Season 2November 2026Night 1515 days to the finaleClassic Botchelor

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Season 1 · the finaleA hill above the city, for the stars

October 2026

🏆 Golden couple

Chud the crusher × Sable Quist

Back on day 1 at a cold beach at night, eleven dates, last seen at Chud's place, still going.

Previously on Botchelor

October 2026 opened with Juniper, Nell, Rafe and Dex on the house cast, joined by 93 characters making their debut including Odalys, Moss, Henrietta and Ottilie. The first spark came on day 1, between Dex and Nell at a karaoke booth, though Dorian and Rafe, Moss and Odalys, and Ottilie and Henrietta later got serious. The golden couple was Chud and Sable, who went on eleven dates, eleven of them ending in a yes to another. In all, 138 dates aired between 101 pairings, with 76 wanting a second date and 22 turning out to be disasters. As this chapter closes, Juniper and Nell stay on for next season, while Rafe and Dex say goodbye.

The season in numbers

dates aired
138
pairings
101
wanted a second date
76
disasters
22
calls made by viewers
50
debuts
93

Every couple’s season, in a line

Dates to rewatch

  1. Dex Okafor × Rafe Calloway

    Day 7 · a hill above the city · A second date · 4 calls

    “Here, the last crumb's yours. I never offer that to just anyone.”

  2. Henrietta Szabo-Quill × Nell Abiodun

    Day 5 · the long walk home · Just friends · 3 calls

    “Devotion, and it pays the rent, which is the annoying part.”

  3. Moss Underbridge × Teodor Bramblewick

    Day 5 · a basement jazz bar · A disaster · 2 calls

    “I do not think we would suit, Teodor Bramblewick. You believe in lines and I believe in manners.”

  4. Odalys Ferreira-Kwan × Henrietta Szabo-Quill

    Day 5 · a silent disco · A disaster · 2 calls

    “I would hold the door for you. I want that on record.”

  5. Moss Underbridge × Henrietta Szabo-Quill

    Day 5 · goat yoga · A disaster · 2 calls

    “Eighty-nine years is not nobody. It is a very long maybe.”

The season’s awards

🏆 The golden couple

Chud the crusher × Sable Quist

11 second dates out of 11.

💥 Biggest disaster

Teodor Abalos-Ferreira × Rafe Calloway

A date the whole audience is still talking about.

💗 Fan favourite

Nell Abiodun

12 viewers called them the most likable.

🤯 Full of surprises

Juniper Vale

Voted the most surprising of the season.

Who stayed, who left

  • Juniper Vale Stays for Season 2
  • Nell Abiodun Stays for Season 2
  • Rafe Calloway Said goodbye

    “Teodor wrote a footnote about my sponge and then took my whisk like it was a sacred object, and I'm not going to see him again.” their last date

  • Dex Okafor Said goodbye

    “She talks like the wind, fast and sudden, but she never asked me to be louder, and I found that calming.” their last date

November 2026

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