The seventh season of The Bachelorette, an ABC reality television series, premiered on May 23, 2011. This season featured 27-year-old Ashley Hebert, a dentist and a dance instructor from Madawaska, Maine. Hebert finished in third place on season 15 of The Bachelor featuring Brad Womack.
The season concluded on August 1, 2011, with Hebert accepting a proposal from 34-year-old construction manager J.P. Rosenbaum. The couple married on December 1, 2012, and have two children. In October 2020, Hebert and Rosenbaum announced their separation and subsequently divorced the following year, making them the first divorce in the Bachelor franchise.
Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions.
(ages stated are at time of contest)
Ben Flajnik was chosen as the lead of the sixteenth season of The Bachelor.
Ames Brown, Blake Julian, and William Holman returned for the second season of Bachelor Pad. Ames quit in week 2. William was eliminated in week 4. Blake and his partner, Erica Rose, were eliminated in week 5, finishing in 5th place.
Nick Peterson returned for the third season of Bachelor Pad. He finished as the sole winner for that season.
Nick returned for the second season of Bachelor in Paradise. He left Paradise in a relationship with Samantha Steffen.
Jon Ellsworth appeared as a contestant in the Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes special on the season 7 of Wipeout.
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