The Bachelor (U.S. TV series)

The Bachelor (English " bachelor ") is a television show on RTL. In it is to find a life partner an attractive bachelor. The Bachelor is modeled on the American format, The Bachelor on ABC, which was first produced in 2002. In January 2013 the U.S. launched the 17th season.

Expiration

In group and individual dates, the bachelor, and the candidates meet in upscale surroundings. Until the winner proved, instead of elimination rounds. To this end, the bachelor presented mainly at the end of a sequence roses to his favorite indoor ( "Night of the Roses" ), linked to the question: " Do you take this rose to? " Because fewer roses are available, as are still in candidates in the race, divorce the candidates who are not offered any Rose, at the end of each episode of. By rejecting the rose one participant can bring their own retirement.

First Season

The first season was produced with 25 contestants in 2003 on the Côte d' Azur. Premiere was on 19 November 2003 on RTL and ORF 1

The Bachelor shown was shown within the program as a solo and professionally successful 29 -year-old bank employee Marcel Made Ritsch. The broadcast went for seven weeks, reaching an average of 3.6 million viewers. In the final, the bachelor chose the 22 -year-old Schornsteinfegerin Juliane Ziegler from Berlin. Made Ritsch began after the season a relationship with the runner-up Nicole.

Among the candidates were also Ola Siemens, Catherine bunch of Vienna, Marijana Mijatovic, Viviana Hoffmann, Marina Civic, Natalie Paal, Rabea Klöppner, Jeannine Ehmsen, Tanya, Elizabeth, and Catherine Simone from Hamburg.

Second Season

From 4 January to 22 February 2012, a second season of the Bachelor was shown in eight episodes on RTL.

The 30 -year-old image manager and Mister Hamburg 2009 Paul Janke from Hamburg had the opportunity to find a partner among 20 candidates. Location was Cape Town, Episode 6, except in the last four candidates Janke introduced their families and friends in Germany. In the final, the bachelor chose the 27 -year-old Anja Polzer from Weingarten (Baden) and explained that he had fallen in love with her. Polzer working as a PR manager and had previously completed a teaching degree the fan connection and German history. In an interview in the magazine section 6 on RTL on February 23, 2012 Janke and Polzer announced that they are no longer together now: The three months between recording and broadcast of the program would have been a very difficult time and they had not found each other.

The show was recorded in October / November 2011, the couple spent following a holiday together in the USA. After completion of filming were allowed the two to a provision in the contract with RTL no longer make public in order not to betray before the broadcast of whom had Janke selected.

After a weak start, the ratings outperformed those of The Bachelor last of the lead-in searches than previous consignment Germany the superstar. On average, reached the eight broadcast spending 4.82 million viewers and 21.9 percent market share among 14 - to 49 - year-old viewers.

Third Season

From 2 January to 20 February 2013, the third season ran with the 36 -year-old lawyer and Model Bad Honnef Jan Kralitschka as a bachelor, again with 20 candidates and in South Africa. In episode 6 Kralitschka visited the four remaining candidates at home and learned parents, parents or friends know. In episode 7 found the "Dream Dates" instead of the last three candidates no longer in South Africa as in the season before, but in Namibia, Switzerland and Mauritius. As a result 5 a participant already increased from before the Rose collection. The last two candidates presented the bachelor episode 8 in front of his parents. Then he missed the last rose to the German - Algerian Alissa Harouat and not to the viewers of the highly favored Swiss Ramona Stöckli. In a broadcast three days after the final aftershow episode Frauke Ludowig interviewed with a renewed encounter between the bachelor and the candidates Melanie Müller, Nina Olenberg, Connie, Nancy de Carvalho and Sarah Gehring, from the Bachelor and Ramona Stöckli and a Bachelor's degree with Alissa Harouat. Between Kralitschka and Harouat no relationship was born.

Fourth Season

From 22 January to 12 March 2014, the fourth season was aired. It was like the two seasons previously filmed in South Africa. The Bachelor was Christian Tews. He was born on July 27, 1980 in Hannover, lives in Berlin and produced professionally since about the beginning of 2013 with his brother a Relaxing drink. In the program the minute and perfect pot of money hunters Tews earned in recent years already smaller five-digit sums of money. For a love luck Tews had under two more candidates to forgive roses than its two predecessors. The 22 women reported to have been cast among 16,000 applicants. Again visited the bachelor episode 6, the candidates at home and learned parent or parents know. The "Dream Dates" resulted in 7 Tews ever met a candidate in Jordan, the Maldives and Sweden. In episode 8 Tews learned parents know the final two candidates. Then the Bachelor forgave the last rose to Dresdner perfumery trade saleswoman Katja Kühne. The Ukrainian native came to Germany 15 years ago, was once married and has a mission to date seven year old son. In a broadcast on March 19, 2014 after-show show with six of the episodes 3-7 without Rose remaining candidates and the finalists was announced that Tews and Kuehne first Bachelor couple are still in relationship even after broadcast of the program.

Criticism

Already the first season of The Bachelor has been heavily criticized. So wrote the journalist Oliver Fuchs in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on January 2, 2004, the show would be " inhuman " and " the verkommenste TV show in living memory". The candidates he described as "ultra- submissive " and " largely mäuschen way ". The politician Sabine Bätzing said: "The image of women that is conveyed to the audience is frightening and reminds me of the camel trade. " Udo Jürgens was quoted as saying: " I find it cheap and slutty, when 25 women vying for one man. " In Austria, where the program was broadcast on ORF1, to politicians interfered in the" discriminates against women basic constellation " and was also called for by the ORF Publikumsrat the dismissal.

RTL spokeswoman Tina country said: "Everyone involved knew what to expect. The women can get off at any time "In addition, there were blank speculation about secret treaties with the candidates.; which ended after the first season relationship between the Bachelor and the winner Juliane Ziegler was discussed. The former RTL chief Gerhard Zeiler said: "This is just pure entertainment. And of misogyny can be no question. Next, we finally make " The Bachelorette " that the right man chooses among 25 candidates. "

The second season was criticized by similar arguments as the first season. Stefan Niggemeier criticized in his review in the magazine Der Spiegel, the " celebration of decadence, superficiality, Batty awareness and the values ​​of the fifties " and ruled: "More pity than with him [ Bachelor ] has you as a spectator only with yourself "

Bachelorette - The dream woman

In the U.S., launched in January 2003 on the ABC television an offshoot of The Bachelor, entitled The Bachelorette. As of 2012 so far eight seasons were produced.

As of November 10, 2004, a spin-off on RTL also followed in Germany under the name Bachelorette - The dream woman with the then 27 -year-old Monica Ivancan in the title role as a spinster. In the rotated in a villa on the Cote d' Azur Season courting 25 men in seven episodes of the favor of the spinster. Winner was the then 32 -year-old policeman Mark Quinkenstein. The format was no longer continued, among other things because of the decreasing viewing figures. However, RTL was in August 2013 announced that it will come in the summer of 2014 a new edition of The Bachelorette. The selected RTL as Bachelorette model and presenter Susanne Beautiful (Miss Sachsen 2003) resigned end of March 2014 by the signing of the contract, as it is dating in the meantime.

Catch the Millionaire

The broadcast on ProSieben in July 2013 Catch the reality show The Bachelor Millionaire resembles strong. Of three men, around which the women are pushing, but is only a millionaire.