
Mel Date Out
Cheyenne In Out
20–23 Jack Out
Josh Out
Michael Out
Russell Out
 Winners  The contestant won the competition.
 RU  The contestant was the runner-up of the competition.
 In  The contestant gave out or received a rose and was safe.
 Date  The contestant gave out a date card and gave/received a rose.
 Date  The contestant received a date card and gave/received a rose.
 Date  The contestant went on a date and received a rose.
 Out  The contestant did not receive a rose and was eliminated.
 Out  The contestant was eliminated after their partner quit.
 Quit  The contestant quit the competition.
 Out  The contestant went on a date but did not receive a rose and was eliminated.
  1. ^ The women gave out the roses at this week's rose ceremony.
  2. ^ The men gave out the roses at this week's rose ceremony.
  3. ^ a b c Neither the men nor the women gave out the roses, instead the couple who the judges felt gave the worst performance did not receive a rose.
  4. ^ a b c The contestant has not yet arrived.

Ratings

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Viewership and ratings per episode of The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart
No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
1 "Week 1: Series Premiere" April 13, 2020 0.7 2.95[12]
2 "Week 2" April 20, 2020 0.6 2.79[13]
3 "Week 3" April 27, 2020 0.6 2.81[14]
4 "Week 4" May 4, 2020 0.6 2.74[15]
5 "Week 5" May 11, 2020 0.6 2.84[16]
6 "Week 6" May 18, 2020 0.6 2.96[17]

References

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