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Warning: This story contains spoilers for “The Golden Bachelor."

After a long season of searching for love on "The Golden Bachelor," Gerry Turner has finally chosen his winner: Theresa, a financial services professional from Shrewsbury, New Jersey.

That means Leslie, a fitness instructor from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was sent home in an emotional farewell, marking the end of the first-ever season of "The Golden Bachelor."

Before the two-hour finale that aired Nov. 30, Turner hinted that he was happy with the ultimate choice he made at the 57th annual CMA Awards earlier in the month.

Turner was asked if he was happy with how the season ends, and he said, “I wear a smile perpetually now. I’m very happy about where things finished."

Read on to see every contestant who had been eliminated or left voluntarily on the show before Theresa was chosen.

Episode 1

Anna

Pamela

Patty

Maria

Renee

Sylvia

Episode 2

Natascha

Jeanie

Peggy

Episode 3

Joan

Edith

Christina

Episode 4

Kathy

April

Nancy

Episode 5

Susan

Sandra

Ellen

Episode 7

Faith

Episode 9

Leslie

Elena Nicolaou is a senior entertainment editor at Today.com, where she covers the latest in TV, pop culture, movies and all things streaming. Previously, she covered culture at Refinery29 and Oprah Daily. Her superpower is matching people up with the perfect book, which she does on her podcast, Blind Date With a Book.

Joyann Jeffrey and Nicoletta Richardson contributed.

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