The Bachelor (season 12)
The Bachelor is the twelfth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The season premiere aired on March 17, 2008. The show features British bachelor, Matt Grant and making the first bachelor outside of North America, counting 25 women from the United States. On May 12, 2008, Shayne Lamas was named the winner and became Grant's fiancée. The couple ended their relationship months later.
This was the final season to be aired in 90 minutes.
Matt Grant
He was an English financier and business development manager from London and worked at Lombard Asset Finance in Cambridge for three years before moving to London. Grant received a B.A. in modern history and politics from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.Contestants
Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions| Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Outcome | Place |
| Shayne Lamas | 22 | Malibu, California | Actress | Winner | 1 |
| 25 | Durango, Colorado | Runner-up | 2 | ||
| Amanda Rantuccio | 27 | Niceville, Florida | Account Executive | Week 7 | 3 |
| Noelle Drake | 26 | Loveland, Colorado | Photographer | Week 6 | 4 |
| Marshana Ritchie | 27 | Brooklyn, New York | Fashion designer | Week 5 | 5–6 |
| Robin Canfield | 22 | Holland, Michigan | Advertising coordinator | Week 5 | 5–6 |
| Ashlee Williss | 22 | Jacksonville Beach, Florida | Singer-songwriter | Week 4 | 7–8 |
| Kelly Hark | 25 | Hollywood, California | Medical sales representative | Week 4 | 7–8 |
| Holly Durst | 24 | Suffield, Ohio | Children's book author | Week 4 | 9 |
| Amy Bean | 22 | Stockton, California | Nanny | Week 3 | 10–12 |
| Erin Storm | 33 | San Marcos, California | Vendor | Week 3 | 10–12 |
| Kristine Heffelfinger | 33 | Dillsburg, Pennsylvania | Personal trainer | Week 3 | 10–12 |
| Caroline "Carri" Perrier | 25 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Church marketing rep. | Week 2 | 13–15 |
| Erin Harper | 25 | Seattle, Washington | Event planner | Week 2 | 13–15 |
| Michelle Procopio | 28 | Syracuse, New York | Administrative assistant | Week 2 | 13–15 |
| Alyssa Gill | 24 | Boise, Idaho | Biology student | Week 1 | 16–25 |
| Amanda Petterman | 26 | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | Law student | Week 1 | 16–25 |
| Denise Hawthorne | 30 | Washington, D.C. | Week 1 | 16–25 | |
| Devon Antin | 24 | Austin, Texas | Make-up artist | Week 1 | 16–25 |
| Lesley Geyer | 23 | Tampa, Florida | Youth minister | Week 1 | 16–25 |
| Michele Romero | 33 | Laguna Niguel, California | Interior designer | Week 1 | 16–25 |
| Rebecca LeBlanc | 30 | Alamo, California | Attorney | Week 1 | 16–25 |
| Stacey Elza | 26 | Chicago, Illinois | Graduate student | Week 1 | 16–25 |
| Tamara Sketz | 23 | Beverly Hills, California | Cocktail waitress | Week 1 | 16–25 |
| Tiffany Thornburg | 33 | San Francisco, California | Week 1 | 16–25 |