Spoiler alert! This story contains spoilers for the most recently aired episode of Grant Ellis’ season of The Bachelor. If you’re not caught up, episodes are available to stream with a Hulu subscription. If you want to know how the season allegedly ends, spoilers for Grant’s season can be found here.
Grant Ellis’ journey to find love as The Bachelor has officially begun! Twenty-five women exited the limos on Night 1 of the season airing on the 2025 TV schedule, hoping to make an impression on Grant. Each week fewer and fewer women will remain until Grant ultimately decides which one he wants to propose to. Before that can happen, however, a lot of hearts are going to be broken, and that’s where I come in. Each week I’ll be updating this story with the latest eliminations.
From rose ceremonies to bad connections to dramatic 2-on-1 dates, I’ll be documenting each exit on Grant Ellis’ season, telling you when each woman was sent packing and under what circumstances. So whether you missed a week or just can’t remember what happened to any particular contestant, I’ve got you covered and will be updating this list weekly at the end of each episode.
Let’s take a look at who got sent home on the latest episode of The Bachelor Season 29:
Night 1 Rose Ceremony: Seven Fail To Make An Impression
The first night in Bachelor Mansion is historically brutal. These contestants have gone through the long audition process, packed their bags and prepared to be away from home for weeks, and then all of a sudden, it’s over before it even really started. As is typical, Grant Ellis’ first night — which included a no-drama llama, several kisses and a surprise appearance from his sister — seemed overwhelming for all involved, but when it was over, seven women failed to receive the all-important flower at the rose ceremony. Grant said goodbye to:
- Christina Smith
- J’Nae Squires Horton (Maybe Grant’s not a LeBron James fan?)
- Kelsey Curtis
- Kyleigh Henrich (She heard he liked to salsa, so she brought him chips and salsa.)
- Neicey Baxter
- Radhika Gupta
- Savannah Quinn (You know that connection's not there when you bring cake and still get sent home.)
It’s typical to see about a third of the contestants sent home on Night 1. Joey Graziadei eliminated 10 of his starting 32 in Season 28, and before him, Zach Shallcross sent 10 of 30 home. Grant Ellis started with fewer women and therefore didn’t have quite as many Night 1 goodbyes.
Week 2: Four Sent Home In Rose Ceremony
Typically in Week 2, there are still tons of women we don’t really know yet, so the rose ceremony eliminations don’t always pack an emotional punch. However, Grant Ellis surprised me on February 3 with a couple of his choices. In all, four women went home (pictured above, left to right):
- Allyshia Gupta
- Ella Del Rosario
- Rebekah Garrett
- Vicky Nyamuswa
If you’ll think back to a week ago, Allyshia Gupta was actually the first person to kiss Grant on Night 1, so I wouldn’t have expected her to go so soon. Also, when the energy in the house was off during this episode, the Bachelor pulled Rebekah Garrett aside to get her take on what was going on. That made me think he valued her opinion, so I thought he might keep her around. Am I wrong, or did he also have a good time with Ella Del Rosario at the cocktail party? Sadly we also lost our Vegas girl Vicky Nyamuswa.
If the rose ceremonies are already this tough, it’s going to be a long season!
Week 3: Beverly Ortega Exits Suddenly After Becoming ‘Very Sick’
Beverly Ortega was one of two women this week to get chosen for a one-on-one date, so it was especially surprising to hear before that happened that she’d gotten “very sick” and wouldn’t be returning to the house. Reality Steve provided slightly more context on his blog, saying:
Apparently, Beverly got very sick after the [Week 2] basketball date and was taken to the hospital. She eventually wasn’t able to be medically cleared to return back to the show so she went home this episode.
We’ll have to see if Beverly Ortega chooses to speak out with further details, but that must have been super disappointing, and I just hope all is well with her health. UPDATE: Beverly revealed she left the season to have an emergency appendectomy. Read about it here.
Week 3: Rose Ceremony Claims Three Victims
Drama between Carolina Quixano and Rose Sombke robbed some women of time with Grant Ellis during their prom with The Golden Bachelorette contestants, including Chloie Costello (above, left). I was sad to see the plus-size model go, but I love that The Bachelor finally gave us some body diversity. Thank you, Chloie, you will be missed!
Despite winning the group date and getting to spend her Grant bucks on one of The Bachelor’s T-shirts to sleep in, Bailey Brown (above, center) also failed to get a rose in Week 3. She and Alli Jo Hinkes — the third eliminated contestant — were fun but ultimately not Grant’s person.
Week 4: Rose Sombke Self-Eliminates After Carolina Did Her Dirty
Bachelor Nation finally got to see the promised moment from the previews, where Rose Sombke hisses, “You did me dirtyyyy.” Of course she was addressing Carolina Quixano, who has been at the center of much of the drama in the first half of Season 29. What followed that ominous accusation was Rose telling Grant Ellis that she was going home. Grant agreed their relationship had stalled after he found out Rose had told Carolina that he said he’d been thinking of Rose while dancing with Carolina.
Week 4: Two Eliminated At Rose Ceremony
Poor Parisa Shifteh (above left) had a rough week, waking up with a pimple and burning herself with her curling iron, and even though she did her best to stay positive and turn things around, Grant added the cherry to her worst-week sundae by sending her home at the rose ceremony. We also lost Natalie Phillips (above right), who was fun to watch but didn’t seem to have much chemistry with the lead.
Week 5: The Carolina Show Is Finally Over
Someone remind me, does Carolina Quixano enjoy or not enjoy group dates? Once again, the 28-year-old PR producer (above, left) dominated Grant’s attention by pouting about the other women, but after her spat with Dina Lupancu, I did appreciate that she buried the hatchet with her friend at the cocktail party. The Bachelor, meanwhile was finally ready to put an end to the drama and did not hand Carolina a rose.
Unfortunately for Alexe Godin and Sarafiena Watkins (above, center and right, respectively), the situation involving Carolina probably did keep them from spending more time with Grant this week, and they also will not be introducing Grant to their families. Yes, that means next week is Hometowns. How did we get here?
Hometowns Rose Ceremony: Did Dina Lupancu’s Family Doom Her?
Grant Ellis met a LOT of people when he visited his final four’s hometowns on March 3, but his trip to Chicago to see Dina Lupancu’s loved ones was a bit different, with her family opting out because they were not comfortable meeting a man who was still involved with other women. Grant still got to see Dina in her environment with her best friends, but not having the family’s support is a pretty big obstacle for Grant to face at this point. Whatever his reasons were, Dina went right back to her hometown following the rose ceremony.
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