The show featured 34-year-old Prince Lorenzo Borghese, an Italian American cosmetics entrepreneur, courting 25 women. The season concluded on November 27, 2006, with Borghese choosing to pursue a relationship with 24-year-old teacher Jennifer Wilson. The couple ended their relationship shortly after the finale aired.
Contestants
Traditionally the Bachelor chooses from an original cast of 25 bachelorettes, however this season show producers brought in two additional ladies who are local Italians bringing the total women to 27.
The following is the list of bachelorettes for this season:
Erica Rose returned to compete in the second season of Bachelor Pad where she and her partner, Blake Julian, were eliminated in week 5. She returned in the third season of Bachelor Pad the following year and once again was eliminated in week 5.
Elimination Chart
#
Contestants
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
Agnese
Sadie
Desiree
Agnese
Jennifer
Lisa
Sadie
Jennifer
2
Andrea
Agnese
Jeanette
Lisa
Agnese
Sadie
Jennifer
Sadie
3
April
Desiree
Lisa
Jeanette
Sadie
Jennifer
Lisa
4
Brit
Gina
Gina
Jennifer
Lisa
Agnese
5
Carissa
Sarah
Jami
Sadie
Desiree Jeanette
6
Claudia
Ellen
Agnese
Desiree
7
Cosetta
Jennifer
Erica
Erica Gina Jami
8
Desiree
Lisa
Jennifer
9
Ellen
Gina
Sadie
10
Elyse
Jami
Ellen Kim Sarah
11
Erica
Erica
12
Gina
Kim
13
Heather
April Andrea Brit Carissa Claudia Cosetta Elyse Heather Jessica Laura Meri Renee Rita Rosella Tara
14
Jami
15
Jeanette
16
Jennifer
17
Jessica
18
Kim
19
Laura
20
Lisa
21
Meri
22
Renee
23
Rita
24
Rosella
25
Sadie
26
Sarah
27
Tara
The contestant won the competition.
The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony.
The girls pull up in a limo as Lorenzo greets each one with a smile. The girls and Lorenzo talk all night and the show ends with a rose ceremony where Lorenzo sends home over half of the ladies.
The remaining 12 women are divided up into single and group dates. Lisa received the first single date with Lorenzo. The other girls go on a group date with Lorenzo. The show ends with a rose ceremony and 3 girls are eliminated.
The nine remaining Bachelorettes find out there's going to be a group date, a two-on-one date and a solo date with Lorenzo. Three ladies are eliminated at the rose ceremony.
There is one group date and two one-on-one dates in this episode. The women who get roses this week will also get a hometown visit to have Lorenzo meet their parents. Two ladies are eliminated at the rose ceremony.
Lorenzo proceeds to go on the hometown dates with the bachelorettes. He meets the girl's families. Lorenzo eliminates one girl at the rose ceremony which leaves him with three girls for the remaining shows.
Jennifer Wilson was the eventual winner of "The Bachelor: Rome". As of the end of the show, Jennifer was a Glades Middle School teacher from Pembroke Pines.[3][4] Jennifer graduated from Dade Christian School and the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in general studies.[5]
After the show
Jennifer Wilson and Lorenzo Borghese broke up after a long-distance relationship where he was in New York while she was in South Florida.[6][7] Lorenzo did not propose to Jennifer, but gave her the final rose.[3] Jennifer Wilson was accused of secretly dating Dan Herrero, another teacher at the school she worked at, by The National Enquirer soon after the end of the show.[8]The Enquirer included pictures of them "frolicking on the beach" together three days after the initial report.[8] Lorenzo Borghese later began dating runner-up Sadie Murray.[7] Erica Rose later appeared on season one of VH1's "You're Cut Off" and seasons 2 and 3 of Bachelor Pad.