Bachelor in Paradise (Canadian TV series) season 1

Bachelor in Paradise
Season 1
Promotional poster
Starring	Jesse Jones Kevin Wendt
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	CityTv
Original release	October 10 (2021-10-10) – December 12, 2021 (2021-12-12)
Season chronology

Season 1 of Bachelor in Paradise Canada premiered on October 10, 2021, on Citytv.^[1]

Casting

On April 29, 2021, Jesse Jones was announced as the host of the inaugural season.^[2] Kevin Wendt, who previously starred on The Bachelorette Canada, The Bachelor Winter Games, and season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise was announced as the bartender on April 5, 2021.^[3]

The 26 contestants were announced on September 14, 2021.^[4][5] It features 12 alumni from the US and Canada versions of the show. It also features 14 Canadian fans, who have never been featured on the show, from Bachelor Nation.^[1] Maria Garcia-Sanchez was a late addition to the cast, making the number of contestants 27.

Contestants

Name	Age	Occupation	Residence	From	Arrived	Eliminated
Angela Amezcua[6]	31	Model	Greenville, South Carolina	The Bachelor – Nick Bachelor in Paradise – Season 5 & Season 6	Week 1	Relationship Week 5
Brendan Morgan[7]	30	Yoga Instructor	Edmonton, Alberta	Bachelor Nation	Week 1
Caitlin Clemmens[8]	27	Real Estate Agent	Toronto, Ontario	The Bachelor – Colton Bachelor in Paradise – Season 6	Week 1	Split Week 5
Kamil Nicalek[6]	33	Real Estate Agent	Monroe, New York	The Bachelorette – Becca Bachelor in Paradise – Season 5	Week 1	Split Week 5
Brendan Scanzano[8]	26	Firefighter Trainee	Toronto, Ontario	The Bachelorette – Katie	Week 1	Split Week 5
Illeana Pennetto[6]	26	Entrepreneur	South Salem, New York	The Bachelor – Matt	Week 1	Split Week 5
Josh Guvi[9]	28	Filmmaker	Vancouver, British Columbia	Bachelor Nation	Week 2	Split Week 5
Maria Garcia-Sanchez	29	Designer	Toronto, Ontario / Cartagena, Colombia	Bachelor Nation	Week 3	Split Week 5
Alex Bordyukov[6]	32	Information Systems Supervisor	Detroit, Michigan	The Bachelorette – Rachel Bachelor in Paradise Australia – Season 2	Week 2	Split Week 5
Kit Blaiklock[9]	27	Model	Vancouver, British Columbia	Bachelor Nation	Week 1	Split Week 5
Connor Rogers[8]	27	Firefighter in Training	Toronto, Ontario	Bachelor Nation	Week 4	Split Week 5
Lisa Mancini	28	Cosplay Artist	St. Catharines, Ontario	The Bachelor Canada – Chris	Week 1	Split Week 5[10]
Karn Karla[8]	30	Actor	Toronto, Ontario	Bachelor Nation	Week 4	Week 4
Mike Ogilvie[11]	34	Firefighter	Winnipeg, Manitoba	The Bachelorette Canada – Jasmine	Week 2	Split Week 4
Stacy Johnson[9]	29	Interior Designer	Vancouver, British Columbia	The Bachelor Canada – Chris	Week 1	Split Week 4
Joey Kirchner[7]	31	Model	Medicine Hat, Alberta	Bachelor Nation	Week 1	Relationship Week 4
Veronique "Vay" Paquette[12]	31	Real Estate Agent	Sudbury, Ontario	Bachelor Nation	Week 1
Bianka Kamber[8][13]	37	Content Creator	Toronto, Ontario	The Bachelor Canada – Brad	Week 3	Week 3
Nicole Cregg[8]	25	Flight Attendant	Toronto, Ontario	Bachelor Nation	Week 3	Week 3
Iva Mikulic[7][14]	27	DJ	Calgary, Alberta	Bachelor Nation	Week 3	Week 3 (Quit)
Sasanet Iassu[15]	26	Real Estate Student	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Bachelor Nation	Week 3	Week 3 (Quit)
Adam Kunder	28	Firefighter	Windsor, Ontario	Bachelor Nation	Week 2	Week 2[16]
Chris Kotelmach[14]	35	Inventor	Calgary, Alberta	The Bachelorette Canada – Jasmine	Week 1	Week 2
David Pinard[8]	32	Actor/Musician	Toronto, Ontario	The Bachelorette Canada – Jasmine	Week 1	Week 2
Jeremy Lohier[17]	28	Law Student	Montreal, Quebec	Bachelor Nation	Week 1	Week 2
Ana Cruz[17]	26	Digital Content Creator	Montreal, Quebec	Bachelor Nation	Week 1	Week 1
Alice Li[8]	27	Accountant	Toronto, Ontario	Bachelor Nation	Week 1	Week 1 (Quit)

Future appearances

Bachelor in Paradise Canada

Ana Cruz, Joey Kirchner, Josh Guvi, Lisa Mancini, and Maria Garcia-Sanchez returned for the second season.^[18] Guvi and Garcia-Sanchez quit week 3. Mancini and Cruz split from their partners, Connor Brennan and Juan Pablo Osorio, respectively, on week 6. Kirchner got engaged to Tessa Tookes on week 6.

Elimination table

Place	Contestant	Week
		1	2	3	4	5
1-2	Angela	Brendan M.	Brendan M.	Brendan M.	Brendan M.	Relationship
	Brendan M.	Angela	Angela	Angela	Angela	Relationship
3-4	Caitlin	Kamil	Kamil	Kamil	Kamil	Split
	Kamil	Caitlin	Caitlin	Caitlin	Caitlin	Split
5-6	Brendan S.	Illeana	Illeana	Illeana	Illeana	Split
	Illeana	Brendan S.	Brendan S.	Brendan S.	Brendan S.	Split
7-12	Josh	Wait	Lisa	Lisa	Maria	Split
	Maria	Wait		Special Rose	Josh	Split
	Alex	Wait	Kit	Kit	Kit	Split
	Kit	Jeremy	Alex	Alex	Alex	Split
	Connor	Wait			Lisa	Split
	Lisa	David	Josh	Josh	Connor	Split
13	Karn	Wait			Out
14-15	Mike	Wait	Stacy	Stacy	Split
	Stacy	Chris	Mike	Mike	Split
16-17	Joey	Vay	Vay	Vay	Quit
	Vay	Joey	Joey	Joey	Quit
18-19	Bianka	Wait		Out
	Nicole	Wait		Out
20	Iva	Wait		Quit
21	Sasanet	Wait		Quit
22-25	Adam	Wait	Out
	Chris	Stacy	Out
	David	Lisa	Out
	Jeremy	Kit	Out
26	Ana	Out
27	Alice	Quit

Key

  The contestant is male

  The contestant is female

 Date  The contestant went on a date and gave out a rose at the rose ceremony

 Date  The contestant went on a date and got a rose at the rose ceremony

 In  The contestant gave or received a rose at the rose ceremony, thus remaining in the competition

 Last  The contestant received the last rose

 Last  The contestant went on a date and received the last rose

 Out  The contestant went on a date and was eliminated

 Out  The contestant was eliminated

 Quit  The contestant had a date and voluntarily left the show

 Quit  The couple left together to pursue a relationship

 Split  The couple broke up and was eliminated

 Split  The couple had a date, then broke up and was eliminated

 Stay  The couple decided to stay together and won the competition

 Wait  The contestant had to wait before appearing in paradise

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
1	1	"Episode 1"	October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10)
Arrivals: Brendan S., Illeana, Kamil, Lisa, Angela, Chris, Caitlin, Stacy, Brendan M., Jeremy, Ana, Kit, Joey, and Alice entered Camp Paradise. Vay is a late arrival. Vay's Date: Kamil[19] After Paradise Canada Hosts: Daryn Jones and Deepa Prashad are joined by bartender Kevin Wendt and his fiancé Astrid Loch
2	2	"Episode 2"	October 17, 2021 (2021-10-17)
Arrivals: David David's Date: Alice Departure: Alice[20] After Paradise Canada Hosts: Jones and Prashad joined by Benoît Beauséjour-Savard and Kathleen Newman-Bremang
3	3	"Episode 3"	October 24, 2021 (2021-10-24)
Rose Ceremony: Brendan M. gave his rose to Angela, Brendan S. gave his rose to Illeana, Chris gave his rose to Stacy, Jeremy gave his rose to Kit, Joey gave his rose to Vay, Kamil gave his rose to Caitlin, David gave his rose to Lisa. Ana did not receive a rose and was sent home. Arrivals: Alex, Mike, Josh Alex's Date: Kit Mike's Date: Stacy Josh's Date: Angela[21] After Paradise Canada Hosts: Jones and Prashad joined by Kristina Schulman and Queen Priyanka
4	4	"Episode 4"	October 31, 2021 (2021-10-31)
Arrivals: Adam Adam's Date: Illeana Date Card: The group receives a date card that reads Joey gets to pick two campers to go on a date. He picks Adam and Illeana.[22] After Paradise Canada Hosts: Jones and Prashad joined by Michael Yerxa and Sid Seixeiro
5	5	"Episode 5"	November 7, 2021 (2021-11-07)
Rose Ceremony: Vay gave her rose to Joey, Angela gave her rose to Brendan M., Stacy gave her rose to Mike, Illeana gave her rose to Brendan S., Kit gave her rose to Alex, Lisa gave her rose to Josh, Caitlin gave her rose to Kamil. Adam, Chris, David, and Jeremy did not receive a rose and were sent home. Arrivals: Bianka, Nicole[23] After Paradise Canada Hosts: Jones and Prashad joined by Kevin Wendt and Chelsea Vaughn
6	6	"Episode 6"	November 14, 2021 (2021-11-14)
Arrivals: Sasanet, Iva, Maria Sasanet's Date: Mike Iva's Date: Josh Maria's Date: Brendan M.[24] After Paradise Canada Hosts: Jones and Prashad joined by Cabbie Richards and Aaron Clancy
7	7	"Episode 7"	November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21)
Card: The group receives a card for a group talent show hosted by bartender Kevin and his fiancé Astrid. Brendan M. wins and gets to choose someone to bring on a one-on-one date. Brendan M.'s Date: Angela Departure: Sasanet[25] After Paradise Canada Hosts: Jones and Prashad joined by Donovan Bennett and Jasmine Lorimer
8	8	"Episode 8"	November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28)
Departure: Iva Rose Ceremony: Kamil gave his rose to Caitlin, Brendan S. gave his rose to Illeana, Brendan M. gave his rose to Angela, Alex gave his rose to Kit, Joey gave his rose to Vay, Mike gave his rose to Stacy, Josh gave his rose to Lisa. Host Jesse Jones gave a special rose out where the men get to decide who stays. Maria gets the rose and accepts. Bianka and Nicole did not receive a rose and were sent home. Arrivals: Connor, Karn Connor's Date: Lisa Karn's Date: Maria Date Card: Kevin reads a date card that Joey gets to bring someone on a one-on-one date. Joey's Date: Vay Departure: Joey & Vay left paradise as a couple.[26] After Paradise Canada Hosts: Jones and Prashad joined by Devo Brown and Blake Moynes
9	9	"Episode 9"	December 5, 2021 (2021-12-05)
Departure: Stacy & Mike broke up and left paradise Rose Ceremony: Angela gave her rose to Brendan M., Kit gave her rose to Alex, Lisa gave her rose to Connor, Caitlin gave her rose to Kamil, Illeana gave her rose to Brendan S., Maria gave her rose to Josh. Karn did not receive a rose and was sent home. Departure: Lisa & Connor, Kit & Alex, and Maria & Josh broke up and left paradise[27] After Paradise Canada Hosts: Jones and Prashad joined by cast members Stacy Johnson and Lisa Mancini
10	10	"Episode 10"	December 12, 2021 (2021-12-12)
Departure: Illeana & Brendan S. broke up and left paradise Commitment Ceremony #1: Caitlin & Kamil chose to break up Commitment Ceremony #2: Angela & Brendan M. chose to stay together Reunion: Joey & Vay reveal they broke up a few days after leaving paradise together and will not be getting back together in the future. Caitlin revealed she tried to get back with Kamil after paradise, but he officially ended things with her over text. They both shared they will not be getting back together in the future. Illeana & Brendan S. reveal they are currently not together, but are both open to a relationship in the future. Angela & Brendan M. reveal they are still together, moved to Toronto, and live together. Kevin Wendt announces there will be a second season.[28] After Paradise Canada Hosts: Jones and Prashad joined by cast members Angela Amezcua, Brendan Morgan and Joey Kirchner

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