| The Bachelor | |
|---|---|
| Season 8 | |
| Starring | Locky Gilbert |
| Presented by | Osher Günsberg |
| No. of contestants | 25 |
| Winner | Irena Srbinovska |
| Runner-up | Bella Varelis |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Network 10 |
| Original release | 12 August (2020-08-12) – 24 September 2020 (2020-09-24) |
| Season chronology | |
← Previous Season 7 Next → Season 9 | |
Theeighth season ofThe Bachelor premiered on 12 August 2020.[1][2] This season features Locky Gilbert, a 30-year-old adventure tour guide fromPerth, Western Australia.[3][4] Gilbert previously appeared on thefourth andseventh seasons ofAustralian Survivor, where he finished in fifth and twelfth place respectively.
As a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic, filming in the mansion was suspended midway through the season. Two virtual episodes (referred to "Love In Lockdown" on the show) were produced during the hiatus via virtually throughvideoconferences. Production resumed in June throughout Australia on alockdown format,Osher Günsberg continued to host at the mansion inSydney, while Gilbert was isolated inPerth and the remaining contestants in their respective hometowns, the show stated that they would be unable to ensure the safety of contestants and crew, especially with the need forsafety precautions which would need to be implemented and government restrictions such associal distancing andtravel bans.[5]
The season began with 23 contestants.[6] Kaitlyn entered as an intruder in episode 2,[7] and Bec entered as an intruder in episode 9,[8] bringing the total number of contestants to 25.
| Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irena Srbinovska | 31 | Melbourne | Nurse | Winner |
| Bella Varelis | 25 | Sydney | Marketing Consultant | Runner-up |
| Bec Cvilikas | 25 | Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Senior Beauty Consultant | Episode 13 |
| Izzy Sharman-Firth | 29 | Brisbane, Queensland | HR Advisor | |
| Kaitlyn Bunyan-Hoppe | 26 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Personal Assistant | Episode 12 |
| Juliette Herrera | 34 | Sydney, New South Wales | Stylist | Episode 11 |
| Maddy Carver | 25 | Hobart, Tasmania | Teacher | |
| Steph Harper | 26 | Geelong, Victoria | Special Needs Teacher | |
| Roxi Kenny | 29 | Brisbane, Queensland | Mechanical Engineer | Episode 10 (Quit) |
| Nicole Campbell | 26 | Sydney, New South Wales | Professional Dancer | Episode 9 |
| Bel Colwell | 25 | Walgett, New South Wales | Media Buyer | Episode 8 |
| Areeba Emmanuel | 25 | Sydney, New South Wales | Home Loan Officer | Episode 7 |
| Charley Bond | 25 | Brisbane, Queensland | P.E. Teacher | |
| Gemma White | 28 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Property Manager | |
| Laura Calleri | 24 | Perth, Western Australia | Marketing Coordinator | |
| Marg Zogoulas | 23 | Melbourne, Victoria | Car Sales Consultant | |
| Kristina Abramoff | 24 | Perth, Western Australia | PhD Scholar | Episode 6 |
| Rosemary Sawtell | 23 | Brisbane, Queensland | Retail Manager | |
| Clare Lange | 26 | Perth, Western Australia | Administration Assistant | Episode 5 |
| Zoe-Clare McDonald | 23 | Brisbane, Queensland | Sales Manager | |
| Georgie Glass | 32 | Hobart, Tasmania | Project Manager | Episode 3 |
| Leilani Vakaahi | 27 | Forster, New South Wales | Partnerships Manager | |
| Marlaina McPhillips | 31 | Melbourne, Victoria | Fundraising Coordinator | |
| Nadine Kodsi | 30 | Melbourne, Victoria | Entrepreneur | Episode 1 |
| Paige Royal | 31 | Melbourne, Victoria | Professional Model |
Note that the competition was suspended at the end of Episode 7 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, and resumed a few months later on a virtual format viavideo conference.
| # | Bachelorettes | Episode | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||
| 1 | Steph | Nicole | Bella | Roxi | Irena | Bel | Izzy | Bec | Bec | Irena | Bella | Irena | Irena | |||
| 2 | Izzy | Steph | Kaitlyn | Nicole | Bella | Roxi | Kaitlyn | Izzy | Bella | Izzy | Izzy | Bella | Bella | |||
| 3 | Nicole | Bel | Juliette | Charley | Marg | Nicole | Irena | Irena | Irena | Kaitlyn | Bec | Bec Izzy | ||||
| 4 | Irena | Charley | Steph | Maddy | Nicole | Steph | Steph | Steph | Izzy | Bella | Irena | |||||
| 5 | Marlaina | Rosemary | Irena | Bel | Steph | Irena | Bella | Bella | Juliette | Bec | Kaitlyn | |||||
| 6 | Juliette | Bella | Zoe-Clare | Areeba | Bel | Izzy | Roxi | Kaitlyn | Kaitlyn | Maddy Steph | ||||||
| 7 | Maddy | Roxi | Laura | Irena | Kaitlyn | Maddy | Juliette | Juliette | Maddy | |||||||
| 8 | Areeba | Kristina | Nicole | Izzy | Roxi | Bella | Nicole | Roxi | Steph | Juliette | ||||||
| 9 | Rosemary | Georgie | Bel | Bella | Izzy | Juliette | Maddy | Maddy | Roxi | |||||||
| 10 | Zoe-Clare | Marlaina | Charley | Laura | Juliette | Kaitlyn | Bel | Nicole | ||||||||
| 11 | Leilani | Izzy | Roxi | Juliette | Areeba | Areeba Charley Gemma Laura Marg | ||||||||||
| 12 | Clare | Irena | Izzy | Rosemary | Laura | |||||||||||
| 13 | Georgie | Maddy | Marg | Gemma | Charley | |||||||||||
| 14 | Bel | Laura | Maddy | Steph | Maddy | |||||||||||
| 15 | Gemma | Gemma | Gemma | Kaitlyn | Gemma | |||||||||||
| 16 | Marg | Marg | Areeba | Marg | Kristina Rosemary | |||||||||||
| 17 | Paige | Leilani | Rosemary | Kristina | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Kristina | Clare | Clare | Clare Zoe-Clare | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Roxi | Areeba | Kristina | |||||||||||||
| 20 | Nadine | Juliette | Georgie Leilani Marlaina | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Laura | Zoe-Clare[a] | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | Charley | Nadine Paige | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | Bella | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | Kaitlyn | |||||||||||||||
| 25 | Bec | |||||||||||||||
Original airdate: 12 August 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Triple Threat Rose | Nicole |
| Rose ceremony | Nadine & Paige were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 13 August 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single date | Bella |
| Group date | Irena, Rosemary, Maddy, Nicole, Roxi, Steph, Laura, Zoe-Clare, Areeba & Kaitlyn |
| Intruder | Kaitlyn |
Original airdate: 19 August 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| One-on-one time | Kaitlyn |
| Rose ceremony | Georgie, Leilani & Marlaina were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 20 August 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Triple Threat Date | Nicole |
| Group Date | Areeba, Bel, Charley, Clare, Gemma, Izzy, Kaitlyn, Kristina, Laura, Nicole, Marg, & Roxi. |
| One-on-One Time | Roxi |
| Bach Pad Visit | Nicole |
Original airdate: 26 August 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Rose Ceremony | Clare & Zoe-Clare were eliminated. |
| Single Date | Irena |
Original airdate: 27 August 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Group Date | Everyone |
| One-on-One Time | Gemma |
| Rose Ceremony | Kristina & Rosemary were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 2 September 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Group Date | Roxi, Izzy, Bel, Maddy, Irena & Bella |
| Single Date | Roxi |
| Rose Ceremony | Areeba, Charley, Gemma, Laura & Marg were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 3 September 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Single Date | Izzy |
| Group Date | Irena, Maddy, Roxi, Kaitlyn, Bella & Juliette |
| Rose Ceremony | Bel was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 9 September 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Group Date | Bella, Steph, Nicole & Roxi |
| Intruder | Bec |
| Single Date | Bec |
| Rose Ceremony | Nicole was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 10 September 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Quit | Roxi |
| Single Date | Bec |
Original airdate: 16 September 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Group Date | Everyone |
| One-on-One Time | Steph |
| Single Date | Irena |
| Single Date | Izzy |
| Rose Ceremony | Maddy & Steph were eliminated, Juliette was eliminated outside the ceremony. |
Original airdate: 17 September 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Group Date | Everyone |
| Single Date | Bella |
| Rose Ceremony | Kaitlyn was eliminated. |
Original airdate: 23 September 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Hometown #1 | Izzy |
| Hometown #2 | Irena |
| Hometown #3 | Bec |
| Hometown #4 | Bella |
| Rose ceremony | Bec & Izzy were eliminated. |
Original airdate: 24 September 2020
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Meet Locky's Family | Bella & Irena |
| Final Date #1 | Irena |
| Final Date #2 | Bella |
| Final Decision: | Irena is the winner |
| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | ||||||
| 1 | Episode 1 | 12 August 2020 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 681,000 | 8 | 26,000 | 7 | 707,000 | [9][10] |
| 2 | Episode 2 | 13 August 2020 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 604,000 | 8 | 88,000 | 6 | 692,000 | [11][12] |
| 3 | Episode 3 | 19 August 2020 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 672,000 | 8 | 42,000 | 7 | 714,000 | [13][14] |
| 4 | Episode 4 | 20 August 2020 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 591,000 | 8 | 42,000 | 7 | 633,000 | [15][16] |
| 5 | Episode 5 | 26 August 2020 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 582,000 | 12 | 36,000 | 10 | 618,000 | [17][18] |
| 6 | Episode 6 | 27 August 2020 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 538,000 | 10 | 55,000 | 8 | 593,000 | [19][20] |
| 7 | Episode 7 | 2 September 2020 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 571,000 | 13 | 50,000 | 9 | 621,000 | [21][22] |
| 8 | Episode 8 | 3 September 2020 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 561,000 | 8 | 75,000 | 8 | 636,000 | [23][24] |
| 9 | Episode 9 | 9 September 2020 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 549,000 | 13 | 39,000 | 12 | 588,000 | [25][26] |
| 10 | Episode 10 | 10 September 2020 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 570,000 | 9 | 62,000 | 7 | 632,000 | [27][28] |
| 11 | Episode 11 | 16 September 2020 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 617,000 | 9 | 49,000 | 9 | 667,000 | [29][30] |
| 12 | Episode 12 | 17 September 2020 | Thursday 7:30 pm | 611,000 | 8 | 50,000 | 8 | 660,000 | [31][32] |
| 13 | Episode 13 | 23 September 2020 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 584,000 | 11 | 37,000 | 11 | 621,000 | [33][34] |
| 14 | Finale Final Decision | 24 September 2020 | Thursday 7:30 pm Thursday 9:00 pm | 694,000 879,000 | 7 5 | 34,000 50,000 | 8 5 | 728,000 929,000 | [35][36] |