# The Bachelor (Australian TV series) season 3

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.

## Contestants

The season began with 19 contestants. In episode 9, two "intruders" were brought into the competition, bringing the total number of contestants to 21.
| 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 | Episode 2 |
| Reshael Sirputh | 28 | Brisbane, Queensland | Accounts Manager | Episode 2 |
| Jessica Lea | 24 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Hospitality Manager | Episode 1 |
| Zilda Williams | 31 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Model | Episode 1 |

## Call-out order

Sam's call-out order :
| No. | Bachelorettes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes |
| No. | Bachelorettes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 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 | N/A | Sarah | Heather | Lana | Lana | Heather | Heather | Snezana | Snezana | Snezana | Lana |
| 3 | Laura | Snezana | Nina | Joni | Jasmin | Ebru | N/A | Bec | Sarah | Heather | Nina | Snezana | Nina | Sarah | Lana | Sarah | |
| 4 | Rachel J. | Joni | Heather | Emily | Jacinda | Heather | N/A | Ebru | Nina | Snezana | Snezana | Nina Rachel M. Sarah | Snezana | Heather | Heather | | |
| 5 | Ebru | Bec | Emily | Heather | Snezana | Jasmin | N/A | Snezana | Emily | Ebru | Sarah | Nina Rachel M. Sarah | Lana | Nina | | | |
| 6 | Nina | Rachel J. | Snezana | Jacinda | Emily | Snezana | N/A | Heather | Ebru | Rachel M. | Rachel M. | Nina Rachel M. Sarah | Rachel M. | | | | |
| 7 | Jasmin | Ebru | Rachel J. | Bec | Sarah | Bec | N/A | Rachel J. | Bec | Nina | Ebru | | | | | | |
| 8 | Heather | Nina | Sandra | Rachel J. | Bec | Emily | N/A | Nina | Rachel J. | Emily | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Jacinda | Tessa | Joni | Nina | Sandra | Jacinda | N/A | 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 | Krystal Reshael Tessa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Zilda | Sandra | Krystal Reshael Tessa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Sandra | Jessica Zilda | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Emily | Jessica Zilda | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Lana | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Rachel M. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Color key
## Episodes
### Episode 1

Original airdate: 29 July 2015
| Event | Description |
| First impression rose | Sarah |
| White rose | Heather |
| Rose ceremony | Zilda and Jessica were eliminated |

### Episode 2

Original airdate: 30 July 2015
| 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 |

### Episode 3

Original airdate 5 August 2015
| 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 |

### Episode 4

Original airdate: 6 August 2015
| 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 |

### Episode 5

Original airdate 12 August 2015
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Nina |
| Group date | Sandra, Ebru, Bec, Jasmin, Jacinda, Snezana, Sarah and Heather |
| Rose ceremony | Sandra was eliminated |

### Episode 6

Original airdate: 13 August 2015
| 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 |

### Episode 7

Original airdate 19 August 2015
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Emily |
| Group date | Ebru, Heather, Sarah, Snezana, Rachel J., Jasmin, Bec, Nina |
| Rose ceremony | Jasmin was eliminated |

### Episode 8

Original airdate 20 August 2015
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Snezana |
| Group date | Rachel J., Heather, Bec, Emily, Nina |
| Rose ceremony | Rachel J. was eliminated |

### Episode 9

Original airdate 26 August 2015
| 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 |

### Episode 10

Original airdate 27 August 2015
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Heather |
| Group date | Ebru, Rachel M., Nina, Snezana, Lana |
| Rose ceremony | Ebru was eliminated |

### Episode 11

Original airdate 2 September 2015
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Lana |
| Group date | Lana, Heather, Snezana, Sarah, Nina, Rachel M. |
| Rose ceremony | Neither Sarah, Rachel M., or Nina were eliminated |

### Episode 12

Original airdate 3 September 2015
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Sarah |
| Group date | Everyone |
| Rose ceremony | Rachel M. was eliminated |

### Episode 13

Original airdate 9 September 2015
| Event | Description |
| One-on-one date | Lana, Snezana, Heather, Sarah, Nina |
| Group date | None |
| Rose ceremony | Nina was eliminated |

### Episode 14

Original airdate 10 September 2015
| 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. |

### Episode 15

Original airdate: 16 September 2015
| 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. |

### Episode 16

Original airdate: 17 September 2015; filmed at Fernhill in Mulgoa.
| 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 |

## 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 | 29 July 2015 | 846,000 | 6 | 52,000 | 6 | 898,000 | |
| 2 | Episode 2 | 30 July 2015 | 739,000 | 8 | 58,000 | 6 | 797,000 | |
| 3 | Episode 3 | 5 August 2015 | 805,000 | 8 | 35,000 | 7 | 840,000 | |
| 4 | Episode 4 | 6 August 2015 | 794,000 | 8 | 70,000 | 4 | 864,000 | |
| 5 | Episode 5 | 12 August 2015 | 922,000 | 6 | 46,000 | 6 | 968,000 | |
| 6 | Episode 6 | 13 August 2015 | 911,000 | 3 | 55,000 | 3 | 966,000 | |
| 7 | Episode 7 | 19 August 2015 | 877,000 | 6 | 40,000 | 7 | 917,000 | |
| 8 | Episode 8 | 20 August 2015 | 817,000 | 6 | 83,000 | 5 | 900,000 | |
| 9 | Episode 9 | 26 August 2015 | 906,000 | 5 | 50,000 | 4 | 956,000 | |
| 10 | Episode 10 | 27 August 2015 | 889,000 | 5 | 102,000 | 3 | 991,000 | |
| 11 | Episode 11 | 2 September 2015 | 984,000 | 3 | 53,000 | 3 | 1,037,000 | |
| 12 | Episode 12 | 3 September 2015 | 942,000 | 3 | 83,000 | 1 | 1,026,000 | |
| 13 | Episode 13 | 9 September 2015 | 920,000 | 7 | 56,000 | 6 | 976,000 | |
| 14 | Episode 14 | 10 September 2015 | 981,000 | 3 | 90,000 | 1 | 1,071,000 | |
| 15 | Episode 15 | 16 September 2015 | 1,050,000 | 2 | 27,000 | 1 | 1,079,000 | |
| 16 | FinaleFinal Decision | 17 September 2015 | 1,228,0001,482,000 | 21 | 40,00037,000 | 21 | 1,268,0001,519,000 | |