The_Bachelor_(Australian_TV_series)_season_3

*The Bachelor*
The Bachelor
Season 3
Starring	Sam Wood
Presented by	Osher Günsberg
No. of contestants	21
Winner	Snezana Markoski
Runner-up	Lana Jeavons-Follows
No. of episodes	16
Release
Original network	Network Ten
Original release	29 July –; 17 September 2015
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 2 Next →; Season 4

<i>The Bachelor</i> (Australian TV series) season 3

The Bachelor (Australian TV series) season 3

Season of television series

The third season of The Bachelor premiered on 29 July 2015. This season features Sam Wood, a 34-year-old Melbourne-based business owner and personal trainer, and founder of children's fitness company Gecko Kids, originally from Tasmania; courting 21 women.^[1]^[2]

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Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Eliminated
Snezana Markoski	34	Perth, Western Australia	Scientific Sales Rep	Winner
Lana Jeavons-Fellows	27	Berowra, New South Wales	Communications Assistant	Runner-up
Sarah Mackay	25	Mornington, Victoria	Event Manager	Episode 15
Heather Maltman	29	Brisbane, Queensland	Filmmaker	Episode 14
Nina Rolleston	28	Brisbane, Queensland	Wedding Planner	Episode 13
Rachel Moore	29	Brisbane, Queensland	Food Blogger	Episode 12
Ebru Dallikavak	31	Melbourne	Portfolio Manager	Episode 10
Emily Simms	31	Melbourne	Advertising Executive	Episode 9 (Quit)
Bec Chin	28	Central Coast, New South Wales	Dietitian	Episode 9
Rachel Jones	28	Adelaide, South Australia	Charity Worker	Episode 8
Jasmin Brown	24	Brisbane, Queensland	Marketing Graduate	Episode 7
Jacinda Gugliemino	33	Sydney	Personal Assistant	Episode 6
Sandra Rato	27	Melbourne	Primary P.E. Teacher	Episode 5
Laura Musgrove	28	Sydney	Veterinary Surgeon	Episode 4
Joni Hodson	31	Melbourne	Motivational Speaker	Episode 4
Madeleine Van Orsouw	26	Melbourne	Fertility Nurse	Episode 3
Krystal Steele	30	Cannonvale, Queensland	Travel Agent	Episode 2
Tessa Moritz	33	Melbourne	Account Manager
Reshael Sirputh	28	Brisbane, Queensland	Accounts Manager
Jessica Lea	24	Gold Coast, Queensland	Hospitality Manager	Episode 1
Zilda Williams	31	Gold Coast, Queensland	Model	Episode 1

No.	Bachelorettes	Episodes
No.	Bachelorettes	1^[5]^[6]	2^[7]	3^[8]	4^[9]	5^[10]	6^[11]^[12]	7^[13]	8^[14]	9^[15]	10^[16]	11^[17]	12^[18]	13^[19]	14^[20]	15^[21]	16^[22]
1	Snezana	Sarah	Sarah	Snezana	Heather	Nina	N/A	Emily	Snezana	Sarah	Heather	Lana	Sarah	Lana	Sarah	Lana	Snezana
2	Sarah	Heather	Jacinda	Sarah	Nina	Sarah		Sarah	Heather	Lana	Lana	Heather	Heather	Snezana	Snezana	Snezana	Lana
3	Laura	Snezana	Nina	Joni	Jasmin	Ebru		Bec	Sarah	Heather	Nina	Snezana	Nina	Sarah	Lana	Sarah
4	Rachel J.	Joni	Heather	Emily	Jacinda	Heather		Ebru	Nina	Snezana	Snezana	Nina Rachel M. Sarah	Snezana	Heather	Heather
5	Ebru	Bec	Emily	Heather	Snezana	Jasmin		Snezana	Emily	Ebru	Sarah		Lana	Nina
6	Nina	Rachel J.	Snezana	Jacinda	Emily	Snezana		Heather	Ebru	Rachel M.	Rachel M.		Rachel M.
7	Jasmin	Ebru	Rachel J.	Bec	Sarah	Bec		Rachel J.	Bec	Nina	Ebru
8	Heather	Nina	Sandra	Rachel J.	Bec	Emily		Nina	Rachel J.	Emily
9	Jacinda	Tessa	Joni	Nina	Sandra	Jacinda		Jasmin		Bec
10	Bec	Krystal	Bec	Jasmin	Rachel J.	Rachel J.	Jacinda
11	Joni	Jacinda	Laura	Sandra	Ebru	Sandra
12	Jessica	Madeleine	Ebru	Ebru	Joni Laura
13	Tessa	Emily	Jasmin	Laura	Joni Laura
14	Reshael	Jasmin	Madeleine	Madeleine
15	Madeleine	Laura	Krystal Reshael Tessa
16	Krystal	Reshael
17	Zilda	Sandra
18	Sandra	Jessica Zilda
19	Emily	Jessica Zilda
20	Lana
21	Rachel M.

Event	Description
First impression rose	Sarah
White rose	Heather
Rose ceremony	Zilda and Jessica were eliminated

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Sarah
Group date	Heather, Tessa, Jasmin, Emily, Madeleine, Snezana, Reshael, Jacinda, Sandra, Bec, Krystal, and Joni
Rose ceremony	Tessa, Reshael, and Krystal were eliminated

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Snezana was given single date by the Bachelor
One-on-one date (Girl's vote)	Madeleine was voted to go on a single date
Rose ceremony	Madeleine was eliminated

The_Bachelor_(Australian_TV_series)_season_3

The Bachelor (Australian TV series) season 3

Contestants

Call-out order

Episodes

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Ratings

References

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Event	Description
Single date (White Rose)	Heather
Group date	Joni, Ebru, Laura, Sarah, Rachel J., Sandra, Jasmin
One-on-one time	Joni
Rose ceremony	Laura and Joni were eliminated

Event	Description
One-on-one date	"Groundhog" Dates: Bec, Ebru, Jacinda
Group date	None
Rose ceremony	No Rose Ceremony, Jacinda was eliminated before the ceremony

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Bec, Sarah
Group date	*None, two single dates instead
Intruders	Lana & Rachel M. introduced
Rose ceremony	Bec was eliminated during her single date Emily quits before last rose is handed out

Event	Description
One-on-one date	Lana, Snezana, Heather, Sarah, Nina
Group date	None
Rose ceremony	Nina was eliminated

Event	Description
First Hometown	Heather – Brisbane, Queensland
Second Hometown	Lana – Berowra, New South Wales
Third Hometown	Sarah – Mornington, Victoria
Fourth Hometown	Snezana – Perth, Western Australia
Rose ceremony	Heather was eliminated.

Event	Description
First One-on-one date	Snezana
Second One-on-one date	Lana
Third One-on-one date	Sarah
Rose ceremony:	Sarah was eliminated.

Event	Description
First Meet Sam's family	Snezana
Second Meet Sam's family	Lana
First Final date	Lana
Second Final date	Snezana
Final decision:	Snezana is the winner

No.	Title	Air date	Overnight ratings		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers	Ref(s)
No.	Title	Air date	Viewers	Rank	Viewers	Rank	Total viewers	Ref(s)
1	Episode 1	29 July 2015	846,000	6	52,000	6	898,000	^[25]^[26]
2	Episode 2	30 July 2015	739,000	8	58,000	6	797,000	^[27]^[28]
3	Episode 3	5 August 2015	805,000	8	35,000	7	840,000	^[29]^[30]
4	Episode 4	6 August 2015	794,000	8	70,000	4	864,000	^[31]^[32]
5	Episode 5	12 August 2015	922,000	6	46,000	6	968,000	^[33]^[34]
6	Episode 6	13 August 2015	911,000	3	55,000	3	966,000	^[35]^[36]
7	Episode 7	19 August 2015	877,000	6	40,000	7	917,000	^[37]^[38]
8	Episode 8	20 August 2015	817,000	6	83,000	5	900,000	^[39]^[40]
9	Episode 9	26 August 2015	906,000	5	50,000	4	956,000	^[41]^[42]
10	Episode 10	27 August 2015	889,000	5	102,000	3	991,000	^[43]^[44]
11	Episode 11	2 September 2015	984,000	3	53,000	3	1,037,000	^[45]^[46]
12	Episode 12	3 September 2015	942,000	3	83,000	1	1,026,000	^[47]^[48]
13	Episode 13	9 September 2015	920,000	7	56,000	6	976,000	^[49]^[50]
14	Episode 14	10 September 2015	981,000	3	90,000	1	1,071,000	^[51]^[52]
15	Episode 15	16 September 2015	1,050,000	2	27,000	1	1,079,000	^[53]^[54]
16	Finale Final Decision	17 September 2015	1,228,000 1,482,000	2 1	40,000 37,000	2 1	1,268,000 1,519,000	^[55]^[56]