The third season of The Bachelorette, an ABC reality television series, premiered on January 10, 2005, featuring Jennifer Schefft dating 25 men. Schefft was selected and proposed to by Andrew Firestone in the third season of The Bachelor. For her season, Jen had the opportunity to assist in helping to cast the 25 bachelors from which she will choose. In a 2013 interview with People, Jen stated about her season, "The show didn’t turn out the way I hoped, but everything worked out for the best."