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Best Moments from 17 Seasons of 'The Bachelor' Finales_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 27, 2014 12:24 PM UTC  Chris Soules was on the tenth edition of "The Bachelorette" Chris Soules was on the tenth edition of "The Bachelorette"Craig Sjodin—ABC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 27, 2014 12:24 PM UTC Farmer Chris Soules has been named the new star of _The Bachelor_. The fan favorite contestant from _The Bachelorette —_ who won the audience’s heart, if not Andi Dorfman’s — was long considered the frontrunner for _The Bachelor_, but it took weeks for ABC to make the announcement on _Good Morning America_ Wednesday morning. The ABC reality mainstay broke with the tradition of naming the new star during the _After the Final Rose_ episode that marks the end of each season. While Soules sat in the audience of the show and host Chris Harrison readily admitted that he was in the running to be the new _Bachelor_, he refrained from naming him as the new star. What followed were weeks of speculation that the show wanted to vet runner-up Nick Viall, former contestant Arie Luyendyk, Jr., ([who laid out his case on TIME.com](http://time.com/3071743/arie-the-bachelor/)), or someone else entirely to take the helm of _The Bachelor_. In the end, though, the show opted for Soules, the 32-year old football-loving farmer who had impressed viewers with his wholesome charms, romantic gestures and all-American good looks. Perhaps more importantly, Soules is the antithesis of former contestant Juan Pablo Galavis, who was poorly received by Bachelor Nation, who saw him as rude, arrogant and only interested in hitting the Fantasy Suite with as many women as possible. While the official announcement was made with great fanfare on _GMA_, it was Luyendyk who broke the news. “I’m not the Bachelor,” Luyendyk [tweeted](https://twitter.com/ariejr/status/504065778535387136) late Tuesday, in what seemed like a fit of sour grapes. “Have fun on the farm people.” With Soules confirmed for the job, the network now turns to the task of finding contestants ready, willing and able to move to Soules’s tiny hometown of Arlington, Iowa, population 427, and take up the job of being a farmer’s wife. Fans of _The Bachelorette_ know that Soules’s mother has already offered to babysit future grandchildren, so the prospect of low cost child care may tempt some women into applying. ABC will also have to work to avoid comparisons to short-lived CW reality show _Farmer Wants A Wife_, which featured eight women vying for the affections of a strapping bachelor farmer. Soules starts on his personal journey to find love with Dorfman’s seal of approval. “I mean, look at him,”[ she told _People_](http://www.people.com/article/next-bachelor-not-announced-chris-soules-frontrunner). “Chris has the whole package. He is the all-American guy who is a farmer who does not look like a farmer, but he’s also successful and he’s ready for a family. He’s going to be a great husband and a great father.” Contestants on _The Bachelor_ won’t just have to compete with each other for Soules’s attention, though. As an Iowa celebrity, Soules already has politicians cozying up to him. Texas Governor and presidential hopeful [Rick Perry tweeted](http://time.com/3107601/bachelor-bachelorette-chris-soules-iowa-2016/) about meeting the friendly farmer at the Iowa State Fair. **MORE**: [RECAP: _Bachelor In Paradise_: Rose Ceremony, Interrupted](http://time.com/3179970/bachelor-in-paradise-recap-rose-interrupted/) **MORE**: [A Former Contestant Might Have Just Revealed ABC’s Next _Bachelor_](http://time.com/3182039/bachelor-abc-leak/) _The original version of this story misstated the name of_ The Bachelor_‘s host. It is Chris Harrison, not Chris Harrington._ ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:02] I know its time. I know what I need to know, and I have [00:05] to choose, and I'm going to. You know, its hard, but [00:09] its, its definitely, definitely time. I can't wait [00:13] to be able to look this woman in the eye and say, [00:16] you're the one. [ MUSIC ] Will you accept this rose? I will [00:20] absolutely accept this rose. Andrew who's heir to [00:24] the Firestone Tire Company and Firestone Winery [00:28] proposed to Jen Schefft in 2003. I am going to be [00:32] Mrs. Firestone which is incredible. Maybe [00:36] not so incredible. They dated for seven months before [00:39] deciding to go their separate ways. And this now [00:42] represents my promise to you. Oh, my God. [ LAUGH ] [00:42] To see where we can go with [00:47] this. Okay. Where they went was splitsville. Brad [00:51] Womack knows the exact moment when he became [00:53] known as one of the most hated bachelors ever. In the [00:56] season 11 finale, he shocked viewers by deciding he [01:00] had not found true love. Not with Jenny. And here I am, [01:04] telling you goodbye. Not with Deanna. Hold on real [01:08] quick. It was the fairy tell ending Melissa had dreamed [01:12] of. Will you marry me? You want to marry me? I would [01:12] love to marry you and spend the [01:20] rest of my life with you. But just six short weeks after [01:23] Jason proposed, he dropped a bombshell on his new [01:26] fiancee. We're not right for each other. I wish more [01:29] than anything that last day you would have just let me [01:32] go. [ INAUDIBLE ] doing this to me. You're such [01:36] a bastard. Minutes after dumping Melissa on national [01:40] TV. Jason asked runner up Molly for a second chance. I [01:44] came here to find somebody to spend the rest of my [01:45] life with, without a doubt. And somebody who brings [01:48] out the best in me in a way that I've never felt before. [01:53] You are that right person. I've been waiting to hear [01:57] that. [ MUSIC ] You know what I need. And we can build [01:59] through this destruction. As we are standing Please [02:07] make me happier than I've [02:13] ever been in my life, and marry me. I would love that [02:14] and I loved to. You [02:18] are not ready to get married right now. You're, you are [02:20] ready to put this off a little bit. Right now in this [02:24] instance I love you, but no. [ NOISE ] You're [02:32] putting on a brave smile over there. I am. That's gotta [02:34] suck to hear that. Yeah. Sorry. Absolutely. No. Hey look [02:37] the one thing. That I love about you. Courtney, [02:43] will you marry me? America cringed just a [02:48] little bit Monday night when bachelor Ben Flajnik finally [02:51] made that decision. Yes, of course I will. But [02:55] it was after the final rose that Ben said, he finally saw [02:58] Courtney for who she really was. Well while this show [03:02] aired we were essentially broken up. Leading [03:07] to the big question, are they or aren't they still [03:10] together. What do you want to do with this? I very much [03:14] want her to have this again. [03:18] Alright. [03:21] Hm. [03:24] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [03:27] Catherine. [03:30] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [03:33] Will [03:36] you [03:39] marry [03:42] me? [03:45] Yes. 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