The Bachelor (American season 16)
The sixteenth season of ABC reality television series "The Bachelor" premiered on January 2, 2012. This show features a previous contestant from "The Bachelorette", a winemaker and owner of Envolve wines, from Sonoma, California, 28-year-old Ben Flajnik, who finished runner-up in the seventh season of the show. This season returns with 25 women featured in the competition, excluding a senior citizen. The season concluded on March 12, 2012 in which Courtney Robertson was named the winner and became Flajnik's fiancée. The couple later called off their engagement on October 26, 2012 . Production. Casting and contestants. On September 6, 2011, Flajnik was announced as the next bachelor, and he was subsequently formally named during the season finale of "Bachelor Pad". Notable contestants include Rachel Truehart, who is the sister of "The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency" season 4 contestant Crystal Truehart. Filming and development. Unlike previous seasons, traditionally, the contestants would not normally choose to stay the Villa de la Vina in Agoura Hills, California for long but it appeared for the first night. For the rest of the season, the contestants traveled to Flajnik's hometown of Sonoma and San Francisco in  California; Park City, Utah; Vieques, Puerto Rico; Panama City, Panama; Belize and Switzerland. Appearances for this season included recording artist Matt Nathanson and country singer Clay Walker. Contestants. Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions. In week 3, season 15 contestant Shawntel Newton asked to join the cast, but was eliminated by Flajnik in that rose ceremony. Future appearances. Section::::"Bachelor Pad". Lindzi Cox, Blakeley Jones, Jamie Otis, Jaclyn Swartz, and Rachel Truehart returned for the third season of "Bachelor Pad". Otis was eliminated week 4. Cox was eliminated week 6. Jones and Swartz was eliminated week  7. Truehart was eliminated week 8. Section::::"Bachelor in Paradise". Swartz returned for season 2 of "Bachelor in Paradise". She was eliminated week 5. Other appearances. Outside of "Bachelor Nation", Otis later competed in the inaugural season of "Married at First Sight". Episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Post-show. Months later, Ben and Courtney confirmed on a magazine that they had broken up for the second time for good.