Most Viral Moments in Bachelor Nation History

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Most Viral Moments in Bachelor Nation History

Nothing brings Bachelor fans together like live-tweeting the ABC reality series. While The Bachelor premiered in March 2002, the series is more popular than ever thanks to social media. One of the most infamous viral moments went down when Colton Underwood ran away from host Chris Harrison and producers after his front-runner Cassie Randolph quit the show — even hopping over a gate to escape the cameras. “In the end, we knew he was OK, so we could reverse engineer it for the drama [on television, after the season wrapped shooting],” ABC executive Rob Mills told Variety about the fence jump in March 2019. “It’s not something anyone is prepared for. As you saw, the guy just went off into the night. You see in the finale, someone says, ‘We’re going to look for him one more time, and then we have to call the police.’ It was the case of a missing Bachelor.” Mills compared the incident to another moment that caught the attention of social media users: Arie Luyendyk Jr. breaking up with Becca Kufrin to be with runner-up Lauren Burnham after he proposed during season 22 of The Bachelor. [jwplayer 7VF9vPbU-l3ahXupL] “It was like an emotional fence-jumping with Arie and Becca,” Mills said. “You really needed that to end with a bouquet for Becca, and her being the Bachelorette kind of did that. You look at it now and it’s the best possible scenario: Arie is with Lauren and having a baby, and Becca and Garrett couldn’t be happier.” Peter Weber’s season of The Bachelor found a bottle of champagne front and center after Hannah Ann Sluss accidentally swiped Kelsey Weier’s booze that she set up for the pilot during season 24. The incident, dubbed as #ChampagneGate, trended after the bottle ended up exploding in Kelsey’s face. “I think, honestly, it was just a misunderstanding. I know Hannah Ann, and she’s not malicious in any way,” Peter told Us Weekly exclusively at the time. “I know Hannah Ann did not do anything maliciously on purpose. I can promise you that.” Scroll though for the most viral moments in Bachelor history:

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Jake and Vienna’s Split

After Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardicalled it quits, they sat down with Harrison and fought over the details of their split. The heated interview, which aired in 2010, was one of the first times viewers took to Twitter to live-tweet as the social media platform gained popularity.

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Corinne’s Nanny

Corinne Olympios competed for Nick Viall’s affections on season 21 of The Bachelor, but her nanny, Raquel, was the one who won the hearts of the America. 

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Becca and Arie’s Unedited Breakup

Social media users couldn’t help but take to Twitter when Arie decided to dump Becca for Lauren — and ABC aired their brutal breakup in full in March 2018.

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#ChampagneGate

After Kelsey’s bottle of champagne, which she brought to the mansion from her native Iowa, was (accidentally) stolen by Hannah Ann, it exploded in her face during season 24 of The Bachelor. 

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Chad Johnson’s Love for Deli Meat

Social media users couldn’t ignore JoJo Fletcher’s bad boy contestant, who was often shown eating cold cuts during season 12 of The Bachelorette.   

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Colton Jumps the Fence

Colton’s leap will go down in Bachelor history as one of the most dramatic moments of all time. 

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Ashley S.’s “Onion”

Ashley Salter, who competed on Chris Soules season of The Bachelor, made waves online when she found an onion, which ended up being a pomegranate, during her confessional. 

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Andi vs Juan Pablo

Andi Dorfman was the clear choice for Bachelorette when she called out season 18 lead Juan Pablo Galavis for not asking any real questions about his contestants. 

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Dolphin Girl

Fans couldn’t get enough of Alexis Waters, who showed up on Nick's season of The Bachelor dressed in a shark costume … which she was convinced was a dolphin outfit.

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Windmill Sex

Hannah Brown and Peter had sex (four times) in a windmill on her season of The Bachelorette, and no one ever looked at a windmill the same way again.