The Bachelor (American season 2)
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Promotional poster
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| Starring | Aaron Buerge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 9 (including 1 special) |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 25, 2002 – November 20, 2002 |
The Bachelor (season 2) is the second season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The show featured Missouri banker Aaron Buerge, courting 25 women. The season premiered on September 25, 2002 and concluded on November 20, 2002 with 27-year-old school psychologist Helene Eksterowicz was named the winner and becoming Buerge's fiancée, they soon ended their relationship weeks after the finale.
Contestants
The following is the list of bachelorettes for this season:
| Name | Age | Hometown | Job | Eliminated |
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| Helene Eksterowicz | 27 | Gloucester, New Jersey | School Psychologist | Winner |
| Brooke Smith | 22 | Albertville, Alabama | College Student | Runner-up |
| Gwen Gioia | 31 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Executive Recruiter | Week 6 |
| Angela Vaught | 27 | Kansas City, Missouri | Registered Nurse | Week 5 |
| Hayley Crittenden | 28 | Lake Oswego, Oregon | Retail Manager | Week 4 |
| Heather Cranford | 30 | Dallas, Texas | Flight Attendant | Week 4 |
| Christi Weible | 23 | Boise, Idaho | Assistant Financial Advisor | Week 3 |
| Heather Campion | 24 | Walnut Creek, California | Marriage Therapy Trainee | Week 3 |
| Kyla Dickerson | 22 | Midvale, Utah | Airline Supervisor | Week 3 |
| Shannon Fries | 26 | Long Island, New York | Graphic Artist | Week 3 |
| Dana Norris | 24 | Beverly Hills, California | Radio Sales | Week 2 |
| Erin | 25 | West Chester, Pennsylvania | Publications Quality Control | Week 2 |
| Suzanne Freeman | 33 | Redondo Beach, California | Flight Attendant | Week 2 |
| Frances Dinglasan | 30 | San Francisco, California | Strategic Planning Analyst | Week 2 (Quit) |
| Anindita Dutta | 27 | New York, New York | Attorney | Week 2 (Quit) |
| Amber West | 26 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Psychologist | Week 1 |
| Camille Langfield | 29 | Los Angeles, California | Actress | Week 1 |
| Cari | 29 | Granite City, Illinois | 3rd Grade Teacher | Week 1 |
| Christy | 24 | Avondale, Arizona | Radiological Technologist | Week 1 |
| Erin | 24 | Houston, Texas | Interior Designer | Week 1 |
| Fatima Rivas | 22 | Long Beach, California | College Student | Week 1 |
| Liangy Fernandez | 30 | Coral Gables, Florida | Paralegal | Week 1 |
| Lori Todd | 26 | Dallas, Texas | Former NBA Cheerleader | Week 1 |
| Merrilee Donohue | 28 | Forked River, New Jersey | 1st Grade Teacher | Week 1 |
| Suzi Reid | 28 | Richmond, Virginia | Communications Specialist | Week 1 |
Future appearances
Heather Cranford returned for the sixth season of The Bachelor along with season four contestant, Mary Delgado, where she placed 9th/12th after having been eliminated the week she arrived. Gwen Gioia competed in the first season of Bachelor Pad, placing 9th/11th.
Elimination Chart
| # | Contestants | Week | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 1 | Gwen | Angela | Helene | Angela | Helene | Gwen | Helene | Helene |
| 2 | Erin (TX) | Helene | Kyla | Gwen | Gwen | Helene | Brooke | Brooke |
| 3 | Frances | Erin (PA) | Angela | Brooke | Angela | Brooke | Gwen | |
| 4 | Helene | Brooke | Shannon | Helene | Brooke | Angela | ||
| 5 | Brooke | Anindita | Gwen | Heather (TX) | Hayley Heather (TX) |
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| 6 | Angela | Heather (CA) | Brooke | Hayley | ||||
| 7 | Lori | Dana | Heather (TX) | Christi (ID) Heather (CA) Kyla Shannon |
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| 8 | Kyla | Hayley | Hayley | |||||
| 9 | Christi (ID) | Christi (ID) | Heather (CA) | |||||
| 10 | Hayley | Shannon | Christi (ID) | |||||
| 11 | Dana | Frances | Dana Erin (PA) Suzanne |
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| 12 | Heather (CA) | Suzanne | ||||||
| 13 | Anindita | Gwen | ||||||
| 14 | Suzanne | Kyla | Frances | |||||
| 15 | Amber | Heather (TX) | Anindita | |||||
| 16 | Merrilee | Amber Camille Cari Christy (AZ) Erin (TX) Fatima Liangy Lori Merrilee Suzi |
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| 17 | Christy (AZ) | |||||||
| 18 | Heather (TX) | |||||||
| 19 | Suzi | |||||||
| 20 | Liangy | |||||||
| 21 | Camille | |||||||
| 22 | Erin (PA) | |||||||
| 23 | Cari | |||||||
| 24 | Fatima | |||||||
| 25 | Shannon | |||||||
- The contestant won the competition.
- The contestant quit the competition.
- The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony.
Episodes
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| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
U.S. viewers (millions) |
Rating/share (18–49) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | "Revealed" | September 25, 2002 | 200 | 8.90[1] | N/A |
| 9 | 2 | "Week 1" | October 2, 2002 | 201 | 11.00[1] | 4.9/12[2] |
| 10 | 3 | "Week 2" | October 9, 2002 | 202 | 12.80[1] | 6.4/16[2] |
| 11 | 4 | "Week 3" | October 16, 2002 | 203 | 12.60[1] | 5.9/15[2] |
| 12 | 5 | "Week 4" | October 23, 2002 | 204 | 14.90[1] | 7.0/17[2] |
| 13 | 6 | "Week 5" | October 30, 2002 | 205 | 15.00[1] | 7.3/18[2] |
| 14 | 7 | "Week 6" | November 6, 2002 | 206 | 16.30[1] | 7.8/18[2] |
| 15 | 8 | "The Women Tell All" | November 13, 2002 | N/A | 16.80[1] | 7.7/19[2] |
| 16 | 9 | "Week 7" | November 20, 2002 | 207 | 25.90[1] | 11.9/28[2] |
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