# The Bachelor (Australian TV series) season 2

The second season of The Bachelor premiered on 30 July 2014. This season features Blake Garvey, a 31-year-old Perth-based real estate auctioneer, courting 30 women.

## Contestants

The season began with 24 contestants. In episode 8, six "intruders" were brought into the competition, bringing the total number of contestants to 30.
| Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Eliminated |
| Samantha "Sam" Frost | 25 | Mornington Peninsula, Victoria | Financial Assistant | Winner |
| Lisa Hyde | 27 | Noosa, Queensland | Fashion Designer | Runner-up |
| Louise Pillidge | 26 | Thredbo, New South Wales | Event Manager | Episode 19 |
| Jessica Jones | 24 | Central Coast, New South Wales | Accounting Student | Episode 18 |
| Zoe O'Brien | 25 | Melbourne | Pharmacist | Episode 16 |
| Laurina Fleure | 30 | Melbourne | Entrepreneur | Episode 15 |
| Chantal Hrynieweski | 26 | Melbourne | Interior Designer | Episode 14 |
| Lauren Birdsall | 27 | Sydney | Dancer | Episode 13 |
| Mary O'Neill | 27 | Sydney | Acting Student | Episode 12 |
| Rachel Miley-Smith | 27 | Sydney | Medical Sales Representative | Episode 12 |
| Amber Gelinas | 26 | Calgary, Canada | Oil & Gas Consultant | Episode 11 |
| Kara Bramham | 24 | Melbourne | Law Graduate | Episode 10 |
| Anastasia | 30 | Sydney | Lawyer | Episode 9 |
| Aley Greenblo | 25 | Sydney | Fashion Blogger | Episode 8 |
| Tahnee Lee | 24 | Sydney | Social Media Coordinator | Episode 8 |
| Alana Wilkie | 26 | Perth, Western Australia | Legal Secretary | Episode 7 |
| Anita Cusack | 30 | Castlemaine, Victoria | Dog Groomer | Episode 6 |
| Diana Dinu | 28 | Brisbane, Queensland | I.T. Student | Episode 6 |
| Katrina Burgoyne | 26 | Newcastle, New South Wales | Musician | Episode 6 |
| Lauren Smith | 27 | Adelaide, South Australia | Flight Attendant | Episode 5 |
| Shana Leggett | 26 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Poker Dealer | Episode 4 |
| Stacey-Louise | 33 | Traralgon, Victoria | Fitness Trainer | Episode 4 |
| Holly Pearce | 23 | Sydney | Professional Netballer | Episode 4 (Quit) |
| Amanda Hatcher | 28 | Sydney | Account Manager | Episode 3 |
| Bridgette-Rose Taylor | 24 | Brisbane, Queensland | Law Student | Episode 2 |
| Tiarnar Tavita | 31 | Newcastle, New South Wales | Model | Episode 2 |
| Emma Foster | 31 | Melbourne | Interior Designer | Episode 1 |
| Emma Levitt | 28 | Perth, Western Australia | Make-Up Artist | Episode 1 |
| Karla | 31 | Sydney | Nurse | Episode 1 |
| Sam Aghan | 25 | Perth, Western Australia | Administrative Assistant | Episode 1 |

## Call-out order

Blake's call-out order :
| # | Bachelorettes | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode |
| # | Bachelorettes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 1 | Holly | Katrina | Holly | Holly | Lisa | Sam F. | Zoe | Laurina | Louise | Chantal | Zoe | Sam F. | Sam F. | Lisa | Louise | Sam F. | Louise | Lisa | Sam F. | Sam F. |
| 2 | Sam | Louise | Jessica | Anita | Alana | Amber | Louise | Sam F. | Lisa | Kara | Lauren B. | Lauren B. | Jessica | Laurina | Jessica | Louise | Sam F. | Louise | Lisa | Lisa |
| 3 | Emma F. | Holly | Alana | Laurina | Zoe | Chantal | Chantal | Lisa | Zoe | Lisa | Louise | Chantal | Lisa | Sam F. | Lisa | Jessica | Jessica | Sam F. | Louise | |
| 4 | Amber | Jessica | Lisa | Sam F. | Chantal | Lisa | Kara | Jessica | Rachel | Zoe | Jessica | Jessica | Louise | Louise | Sam F. | Zoe | Lisa | Jessica | | |
| 5 | Chantal | Zoe | Stacey-Louise | Lisa | Laurina | Zoe | Jessica | Chantal | Amber | Jessica | Mary | Laurina | Chantal | Zoe | Zoe | Lisa | Zoe | | | |
| 6 | Jessica | Bridgette-Rose | Zoe | Zoe | Amber | Katrina | Laurina | Louise | Sam F. | Laurina | Chantal | Lisa | Lauren B. | Jessica | Laurina | Laurina | | | | |
| 7 | Bridgette-Rose | Diana | Lauren S. | Katrina | Sam F. | Jessica | Sam F. | Amber | Lauren B. | Sam F. | Laurina | Louise | Laurina | Chantal | Chantal | | | | | |
| 8 | Tiarnar | Laurina | Louise | Alana | Anita | Laurina | Lisa | Kara | Jessica | Lauren B. | Sam F. | Mary | Zoe | Lauren B. | | | | | | |
| 9 | Kara | Stacey-Louise | Sam F. | Jessica | Kara | Louise | Amber | Zoe | Chantal | Amber | Lisa | Rachel | Mary Rachel | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Lisa | Amanda | Diana | Diana | Jessica | Alana | Alana | Alana | Laurina | Rachel | Rachel | Zoe | Mary Rachel | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Lauren S. | Shana | Amanda | Louise | Louise | Anita | Anita Diana | | Mary | Louise | Amber | Amber | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Louise | Lisa | Anita | Shana | Katrina | Diana | Anita Diana | | Anastasia | Mary | Kara | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Anita | Alana | Shana | Stacey-Louise | Diana | Kara | Katrina | | Kara | Anastasia | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Amanda | Chantal | Katrina | Chantal | Lauren S. | Lauren S. | | | Aley Tahnee | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Alana | Lauren S. | Amber | Kara | Shana Stacey-Louise | | | | | | Aley Tahnee | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Zoe | Amber | Kara | Lauren S. | Shana Stacey-Louise | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Shana | Kara | Chantal | Amber | Holly | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Karla | Tiarnar | Laurina | Amanda | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Emma L. | Sam F. | Bridgette-Rose Tiarnar | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Stacey-Louise | Anita | Bridgette-Rose Tiarnar | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Diana | Emma F. Emma L. Karla Sam A. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Samantha | Emma F. Emma L. Karla Sam A. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Katrina | Emma F. Emma L. Karla Sam A. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Laurina | Emma F. Emma L. Karla Sam A. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Mary | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Rachel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | Anastasia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Tahnee | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | Aley | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Lauren B. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Episodes
### Episode 1

Original airdate: 30 July 2014
| Event | Description |
| First impression rose | Katrina, Louise |
| White rose | Holly |
| Rose ceremony | Emma F, Emma L, Karla, and Sam A were eliminated |

### Episode 2

Original airdate: 31 July 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Jessica |
| Group date | Alana received a rose |
| Rose ceremony | Bridgette-Rose and Tiarnar were eliminated |

### Episode 3

Original airdate: 6 August 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Holly |
| Group date | |
| Rose ceremony | Amanda was eliminated |

### Episode 4

Original airdate: 7 August 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Lisa |
| Group date | Alana and Zoe received roses. Holly left the competition. |
| Rose ceremony | Shana and Stacey-Louise were eliminated |

### Episode 5

Original airdate: 13 August 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Sam F |
| Group date | Amber received a rose |
| Rose ceremony | Lauren S was eliminated |

### Episode 6

Original airdate: 14 August 2014
| Event | Description |
| Two-on-one date | Zoe and Katrina. Zoe received a rose. Katrina was eliminated |
| Group date | Sam, Amber, Lisa, Chantal, Louise, Diana, and Alana invited. |
| Rose ceremony | Anita and Diana were eliminated |

### Episode 7

Original airdate: 20 August 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Laurina |
| Group date | Alana, Amber, Jess, Lisa, Sam and Kara. |
| Rose ceremony | Alana was eliminated |

### Episode 8

Original airdate 21 August 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Louise |
| Group date | |
| Intruders | Mary, Rachel, Anastasia, Tahnee, Aley, and Lauren B introduced |
| Rose ceremony | Aley and Tahnee were eliminated |

### Episode 9

Original airdate: 27 August 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Chantal |
| Group date | Kara received a rose |
| Rose ceremony | Anastasia was eliminated |

### Episode 10

Original airdate: 28 August 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Zoe |
| Group date | |
| Rose ceremony | Kara was eliminated |

### Episode 11

Original airdate: 3 September 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Sam F, Lauren B, Laurina |
| Group date | None, as there were 3 one-on-one dates. |
| Cocktail party | Amber was eliminated during the cocktail party; therefore, there was no rose ceremony and the remaining girls all progressed to the next week. |

### Episode 12

Original airdate: 4 September 2014
| Event | Description |
| Group date | Sam F received a rose |
| One-on-one date | Jessica |
| Rose ceremony | Mary and Rachel were eliminated |

### Episode 13

Original airdate: 10 September 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Lisa |
| Group date | |
| Rose ceremony | Laurina had to go to hospital due to illness; therefore, she received a rose prior to the rose ceremony as she was unable to attend. Lauren B was eliminated. |

### Episode 14

Original airdate: 11 September 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Louise |
| Group date | |
| Cocktail party | There was no rose ceremony; instead, there was a masquerade themed cocktail party, where roses were handed out over the course of the evening. Chantal was eliminated. |

### Episode 15

Original airdate: 17 September 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Sam F |
| Group date | |
| Rose ceremony | Laurina was eliminated |

### Episode 16

Original airdate: 18 September 2014
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Jessica, Lisa, Louise, Sam F, Zoe |
| Group date | None |
| Rose ceremony | Zoe was eliminated |

### Episode 17

Original airdate: 24 September 2014
| Event | Description |
| Women Tell All | The eliminated women returned for a tell all special, and gave their predictions of who would win out of the final 4 girls. |

### Episode 18

Original airdate: 25 September 2014
| Event | Description |
| First Hometown | Louise – Thredbo, New South Wales |
| Second Hometown | Sam F – Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
| Third Hometown | Lisa – Noosa, Queensland |
| Fourth Hometown | Jessica – Central Coast, New South Wales |
| Rose ceremony | Jessica was eliminated |

### Episode 19

Original airdate: 1 October 2014
| Event | Description |
| First One-on-one date | Lisa |
| Second One-on-one date | Louise |
| Third One-on-one date | Sam F |
| Rose ceremony | Louise was eliminated |

### Episode 20

Original airdate: 2 October 2014
| Event | Description |
| First Meet Blake's family | Lisa |
| Second Meet Blake's family | Sam F |
| First Final date | Lisa |
| Second Final date | Sam F |
| Final decision: | Blake proposed to Sam F. |

## Ratings

| No. | Title | Air date | Overnight ratings | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) |
| No. | Title | Air date | Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | Total viewers | Ref(s) |
| 1 | Episode 1 | 30 July 2014 | 692,000 | 12 | 51,000 | 12 | 743,000 | |
| 2 | Episode 2 | 31 July 2014 | 594,000 | 11 | 100,000 | 11 | 694,000 | |
| 3 | Episode 3 | 6 August 2014 | 712,000 | 13 | 37,000 | 14 | 749,000 | |
| 4 | Episode 4 | 7 August 2014 | 579,000 | 18 | 62,000 | 14 | 641,000 | |
| 5 | Episode 5 | 13 August 2014 | 683,000 | 15 | 47,000 | 15 | 730,000 | |
| 6 | Episode 6 | 14 August 2014 | 639,000 | 12 | 76,000 | 11 | 715,000 | |
| 7 | Episode 7 | 20 August 2014 | 640,000 | 15 | 42,000 | 15 | 682,000 | |
| 8 | Episode 8 | 21 August 2014 | 681,000 | 9 | 79,000 | 8 | 762,000 | |
| 9 | Episode 9 | 27 August 2014 | 718,000 | 12 | 51,000 | 13 | 769,000 | |
| 10 | Episode 10 | 28 August 2014 | 661,000 | 10 | 81,000 | 8 | 742,000 | |
| 11 | Episode 11 | 3 September 2014 | 863,000 | 10 | 39,000 | 11 | 902,000 | |
| 12 | Episode 12 | 4 September 2014 | 750,000 | 9 | 84,000 | 7 | 834,000 | |
| 13 | Episode 13 | 10 September 2014 | 741,000 | 13 | 33,000 | 12 | 774,000 | |
| 14 | Episode 14 | 11 September 2014 | 646,000 | 11 | 69,000 | 10 | 716,000 | |
| 15 | Episode 15 | 17 September 2014 | 774,000 | 11 | 70,000 | 11 | 844,000 | |
| 16 | Episode 16 | 18 September 2014 | 726,000 | 11 | 73,000 | 9 | 798,000 | |
| 17 | Episode 17 | 24 September 2014 | 640,000 | 14 | 38,000 | 15 | 678,000 | |
| 18 | Episode 18 | 25 September 2014 | 768,000 | 9 | 94,000 | 9 | 862,000 | |
| 19 | Episode 19 | 1 October 2014 | 895,000 | 9 | 26,000 | 10 | 922,000 | |
| 20 | FinaleFinal Decision | 2 October 2014 | 1,026,0001,374,000 | 31 | 22,00062,000 | 31 | 1,048,0001,436,000 | |