The Bachelor: Every lead ranked from least to most dramatic

The Bachelor season 26
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First Impression Rose - The Bachelor season 26
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18. Andrew Baldwin

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When I was doing some research on this guy, holy crap was his season boring. There is literally nothing worth highlighting.

What happened? You guessed it! He proposed, then they broke up. I could’ve written this season!

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17. Travis Lane Stork

First of all, ew. I guess I either completely forgot, or just straight up didn’t even know that he was on this show as the leading man himself in the first place! #Ugh

Second of all, he didn’t propose. They tried to date but it didn’t work. Are we surprised at this point? Nope, not at all! Stork is also now the host of the talk show called The Doctors. Wow…

16. Alex Michel

Let’s get all of this boring s*** out of the way super quickly: He didn’t propose. They broke up later.

The only thing that is interesting about Alex Michel’s season of The Bachelor is the fact that he was the very first Bachelor! Kinda cool, but at this point, does anybody really care anymore?!

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15. Charlie O’Connell

Now, we’re actually getting into something kinda interesting. But at this point, we’re just grasping for straws from these men. Ugh…this is absolutely exhausting.

Anyways, so for his season, he chose a girl named Sarah Brice but didn’t propose to her. They seemed to break up and get back together about six freaking times, finally ending it all back in 2010.

What’s he doing now? Well, he’s not with Ms. Sarah…he’s now married to Playboy Playmate Anna Sophia Berglund since 2018 (so 8 years later), so semi-recent. Good for you, bud, good for you. I’m sure all of these other guys are jealous.

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14. Jesse Palmer

Okay, folks…for this portion of the list, this is definitely the juiciest of them all.

First things first, his season of The Bachelor was actually the first to be billed as ‘the most dramatic season ever’, so he’s the OG Drama King, I guess. Second things second, he ended up calling the wrong woman’s name at a rose ceremony (and I’m sure that we’ve all seen that video too). Third things third, something that we’ve never really seen at all ever after that, he had his BFF’s wife posing as a contestant.

Why do we all think that is? Did it make it easier?

Fourth and finally, he is the current host of The Bachelor alongside Mr. Clayton Echard himself! Now, he gets a front-row seat to all of the drama now. How will Clayton’s ‘most dramatic season ever’ compare to Mr. Jesse’s?!

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13. Brad Womack

He was the only man to be the Bachelor twice. His first time around, he didn’t propose to anyone. I guess for his sake, good for him for not feeling like he absolutely has to propose to someone.

During his second time around, he proposed to Emily Maynard. She alone was the most dramatic part of Brad’s season in general. She insisted that Brad share his feelings for her when, at the time, that was forbidden. Nowadays, everybody does it, and the magic is officially lost forever…