Yahoo Autos ‘The Bachelor’ 2023 Finale Spoilers: Here’s Who Zach Ends Up With as His Winner & if They’re Still Together
Bachelor Nation, it’s that time of year. The Bachelor 2023 spoilers for Zach’s winner are here, and it’s the most emotional season yet. (Whoever said Zach was a Boring Bachelor didn’t read these Bachelor 2023 spoilers.)
The Bachelor season 27 lead is Zach Shallcross, a 26-year-old tech executive from Anaheim Hills, California, who now lives in Austin, Texas. Zach was a contestant on The Bachelorette season 19 with Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia, where he was Rachel’s contestant and self-eliminated in the final three. Zach was announced as the season 27 Bachelor at the The Bachelorette season 19 “After the Final Rose” special in September 2022. “There’s no words, I’m just taking this in right now. I’m obviously really nervous right now but this is once in a lifetime,” Zach said at the time. “I want to find my best friend, fall in love with my best friend and really walk away with someone for the rest of my life.”
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In an interview with People in January 2023, Zach called The Bachelor season 27 the “most emotional” season Bachelor Nation has ever seen. “It might not be the most dramatic season, but it’s the most emotional season that they’ve ever had,” he said. “But that’s not to say that this season will not have some drama. There’s no shortage of drama.” He continued, “Fans are going to see my full personality because I wear it on my sleeve. With last season, that necessarily wasn’t the case. I think I’m going to surprise some people with who I am.”
Zach also responded to criticism over ABC’s choice of him as the season 27 Bachelor in an interview with Us Weekly in January 2023. “I would tell the critics and the fans, if you wanna watch something or this show and actually see love and no bullshit and not a scene or not an act, then I think you’re really gonna love this [season],” he said. “If you are someone that wants the unnecessary dumb drama — alright, [but] I might not be your guy. Plain and simple.” He continued, “I know what I want out of this, and I know what it takes to have that healthy relationship.”
Zach also claimed to The Hollywood Reporter at the time that fans will be “pleasantly surprised” by his season. “Fans are going to be pleasantly surprised because right now, probably the No. 1 concern is, ‘OK, it’s this boring Bachelor, and there’s going to be no drama,'” he said. “The reality is, if you are someone that likes the show because you want people to find true love and an actual focus on what it’s supposed to be about — not about acting, not about this and that — then I think fans are gonna love it. If you’re into the unnecessary drama and stuff that’s just like ridiculous and doesn’t make sense, then yeah, maybe I’m not the guy for you.” He continued, “But I think what I’m really excited for is everyone to see the personalities of everyone involved because that was not necessarily something included in The Bachelorette. People don’t know necessarily who I am, and on this season, you’re going to see all of me. It’s the good, the bad, the goofy — the side that hasn’t really been shown before.”
But back to The Bachelor 2023 spoilers. So who does Zach choose as his winner on The Bachelor season 27? Read on for The Bachelor 2023 spoilers for Zach’s winner from Reality Steve and what happens on his season. It may be the most emotional season yet, but that doesn’t mean it was short on drama.
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What are The Bachelor 2023 spoilers for Zach’s season?
Read on for The Bachelor 2023 spoilers including who won Zach’s season, who his runner-ups were and when his contestants were eliminated.
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Where Zach’s season was filmed
The Bachelor season 27 filmed three episodes at the Bachelor Mansion in Los Angeles, California. Episode four was filmed in the Bahamas; episode five was filmed in London, England; episode six was filmed in Talinn, Estonia; and episode seven was filmed in Budapest, Hungary. Episode eight was Hometown Dates. Zach filmed four Hometown Dates in Pittsford, Vermont; New York City, New York; Columbus, Georgia; and Austin, Texas. Episode nine was the finale, which was filmed in Krabi, Thailand. See below for a full list of where Zach’s Bachelor season was filmed.
Los Angeles, California – Episodes 1, 2 & 3
Bahamas – Episode 4
London, England – Episode 5
Talinn, Estonia – Episode 6
Budapest, Hungary – Episode 7
Pittsford, Vermont; New York City, New York; Columbus, Georgia; & Austin, Texas – Episode 8 (Hometown Dates)
Krabi, Thailand – Episode 9 (Finale)
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Zach’s elimination order
Read on for when each of Zach’s contestants were eliminated on The Bachelor season 27, according to Reality Steve.
Rose Ceremony #1:
Madison Johnson (Eliminated before Rose Ceremony)
Cara Ammon
Holland Parsons
Lekha Ravi
Olivia Lewis
Olivia Miller
Becca Serrano
Sonia Sharma
Vanessa Dinh
Viktoria Eichner
Rose Ceremony #2
Cat Wong
Kimberly Gutierrez
Victoria Jameson
Rose Ceremony #3
Brianna Thorbourne (Self-eliminated before Rose Ceremony)
Bailey Brown
Christina Mandrell
Rose Ceremony #4
Anastasia Keramidas (Self-eliminated before Rose Ceremony)
Genevie Mayo
Davia Bunch
Rose Ceremony #5
Kylee Russell
Mercedes Northup
Rose Ceremony #6
Jess Girod
Aly Jacobs
Rose Ceremony #7
Brooklyn Willie (Eliminated on One-on-One Date)
Katherine Izzo
Greer Blitzer
Rose Ceremony #8
Charity Lawson
Rose Ceremony #9
Ariel Frenkel
Rose Ceremony #10 – Final Rose Ceremony
Gabi Elnicki
Winner
Kaity Biggar
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Zach’s one-on-one dates
Read on for who had one-on-one dates with Zach on The Bachelor season 27 and who received a rose, according to Reality Steve.
Week 2:
Christina Mandrell
Date: Anaheim Hills Golf Course (Anaheim, California) & Orange County Mining Co. (Santa Ana, California)
Rose received? Yes
Week 3:
Kaity Biggar
Date: Natural History Museum (Los Angeles, California)
Rose received? Yes
Aly Jacobs
Date: Skydiving & Babcock Winery & Vineyards (Santa Barbara, California)
Rose received? Yes
Week 4:
Katherine Izzo
Rose received? Yes
Brooklyn Willie
Rose received? Yes
Week 5:
Gabi Elnicki
Rose received? Yes
Week 6:
Charity Lawson
Rose received? Yes
Ariel Frenkel
Rose received? Yes
Week 7:
Kaity Biggar
Rose received? Yes
Brooklyn Willie
Rose received? No
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Madison’s former makeup artist was a past Bachelor contestant
Madison Johnson, a 26-year-old business owner from Fargo, North Dakota, is friends with Elyse Delhorn, a contestant from The Bachelor season 23 with Colton Underwood, according to Reality Steve, who reported that Elyse was Madison’s makeup artist for pageants and that Madison used to have photos of them together on her Instagram before she deleted them when she started filming The Bachelor season 27.
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Bailey is Ben Higgins’ wife’s best friend
Bailey Brown, a 27-year-old executive recruiter from Brentwood, Tennessee, is the best friend of season 20 Bachelor Ben Higgins’ wife, Jessica Clarke. Ben revealed this in an episode of his podcast “Almost Famous” after Bailey met Zach at The Bachelorette season 19 finale in September 2022. Bailey was also one of five contestants who met Zach, along with Cat Wong, Brooklyn Willie, Christina Mandrell and Brianna Thorbourne.
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Olivia M. dated a past Bachelorette contestant
Olivia Miller, a 25-year-old stylist from Delphos, Ohio, dated Mike Renner from The Bachelorette season 14 with Becca Kufrin, according to Reality Steve. Mike posted photos of him and Olivia M. on a trip together in April 2022. Olivia M. also tweeted about Mike in August 2022. “When my bf is out of town I send probably 87 videos of his dog every night,” Olivia M. wrote. Mike told Reality Steve that he and Olivia M. broke up after he came back from that trip. “No, we broke up shortly after I got back from that. Was up in Green Bay. She told me when casting reached out to her a week or so later. I guess she was one of the last ones. I told her I was fine with her pursuing it. Seemed like from talking to her wouldn’t have done it if I was uncomfortable with it,” he said.
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Cat & Davia competed in the Miss South Carolina 2018 pageant together
Cat Wong, a 26-year-old professional dancer from Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Davia Bunch, a 25-year-old marketing manager from Roebuck, South Carolina, competed in the 2018 Miss South Carolina pageant together, which Davia won.
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Gabi & Greer were sorority sisters
Gabi Elnicki, a 25-year-old account executive from Pittsford, Vermont, and Greer Blitzer, a 24-year-old medical sales representative from Bellaire, Texas, were sorority sisters in Pi Beta Phi at the University of Mississippi, according to Reality Steve. Gabi graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing in 2019, while Greer graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing.
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Christina is the niece of singer Barbara Mandrell
Christina Mandrell, a 26-year-old content creator from Hendersonville, Tennessee, is the niece of country singer Barbara Mandrell, according to Reality Steve. Barbara is a two-time Grammy-winning country singer who was considered one of the most successful country music artists of the 1970s and 1980s. She was best known for songs like “Sleeping Single in a Double Bed”, “(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right”, “Years”, “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool”, “‘Till You’re Gone” and “One of a Kind Pair of Fools.”
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Victoria J. is recently divorced
Victoria Jameson, a 30-year-old from the Keller, Texas, is recently divorced and didn’t tell her followers until she was announced as a contestant on The Bachelor season 27. “WELL.. I guess this is one way to hard launch my divorce. 🤷🏻♀️🌹 Follow my second chance at love on The Bachelor! January 23 on ABC at 8/7c✨#bachelornation #thebachelor,” she captioned an Instagram post of her Bachelor headshot in January 2023. “Hard launch: I’m divorced,” she also captioned a TikTok video of her and her Bachelor season 27 biography in January 2023. “Tune into my second chance at love on The Bachelor.” The video starts with audio from TikTok user Savannah Scrimsher, who says, “I just want to get one epic photo so my ex-boyfriend knows that I’m having a better life without him.” The video then transitions into Shania Twain’s “Man! I Feel Like A Woman.” Victoria also posted another TikTok video at the time where she reenacted applying for The Bachelor after her divorce. “Deciding to be on reality TV fully knowing my ex husband and his entire family will see it,” she captioned the video, which was set to the audio: “It’s so mean, don’t do it. It’s the meanest thing you could do.”
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Greer received Zach’s First Impression Rose
Greer Blitzer, a 24-year-old medical sales representative from Bellaire, Texas, received Zach’s First Impression Rose.
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Madison was eliminated before the first Rose Ceremony
Madison Johnson, a 26-year-old business owner from Fargo, North Dakota, was eliminated by Zach before the first Rose Ceremony. She was the first to ask Zach to talk on Night One and interrupted him several times. Zach eliminated her after she interrupted him too much, however, Reality Steve also reported that Madison self-eliminated because she wasn’t interested in Zach.
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Lekha stopped the first Rose Ceremony
Lekha Ravi, a 29-year-old financial advisor from Miami, Florida, stopped Zach in the middle of the first Rose Ceremony. Lekha was one of several contestants who didn’t talk to Zach on Night One. She told him that she tried to talk to him and claimed that the producers told her she would be able to and that the Rose Ceremony wouldn’t happen until each contestant talked to Zach. She then called out the production, according to Reality Steve, though the didn’t make it into the show. Lekha didn’t receive a rose from Zach at the first Rose Ceremony and was eliminated.
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Tahzjuan tried to join Zach’s season
Tahzjuan Hawkins, a contestant from The Bachelor season 23 with Colton Underwood and Bachelor in Paradise seasons 6 and 7, tried to join Zach’s Bachelor season. Tahzjuan was a judge at the first group date in week two, along with Victoria Fuller (The Bachelor season 24 with Peter Weber and Bachelor in Paradise season 8) and Courtney Robertson (The Bachelor season 16 with Ben Flajnik.) The group date was hosted by “Big Energy” rapper Latto, who chose the contestant with the most “big bitch energy.” Brianna Thorbourne, a 24-year-old entrepreneur from Jersey City, New Jersey, was the winner.
Tahzjuan expressed interest in Zach on the group date and showed up at the group date afterparty where she asked Zach to join his season. Zach rejected her and Tahzjuan left.
The Bachelor 2023 spoiler: Christina was the first villain
