The Bachelor New Zealand
| The Bachelor New Zealand | |
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| Genre | Dating-based competition show |
| Based on | The Bachelor (US) |
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| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 54 |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. International Television Production |
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| Release | 17 March 2015 – present |
The Bachelor New Zealand is a dating game show based on the original US version, The Bachelor. It aired on Sunday and Monday nights on Three. The first season's bachelor was Art Green and the show was won by Matilda Rice. The second season's bachelor was Jordan Mauger and the show was won by Fleur Verhoeven. The third season's bachelor was Zac Franich and the show was won by Viarni Bright.
The first season's bachelorettes were announced in early March 2015, and the show premiered on 17 March at 7:30 pm. Season two premiered on 7 March 2016.
News.com.au said that while the Bachelor New Zealand's first season was building on a well-established TV franchise, "for pure entertainment, nothing quite matches the dramatic viewing across the ditch in New Zealand".
TVNZ 2 picked up the rights to the series in 2020, firstly airing a local version of The Bachelorette New Zealand. A fourth season of The Bachelor New Zealand aired in 2021.