The Bachelorette (American TV series) season 13

Production

The search for Rachel Lindsay’s suitors kicked off during the show’s twelfth season. She was officially announced as the lead on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in February 2017. That same month, during The Bachelor’s live finale, she was introduced to the first four men: Dean, Eric, Blake E., and DeMario. Among the cast was professional wrestler Kenny Layne.

Production started on March 16, 2017. The season took her to South Carolina, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, and Spain. Along the way, she met celebrities like Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ellen DeGeneres, and singer Russell Dickerson.

Contestants

The season kicked off with a reveal of its first four contestants during The Bachelor’s finale on March 13, 2017, and the remaining 27 of the total 31 were announced on May 17. DeMario Jackson was originally slated for season 4 of Bachelor in Paradise, but after production paused due to misconduct allegations and then resumed, he did not come back. Other contestants from this season who did return for that same Paradise season included Dean Unglert, Diggy Moreland, Matt Munson, Iggy Rodriguez, Jack Stone, Jonathan Treece, Fred Johnson, Blake Elarbee, and Adam Gottschalk.

When filming restarted, Rodriguez was sent home in week one, Munson left voluntarily in week two, Elarbee and Johnson were cut in week three, and Unglert, Moreland, Stone, and Treece all chose to leave in week four. Gottschalk departed Paradise in a relationship with Raven Gates. For season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise, Moreland, Eric Bigger, and Kenny Layne returned; Layne quit in week three, Bigger in week five, and Moreland was eliminated in week five.

Unglert came back for season 6, quitting in week three but returning in week five to ask Caelynn Miller-Keyes to leave with him. Alex Bordyukov returned for season 8 of Bachelor in Paradise and was eliminated in week four. He later appeared on the second season of Bachelor in Paradise Australia, leaving in week seven to pursue a relationship with fellow American contestant Caroline Lunny, though they are no longer together. Bordyukov also joined the first season of Bachelor in Paradise Canada, splitting from Kit Blaiklock in week five.

Unglert, Bigger, Jamey Kocan, and Josiah Graham competed for Team USA on The Bachelor Winter Games; Bigger and Kocan were eliminated in week one, Graham in week three, and Unglert in week four.

Did You Know?

• The show faced controversy for casting Lee Garrett, who had tweeted racist comments, for its first black lead's season.
• Rachel Lindsay married Bryan Abasolo on August 24, 2019, and they lived in Los Angeles, California.
• Bryan Abasolo filed for divorce on January 2, 2024, citing irreconcilable differences.