Juan Pablo Galavis & Nikki Ferrell
Status: Split
Even Couples Therapy couldn't prevent these two from heading to splitsville, as Bachelor star Juan Pablo Galavis and Nikki Ferrell confirmed their split in November 2014. "There was a while where I did feel like he was totally in love with me. Was it too late? Probably," Nikki later told Chris Harrison of their breakup.
Nikki later married Tyler VanLoo. Meanwhile, Juan Pablo wed Osmariel Villalobos, though they've since divorced.
Desiree Hartsock & Chris Siegfried
Status: Married
Sure, she sobbed over Brooks Forester's departure, but ultimately bridal stylist Desiree decided to create beautiful prose with mortgage broker and aspiring poet Chris Siegfried.
Twenty months after fans watched him slip a four-carat Neil Lane diamond onto Hartsock's finger on her season's May 2013 finale, they embarked on a new chapter. Their wedding reception—held at the Redondo Beach Historic Library—came with one directive from the bride, she told Us Weekly: "No red roses, they're not my favorite."
Her romance with Siegfried remains in bloom. The Oregon-based parents to Asher and Zander recently celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary.
Sean Lowe & Catherine Giudici
Status: Married
Lest the couple forget where their journey began, they need only walk past the master bedroom in their Dallas-area pad. That's where graphic designer Catherine Lowe (née Giudici) has framed the final final rose that season 17's Bachelor Sean Lowe presented her back in that Thai forest in late 2012, right after he promised to tell her he loved her every day of the rest of their lives.
"It made sense to dry this one and make it permanent because it was accompanied by a ring and a proposal, so this is a really special thing," Catherine explained to Entertainment Tonight in 2017. Because that last rose ceremony, complete with an elephant ride and a $75,000 Neil Lane diamond, is as much part of their story as the the sweet, suburban life that followed with kids Samuel, born in July 2016, Isaiah, who came along in May 2018, and Mia, who completed the fam in December 2019.
"We don't want to shy away from the fact that we got engaged and fell in love on The Bachelor," she said, "so that is the only red rose I will allow in my house!"
Emily Maynard & Jef Holm
Status: Split
After the Brad Womack of it all, the single mom—whose fiancé, race car driver Ricky Henrick, died in a plane crash just before she learned she was expecting daughter Ricki, now 17—was tapped to hand out the roses in 2012. Though she accepted a proposal from entrepreneur Jef Holm, the pair split months later.
After welcoming sons Jennings, 7, Gibson, 6, and Gatlin, 5, and daughter Magnolia, 2, with now-husband Tyler Johnson, "SURPRISE!" she shared on Instagram last fall, "On August 31st, Tyler and I welcomed our sweet son, Jones West Johnson, into the world. During my surgery we learned that he was born with Down Syndrome, and while it was certainly a surprise, we have so much peace in God's perfect plan and know Jones is going to be a blessing to our family."
Ben Flajnik & Courtney Robertson
Status: Split
Wine maker Ben Flajnik got down on bended knee for model Courtney Robertson in the finale, and they stayed together even though rumors constantly flew that there was trouble brewing between them. Turns out the rumors were true, and the duo broke up in October 2012.
Courtney married Humberto Preciado in 2020 and they share kids Joaquin, Paloma and Gabriel.
And in November 2023, Ben announced that he had tied the knot the previous month, sharing a photo of himself and his bride, who he did not name.
Ashley Hebert and JP Rosenbaum
Status: Split
Everything appeared to be coming up roses for bubbly pediatric dentist Ashley Hebert. When she wed construction manager J.P. Rosenbaum—a year and a half after Bachelorette viewers watched him propose in Fiji—she became just the second franchise lead to make it down the aisle with her final rose recipient.
Eight years and two kids (son Ford, 8, and daughter Essie, 6) later, the Florida-based pair stunned Bachelor Nation when they revealed their marriage actually had its share of thorns.
Brad Womack & Emily Maynard
Status: Split
Two-time Bachelor Brad took a lot of heat when the pair ended their engagement in 2011, but Emily has since reflected that it takes two to take down a Bachelor union.
"It didn't last so long, but I take a lot of the blame for that too," Emily said on a 2020 episode of The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons — Ever!. "I was 24. I'm 34 now. I didn't have the maturity to deal with all of that. And it was really hard. We both put in a lot of work traveling back and forth and all of that, but I think we both knew, 'This is just not fun anymore. This is just not going to work.'"
Ali Fedotowsky & Roberto Martinez
Status: Split.
Former Facebook employee Ali Fedotowsky's romance with insurance agent Roberto Martinez seemed sweet, but ultimately, "we were unhappy more than we were happy, and something needed to change," Ali told E! News of their 2011 split. "For the first time in my life. I'm happy with me and who I am and being single."
Producers actually had a hand in the TV personality's ultimate happy ending, a staffer on NBC's 1st Look introducing her to now-husband Kevin Manno. "We've been friends for a long time," the TV host explained to E! News when they made their red carpet debut in 2013, "and then one thing led to the next." And the next and the next. Married since 2017, the pair share daughter Molly, 6, and son Riley, 5.
Jake Pavelka & Vienna Girardi
Status: Split
Pilot Jake Pavelka proposed to season 14's resident villain Vienna Girardi in 2010, but their wings of love were clipped three months later.
Jillian Harris & Ed Swiderski
Status: Split
Well before several other members of Bachelor Nation asked him to hold his beer, Jillian Harris' final rose recipient Ed Swiderski was the franchise villain. Following months of cheating allegations that he called "not true at all", the duo called off their engagement in 2010.
"He was so wrong for me," she later told Popsugar, acknowledging that she tried to force things to work because she was in love. "Ed wasn't honest, he wasn't close with his family, he wasn't close with my family or my friends. He didn't have the same values as I did, he wasn't patient, he wasn't sweet, there was nothing about him that was great for me."
Jason Mesnick & Molly Malaney Mesnick
Status: Married
Who even remembers that sweet divorced dad Jason Mesnick originally proposed to Melissa Rycroft? Okay, probably a lot of people, as his 2009 After the Final Rose switcheroo still ranks as one of the series' most shocking moments. But if all's well that end's well, the only thing that matters is that the Seattle-based parents to daughter Riley have been married since February 2010.
"Let me apologize publicly again for putting you through the Bachelor mess that I created," Jason, also dad to teen Ty, wrote in an anniversary tribute. "With that being said... it built an incredible, unique, foundation for us to build our family—showing that we can make it through anything."
Jason Mesnick & Melissa Rycroft
Status: Split
Sure, the After the Final Rose special wasn't the former Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader's best day ever, but she soon reconnected with former flame turned husband Tye Strickland, dad to her three kids.
DeAnna Pappas & Jesse Csincsak
Status: Split
Pivoting from being blindsided by two-time Bachelor Brad Womack to handing out the roses on The Bachelorette in 2008, the Georgia native did a full-180, accepting a proposal from snowboarder Jesse Csincsak.
Coming off their engagement high "was really, really difficult," she admitted to E! News in 2022. "I chose someone that I could not be more incompatible with. He loved to snowboard. I freaking hate the snow. He would, seriously, wake up at 5 a.m. to go and snowboard all day, and I am a night owl. He came to stay with me in Georgia. But it was so freaking hot and he hated it. So honestly, when we broke up, I was baffled by how devastated he pretended to be."
DeAnna married Stephen Stagliano in 2011, but the parents of daughter Addison and son Austin announced they were separating in January.
Matt Grant & Shayne Lamas
Status: Split
British Bachelor Matt Grant and actress Shayne Lamas got engaged at the end of his season, but they only lasted two months after the airing of the finale in 2008.
Andy Baldwin & Tessa Horst
Status: Split
Navy officer Andy Baldwin proposed to social worker Tessa Horst in the Bachelor season 10 finale, but they called off the engagement three months after the 2007 finale, insisting they were still together. Shortly after, the two broke up for good.
Charlie O'Connell & Sarah Brice
Status: Split
Charlie O'Connell picked labor and delivery nurse Sarah Brice in season seven, but did not propose during the 2005 finale. They broke up after a couple years together, but then got back together in 2008. The couple called it quits officially in 2012.
Byron Velvick & Mary Delgado
Status: Split
Following his 2004 finale, fisherman Byron Velvick and sales manager Mary Delgado were off and on for more than five years until finally ending their relationship in December 2009.
Jesse Palmer & Jessica Bowlin
Status: Split
Former NFL quarterback and future Bachelor host Jesse Palmer did not take a knee with final rose recipient Jessica Bowlin, and the two decided to just date instead. They were done a mere month after the 2004 finale.
He eventually returned to the Bachelor mansion a married man. He and model Emely Fardo first eloped in Connecticut at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, then flew to France in 2022 to exchange vows in front of friends and family. In August 2023, the couple revealed they were expecting their first baby. "This is a dream come true for us," the wrote in a joint Instagram post, "and we're so thrilled to be welcoming our baby girl in January 2024."
Meredith Phillips & Ian McKee
Status: Split
Though model and makeup artist Meredith Phillips had fully fallen for financier Ian McKee, "I wasn't expecting him to, you know, give me a ring," she told Good Morning America of the 2004 proposal. They broke off their engagement a year later. The date night cookbook author went on to marry high school sweetheart Michael Broady.
Bob Guiney & Estella Gardinier
Status: Split
Lovable Bachelor Bob Guiney offered mortgage broker Estella Gardinier a promise ring in lieu of an engagement ring, but that promise only lasted for a month after the 2004 finale aired.
Now settled in Michigan with wife Jessica Canyon and their two sons, the experience remains wild. "It got to the point where I started to think that you could have had a monkey handing out flowers and people would have fallen in love with him," he confessed to E! News. "I remember at a rose ceremony just going, 'This is no prize, ladies.' It didn't make the air. But I was trying just to make it real. I was so afraid I was going to walk off that show and people were going to go, 'This is not at all what they told me he was.' I didn't have a hot air balloon. The Lear jet wasn't mine."
Andrew Firestone & Jen Schefft
Status: Split
Winemaker Andrew Firestone offered his final rose recipient a ring in 2003, but their romance went sour after seven months. Andrew married Ivana Bozilovic in 2008. Jen married Joe Waterman in 2009.
Trista Rehn & Ryan Sutter
Status: Married
After a six-week whirlwind of hot tubs and champagne toasts, Miami-based physical therapist Trista Rehn (who first saw an ad for ABC's dating experiment while watching TV) accepted a proposal from dashing fire fighter Ryan Sutter.
Following months of secret rendezvous ("They flew him with a handler and he had to wear a wig," she recalled in a 2022 interview with E! News), they capped off their dramatic journey with a televised December 2003 wedding.
The OG Bachelorette's proposal was met with a lot of doubts. Since the series' first two Bachelors had split with their final rose recipients within a year of their finales airing, "it hadn't really ever been proven by anybody that you could have a successful relationship," Trista noted to E!. "But we proved them all wrong!"
The Colorado-based pair—parents to Maxwell, and Blakesley—will celebrate their 20th anniversary this December, presumably without red roses, which remain among most of the leads' least favorite blooms.
Aaron Buerge & Helene Eksterowicz
Status: Split
Banker Aaron Buerge proposed to school psychologist Helene Eksterowicz at the end of season two, but they broke up five weeks after the 2002 finale aired.
"The tabloids were showing up in Springfield, my hometown in Missouri," Aaron recalled to E! News of his experience. "And they were calling me at the bank all the time and walking in the lobby." Now wed to commercial insurance agent Angye Buerge, the father of three wrote in a 2022 Instagram post, "I feel extremely blessed and grateful to be on this journey in life with you Babe!"