The Bachelorette (Australian TV series) season 4

The fourth season of The Bachelorette Australia premiered on Network 10 on 10 October 2018. The season features Ali Oetjen, a 32-year-old healthy lifestyle motivator from Adelaide, South Australia, courting 18 men. Oetjen previously appeared on the first season of The Bachelor Australia featuring Tim Robards, where she finished in third place and later appeared on the first season of Bachelor in Paradise Australia.^[1]

The Bachelorette
Season 4
Starring	Ali Oetjen
Presented by	Osher Günsberg
No. of contestants	18
Winner	Taite Radley
Runner-up	Todd King
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	Network 10
Original release	10 October (2018-10-10) – 15 November 2018 (2018-11-15)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 3 Next → Season 5

Contestants

The season began with 18 contestants.^[2]

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Eliminated
Taite Radley	28	Ballarat, Victoria	Bank Manager	Winner
Todd King	26	Perth, Western Australia	Sales Rep	Runner-up
Bill Goldsmith	31	Melbourne, Victoria	Mechanical Plumber	Episode 11
Charlie Newling	31	Sydney, New South Wales	Builder	Episode 10
Daniel Noonan	30	Melbourne, Victoria	Personal Trainer	Episode 9
Dan Hobley	32	Perth, Western Australia	Sports Reporter	Episode 8
Paddy Colliar	27	Geelong, Victoria	Gym Manager
Robert Colangelo	29	Melbourne, Victoria	Plumber	Episode 7
Danny Harris-Wolf	39	Brisbane, Queensland	Chiropractic Student	Episode 6
Pete Stephen	27	Gold Coast, Queensland	Commercial Sales Assistant
Jules Bourne	24	Sydney, New South Wales	Former Infantry Corporal	Episode 5
Ivan Krslovic	29	Melbourne, Victoria	Commercial Painter
Nathan Favro	23	Sydney, New South Wales	Carpenter	Episode 4
Damien Rider	42	Gold Coast, Queensland	Retreat Director	Episode 3
Wesley Ford	31	Yeppoon, Queensland	Heavy Machinery Operator
Cheyne Neigh	28	Sydney, New South Wales	Construction Auditor	Episode 2
Ben Adamson	27	Katherine, Northern Territory	Air Conditioning Mechanic	Episode 1
Brendan Cavanagh	29	Sydney, New South Wales	Events Manager

Call-Out Order

Ali's call-out order

#	Bachelors	Episode
		1	2	3	4^[a]	5	6	7	8	9	10^[b]	11	12
1	Charlie	Bill	Charlie	Robert	Bill	Bill	Taite	Daniel	Charlie	Todd	Bill	Todd	Taite
2	Robert	Ivan	Robert	Dan	Charlie	Charlie	Daniel	Todd	Bill	Charlie	Taite	Taite	Todd
3	Ivan	Todd	Taite	Todd	Dan	Taite	Dan	Bill	Taite	Bill	Todd	Bill
4	Nathan	Danny	Danny	Taite	Danny	Paddy	Charlie	Paddy	Daniel	Taite	Charlie
5	Bill	Wesley	Bill	Ivan	Daniel	Dan	Todd	Taite	Todd	Daniel
6	Jules	Charlie	Wesley	Danny	Ivan	Daniel	Bill	Dan	Dan Paddy
7	Daniel	Robert	Nathan	Paddy	Jules	Robert	Paddy	Charlie
8	Wesley	Daniel	Pete	Daniel	Paddy	Danny	Robert	Robert
9	Brendan	Dan	Paddy	Bill	Pete	Pete	Pete
10	Danny	Jules	Ivan	Jules	Robert	Todd	Danny
11	Cheyne	Taite	Damien	Charlie	Taite	Jules
12	Ben	Damien	Dan	Nathan	Todd	Ivan
13	Taite	Pete	Daniel	Pete	Nathan
14	Damien	Cheyne	Todd	Damien Wesley
15	Paddy	Paddy	Jules
16	Dan	Nathan	Cheyne
17	Pete	Ben Brendan
18	Todd

Color Key

The contestant received the first impression "wild rose", having the ability to steal a single date from another contestant.   The contestant received a rose during a date.   The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony.   The contestant was eliminated during a date.   The contestant was eliminated.   The contestant quit the competition.   The contestant won the competition. The rose ceremony was cancelled after Nathan was eliminated during the cocktail party. Therefore, the remaining men are listed in alphabetical order. The rose ceremony was cancelled after Charlie was eliminated during the cocktail party. Therefore, the remaining men are listed in alphabetical order.

Episodes

Episode 1

Original airdate: 10 October 2018

Event	Description
Wild Rose	Bill
Rose ceremony	Ben & Brendan were eliminated.

Episode 2

Original airdate: 11 October 2018

Event	Description
Single date	Charlie
Group date	Taite, Daniel, Todd, Damien, Dan, Robert, Danny, Jules, Ivan & Paddy
Rose ceremony	Cheyne was eliminated

Episode 3

Original airdate: 17 October 2018

Event	Description
Single date	Robert
Group date	Everyone
One-on-one time	Ivan
Rose ceremony	Damien & Wesley were eliminated

Episode 4

Original airdate: 18 October 2018

Event	Description
Single date	(Taite's Single Date) Bill used his wild rose
Group date	Bill, Charlie, Danny, Ivan, Jules, Paddy, Robert, Nathan
One-on-one time	Danny
Rose ceremony	Nathan was eliminated outside of the rose ceremony

Episode 5

Original airdate 24 October 2018

Event	Description
Two-on-one date	Ivan & Bill Ivan was eliminated
Group date	Dan, Todd, Charlie Robert, Pete, Taite
One-on-one time	Charlie
Rose ceremony	Jules was eliminated

Episode 6

Original airdate 25 October 2018

Event	Description
Single date	Taite
Group date	Everyone
Rose ceremony	Danny & Pete were eliminated

Episode 7

Original airdate 31 October 2018

Event	Description
Group date	Everyone
One-on-one time	Daniel
Single date	Todd
Rose ceremony	Robert was eliminated

Episode 8

Original airdate 1 November 2018

Event	Description
Single date	Charlie
Group date	Everyone
One-on-one time	Bill, Dan, Daniel, Taite, Todd
Rose ceremony	Dan & Paddy were eliminated

Episode 9

Original airdate 7 November 2018

Event	Description
Group date	Everyone
One-on-one time	Bill
Single date	Taite
Rose ceremony	Daniel was eliminated

Episode 10

Original airdate 8 November 2018

Event	Description
Hometown #1	Todd - Perth, Western Australia
Hometown #2	Taite - Ballarat, Victoria
Hometown #3	Bill - Melbourne, Victoria
Hometown #4	Charlie - Sydney, New South Wales
Rose ceremony	Charlie was eliminated outside the rose ceremony.

Episode 11

Original airdate 14 November 2018

Event	Description
Single Date #1	Todd
Single Date #2	Taite
Single Date #3	Bill
Rose ceremony	Bill was eliminated

Episode 12

Original airdate 15 November 2018

Event	Description
Meet Ali's Family #1	Taite
Meet Ali's Family #2	Todd
Final date #1	Todd
Final date #2	Taite
Final Decision:	Taite is the winner.

Ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Timeslot	Overnight ratings		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers	Ref(s)
				Viewers	Rank	Viewers	Rank
1	Episode 1	10 October 2018 (2018-10-10)	Wednesday 7:30 pm	631,000	11	54,000	10	685,000	^[3]^[4]
2	Episode 2	11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)	Thursday 7:30 pm	539,000	11	81,000	9	621,000	^[5]^[6]
3	Episode 3	17 October 2018 (2018-10-17)	Wednesday 7:30 pm	544,000	15	54,000	15	598,000	^[7]^[8]
4	Episode 4	18 October 2018 (2018-10-18)	Thursday 7:30 pm	586,000	10	69,000	9	655,000	^[9]^[10]
5	Episode 5	24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)	Wednesday 7:30 pm	622,000	9	51,000	8	673,000	^[11]^[12]
6	Episode 6	25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)	Thursday 7:30 pm	589,000	8	64,000	8	653,000	^[13]^[14]
7	Episode 7	31 October 2018 (2018-10-31)	Wednesday 7:30 pm	537,000	12	58,000	13	595,000	^[15]^[16]
8	Episode 8	1 November 2018 (2018-11-01)	Thursday 7:30 pm	512,000	11	77,000	9	589,000	^[17]^[18]
9	Episode 9	7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)	Wednesday 7:30 pm	601,000	11	51,000	11	652,000	^[19]^[20]
10	Episode 10	8 November 2018 (2018-11-08)	Thursday 7:30 pm	605,000	8	85,000	5	690,000	^[21]^[22]
11	Episode 11	14 November 2018 (2018-11-14)	Wednesday 7:30 pm	618,000	10	35,000	9	653,000	^[23]^[24]
12	Finale Final Decision	15 November 2018 (2018-11-15)	Thursday 7:30 pm Thursday 9:00 pm	766,000 926,000	4 1	50,000 53,000	4 1	816,000 979,000	^[25]^[26]

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