0 The Bachelor: Meet Ben Flajnik's 25 Women!

The Bachelor Season 16: Meet Ben Flajnik's 25 women! 

Amber B., 23, labor and delivery nurse, Port Coquitlam, Canada

Amber T., 29, critical care nurse, Waverly, NE

Anna, 25, student, Detroit, MI

Blakeley, 34, VIP cocktail waitress, Charlotte, NC

Brittney, 26, medical sales rep, Denver, CO

Casey S., 26, trading clerk, Leawood, KS

Courtney, 28, model, Santa Monica, CA

Dianna, 30, non-profit director, San Gabriel, CA

Elyse, 24, personal trainer, Chicago, IL

Emily, 27, PhD student, Chapel Hill, NC

Erika, 23, law student, Chicago, IL

Holly, 34, pharmaceutical sales rep, Salyersville, KY

Jaclyn, 27, advertising account manager, Newton, MA

Jamie, 25, registered nurse, Dryden, NY

Jenna, 27, blogger, New York City, NY

Jennifer, 28, accountant, Oklahoma City, OK

Kacie B., 24, administrative assistant, Clarksville, TN

Lindzi C., 27, business development manager, Seattle, WA

Lyndsie J., 29, internet entrepreneur, Scottsdale, AZ

Monica, 33, dental consultant, Salt Lake City, UT

Nicki, 26, dental hygienist, Hurst, TX

Rachel, 27, fashion sales rep., New York City, NY

Samantha, 26, advertising account manager, Los Angeles, CA

Shawn, 28, financial advisor, Phoenix, AZ

Shira, actress, Los Angeles, CA

After Ben's first rose ceremony, 18 women remain.   The Bachelor begins January 2nd on ABC!

0 The Bachelor: Meet Erika and Shira!

0 The Bachelor Episode 1 Sneak Peek!

The Bachelor Season Premiere MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012 ON ABC!

Here's a sneak peek from The Bachelor Season 16, Episode 1 with Ben Flajnik. 

Ben Flajnik meets his 25 Women: Ben meets an attractive young law student who informs the Bachelor that he's been found guilty - of being sexy! A germ-conscious epidemiologist sanitizes both herself and Ben, and then promptly steals the season's first kiss. But nothing can prepare Ben for the moment the limo door opens and a senior citizen steps out! Who is this grandmother who wants to date Ben? It turns out that the granny actually wants to introduce Ben to her granddaughter. Ben is relieved.

Meet some of the Women on this season of The Bachelor! 

The Cocktail Party: Once inside the mansion, the competition for Ben's attention heats up. An easy-going woman and a sweet divorcee both make an early play for the Bachelor, while the sexy equestrian proves she is equally as charming without the horse. But Ben's older admirer advises him that he needs a family-oriented woman. The pressure mounts when Chris brings out the "first impression" rose, as one woman after another attempts to win Ben's heart and the rose. One athletic woman corners Ben for a quick soccer game; a sassy personal trainer demands he do pushups; a gorgeous model seduces him and a charming scholar demonstrates her "gangsta" side by performing a rap she wrote just for him. But drama erupts when the pressure proves to be too much for one sensitive young woman.

Ben sends 7 women home...

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0 The Bachelor Season 16 Spoilers: Shawntel Newton Returns!

Bachelor 2011 Spoilers! Shawntel Newton is back on The Bachelor!

Remember The Bachelor's Shawntel Newton (the funeral gal from Brad Womack's season)?  According to Bachelor Blogger, Reality Steve, Shawntel is back to win Ben Flajnik's heart! 

According to Reality Steve, here’s the details:
- Shawntel Newton first appears on the show at the cocktail party on the night of the San Francisco rose ceremony.
-Shawntel shows up at the Fairmont hotel during the cocktail party and talks to Ben.
- Ben is not interested and sends Shawntel home. 

Meet the women from The Bachelor Season 16! 
1. Elyse Myers: 24, personal trainer/fitness instructor, Tampa, Florida 
2. Erika Uhlig: 22, Chicago, current Miss Chicago 2011
3. Heather Freshwater: 25, Knoxville, TN, 7th grade teacher
4. Jamie Otis: 23, maternity nurse
5. Shawn Reynolds: 28, Phoenix, AZ, financial advisor
6. Blakeley Shea: 34, esthetician
7. Jaclyn Swartz: 27, grew up in Massachusetts, lives in NY, Account Manager
8. Samantha Levey: 26, from Pittsburgh, lives in LA
9. Casey Shteamer: 26, Chicago, Illinois