Citytv is launching a nationwide search to find the most eligible bachelorettes in the country for the first-ever season of original reality series The Bachelor Canada. Beginning Sunday, February 19 in Vancouver, the six-city casting tour will also make stops in Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.
"We are searching for romantic hopefuls from across the country that represent the true scope of the vibrant, fun and fearless women here in Canada," said Claire Freeland, Director of Original Programming, Rogers Media, and Executive Producer of The Bachelor Canada. "This is an extraordinary opportunity for bachelorettes currently on a quest for love and willing to put it all on the line to find it."
The nationwide casting tour is calling on all eligible Canadian women over the age of majority to take part in what could be the most important blind date of their lives. Whether single and ready to settle down, unlucky in love, or never been kissed - The Bachelor Canada is looking for 25 lucky ladies who are ready to find their happily ever after by winning the heart of one special bachelor.
The Bachelor Canada is the Canadian version of the perennially successful The Bachelor franchise currently in its 16th season on Citytv and OMNI Television. This nine-episode, original reality series is produced by multiple award-winning Force Four Entertainment, with John Ritchie, Sean De Vries, and Joyce Sawa serving as Executive, Supervising, and Series Producer, respectively. Claire Freeland is the Director of Original Programming for Rogers Media and an Executive Producer of The Bachelor Canada.
Since beginning operations in 1983, Vancouver based Force Four Entertainment has produced more than 300 hours of primetime broadcast programming. The company's highly successful television programs include lifestyle, documentary, and scripted programming that is sold and aired around the world including the Gemini Award-winning W Network series, The Cupcake Girls, and the CBC series, Village On A Diet. Force Four has been awarded the prestigious Peabody Award, 11 Gemini Awards and over 25 Gemini nominations.