document_title: List of countries by population (United Nations)

question_text: which country is the biggest population in the world

text: List[edit]

text:
Countries and areas ranked by population in 2017

Rank
Country or area
UN continental
region[2]
UN statistical
region[2]
Population
(1 July 2016)[3]
Population
(1 July 2017)[3]
Change

—
World
—
—
7,466,964,280
7,550,262,101
7000111555135228260♠+1.1%

1
 China[a]
Asia
Eastern Asia
1,403,500,365
1,409,517,397
6999428716097982630♠+0.4%

2
 India
Asia
Southern Asia
1,324,171,354
1,339,180,127
7000113344643460699♠+1.1%

3
 United States
Americas
Northern America
322,179,605
324,459,463
6999707635730076710♠+0.7%

4
 Indonesia
Asia
South-eastern Asia
261,115,456
263,991,379
7000110139899186970♠+1.1%

5
 Brazil
Americas
South America
207,652,865
209,288,278
6999787570641031120♠+0.8%

6
 Pakistan
Asia
Southern Asia
193,203,476
197,015,955
7000197329731272540♠+2.0%

7
 Nigeria
Africa
Western Africa
185,989,640
190,886,311
7000263276545940949♠+2.6%

8
 Bangladesh
Asia
Southern Asia
162,951,560
164,669,751
7000105441825779390♠+1.1%

9
 Russia
Europe
Eastern Europe
143,964,513
143,989,754
5000000000000000000♠0.0%

10
 Mexico
Americas
Central America
127,540,423
129,163,276
7000127242246954130♠+1.3%

11
 Japan
Asia
Eastern Asia
127,748,513
127,484,450
3000793294658545260♠−0.2%

12
 Ethiopia
Africa
Eastern Africa
102,403,196
104,957,438
7000249429910371160♠+2.5%

13
 Philippines
Asia
South-eastern Asia
103,320,222
104,918,090
7000154652009942450♠+1.5%

14
 Egypt
Africa
Northern Africa
95,688,681
97,553,151
7000194847497166360♠+1.9%

15
 Vietnam
Asia
South-eastern Asia
94,569,072
95,540,800
7000102753255313749♠+1.0%

16
 Germany
Europe
Western Europe
81,914,672
82,114,224
6999243609594139630♠+0.2%

17
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Africa
Middle Africa
78,736,153
81,339,988
7000330703863573320♠+3.3%

18
 Iran
Asia
Southern Asia
80,277,428
81,162,788
7000110287539356640♠+1.1%

19
 Turkey
Asia
Western Asia
79,512,426
80,745,020
7000155019040671710♠+1.6%

20
 Thailand
Asia
South-eastern Asia
68,863,514
69,037,513
6999252672264154290♠+0.3%

21
 United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe
65,788,574
66,181,585
6999597384889357830♠+0.6%

22
 France[b]
Europe
Western Europe
64,720,690
64,979,548
6999399961743300330♠+0.4%

23
 Italy
Europe
Southern Europe
59,429,938
59,359,900
3000882150306130220♠−0.1%

24
 Tanzania[c]
Africa
Eastern Africa
55,572,201
57,310,019
7000312713545392960♠+3.1%

25
 South Africa
Africa
Southern Africa
56,015,473
56,717,156
7000125265924292030♠+1.3%

26
 Myanmar
Asia
South-eastern Asia
52,885,223
53,370,609
6999917810254860800♠+0.9%

27
 South Korea
Asia
Eastern Asia
50,791,919
50,982,212
6999374652117396870♠+0.4%

28
 Colombia
Americas
South America
48,653,419
49,065,615
6999847208702845740♠+0.8%

29
 Kenya
Africa
Eastern Africa
48,461,567
49,699,862
7000255521040002689♠+2.6%

30
 Spain[d]
Europe
Southern Europe
46,347,576
46,354,321
5000000000000000000♠0.0%

31
 Argentina
Americas
South America
43,847,430
44,271,041
6999966102232217490♠+1.0%

32
 Ukraine[e]
Europe
Eastern Europe
44,438,625
44,222,947
3000514660950918270♠−0.5%

33
 Uganda
Africa
Eastern Africa
41,487,965
42,862,958
7000331419726178420♠+3.3%

34
 Algeria
Africa
Northern Africa
40,606,052
41,318,142
7000175365484928210♠+1.8%

35
 Sudan
Africa
Northern Africa
39,578,828
40,533,330
7000241164796491700♠+2.4%

36
 Iraq
Asia
Western Asia
37,202,572
38,274,618
7000288164484971630♠+2.9%

37
 Poland
Europe
Eastern Europe
38,224,410
38,170,712
3000859519087410380♠−0.1%

38
 Canada
Americas
Northern America
36,289,822
36,624,199
6999921407109684910♠+0.9%

39
 Morocco
Africa
Northern Africa
35,276,786
35,739,580
7000131189388965310♠+1.3%

40
 Afghanistan
Asia
Southern Asia
34,656,032
35,530,081
7000252206888543959♠+2.5%

41
 Saudi Arabia
Asia
Western Asia
32,275,687
32,938,213
7000205270921111609♠+2.1%

42
 Peru
Americas
South America
31,773,839
32,165,485
7000123260522595330♠+1.2%

43
 Venezuela
Americas
South America
31,568,179
31,977,065
7000129524734385220♠+1.3%

44
 Uzbekistan
Asia
Central Asia
31,446,795
31,910,641
7000147501836037660♠+1.5%

45
 Malaysia[f]
Asia
South-eastern Asia
31,187,265
31,624,264
7000140120975661060♠+1.4%

46
 Angola
Africa
Middle Africa
28,813,463
29,784,193
7000336901538006730♠+3.4%

47
 Mozambique
Africa
Eastern Africa
28,829,476
29,668,834
7000291145770391390♠+2.9%

48
   Nepal
Asia
Southern Asia
28,982,771
29,304,998
7000111178810335280♠+1.1%

49
 Ghana
Africa
Western Africa
28,206,728
28,833,629
7000222252293849890♠+2.2%

50
 Yemen
Asia
Western Asia
27,584,213
28,250,420
7000241517494082570♠+2.4%

51
 Madagascar
Africa
Eastern Africa
24,894,551
25,570,895
7000271683550348029♠+2.7%

52
 North Korea
Asia
Eastern Asia
25,368,620
25,490,965
6999482269039466860♠+0.5%

53
 Australia[g]
Oceania
Australia and New Zealand
24,125,848
24,450,561
7000134591331256000♠+1.3%

54
 Ivory Coast
Africa
Western Africa
23,695,919
24,294,750
7000252714824016740♠+2.5%

55
 Cameroon
Africa
Middle Africa
23,439,189
24,053,727
7000262183985973230♠+2.6%

56
 Taiwan[h]
Asia
Eastern Asia
23,556,706
23,626,456
6999296094029445370♠+0.3%

57
 Niger
Africa
Western Africa
20,672,987
21,477,348
7000389087943604860♠+3.9%

58
 Sri Lanka
Asia
Southern Asia
20,798,492
20,876,917
6999377070606849770♠+0.4%

59
 Romania
Europe
Eastern Europe
19,778,083
19,679,306
3000500573437779580♠−0.5%

60
 Burkina Faso
Africa
Western Africa
18,646,433
19,193,382
7000293326342898930♠+2.9%

61
 Malawi
Africa
Eastern Africa
18,091,575
18,622,104
7000293246442059360♠+2.9%

62
 Mali
Africa
Western Africa
17,994,837
18,541,980
7000304055546599280♠+3.0%

63
 Syria
Asia
Western Asia
18,430,453
18,269,868
3000128697487793700♠−0.9%

64
 Kazakhstan
Asia
Central Asia
17,987,736
18,204,499
7000120505993639220♠+1.2%

65
 Chile
Americas
South America
17,909,754
18,054,726
6999809458354369360♠+0.8%

66
 Zambia
Africa
Eastern Africa
16,591,390
17,094,130
7000303012586648860♠+3.0%

67
 Netherlands
Europe
Western Europe
16,987,330
17,035,938
6999286142672215120♠+0.3%

68
 Guatemala
Americas
Central America
16,582,469
16,913,503
7000199628897240820♠+2.0%

69
 Ecuador
Americas
South America
16,385,068
16,624,858
7000146346661484710♠+1.5%

70
 Zimbabwe
Africa
Eastern Africa
16,150,362
16,529,904
7000235005258705660♠+2.4%

71
 Cambodia
Asia
South-eastern Asia
15,762,370
16,005,373
7000154166537138770♠+1.5%

72
 Senegal
Africa
Western Africa
15,411,614
15,850,567
7000284819617205570♠+2.8%

73
 Chad
Africa
Middle Africa
14,452,543
14,899,994
7000309600185932680♠+3.1%

74
 Somalia
Africa
Eastern Africa
14,317,996
14,742,523
7000296498895515820♠+3.0%

75
 Guinea
Africa
Western Africa
12,395,924
12,717,176
7000259159381745159♠+2.6%

76
 South Sudan
Africa
Eastern Africa
12,230,730
12,575,714
7000282063294668430♠+2.8%

77
 Rwanda
Africa
Eastern Africa
11,917,508
12,208,407
7000244093815586280♠+2.4%

78
 Tunisia
Africa
Northern Africa
11,403,248
11,532,127
7000113019553727150♠+1.1%

79
 Cuba
Americas
Caribbean
11,475,982
11,484,636
6998754096686453430♠+0.1%

80
 Belgium
Europe
Western Europe
11,358,379
11,429,336
6999624710621119440♠+0.6%

81
 Benin
Africa
Western Africa
10,872,298
11,175,692
7000279052321781470♠+2.8%

82
 Greece
Europe
Southern Europe
11,183,716
11,159,773
3000785911945546550♠−0.2%

83
 Bolivia
Americas
South America
10,887,882
11,051,600
7000150367169666240♠+1.5%

84
 Haiti
Americas
Caribbean
10,847,334
10,981,229
7000123435859908070♠+1.2%

85
 Burundi
Africa
Eastern Africa
10,524,117
10,864,245
7000323189109357110♠+3.2%

86
 Dominican Republic
Americas
Caribbean
10,648,791
10,766,998
7000111005089685770♠+1.1%

87
 Czech Republic
Europe
Eastern Europe
10,610,947
10,618,303
6998693246323820059♠+0.1%

88
 Portugal
Europe
Southern Europe
10,371,627
10,329,506
3000593882425582789♠−0.4%

89
 Sweden
Europe
Northern Europe
9,837,533
9,910,701
6999743763705799010♠+0.7%

90
 Azerbaijan[i]
Asia
Western Asia
9,725,376
9,827,589
7000105099278423790♠+1.1%

91
 Hungary
Europe
Eastern Europe
9,753,281
9,721,559
3000674755602755630♠−0.3%

92
 Jordan
Asia
Western Asia
9,455,802
9,702,353
7000260740442746160♠+2.6%

93
 Belarus
Europe
Eastern Europe
9,480,042
9,468,338
3000876540631360070♠−0.1%

94
 United Arab Emirates
Asia
Western Asia
9,269,612
9,400,145
7000140818191743080♠+1.4%

95
 Honduras
Americas
Central America
9,112,867
9,265,067
7000167016593131450♠+1.7%

96
 Tajikistan
Asia
Central Asia
8,734,951
8,921,343
7000213386428842020♠+2.1%

97
 Serbia[j]
Europe
Southern Europe
8,820,083
8,790,574
3000665433987412590♠−0.3%

98
 Austria
Europe
Western Europe
8,712,137
8,735,453
6999267626645448749♠+0.3%

99
  Switzerland
Europe
Western Europe
8,401,739
8,476,005
6999883936051810230♠+0.9%

100
 Israel
Asia
Western Asia
8,191,828
8,321,570
7000158379790200670♠+1.6%

101
 Papua New Guinea
Oceania
Melanesia
8,084,991
8,251,162
7000205530222606310♠+2.1%

102
 Togo
Africa
Western Africa
7,606,374
7,797,694
7000251525891311680♠+2.5%

103
 Sierra Leone
Africa
Western Africa
7,396,190
7,557,212
7000217709388212040♠+2.2%

104
 Hong Kong
Asia
Eastern Asia
7,302,843
7,364,883
6999849532161652670♠+0.8%

105
 Bulgaria
Europe
Eastern Europe
7,131,494
7,084,571
3000342031277036759♠−0.7%

106
 Laos
Asia
South-eastern Asia
6,758,353
6,858,160
7000147679471610910♠+1.5%

107
 Paraguay
Americas
South America
6,725,308
6,811,297
7000127858828175600♠+1.3%

108
 El Salvador
Americas
Central America
6,344,722
6,377,853
6999522182059355790♠+0.5%

109
 Libya
Africa
Northern Africa
6,293,253
6,374,616
7000129286078280980♠+1.3%

110
 Nicaragua
Americas
Central America
6,149,928
6,217,581
7000110006165925840♠+1.1%

111
 Lebanon
Asia
Western Asia
6,006,668
6,082,357
7000126008296113589♠+1.3%

112
 Kyrgyzstan
Asia
Central Asia
5,955,734
6,045,117
7000150078898755380♠+1.5%

113
 Turkmenistan
Asia
Central Asia
5,662,544
5,758,075
7000168706856847380♠+1.7%

114
 Denmark
Europe
Northern Europe
5,711,870
5,733,551
6999379577966585360♠+0.4%

115
 Singapore
Asia
South-eastern Asia
5,622,455
5,708,844
7000153649962516370♠+1.5%

116
 Finland[k]
Europe
Northern Europe
5,503,132
5,523,231
6999365228382673720♠+0.4%

117
 Slovakia
Europe
Eastern Europe
5,444,218
5,447,662
6998632597739473220♠+0.1%

118
 Norway[l]
Europe
Northern Europe
5,254,694
5,305,383
6999964642279835900♠+1.0%

119
 Congo
Africa
Middle Africa
5,125,821
5,260,750
7000263233928769660♠+2.6%

120
 Eritrea
Africa
Eastern Africa
4,954,645
5,068,831
7000230462525569440♠+2.3%

121
 Palestine[m]
Asia
Western Asia
4,790,705
4,920,724
7000271398468492630♠+2.7%

122
 Costa Rica
Americas
Central America
4,857,274
4,905,769
6999998399513801360♠+1.0%

123
 Ireland
Europe
Northern Europe
4,726,078
4,761,657
6999752822953831900♠+0.8%

124
 Liberia
Africa
Western Africa
4,613,823
4,731,906
7000255933094962680♠+2.6%

125
 New Zealand
Oceania
Australia and New Zealand
4,660,833
4,705,818
6999965170818177770♠+1.0%

126
 Central African Republic
Africa
Middle Africa
4,594,621
4,659,080
7000140292311378890♠+1.4%

127
 Oman
Asia
Western Asia
4,424,762
4,636,262
7000477991810632980♠+4.8%

128
 Mauritania
Africa
Western Africa
4,301,018
4,420,184
7000277064639115670♠+2.8%

129
 Croatia
Europe
Southern Europe
4,213,265
4,189,353
3000432459149851719♠−0.6%

130
 Kuwait
Asia
Western Asia
4,052,584
4,136,528
7000207136977296460♠+2.1%

131
 Panama
Americas
Central America
4,034,119
4,098,587
7000159806887203870♠+1.6%

132
 Moldova[n]
Europe
Eastern Europe
4,059,608
4,051,212
3000793182001809040♠−0.2%

133
 Georgia[o]
Asia
Western Asia
3,925,405
3,912,061
3000660060554261280♠−0.3%

134
 Puerto Rico
Americas
Caribbean
3,667,903
3,663,131
3000869898413344080♠−0.1%

135
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe
Southern Europe
3,516,816
3,507,017
3000721367282223460♠−0.3%

136
 Uruguay
Americas
South America
3,444,006
3,456,750
6999370034198546690♠+0.4%

137
 Mongolia
Asia
Eastern Asia
3,027,398
3,075,647
7000159374485944700♠+1.6%

138
 Armenia
Asia
Western Asia
2,924,816
2,930,450
6999192627502037750♠+0.2%

139
 Albania
Europe
Southern Europe
2,926,348
2,930,187
6999131187404915620♠+0.1%

140
 Jamaica
Americas
Caribbean
2,881,355
2,890,299
6999310409512191320♠+0.3%

141
 Lithuania
Europe
Northern Europe
2,908,249
2,890,297
3000382721355702350♠−0.6%

142
 Qatar
Asia
Western Asia
2,569,804
2,639,211
7000270086745915250♠+2.7%

143
 Namibia
Africa
Southern Africa
2,479,713
2,533,794
7000218093787466530♠+2.2%

144
 Botswana
Africa
Southern Africa
2,250,260
2,291,661
7000183983184165390♠+1.8%

145
 Lesotho
Africa
Southern Africa
2,203,821
2,233,339
7000133940097675810♠+1.3%

146
 The Gambia
Africa
Western Africa
2,038,501
2,100,568
7000304473728489710♠+3.0%

147
 Republic of Macedonia
Europe
Southern Europe
2,081,206
2,083,160
6998938878707826160♠+0.1%

148
 Slovenia
Europe
Southern Europe
2,077,862
2,079,976
6999101739191534380♠+0.1%

149
 Gabon
Africa
Middle Africa
1,979,786
2,025,137
7000229070212639140♠+2.3%

150
 Latvia
Europe
Northern Europe
1,970,530
1,949,670
2999894140155186680♠−1.1%

151
 Guinea-Bissau
Africa
Western Africa
1,815,698
1,861,283
7000251060473713140♠+2.5%

152
 Bahrain
Asia
Western Asia
1,425,171
1,492,584
7000473016922179870♠+4.7%

153
 Trinidad and Tobago
Americas
Caribbean
1,364,962
1,369,125
6999304990175550680♠+0.3%

154
 Swaziland
Africa
Southern Africa
1,343,098
1,367,254
7000179852847670090♠+1.8%

155
 Estonia
Europe
Northern Europe
1,312,442
1,309,632
3000785895300516140♠−0.2%

156
 East Timor
Asia
South-eastern Asia
1,268,671
1,296,311
7000217865782381720♠+2.2%

157
 Equatorial Guinea
Africa
Middle Africa
1,221,490
1,267,689
7000378218405390140♠+3.8%

158
 Mauritius[p]
Africa
Eastern Africa
1,262,132
1,265,138
6999238168432461890♠+0.2%

159
 Cyprus[q]
Asia
Western Asia
1,170,125
1,179,551
6999805554962076700♠+0.8%

160
 Djibouti
Africa
Eastern Africa
942,333
956,985
7000155486436323460♠+1.6%

161
 Fiji
Oceania
Melanesia
898,760
905,502
6999750144643731350♠+0.8%

162
 Réunion
Africa
Eastern Africa
869,925
876,562
6999762939333850610♠+0.8%

163
 Comoros
Africa
Eastern Africa
795,601
813,912
7000230153054106270♠+2.3%

164
 Bhutan
Asia
Southern Asia
797,765
807,610
7000123407269057930♠+1.2%

165
 Guyana
Americas
South America
773,303
777,859
6999589161040368390♠+0.6%

166
 Montenegro
Europe
Southern Europe
628,615
628,960
6998548825592771470♠+0.1%

167
 Macau
Asia
Eastern Asia
612,167
622,567
7000169888282119100♠+1.7%

168
 Solomon Islands
Oceania
Melanesia
599,419
611,343
7000198925959971240♠+2.0%

169
 Luxembourg
Europe
Western Europe
575,747
583,455
7000133878248605720♠+1.3%

170
 Suriname
Americas
South America
558,368
563,402
6999901555963092450♠+0.9%

171
 Western Sahara
Africa
Northern Africa
538,755
552,628
7000257501090477120♠+2.6%

172
 Cape Verde
Africa
Western Africa
539,560
546,388
7000126547557268890♠+1.3%

173
 Guadeloupe[r]
Americas
Caribbean
449,975
449,568
3001095505305850340♠−0.1%

174
 Maldives
Asia
Southern Asia
427,756
436,330
7000200441373119259♠+2.0%

175
 Malta
Europe
Southern Europe
429,362
430,835
6999343067155453910♠+0.3%

176
 Brunei
Asia
South-eastern Asia
423,196
428,697
7000129987050917310♠+1.3%

177
 Bahamas
Americas
Caribbean
391,232
395,361
7000105538401766730♠+1.1%

178
 Martinique
Americas
Caribbean
385,103
384,896
3001462481465997370♠−0.1%

179
 Belize
Americas
Central America
366,954
374,681
7000210571352267590♠+2.1%

180
 Iceland
Europe
Northern Europe
332,474
335,025
6999767278042794330♠+0.8%

181
 Barbados
Americas
Caribbean
284,996
285,719
6999253687771056429♠+0.3%

182
 French Polynesia
Oceania
Polynesia
280,208
283,007
6999998900816536290♠+1.0%

183
 French Guiana
Americas
South America
275,713
282,731
7000254540047077939♠+2.5%

184
 New Caledonia
Oceania
Melanesia
272,677
276,255
7000131217521096390♠+1.3%

185
 Vanuatu
Oceania
Melanesia
270,402
276,244
7000216048697864660♠+2.2%

186
 Mayotte
Africa
Eastern Africa
246,489
253,045
7000265975357926719♠+2.7%

187
 Sao Tome and Principe
Africa
Middle Africa
199,910
204,327
7000220949427242260♠+2.2%

188
 Samoa
Oceania
Polynesia
195,125
196,440
6999673926969891100♠+0.7%

189
 Saint Lucia
Americas
Caribbean
178,015
178,844
6999465691093447180♠+0.5%

190
 Guernsey and  Jersey
Europe
Northern Europe
164,541
165,314
6999469791723643340♠+0.5%

191
 Guam
Oceania
Micronesia
162,896
164,229
6999818313525193990♠+0.8%

192
 Curaçao
Americas
Caribbean
159,371
160,539
6999732881138977600♠+0.7%

193
 Kiribati
Oceania
Micronesia
114,395
116,398
7000175095065343760♠+1.8%

194
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Americas
Caribbean
109,643
109,897
6999231660935946660♠+0.2%

195
 Tonga
Oceania
Polynesia
107,122
108,020
6999838296521722890♠+0.8%

196
 Grenada
Americas
Caribbean
107,317
107,825
6999473363959111790♠+0.5%

197
 Federated States of Micronesia
Oceania
Micronesia
104,937
105,544
6999578442303477320♠+0.6%

198
 Aruba
Americas
Caribbean
104,822
105,264
6999421667207265640♠+0.4%

199
 United States Virgin Islands
Americas
Caribbean
104,913
104,901
5000000000000000000♠0.0%

200
 Antigua and Barbuda
Americas
Caribbean
100,963
102,012
7000103899448312750♠+1.0%

201
 Seychelles
Africa
Eastern Africa
94,228
94,737
6999540179139958410♠+0.5%

202
 Isle of Man
Europe
Northern Europe
83,737
84,287
6999656818371806980♠+0.7%

203
 Andorra
Europe
Southern Europe
77,281
76,965
3000591102599604040♠−0.4%

204
 Dominica
Americas
Caribbean
73,543
73,925
6999519424010442870♠+0.5%

205
 Cayman Islands
Americas
Caribbean
60,765
61,559
7000130667324940339♠+1.3%

206
 Bermuda
Americas
Northern America
61,666
61,349
3000485940388544740♠−0.5%

207
 Greenland
Americas
Northern America
56,412
56,480
6999120541728710210♠+0.1%

208
 American Samoa
Oceania
Polynesia
55,599
55,641
6998755409269950880♠+0.1%

209
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Americas
Caribbean
54,821
55,345
6999955838091242400♠+1.0%

210
 Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania
Micronesia
55,023
55,144
6999219908038456640♠+0.2%

211
 Marshall Islands
Oceania
Micronesia
53,066
53,127
6999114951192854180♠+0.1%

212
 Faroe Islands
Europe
Northern Europe
49,117
49,290
6999352220208888990♠+0.4%

213
 Sint Maarten
Americas
Caribbean
39,537
40,120
7000147456812605910♠+1.5%

214
 Monaco
Europe
Western Europe
38,499
38,695
6999509104132574879♠+0.5%

215
 Liechtenstein
Europe
Western Europe
37,666
37,922
6999679658047045080♠+0.7%

216
 Turks and Caicos Islands
Americas
Caribbean
34,900
35,446
7000156446991404010♠+1.6%

217
 Gibraltar
Europe
Southern Europe
34,408
34,571
6999473727040223190♠+0.5%

218
 San Marino
Europe
Southern Europe
33,203
33,400
6999593319880733680♠+0.6%

219
 British Virgin Islands
Americas
Caribbean
30,661
31,196
7000174488764228170♠+1.7%

220
 Caribbean Netherlands[s]
Americas
Caribbean
25,019
25,398
7000151484871497660♠+1.5%

221
 Palau
Oceania
Micronesia
21,503
21,729
7000105101613728320♠+1.1%

222
 Cook Islands
Oceania
Polynesia
17,379
17,380
5000000000000000000♠0.0%

223
 Anguilla
Americas
Caribbean
14,764
14,909
6999982118667027910♠+1.0%

224
 Wallis and Futuna
Oceania
Polynesia
11,899
11,773
2999894108748634340♠−1.1%

225
 Nauru
Oceania
Micronesia
11,347
11,359
6999105754825063900♠+0.1%

226
 Tuvalu
Oceania
Polynesia
11,097
11,192
6999856087230783100♠+0.9%

227
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Americas
Northern America
6,305
6,320
6999237906423473430♠+0.2%

228
 Montserrat
Americas
Caribbean
5,152
5,177
6999485248447204970♠+0.5%

229
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Africa
Western Africa
4,035
4,049
6999346964064436170♠+0.3%

230
 Falkland Islands
Americas
South America
2,910
2,910
5000000000000000000♠0.0%

231
 Niue
Oceania
Polynesia
1,624
1,618
3000630541871921189♠−0.4%

232
 Tokelau
Oceania
Polynesia
1,282
1,300
7000140405616224650♠+1.4%

233
  Vatican City[t]
Europe
Southern Europe
801
792
2999887640449438199♠−1.1%


document_title: The Bachelor (season 22)

question_text: how many one-on-one dates does arie have in tuscany

root

text: The Bachelor (season 22)

text: Filming and development[edit]

text: Casting and contestants[edit]

text: On September 7, 2017, during Good Morning America, Luyendyk was announced as the next Bachelor over The Bachelorette season 13 runner-up Peter Kraus, who was the fan favorite choice for the role. Many fans were in disbelief in response to Kraus' decision and the producers selected Luyendyk as a last minute direct replacement.[3]

tag: p

text: Production[edit]

text: This season traveled to Lake Tahoe; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Paris, France; Tuscany, Italy and Peru. Appearances for this season included racing driver Robby Gordon, Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling wrestlers Ursula Hayden and Angelina Altishin, wrestler and The Bachelorette contestant Kenny King, singer/songwriter Connor Duermit, country band Lanco, indie singer and songwriter Tenille Arts and French singer Pauline Paris.[4]

text: Contestants[edit]

text: This season began with 29 contestants.[5]

text:
Name
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Outcome
Place
Ref

Rebecca "Becca" Kufrin[6]
27
Prior Lake, Minnesota
Publicist
Winner
1
[7]

Lauren Burnham[8]
25
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Technology Salesperson
Runner-up
2

Kendall Long[9]
26
Santa Clarita, California
Creative Director
Week 9
3
[10]

Tia Booth[11]
26
Weiner, Arkansas
Physical Therapist
Week 8
4
[12]

Rebekah "Bekah" Martinez[9][13]
22[a]
Fresno, California
Nanny
Week 7
5
[15]

Seinne Fleming[9][16]
27
Long Beach, California
Commercial Real Estate Manager
6

Jacqueline Trumbull[17]
26
Morgantown, West Virginia
Research Coordinator
7 (quit)

Chelsea Roy[9][18][19]
29
South Portland, Maine
Real Estate Executive Assistant
Week 6
8–9
[20]

Jenna Cooper[21][22]
28
Upland, Indiana
Social Media Manager

Krystal Nielson[23]
30
Missoula, Montana
Fitness Coach
10

Ashley Luebke[24]
25
West Palm Beach, Florida
Real Estate Agent
Week 5
11–13
[25]

Maquel Cooper[26]
23
American Fork, Utah
Photographer

Marikh Mathias[27]
27
Salt Lake City, Utah
Restaurant Owner

Brittany Taylor[28]
30
Belton, South Carolina
Tech Recruiter
Week 4
14–15
[29]

Caroline Lunny[24][30]
26
Holliston, Massachusetts
Realtor

Bibiana Julian[9][24]
30
Miami, Florida
Executive Assistant
Week 3
16
[31]

Annaliese Puccini[32]
32
San Mateo, California
Event Designer
17

Lauren Schleyer[8]
31
Dallas, Texas
Social Media Manager
18

Jennifer "Jenny" Delaney[33]
25
Northbrook, Illinois
Graphic Designer
Week 2
19–21
[34]

Lauren Griffin[21]
26
Indianapolis, Indiana
Executive Recruiter

Valerie Biles
25
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Server

Alison "Ali" Harrington[8]
27
Lawton, Oklahoma
Personal Stylist
Week 1
22–29
[35]

Amber Wilkerson
29
Denver, Colorado
Business Owner

Brianna "Bri" Amaranthus[36]
25
Grants Pass, Oregon
Sports Reporter

Brittane Johnson
27
San Diego, California
Marketing Manager

Jessica Carroll[37]
26
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Television Host

Lauren Jarreau[38][39]
33
New Roads, Louisiana
Recent Master's Graduate

D'Nysha "Nysha" Norris[28]
30
Anderson, South Carolina
Orthopedic Nurse

Olivia Goethals[33]
23
Geneseo, Illinois
Marketing Associate

tag: table

text: Future appearances[edit]

text: The Bachelor Winter Games[edit]

text: Bibiana Julian and Lauren Griffin took part in The Bachelor Winter Games to compete as Team USA. Griffin was eliminated in week one. Julian quit in week four.

text: The Bachelorette[edit]

text: During the After the Final Rose Ceremony, it was revealed that Becca Kufrin had been announced as the lead for season 14 of The Bachelorette.[40]

text: Bachelor in Paradise[edit]

text: During the Women Tell All special, it was announced that Bekah Martinez would be joining the cast of the fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise.[41]

text: Call-out order[edit]

text:
Order
Bachelorettes
Episode / Week

2201
2202
2203
2204[b]
2205
2206
2207
2208
2209
2210

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

1
Caroline
Chelsea
Becca K.
Bekah M.
Seinne
Chelsea
Lauren B.
Becca K.
Becca K.
Lauren B.
Becca K.

2
Chelsea
Becca K.
Krystal
Chelsea
Tia
Lauren B.
Bekah M.
Lauren B.
Lauren B.
Becca K.
Lauren B.

3
Kendall
Marikh
Seinne
Caroline
Bekah M.
Tia
Kendall
Kendall
Kendall
Kendall

4
Seinne
Kendall
Maquel
Kendall
Lauren B.
Bekah M.
Jacqueline
Tia
Tia

5
Tia
Lauren G.
Jacqueline
Ashley
Kendall
Seinne
Tia
Bekah M.

6
Bibiana
Krystal
Bekah M.
Lauren B.
Ashley
Kendall
Seinne
Seinne

7
Bri
Bekah M.
Jenna
Brittany T.
Becca K.
Becca K.
Becca K.
Jacqueline

8
Jenny
Lauren S.
Chelsea
Becca K.
Chelsea
Jacqueline
Chelsea
Jenna

9
Brittane J.
Seinne
Lauren S.
Seinne
Jenna
Jenna

10
Jacqueline
Caroline
Tia
Krystal
Jacqueline
Krystal
Krystal

11
Krystal
Brittany T.
Annaliese
Tia
Marikh
Ashley
Maquel
Marikh

12
Nysha
Bibiana
Lauren B.
Maquel
Krystal

13
Valerie
Annaliese
Kendall
Jenna
Brittany T.
Caroline

14
Bekah M.
Jenna
Brittany T.
Jacqueline

15
Jenna
Valerie
Ashley
Marikh
Maquel

16
Jessica
Jacqueline
Marikh
Bibiana

17
Marikh
Jenny
Caroline
Annaliese

18
Olivia
Lauren B.
Bibiana
Lauren S.

19
Becca K.
Ashley
Jenny
Lauren G.
Valerie

20
Lauren S.
Tia

21
Lauren J.
Maquel

22
Lauren B.
Ali
Amber
Bri
Brittane J.
Jessica
Lauren J.
Nysha
Olivia

23
Lauren G.

24
Ashley

25
Brittany T.

26
Amber

27
Ali

28
Annaliese

29
Maquel

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
Rating/share
(18–49)

219
1
"Week 1: Season 22 Premiere"
January 1, 2018 (2018-01-01)
2201
5.48[42]
1.5/5[42]

Upon arriving at the rental bachelor pad home for the tenure of the season, Arie is greeted by his friend and season seventeen Bachelor Sean Lowe, his wife Catherine and their son Samuel. Sean offers his advice on being the bachelor and Catherine provides parenting tips. The competition commences later as Arie greets the women as they arrive at the mansion. Tia holds a little wiener to represent the small town she hails from; Bri, a sports reporter, tosses Arie a catch; Valerie gives a ballroom dance; Bekah M. rides a 1965 Ford Mustang up to the mansion; Jessica recognizes Arie as her father met him a few years ago; Becca K. holds a black velvet ring box to give Arie a proposal; Annaliese wears a mask to recall Arie's nickname "kissing bandit" and Maquel rides an IndyCar race car, to dismay from the other girls. Arie and Brittany T. ride miniature cars outside the mansion, Kendall sings a song while playing her ukulele, Caroline brings a box of pizza to eat a slice, Jenna gives Arie a foot massage. In the end, Arie selects Chelsea to receive the first impression rose. At the rose ceremony, Ali, Amber, Bri, Brittane J., Jessica, Lauren J., Nysha and Olivia are sent home.

220
2
"Week 2"
January 8, 2018 (2018-01-08)
2202
5.56[43]
1.4/5[43]

Becca K. gets the first one-on-one date of the season. She gets to ride a motorcycle with Arie and they travel to his home for a tour. There, they get a surprise visit from Rachel Zoe and Becca receives a set of clothes and Louboutin heels, plus the gift of a necklace and two pairs of earrings. Arie and Becca discuss her painful past and Arie gives her a rose. Krystal also gets a one-on-one date with Arie and they fly to his hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona for a tour of the high school Arie attended. They stop by his parents' house where Krystal meets Arie's parents, including former race car driver Arie Luyendyk, his younger brother and his sister-in-law. They arrive back in Los Angeles and visit the Bradbury Building where Krystal shares some of her backstory with Arie. In the end, Arie gives her a rose and they are given a private concert by Connor Duermit inside the Los Angeles Theatre. Fifteen ladies take part in the first group date: a demolition derby race. Annaliese had a traumatic injury on a bumping car as a child, which influences her ability to enjoy the date. Chris Harrison and race car driver Robby Gordon present the event. Seinne emerges victorious and is declared the winner. After the derby event, Arie informs the girls that Brittany T. has been sent to hospital due to minor injuries. Bibiana starts a dramatic argument with the other ladies and threatens to leave. Seinne ends up with the group date rose. At the cocktail party, Brittany receives the "Most Hardcore" certificate award. Bibiana's drama continues when she interrupts Lauren B. and Krystal as they compete to spend time one-on-one with Arie. In the rose ceremony, Jenny, Lauren G. and Valerie are eliminated.

221
3
"Week 3"
January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15)
2203
6.61[44]
1.8/6[44]

Eight ladies go on a group date to take part in a wrestling event, dubbing themselves the "Gorgeous Ladies of Bachelor". Angelina Altishin and Ursula Hayden of Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling train them. Tia and Bibiana feel overwhelmed by the training and Arie comforts Tia. They divide into four teams of two. Arie opens the event by wrestling with professional wrestler and former The Bachelorette contestant Kenny King. They spend the night at Caravan Outpost in Ojai. Bibiana discusses Krystal's irritating behavior with Arie. Bekah M. gets the group date rose, despite Krystal thinking she has the strongest connection with him. Lauren S. gets the one-on-one date of the week. Arie meets her and they fly to Napa Valley. They spend time inside the winery, but Arie decides they lack romantic chemistry and Lauren S. is sent home. Seven ladies take part in a group date at a park, where Arie introduces them to his dog, Bastian. The women play with dogs and train them to perform tricks for a show. Annaliese had several traumatic instances with dogs in her childhood, which causes her to be nervous. The women have to perform the show at The Grove. Chris Harrison and Fred Willard present the event, which they call "Arie's Amazing Acrodogs". Chelsea gets the group date rose. At the cocktail party, Bibiana sets up a daybed outdoors with a telescope, though Lauren B. was the first one to discover the place before Bibiana claimed the spot. Tia presents moonshine to Arie. Annaliese and Arie decide they do not have mutual attraction or a future connection and she is eliminated before the ceremony. At the rose ceremony, Bibiana is eliminated.

222
4
"Week 4"
January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22)
2204
6.38[45]
1.8/6[45]

Chris Harrison tells the ladies they are traveling to South Lake Tahoe, California to meet up with Arie. Seinne gets the one-on-one date and they take a thrilling parasailing ride on a boat over Lake Tahoe. They dine at Hard Rock Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada and share their stories with each other. Arie gives her a rose, they enjoy a private concert with Lanco inside. At the hotel, Maquel receives a call from her mother and learns that her grandfather has passed away. She subsequently leaves the competition. The twelve ladies chosen for a group date head into the wilderness where they meet survival experts Mykel and Ruth Hawke. The women learn three survival skills: drinking urine from a thermos, eating worms and bugs and exploring the vast wilderness with a provided map divided between three teams of four. Krystal recalls when she attended a camp. Tia ends up receiving the date rose. Bekah M. gets the second one-on-one date and she and Arie take a horseback ride through the foothills of Lake Tahoe until they reach a bathtub. Bekah finally reveals to Arie that she is 22. In the end, Arie gives Bekah the rose. Chris shows up at the hotel and announces that the cocktail party is cancelled. At the rose ceremony, Krystal wants to talk with Arie before the ceremony begins. In the end, Brittany and Caroline are eliminated from the competition.

223
5
"Week 5"
January 29, 2018 (2018-01-29)
2205
6.36[46]
1.7/6[46]

The remaining ladies travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where Maquel has returned to rejoin the competition. Chelsea gets the one-on-one date with Arie on a houseboat and riding on a jet ski. They have dinner at an antique car museum where Chelsea confides to Arie about her past relationship and her son. Arie gives her a rose and they dance to a song by Tenille Arts backstage. The eleven ladies chosen for a group date go bowling. Arie splits the women into two teams, named The Spare Roses and The Pin Ups. He reveals that the winning team will go to the after party, while the losers will go back to the hotel. The Spare Roses win the game, but after Arie changes his mind and invites both teams to the after party, Krystal begins to show her frustration. They return to the hotel where Krystal decides to skip the after party, calling Arie a liar. Arie visits Krystal in her room and confines her to the room after they talk about Krystal's hurt feelings. She later changes her mind and joins the others, who confront her separately about her hypocrisy. Lauren B. gets the group date rose. Tia has a one-on-one date at the Everglades, riding a hydro boat with Arie and stopping by an old wooden house to eat three delicacies: fried gator, corn and frog legs. After dinner, Arie hands the rose to her. The cocktail party takes place at Bonnet House where Krystal's behavior becomes more irrational, causing others to be upset. At the rose ceremony, Ashley, Maquel and Marikh are eliminated.

224
6
"Week 6"
February 5, 2018 (2018-02-05)
2206
6.82[47]
1.8/7[47]

The ten ladies travel to Paris, France to stop at U by Uniworld cruise boat on the Seine River. Chris Harrison announces there will be four dates instead of the regular three. Lauren B. gets a one-on-one date with Arie, riding a boat and sightseeing around the city including Notre-Dame de Paris. They dine together at Le Grand Véfour and reveal their backstories. Arie relates how his ex-girlfriend was pregnant but suffered a miscarriage, and Lauren tells him she was previously engaged. Arie gives her a rose. The six ladies chosen for a group date take part in a Moulin Rouge Féerie cabaret inside the theater. They learn choreography, with Seinne demonstrating her dancing experience. Moulin Rouge artistic director Miss Janet announces the best performing lady will receive a rose to perform on stage with Arie. At the cocktail party, Arie has discussions with each of the ladies to open up their feelings, and Bekah M. receives the group date rose. She and Arie start the show for the night, while the rest of the girls sit in the audience. Kendall and Krystal get the two-on-one date and travel to Château de Breteuil in Yvelines to meet with Arie. They race through a hedge maze and Krystal finds Arie first. Krystal confides in Arie that Kendall is not ready for marriage, and Kendall talks to Krystal privately about it afterwards. Arie then announces the date will continue at a building close to Eiffel Tower. Kendall receives the rose, sending Krystal home. Arie and Kendall kiss at the top of Eiffel Tower. Jacqueline gets a one-on-one date with Arie, but their car breaks down. They go into a fashion store, where Jacqueline selects a dress to wear. They have lunch at Maxim's restaurant and she receives a rose from Arie. In the rose ceremony at Musée des Arts Forains that night, Chelsea and Jenna are eliminated. Afterwards, Arie announces that the remaining ladies will be traveling to Tuscany, Italy.

225
7
"Week 7"
February 12, 2018 (2018-02-12)
2207
5.94[48]
1.5/5[48]

The seven ladies arrive in Tuscany and stop in Pisa, where Chris Harrison announces there will be three individual dates, one group date and no rose ceremony. Becca K. gets the first one-on-one date and they drive to the town of Barga, buying bread and sharing a picnic overlooking the Tuscan view. She becomes excited about Arie meeting her family on the upcoming hometowns. Becca receives a rose. Jacqueline expresses increasing doubts and seeks out Arie to discuss her future goals about finishing her degree, ultimately deciding to quit the competition. Lauren B. has the second one-on-one to the town of Lucca with Arie, where they ride bicycles on a cobbled streets, eat gelato, and watch children playing football. They dine at Villa Grabau, when Lauren confesses her feelings to Arie, who gives her the rose. Seinne goes on the next one-on-one date, where she and Arie explore the Tuscan countryside to meet Giulio and his dogs, go hunting for truffles, and are welcomed by his family for lunch. Arie does not give a rose to Seinne, sending her home. Kendall, Bekah M. and Tia go on the last group date, meeting with Arie at Villa Reale. Tia expresses her concerns to Arie about Bekah's seriousness and youth, leaving Bekah upset and receiving consolation from Arie. Kendall receives the rose, leaving Tia and Bekah to have dinner on their continuation of the date. Tia gets the rose and Bekah is eliminated.

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8
"Week 8"
February 19, 2018 (2018-02-19)
2208
6.27[49]
1.7/6[49]

Kendall's hometown date begins in Los Angeles where she meets Arie and takes him to a taxidermy studio, showing him how to stuff rats. Then, Kendall brings Arie to meet her family. Kendall's twin sister Kylie voices her concern to Arie about relationship issues; the sisters have been talking face-to-face. Tia takes Arie to her hometown Weiner, Arkansas, traveling to Crowley's Ridge Raceway near Paragould to experience car racing. Arie drifts first to take the lead. When Arie meets Tia's family, her overprotective father talks to Arie about his playboy reputation. The next stop is at Minneapolis, Minnesota to visit Becca, where she and Arie visit Minnetonka Orchards to harvest apples and take slingshots, then later make caramelized apples to eat. Later that day, Arie meets Becca's family in Prior Lake for a family dinner. Becca's uncle shares his story to Arie, that Becca's dad passed away and her mom is in remission from breast cancer. Finally, Arie travels to Virginia Beach, Virginia to meet with Lauren where they ride horses on a beach, go up the lighthouse and stroll on the pier. She introduces Arie to her family, Arie suffers an anxiety attack before dinner has started. He tells Lauren's father that he previously traveled to Iraq to visit the Armed Forces on a goodwill tour. At the rose ceremony, Arie takes Kendall aside and asks if she feels ready to be engaged. In the end, Tia is eliminated, leaving her crying and heartbroken.

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"The Women Tell All"
February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)
N/A
4.26[50]
1.1/4[50]

Eighteen eliminated contestants sit down to face the audience. Chris Harrison interviews Krystal about her harsh irrational attitude and hypocritical behavior. The ladies question her about lying on the bowling date in Fort Lauderdale, but Krystal defends herself instead of offering an apology. She reveals that she lost her voice throughout the season, and that her brother is currently recovering from homelessness. Seinne recalls memories from her date with Arie in Tuscany and says that she is still single. Bekah M. expresses frustrations over assumptions about her age and addresses Tia about her previous remarks. Chris shows a missing persons notice for her, and Bekah explains she went to work a marijuana farm weeks after completed filming, but did not have reception for days causing her mother to report her missing, Chris calls her mother on his cellphone, and suggests that her daughter may be absent for a few weeks to make an appearance on Bachelor in Paradise. Tia talks about feeling blindsided and Chris asks her if she wants to have another chance for love. Arie joins Chris onstage. Caroline calls out Arie, saying "I know what you did. I don't know how you could do that" with no further explanation given. Then, Arie reunites with Krystal and gives an apology for what happened on the two-on-one date in Paris. Before the special ends, bloopers and a sneak peek of Blockers are shown.

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"Week 9"
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)
2209
6.57[51]
1.8/7[51]

The three ladies head to Ica, Peru for overnight dates. Kendall takes a dune buggy in Paracas where she ends up sandboarding to the bottom after the buggy gets stuck on a steep point and sets up a picnic in the desert. Lauren takes a plane ride over the Nazca Lines seeing aerial views of ancient large scale geoglyphs on the ground below. She talks with Arie about relationship issues, stating her fears of another heartbreak. Becca takes a catamaran ride to a picturesque view of Ballestas Islands and sees the seals there. All three ladies get the fantasy suites, and Arie receives a blessing from each lady the following morning after the overnight date. The next day, Becca's ex-boyfriend Ross shows up and talks to Arie, saying that he is desperate to have Becca back and win her heart. Ross goes to Becca's hotel room asking for a marriage proposal and she says no. At the rose ceremony, Arie called Kendall and Arie talk once again, as she is not really ready for marriage without chemistry and physical attraction. Arie sends her home before the ceremony.

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"Week 10: Season Finale"
March 5, 2018 (2018-03-05)
2210
7.94[52]
2.2/8[52]

Lauren and Becca have an opportunity to meet with Arie's family in a hotel in Cusco. Both ladies have doubts after hearing a conversation with Arie's parents, with Arie saying he loves both women. Lauren's final date involves riding in a private train from Sacred Valley, she and Arie end at Machu Picchu with a view nearby. Lauren reveals that she met Arie before the show while she was living in Dallas. Becca's final date involves a plaza in Downtown Cusco, where Arie holds an umbrella waiting for her. They go into a marketplace trying to fit traditional poncho dress. They share their story how they first met, reading on a memory book about their potential future together including getting married and having children. At the rose ceremony, Lauren is feeling excited to receive a proposal, but Arie tells her something is stopping him and she is sent home in tears. When Becca arrives, they profess their love and Arie kneels an proposes to her. Becca accepts.

Weeks after filming wrapped up, Becca arrives at the safe house in Los Angeles just as Arie is arriving. He immediately announces he wants to call off the engagement. They speak in private and he tells Becca he is more in love with Lauren than her. Arie's goal is to reconcile with Lauren and he reveals to Becca that he spoke to Lauren on New Year's Day. Becca feels frustrated, confused, angry and heartbroken, sobbing on the bathroom floor. She finally asks Arie to leave the house, which he eventually does. In a live interview, Becca reveals that she hasn't spoken to Arie since that day.

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"After the Final Rose"
March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06)
N/A
7.77[53]
2.2/8[53]

After the shocking breakup, Arie and Becca go their separate ways. Becca heads back to Minneapolis and cries while watching a video about her time with Arie. Arie later travels to Virginia Beach to see Lauren at her parents house where he suffers an anxiety attack. Then, Arie makes a confession to Lauren explaining what happened at the final rose ceremony. Becca confesses that she has felt depressed and struggled to find love. Chris shows billboards that have been seen nationwide, but they are digitally photoshopped. She later receives a reward of US$6,000 for American Association for Cancer Research. She has seen Arie since the breakup and accepted his apology. Season thirteen bachelor Jason Mesnick and his wife Molly are on the hot seat and discuss Arie's relationship with Lauren. Lauren explains how on New Year's Eve, Arie liked one of her photos on Instagram, then the following night, contacted her on the day of the premiere. Arie reveals that Lauren would move to Arizona to be with him, he then proposes to Lauren on one knee, asking for his mistakes to be forgotten, and Lauren accepts the proposal. The announcement for next Bachelorette is made: Chris names Becca as the next lead and she quickly begins her journey, meeting five guys for the first time.

text: Controversy[edit]

text: Bekah Martinez was reported missing by her mother during the filming of this season. Her mother tried to claim that Martinez informed her while she was working on a marijuana farm instead of being on national television and was filed in the missing person's report on November 18, 2017, authorities from Humboldt County Police Sheriff tried to locate, but unsuccessfully to reach her. That very same day, Martinez eventually went home and remained on the missing person's case. Her mother reported her missing, but ended up discovering that Martinez was indeed not missing.[54]

text: Notes[edit]

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Jump up ^ Bekah M's age was not revealed until midway through episode 4.[14]
Jump up ^ Early in week 4, Maquel voluntarily left from the competition due to the death of her grandfather. She returned to the competition in the following episode.

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document_title: Signing of the Treaty of Lisbon

question_text: which british prime minister signed the lisbon treaty

text: Signing of the Treaty of Lisbon

text: Background[edit]

text: The diplomacy and brokering that lead to the political deal contained in the Treaty of Lisbon (then referred to as the 'Reform Treaty') was largely an achievement by the German presidency of the Council of the European Union, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel in the first half of 2007. At the meeting of the European Council on 18 and 19 October 2007, Portugal, which succeeded Germany as holder of the Presidency, did however insist that the Treaty be signed in Lisbon, the Portuguese capital. This request was granted, and the Treaty was thus to be called the Treaty of Lisbon, in line with the tradition of naming European Union treaties. The Portuguese presidency was appointed to the job of organising a programme and a ceremony for the signing of the treaty in late 2007, later specified to 13 December.[2]

text: Ceremony[edit]

text:
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José Sócrates on the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon

text: At 10:00 the plenipotentiaries from the 27 member states, as well as the presidents of the three main EU institutions, started arriving outside the Jerónimos Monastery with their motorcades. They were in turn met with welcome greetings by Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates and Foreign Minister Luis Amado. When all participants and the audience were seated inside the main courtyard of the monastery (with a temporary roof for the occasion), a choir of Portuguese children, accompanied by a piano, performed the original German-language version of the European anthem, the Ludwig van Beethoven's Ode to Joy. After this interlude, the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso; the President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering and the Prime Minister of Portugal (in the role of President of the European Council), José Sócrates, respectively, held speeches stressing the historic significance of the day. Around noon the main signing ceremony began, with representatives from the 27 member states signing the treaty in the alphabetic order. Afterwards, renowned Portuguese folk artist Dulce Pontes performed a musical piece in the country's traditional Fado genre. The programme at Jerónimos Monastery ended with a traditional 'family photo' of the leaders outside the South Gate of the historical building.

text: List of signatories[edit]

text: Representatives from the member states signed the treaty in the following order:

text:
1.  Belgium:
Prime minister Guy Verhofstadt
Foreign minister Karel De Gucht

2.  Bulgaria:
Prime minister Sergei Stanishev
Dept. PM, Foreign min. Ivailo Kalfin

3.  Czech Republic:
Mirek Topolánek
Karel Schwarzenberg

4.  Denmark
Prime minister Anders Rasmussen
Foreign minister Per Stig Møller

5.  Germany:
Angela Merkel
Frank-Walter Steinmeier

6.  Estonia:
Prime minister Andrus Ansip
Foreign minister Urmas Paet

7.  Ireland:
Bertie Ahern
Dermot Ahern

8.  Greece:
Konstantinos Karamanlis
Theodora Bakoyannis

9.  Spain:
José Luis Zapatero
Miguel Angel Moratinos

10.  France:
Nicolas Sarkozy
François Fillon
Bernard Kouchner

11.  Italy:
Romano Prodi
Massimo D’Alema

12.  Cyprus:
Tassos Papadopoulos
Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis

13.  Latvia:
Valdis Zatlers
Aigars Kalvītis
Māris Riekstiņš

14.  Lithuania:
Valdas Adamkus
Gediminas Kirkilas
Petras Vaitiekūnas

15.  Luxembourg:
Jean-Claude Juncker
Jean Asselborn

16.  Hungary:
Ferenc Gyurcsány
Kinga Göncz

17.  Malta:
Lawrence Gonzi
Michael Frendo

18.  Netherlands:
Jan-Peter Balkenende
Maxime Verhagen

19.  Austria:
Alfred Gusenbauer
Ursula Plassnik

20.  Poland:
Donald Tusk
Radosław Sikorski

21.  Portugal:
PM José Sócrates
FM Luis Amado

22.  Romania:
Traian Băsescu
Călin-Constantin-Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu
Adrian-Mihai Cioroianu

23.  Slovenia:
Janez Janša
Dimitrij Rupel

24.  Slovakia:
Robert Fico
Ján Kubis

25.  Finland:
Matti Vanhanen
Ilkka Kanerva

26  Sweden:
Fredrik Reinfeldt
Cecilia Malmström

27.  United Kingdom:
Gordon Brown
David Miliband

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text: Location and decorations[edit]

text: The Portuguese presidency decided to arrange the main signing ceremony in the main chapel of the Manueline Monastery of Jerónimos from 1502 in the Belém district of Lisbon, partly because this location was also used to sign the Portuguese treaty of accession to the European Union in 1985.[1]

text: The signing itself took place on a podium with a massive LCD screen in the background, displaying the national flag of a respective member state waving when the representatives from the member state signed the Treaty.

text: Absence of Gordon Brown[edit]

text: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was the only national representative who was planned to sign the Treaty in the ceremony but did not take part, leaving Foreign Secretary David Miliband to sign the Treaty alone. Instead, he signed the document at a lunch for heads of state and government later the same day. A requirement to appear before a committee of British MPs was cited as the reason for his absence.[3] This brought criticism from opposition parties. The Conservatives claimed it made him appear “gutless” and referred to it as a "stunt” which proved Brown was "not very good at international diplomacy". The Liberal Democrats claimed it raised "serious questions" and Chris Huhne said showed "inept and peevish behaviour that leaves Gordon Brown's reputation for honest dealing with our EU partners hanging by a thread".[4] Parts of British media also criticised Brown for this, suggesting he did it because he was ashamed to sign the Treaty,[5] with Nick Robinson, BBC Political Editor, claiming that Brown was capable of attending the signing but instead chose not to.[6]

text: Tram tour and Coach Museum lunch[edit]

text: After the group photo outside the monastery, the leaders took a ride on one of Lisbon electric trams together. This unusual way of transporting heads of state and government was described as a symbol of the fraternity of European countries on the path of European integration. The trip ended at the National Coach Museum of Portugal, wherein a festive lunch was held amid a historical collection of royal carriages. The delay of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown resulted with him arriving at the museum and signing the Treaty there.[7]

text: Demonstrations and criticism[edit]

text: Protestors were present in Lisbon when the treaty was signed. For instance the British pressure group I Want a Referendum staged a demonstration against the treaty being ratified in the United Kingdom by means of approval only by the British Parliament, without holding an additional referendum.[8]

text: The Treaty of Amsterdam established Brussels as the seat of all normal European Council meetings and as the signing coincided with one of those meetings, there was disagreement as to the venue. Belgium, keen not to set any precedent of holding mandatory meetings outside of Brussels against the treaty, wanted the meeting in Brussels whereas the Portuguese EU presidency wanted it in Lisbon in order to call the treaty, the Treaty of Lisbon.

text: The result was to sign the treaty in Lisbon, then continue the meeting in Brussels which became an open invitation for the media to attack the leaders for taking 27 separate unnecessary plane journeys, undermining the EU's environmental standing just as it sought to get international backing behind a post-Kyoto agreement. In the end, some leaders (such as the three Benelux leaders) plane pooled.[9]

text: Media coverage[edit]

text: The television coverage of the ceremony was produced by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the public broadcaster of Portugal.[10] The ceremony was broadcast live on for instance the website of the Portuguese presidency as well as on international television news networks, including Euronews.[10]


document_title: Costume designer

question_text: drapers are a part of what team theatre

question_tokens: drapers are a part of what team theatre

text: Costume designer

text: History[edit]

text: This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2016)

text: During the late-19th century, company managers in the US usually selected costumes for a show. Many were pulled from a rental house; few were designed. Though designers in other theatrical disciplines were recognized, few who specialized in costumes were. The few that were included Caroline Siedle, C. Wilhelm, Percy Anderson, and Mrs. John Alexander. They sometimes even received credit on the title page of a playbill rather than in the back.[2]

text: In the 20th century, film costume designers like Edith Head and Adrian became well known. Later, those working in television like Nolan Miller (Dynasty), Janie Bryant (Mad Men), and Patricia Field (Sex and the City) became more prominent, some becoming authors and having their own clothing and jewelry lines.[3]

text: Types of costume designers[edit]

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Costume

Background[show]

History
Industry
Costume coordination
Use of costume in Athenian tragedy
Wardrobe supervisor

Society and culture[show]

Cosplay
Costume party
Masque
Masquerade ball
Parade
World Costume Festival

Design[show]

Costume design
Costume designer
Spirit gum

Elements and methods[show]

Body painting
Disguise
Fake moustache
Fatsuit
Illusion costume
Inflatable costume
Zentai

Traditional[show]

Faubourg Marigny Mardi Gras costumes
Folk costume
French Quarter Mardi Gras costumes
Halloween costume
Santa suit

Theatrical[show]

Costumed character
Creature suit
Dance costume
Domino mask
Fursuit
Gorilla suit
Kumadori
Leotard
Pantomime horse
Stage dress
Titan the Robot

Period[show]

Plague doctor costume
Modern dress

Children[show]

Sesame Street
Zoobilee Zoo

Fictional[show]

Batman's utility belt
Batsuit
Ghostface
Superman suit

Organizations[show]

Angels Costumes
Costume Designers Guild
Western Costume

Awards[show]

Laurence Olivier
AACTA
Academy Award
Africa Movie Academy
BAFTA
Critics' Choice
César
David di Donatello
Filmfare
Golden Arena
IIFA
National Film Award
Robert
Satellite
Costume Designers Guild (TV)
Costume Designers Guild (fantasy)

People[show]

Category:Costume designers

Museums[show]

Centre National du Costume de Scene
Costume Museum of Canada
Kastoria Costume Museum
Devonshire Collection of Period Costume
Korea Museum of Modern Costume
Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume
Museum of the History of the Greek Costume
Portugal National Museum of Costume and Fashion
Scotland National Museum of Costume

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text: Professional costume designers generally fall into three types: freelance, residential, and academic.

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Freelance designers are hired for a specific production by a theatre, dance or opera company, and may or may not actually be local to the theatre they design for. A freelancer is traditionally paid in three instalments: Upon hire, on delivery of final renderings, and opening night of the production. Freelancers are not obligated to any exclusivity in what projects they work on, and may design for several productions concurrently.
A residential designer is hired by a specific theatre, dance or opera company for an extended series of productions. This can be as short as a summer stock contract, or may be for many years. A residential designer's contract may limit the amounts of freelance work they are allowed to accept. Unlike the freelancer, a residential designer is consistently "on location" at the theater—at hand to work with costume studio and other collaborators. Residential designers tend to be more established than strict freelancers, but this is not always the case.
An academic designer is one who holds professorship at a school. The designer is primarily an instructor, but may also act as a residential designer to varying degrees. They are often free to freelance, as their schedule allows. In the past, professors of costume design were mostly experienced professionals that may or may not have had formal post-graduate education, but it has now become increasingly common to require a professor to have at least a Master of Fine Arts in order to teach.

text: Both residential and academic designers are generally also required to act as Shop Master or Mistress of an onsite costume shop, in addition to designing productions. In a resident theatre, there is almost always a shop staff of stitchers, drapers, cutters and craft artisans. In an academic environment the shop "staff" is generally students, who are learning about costume design and construction. Most universities require costume design students to work a specified number of hours in the shop as part of their course work.

text: Unions[edit]

text: There are two unions that costume designers can belong to:

text: Costume Designers Guild, Local 892 is one union that represents Costume Designers[4] and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, United Scenic Artists[5]

text: Many costumers belong to the Motion Picture Costumers Union, Local 705 and represent every position within the costume department (except the costume designer). Local 705 represents Costume Supervisors, Key Costumers, Costumers, Tailor/Seamstress, Ager/Dyer, Cutter/Fitters, Costume House Employees and Commercial Costumers.[6]


document_title: Perfect Strangers (TV series)

question_text: when will perfect strangers season 3 be released

text: Perfect Strangers (TV series)

text: Premise

text: The series chronicles the relationship of Larry Appleton (Mark Linn-Baker) and his distant cousin Balki Bartokomous (Bronson Pinchot). Larry, a Wisconsin native from a large family, has just moved into his first apartment in Chicago, Illinois, and is savoring his first taste of privacy when Balki, a hitherto-unknown cousin from a Mediterranean island, Mypos, arrives intending to move in with him.

text: Balki, who was a shepherd on Mypos, interprets what little he knows about the United States by relying on his own (often out-of-context) recollections of American pop culture ("America: Land of my dreams and home of the Whopper"). Balki's signature is his "Dance of Joy", a cross between the dosado and the hokey pokey that he performs (with Larry) to celebrate good fortune. He debuts it in the third episode, "First Date", at a singles bar when he realizes that the song the band is playing sounds like the "Dance of Joy".

text: After initially gently rebuffing his cousin's request to stay at his apartment, aspiring-photographer Larry decides to take Balki under his wing and teach him about American life. However, the neurotic Larry frequently proves to be as inept as Balki, if not more so, and often gets the pair into situations that only Balki can set right. Major influences on the show include "buddy sitcoms" such as Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy, both of which were produced by the Perfect Strangers team.

text: Synopsis

text: Development

text: The series was the brainchild of Dale McRaven (co-creator of Mork & Mindy) and producers Tom Miller and Robert Boyett. Miller claimed that the series' inspiration came in the wake of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, when America experienced a wave of renewed patriotic sentiment.[1] Their idea for a comedy about an immigrant in America was initially rejected by all three major commercial television networks operating in the U.S. at the time (ABC, CBS and NBC).

text: In December 1984, Bronson Pinchot garnered notice for his role in Beverly Hills Cop as Serge, an effeminate art-gallery employee with an unplaceable foreign accent. When Miller and company pitched Pinchot as the star of their immigrant show, ABC signed on to the project, originally entitled The Greenhorn. By this time, however, Pinchot had become unavailable, as he had taken the role of a gay attorney in the NBC series Sara alongside star Geena Davis.

text: Sara failed to find an audience, and was canceled by May 1985. With Pinchot now available, Miller and Boyett began to develop the show in earnest. By November, comedian Louie Anderson was cast as the immigrant's American cousin.[2] A pilot episode was put into production, but in the end Anderson was not considered right for the role.

text: Development was placed into overdrive when ABC President Brandon Stoddard offered the producers a prime tryout slot for the spring of 1986 between the hit shows Who's The Boss? and Moonlighting on Tuesday nights.[3] After running through several actors for the part of Balki's cousin, the producers settled on Mark Linn-Baker, whom they had recently seen in a guest appearance on Moonlighting. Linn-Baker displayed immediate chemistry with Pinchot, and the series raced into production under the new title Perfect Strangers. It premiered on ABC on March 25, 1986.

text: Season 1 (1986)

text: The series commences with Larry living alone in an apartment in Chicago. In the pilot episode, Balki unexpectedly shows up at Larry's door claiming to be his distant cousin. Balki joined Larry as a clerk at the Ritz Discount Store, located on the ground level of their apartment building. Their boss is Donald "Twinkie" Twinkacetti (Ernie Sabella), an unscrupulous miser who is also their landlord. Twinkacetti's incessant berating of his two employees (he calls Balki "Turnip" and Larry "Yo-Yo") is occasionally alleviated by his wife Edwina (Belita Moreno). In the first season, upstairs neighbor Susan Campbell (Lise Cutter) is Larry's platonic friend.

text: Airing in the coveted timeslot between Who's The Boss? and Moonlighting, Perfect Strangers was an instant ratings hit in the spring of 1986, landing in the season's top 10 highest-rated shows.

text: Season 2 (1986–87)

text: For its second season, Perfect Strangers was moved to Wednesday nights at 8:00 p.m. as a lead-in to the new ABC sitcom Head of the Class.

text: Susan's character was phased out early in this season. Larry began dating Jennifer Lyons (Melanie Wilson) and Balki began dating Mary Anne Spencer (Rebeca Arthur), after meeting them through a local gym. In later episodes, we learn that both women are flight attendants who live in Larry and Balki's building.

text: Season 3 (1987–88)

text: The start of season 3 in fall 1987 found Larry and Balki in a new, larger apartment where Balki had his own room instead of sleeping on a fold-out sofa.[4] External shots clearly depict a new apartment building. According to season 6, episode 13, Larry and Balki's address is 711 Coldwell Street, Apt #209, Chicago, Illinois. The characters never made reference to the move, and Jennifer and Mary Anne were still co-tenants in the new surroundings.

text: Larry acquires a reporter job working out of the basement of the Chicago Chronicle, a fictional metropolitan newspaper, and helps Balki get a mail room job. They are overseen by demanding city editor Harry Burns (Eugene Roche). Burns is phased out of the show by the end of season 3; by the 5th season, the paper's publisher, Mr. Wainwright (F.J. O'Neill), takes over as Larry and Balki's boss, appearing through season 7. Balki's immediate supervisor is mail room head Sam Gorpley (Sam Anderson who had portrayed a bank clerk in the season one episode "Check This" in which Balki opens his first bank account), who never warms to "the Mypiot" and constantly plots to get Balki fired. Lydia Markham is the Chronicle's thin-skinned, multi-phobic advice columnist; she's played by Belita Moreno, who had previously played Edwina Twinkacetti. Although Larry physically remains at his typewriter in the basement, he joins the investigative team of Marshall & Walpole (loosely-based on the famed Washington Post duo of Woodward and Bernstein) in season 4. Larry's relationship with Jennifer matures as well.

text: Working as an elevator operator is Harriette Winslow (Jo Marie Payton-France). Her husband Carl (Reginald VelJohnson) is introduced in the 4th-season episode "Crimebusters", in which the couple moves into Larry and Balki's apartment building.

text: In March 1988, midway through the season, ABC moved Perfect Strangers from its successful Wednesday-night slot to Friday nights at 8:00 p.m. before Full House. This was a key development in the formation of the ABC Friday-night comedy block that would later become known as TGIF. Later moving to the 9/8c slot on Friday nights in the fall of 1989, Perfect Strangers would remain an anchor of ABC's Friday-night programming until it was unsuccessfully moved to Saturday nights in February 1992.

text: Seasons 4–6 (1988–91)

text: In the fall of 1989, after two seasons on Perfect Strangers, Harriette's character was given her own spin-off series, Family Matters. Joining Perfect Strangers in the TGIF lineup, Family Matters would eventually run longer than its parent show. Harriette was not seen again on Perfect Strangers, although an early Family Matters episode explained that she had been fired as the elevator operator, only to be re-hired as chief of security at the Chronicle. Carl became a main character on Family Matters.

text: Shortly after the sixth season opened, the producers attempted to add a child character to the show. Tess Holland, as played by Alisan Porter (who had starred on ABC's short-lived Chicken Soup the previous fall), was introduced as the troublemaking-but-immensely-cute little girl who lived upstairs from Larry and Balki. Tess appeared in the season's second episode, "New Kid on the Block", when Balki agrees to babysit her, causing an uproar both at home and at the Chronicle. While Porter was supposed to be on full-time, and even credited in the opening title sequence of the episode, she was suddenly dropped, never to be seen again. The experiment of adding a child to the cast was partially influenced by the network as well, since ABC's TGIF lineup was wishing to incorporate the child-and-preteen demographic into its audience. While the content of Perfect Strangers could often appeal to the family as a whole, it had never had children in the regular cast. A similar infusion happened a few months later on sister show Going Places, which had also started with a more adult tone.

text: While Larry and Jennifer's romance blossomed, Balki and Mary Anne's relationship moved more slowly: the pair would get very close, but then back off after fleeting moments of passion, then drift back into affection. Many viewers' predictions came true in the spring of 1991 when Larry proposed to Jennifer, after feeling competition from her old flame who was trying to woo her back. Jennifer accepted, and they started planning a wedding. As the 1990–91 season closed, it was clear that despite Larry's impending marriage, he and Balki's relationship would somehow remain a focal point of the show.

text: Season 7 (1991–92)

text: At season seven's beginning in September 1991, Larry and Jennifer's marriage meant that Perfect Strangers would move in a different direction. Larry and Jennifer buy a large Victorian house, then discover that they cannot afford it without additional roommates: Balki and Mary Anne. At midseason, Balki receives a promotion at the Chronicle, drawing a weekly comic strip based on his stuffed sheep, Dimitri. Gorpley and Lydia make occasional appearances throughout the season, but are gradually phased out as they have little relevance to Larry and Balki's new career paths.

text: With Larry and Jennifer happily married, the series turns toward Balki and Mary Anne's relationship. In the season's last several episodes, Mary Anne stops seeing Balki and moves out of the house. In the April 1992 season finale, Balki and Mary Anne resolve their differences and suddenly marry; the episode and season conclude with the two couples on their way to an extended honeymoon in Mypos—and with Jennifer telling Larry that they are expecting.

text: Season 8 (1993)

text: The first episode of season eight picked up several months after the end of season seven, by which time Jennifer is visibly pregnant. Balki and Mary Anne returned from Mypos, revealing that Mary Anne was also well into a pregnancy. For the eighth season, the Chronicle storylines were phased out, with the series shifting its full attention to the home life of the characters. The series ended with a two-part episode "Up In The Air", with each heralding the birth of a baby (first Robespierre, son of Balki and Mary Anne, and then Tucker, son of Larry and Jennifer). The last scene segues in and out of a musical montage of memorable scenes from the series to the tune of "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole. The closing credits showed the cast bowing before the studio audience, with co-stars Pinchot and Linn-Baker doing the "Dance of Joy" one last time.

text: Cast

text: Main cast

text:
Bronson Pinchot – Balki Bartokomous
Mark Linn-Baker – Larry Appleton
Melanie Wilson – Jennifer Lyons (seasons 2–8)
Rebeca Arthur – Mary Anne Spencer (seasons 2–8)
Belita Moreno – Edwina Twinkacetti (seasons 1–2)
Belita Moreno – Lydia Markham (seasons 3–7)
Ernie Sabella – Donald Twinkacetti (seasons 1–2)
Lise Cutter – Susan Campbell (seasons 1–2)
Sam Anderson – Sam Gorpley (seasons 3–7)

text: Recurring cast

text:
Jo Marie Payton – Harriette Winslow (seasons 3–4)
F.J. O'Neil – Mr. Wainwright (seasons 3–7)
Eugene Roche – Harry Burns (season 3)

text: Production notes

text: Perfect Strangers was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions in association with Lorimar-Telepictures, which later became Lorimar Television in 1988. The show, for its entire run, was executive produced by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett, and series creator Dale McRaven was executive producer with them for the first two seasons, becoming an executive consultant thereafter. William Bickley and Michael Warren, who became longtime associates of Miller and Boyett, were supervising producers during seasons one through four, elevating to co-executive producers in season five and finally executive producers with Miller and Boyett from seasons six through eight. Chip and Doug Keyes, who also served as producers on Miller and Boyett's first project under Lorimar, Valerie (later The Hogan Family), were producers on Perfect Strangers during its first season. Others who joined or remained on the production staff for several seasons included Paula A. Roth (who eventually became a principal showrunner in the seventh season alongside the senior executive producers), Alan Plotkin, Terry Hart, James O'Keefe, and the team of Barry O'Brien & Cheryl Alu.

text: Robert Griffard and Howard Adler, who joined the show in its third season as writers and executive story consultants, were promoted to co-producers in season five. At the end of the 1989–90 season, Griffard and Adler launched pre-production on their own series developed by Miller/Boyett, Going Places, which followed Perfect Strangers on TGIF the following season. Later seasons saw the arrival of such producers as Shari Hearn and Tom Devanney.

text: In 1991, Bickley and Warren launched their own production plate, Bickley-Warren Productions, as associates to Miller/Boyett. The Bickley-Warren Productions entity oversaw Family Matters, Step by Step and Getting By for Miller/Boyett, and alone were later the producers of Hangin' With Mr. Cooper and Kirk, both of which were produced by Warner Bros. Television (which absorbed Lorimar Television in 1993). Despite the existence of the Bickley-Warren plate during the final two seasons of Perfect Strangers, and the fact that Bickley and Warren were still active as producers on Strangers, the Bickley-Warren logo was never added to the show's closing credits as an associate production company.

text: Within a year after Perfect Strangers finished production, many of its existing production staff (namely O'Brien & Alu, Plotkin, co-producer Michael J. Morris and executive story consultant Scott Spencer Gorden) were all assigned to sister series Getting By at the start of its second season (1993–94).

text: Theme song and opening sequence

text: Theme song

text: The show's theme song, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now", was written by Jesse Frederick and Bennett Salvay, who had composed the themes for other Miller-Boyett series, including Full House, Step by Step, and Perfect Strangers spin-off Family Matters. Frederick and Salvay also composed the show's musical score for the entire first two seasons; for the remaining seasons, the score compositions rotated between Frederick and Salvay, Steven Chesne and/or Gary Boren. The theme was performed by David Pomeranz. The music was rearranged and the lyrics re-recorded for season three and the music was rearranged slightly in season five.[5] The full opening theme used for season one and most episodes of season two lasted 90 seconds. Starting with season three, the repeat of the second chorus near the end of the theme was cut to allow more airtime, reducing it to 72 seconds.

text: Two additional shortened versions were also used occasionally when episodes ran over the allotted time: the version used in a few episodes of season two cut half of the first stanza and the entire second, going directly to the first chorus following the verse, "Sometimes you just get a feeling/Like you need some kind of change...", reducing the length to 65 seconds, but the version used from season three onward used all but the second stanza, reducing the length to 48 seconds; the season four short version added a shorter harmonica portion near the end, which was absent in the season three short version. It has been a common misconception that the theme was reduced to the 48-second version from season three onward but that version was only used in syndicated reruns to allow stations added commercial time. The 72-second version was used for all episodes originally broadcast on ABC from seasons 3 to 8, with exceptions where ABC airings used the 48-second version when episodes ran over the allotted time. A shorter instrumental version of the theme, also composed by Frederick and Salvay, was also used as a closing theme in all but a few episodes (and was dropped entirely for season eight), which was rearranged in season three to sound nearly identical to the main theme, with another rearrangement for season five that saw it elongated from 30 seconds to 40 seconds.

text: Opening credits

text: First version (seasons one and two)

text: During seasons one and two, the opening sequence begins with images of Balki and Larry wiping sideways from opposite sides of the screen to meet in the middle, with the series title superimposed on top. Larry is shown saying good-bye to his family as he leaves his home in Wisconsin, and drives to Chicago in his old red Ford Mustang. The sequence then shifts to Balki, who is shown making his own farewells on Mypos before being driven off on the back of a horsecart, sitting alongside a box mislabeled "America or Burst". Balki is next seen on the tramp steamer as he sights the Statue of Liberty, then on a bus, presumably making his way to Chicago. After a brief shot of Larry driving under a "Welcome to Chicago" sign (in reality, located on eastbound Interstate 190 leading out of O'Hare International Airport), the sequence ends with the same shot of Balki and Larry together that began the sequence. The first season featured a script font for the series title and credits. For the second season, the show's title appears more similar to later seasons, and the script font is replaced with the fonts similar to that used in the remaining seasons. The Lake Shore Drive footage is now shown correctly. Additionally, the Larry and Balki sequences are shortened so that brief clips from some of the early episodes could be shown.

text: Second version (seasons three through eight)

text: For season three, the opening sequence was overhauled. The sequence begins with a close-up on Larry and Balki on the back of a tour boat heading east down the Chicago River, then zooming out to show them traveling under the Irv Kupcinet Bridge (the Wrigley Building and the now-demolished Sun-Times building can be seen in the background). A much larger version of the second season series title is superimposed on this image. During the third season only, light sparkles across this title. The sequence briefly recaps Larry and Balki's journeys to Chicago using footage from the earlier seasons. When Larry passes under the "Welcome to Chicago" sign this time, the sequence cuts to new footage of Larry and Balki around Chicago, including jogging in Lincoln Park, braving a wind gust on a city street, attending a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field, and messing around in a revolving door. After a view of an El train moving over the city street, the sequence concludes with Larry and Balki emerging from the subway to attend the Chicago Theatre. The theater marquee shows, appropriately enough, Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. The new location shots were filmed on September 11 and 12, 1987. This sequence remained the same from season three through the end of the series in season eight.

text: As a brief salute to its parent series, in the early-season opening credits of the spin-off series Family Matters, the Winslow family is shown riding bicycles over the Irv Kupcinet Bridge, as seen from exactly the same vantage point as in the opening Perfect Strangers sequence.

text: Exterior shot locations

text: First apartment building

text: The building used for the exterior shots of Larry and Balki's apartment for the first two seasons was the now non-existent Santa Rita Hotel, located at the south corner of S. Main St. and E. 11th St. in downtown Los Angeles, California. Since the series, the building has been remodeled and the upper stories removed. What remains of the building now houses several small shops and importers.

text: Second apartment building

text: The apartment building seen in the exterior shots from seasons three through six is located at the northwest corner of West Dickens Avenue and North Clark Street in Lincoln Park, Chicago, and little has changed in appearance today.

text: Chicago Chronicle

text: The Chicago Chronicle building is in actuality known as the London Guarantee Building, located at 360 North Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago.

text: Episodes

text: There were a total of eight seasons in the series. The first and last seasons were six episodes each, and the second through seventh seasons had between 22 and 24 episodes each. There were a total of 150 episodes in the series.

text: Perfect Strangers' ratings remained steady throughout its long run, usually ranking among Nielsen's top 40 programs for its first six seasons. It was never a massive hit, but consistently in a comfortable spot in the ratings, and it usually won its time slot on Friday nights.

text: By the fall of 1991, ABC had been reaping the rewards of the successful TGIF and wanted to capitalize on the preteen-and-younger demographic for the lineup. An industry insider reported that ABC was looking for a reason to cancel Perfect Strangers, because it was becoming too costly to produce and was considered an aging program that did not fit into the new TGIF target demographic.

text: In late January 1992, the network rolled out plans to launch a similar family-friendly comedy block for Saturday, also helmed by TGIF creator Jim Janicek. It was announced that Perfect Strangers would move from TGIF to join this new lineup to help it take off. On February 1, 1992, Perfect Strangers began airing in the 9 p.m. slot of I Love Saturday Night, the new TGIF sister lineup (which included Growing Pains, Who's the Boss?, and Capitol Critters). The series experienced a drastic decline in ratings. It dropped to #65 for the remainder of the season. In July 1992, ABC moved Perfect Strangers back to Fridays at 9:30 p.m. ET to fill the timeslot with reruns until the new TGIF season began. The reruns that were aired won their timeslot as they had before.

text: In its six-episode final season, which was filmed during August and September 1992 but broadcast from July 9 to August 6, 1993, it was rated in the top 20 with its series finale attracting 15 million households and rated #11 for the week of August 1, 1993. The average Nielsen ratings for the entire run of eight seasons was #27. For the abbreviated eighth season, Perfect Strangers once again aired Fridays at 9:30/8:30c.

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired
Nielsen ratings

First aired
Last aired

1
6
March 25, 1986 (1986-03-25)
April 29, 1986 (1986-04-29)
#13

2
22
September 17, 1986 (1986-09-17)
May 6, 1987 (1987-05-06)
#31

3
22
September 23, 1987 (1987-09-23)
May 6, 1988 (1988-05-06)
#48

4
22
October 14, 1988 (1988-10-14)
May 5, 1989 (1989-05-05)
#38

5
24
September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22)
May 4, 1990 (1990-05-04)
#34

6
24
September 28, 1990 (1990-09-28)
May 3, 1991 (1991-05-03)
#32

7
24
September 20, 1991 (1991-09-20)
April 18, 1992 (1992-04-18)
#61

8
6
July 9, 1993 (1993-07-09)
August 6, 1993 (1993-08-06)
#19

text:
March 1986–April 1986, ABC Tuesday 8:30–9:00
August 1986–February 1988, ABC Wednesday 8:00–8:30
March 1988–July 1989, ABC Friday 8:00–8:30
May 1988–July 1988, ABC Tuesday 8:30–9:00
August 1989–April 1991, ABC Friday 9:00–9:30
April 1991–May 1991, ABC Friday 9:30–10:00
May 1991–December 1991, ABC Friday 9:00–9:30
January 1992, ABC Friday 9:30–10:00
February 1992–April 1992, ABC Saturday 9:00–9:30
May 1992–June 1992, ABC Saturday 9:30–10:00
June 1992–July 1992, ABC Saturday 9:00–9:30
July 1992–September 1992, ABC Saturday 9:00–9:30
July 1993–August 1993, ABC Saturday 9:30–10:00

text: Syndication

text: From August 28, 1989, to July 13, 1990, reruns of the first four seasons of Perfect Strangers aired on ABC's daytime program block. Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (former sister company to series production company Lorimar Television) distributed the series for broadcast television syndication from September 1990 to September 1997. USA Network aired reruns of the show from September 1997 to September 11, 1998. The WB 100+ carried the series from September 17, 2001 to December 2002.

text: The series aired on Nick at Nite, first with a 6-episode marathon on July 14, 2000, and then a special airing in November 2000; the series aired regularly in late nights from February 3 to September 20, 2003. TV Land aired reruns from August 2, 2002 to September 28, 2002 and January 3 to February 1, 2003, as part of its now-defunct "TV Land Kitschen" weekend late night block, though special episodes aired on the channel in December 2000, April and December 2001, December 2002, January and December 2003, and June 2005. From October 1 to November 1, 2007, ION Television aired reruns of Perfect Strangers on its primetime lineup Monday-Thursday nights at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT). It is not currently broadcast on either broadcast or cable television in the U.S..

text: Various episodes were seen on AOL's In2TV video-on-demand service starting in March 2006, though after AOL's June 2009 announcement of its split with Time Warner, the series was moved to the AOL Video site.[7]

text: Outside of the United States, the series aired in the Netherlands by public TV, in Turkey by the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation dubbed in Turkish. In Pakistan, reruns were carried by Pakistan Television Corporation in its original form. In Bangladesh, reruns were carried by BTV in its original form. The series aired in the United Kingdom (on BBC1), Australia and New Zealand (on Channel 2, now called TV2) in its original form; reruns aired in Australia on 7TWO between March and October 2011 and in 2013. The series aired in Bulgaria by BTV and in the Bulgarian language; Bulgarians know Balki mostly as a Greek. It aired in the Philippines by RPN 9 in its original form, it aired with Arabic subtitles in Kuwait on KTV2 and in Lebanon on Télé Liban (TL). The series aired in Ireland by RTÉ on Network 2 in its original form. The series aired in Canada on DejaView channel 636

text: On September 29, 2017, Perfect Strangers became available for streaming on Hulu along with fellow Warner Bros. TV properties Family Matters, Full House, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and Step by Step, in addition to fellow ABC programs Boy Meets World, Dinosaurs and Home Improvement.[8]

text: Spinoff

text: Family Matters

text: Perfect Strangers had a spin-off series, the highly rated, long-running family sitcom Family Matters, which aired from September 22, 1989, to July 17, 1998. The series was centered around Harriette Winslow (Jo Marie Payton) in the role she originated on Perfect Strangers (Harriette was played by Judyann Elder for the second half of season nine after Payton's departure), and her cop husband Carl (Reginald VelJohnson; the character was initially introduced on Perfect Strangers in the fourth-season episode "Crimebusters") and their family. The series, which initially garnered modest ratings for most of its first season, became a ratings hit after the Winslows' annoying, accident-prone, budding inventor next-door neighbor Steve Urkel (Jaleel White), was introduced midway through the show's first season.

text: Neither Family Matters nor Perfect Strangers featured a direct crossover with the other, however Balki and Larry were originally scripted to appear in the pilot episode before the scene was cut from the broadcast.[9] Mark Linn-Baker and Melanie Wilson each guest starred on the show, as a different character, and Linn-Baker directed another episode. Footage of the Chicago Chronicle building shot for Perfect Strangers appeared in the second episode of Family Matters and music originally written for Perfect Strangers would be used during the early seasons of Family Matters, as well. Several premises from popular episodes of Perfect Strangers ("Just Desserts", "Pipe Dreams" and "Blind Alley") would also be recycled as first-season episodes of Family Matters ("Baker's Dozen", "Mr. Badwrench" and "Bowl Me Over").

text: Home release

text: The season four episode "Maid to Order" was released as part of a limited edition bonus disc of the complete first season DVD of Night Court on February 8, 2005 by Warner Home Video.

text: In February 2008, Warner Home Video released seasons 1 and 2 of Perfect Strangers on DVD in Regions 1,[10] 2 & 4. Further planned season releases ultimately did not materialize. In an article on TVShowsOnDVD.com regarding TV series with stalled DVD releases, it was mentioned that the main hold-up for any subsequent releases of Perfect Strangers is not poor sales but rather high music licensing costs.[11] It is noted that the series sometimes featured popular songs within certain episodes, though the versions by the artists who originally performed them were usually not used; instead they were commonly sung a cappella by Mark Linn-Baker and/or Bronson Pinchot's characters whenever the script called for Balki and/or Larry to sing within the episode.

text: In July 2017, a representative for Warner Archive Collection indicated on a social media post that the remainder of the series would be released on DVD, with a formal announcement to be made in the near future.[12]

text:
DVD Name
Ep #
Release dates

Region 1
Region 2 (GER)
Region 4

The Complete First and Second Seasons
28
February 5, 2008
March 14, 2008
September 3, 2008

text: In popular culture

text: Perfect Strangers and star Mark Linn-Baker are referenced in the HBO TV series The Leftovers, which takes place after a fictional global event called the "Sudden Departure," the inexplicable, simultaneous disappearance of 140 million people, 2% of the world's population. Within the show, the entire cast of Perfect Strangers has departed — except for Linn-Baker, who, it turns out, has faked his own departure. (A present-day Linn-Baker appears, as himself, in The Leftovers.)[13]

text: Foreign versions

text:
When the show was aired in Brazil, Balki was renamed "Zeca" (a Brazilian nickname) and his nationality was changed to Brazilian, specifically from the state of Minas Gerais, in a blatant adulteration of the character and the storyline itself. The show was called Primo Cruzado (Cousin Cruzado, where "cruzado" was the name of Brazilian currency from that time).
In the fall of 2006, the Russian TV station REN TV launched a remake of Perfect Strangers featuring Andrei, from a remote former Soviet republic, who moves in with his cousin Ivan, a Moscow resident.
The show was aired 1988 until 1994 on TVRI Indonesia
From the late 1980s into the mid-1990s, the show was aired by Channel 2 in Saudi Arabia
In the German dubbing, Balki was said to be an actual Greek and Mypos a Greek island. Even the show was called Ein Grieche erobert Chicago (A Greek conquers Chicago) and in the opening credits Balki said that he became bored with his sheep in Greece so he went to America to visit his cousin. In the German version, Balki has no foreign accent and speaks the same native-accented German as Larry.
Other translations of the title were: Barki e Larry – Due Perfetti Americani (Italy), Dos Perfectos Desconocidos (Latin America), Larry et Balki (France), Primos Lejanos (Spain), Vărul Din Strainatate (Romania), Napulno Nepoznati (Bulgaria), Perfektni Pribuzni (Slovakia), Potpuni stranci (Croatia), Muhteşem İkili (Turkey).and "Krovim rechokim meod (very distant relatives)" (Israel).


document_title: Go Tell It on the Mountain (song)

question_text: who wrote go tell it on the mountain song

text: Go Tell It on the Mountain (song)

text:
Go Tell It on the Mountain

by unknown

Genre
Christmas, spiritual

Language
English

Published
1909

text: "Go Tell It on the Mountain" is an African-American spiritual song, compiled by John Wesley Work, Jr., dating back to at least 1865, that has been sung and recorded by many gospel and secular performers. It is considered a Christmas carol because its original lyrics celebrate the Nativity of Jesus:

text:
“
Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere;
go tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born.
”

text: Recording artists[edit]

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text: In 1963, the musical team Peter, Paul and Mary, along with their musical director Milt Okun, adapted and rewrote "Go Tell It on the Mountain" as "Tell It on the Mountain", their lyrics referring specifically to: Exodus and using the phrase "Let my people go," but referring implicitly to the Civil Rights struggle of the early 1960s. This version became a moderately successful single for them (US #33 pop, 1964).

text: According to Religious Studies professor and Civil Rights historian Charles Marsh, it was African American Civil Rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer who combined this song with the spiritual "Go Down Moses," taking the last line of the chorus, "Let my people go" and substituting it in the chorus of "Go Tell It on the Mountain."[1] Marsh does not document this claim, but notes that Hamer was highly active in civil rights work beginning in the 1950s, and that the use of the Exodus story and the singing of spirituals played a central role in her activities.

text: Little Big Town's 2006 non-album single version reached No. 35 on the Hot Country Songs chart.[2]

text: Other artists who have recorded the song (chiefly on either Christmas-themed music albums or collections of spirituals or folk songs) include:

text:
195?: Mahalia Jackson on the album Silent Night, Holy Night
1960: Bobby Darin on the album The 25th Day of December
1964: Gordon MacRae on the album Firestone Presents Your Christmas Favorites, Volume 3 [3]
1964: Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra on the album 12 Songs of Christmas
1964: Simon & Garfunkel on the album Wednesday Morning, 3 AM
1965: Ray Conniff Singers on the album Here We Come A-Caroling
1965: Esther & Abi Ofarim on the album "That's Our Song", and a version in French "Viens sur la Montagne"[4]
1971: Bob Marley and the Wailers featuring Peter Tosh on the album The Best of The Wailers
1981: Anne Murray on the album Christmas Wishes
1990: Dolly Parton on the album Home for Christmas
1993: Bruce Cockburn on the album Christmas
1996: Vanessa L. Williams on the album Star Bright
1998: Cece Winans on the album His Gift
1999: Garth Brooks on the album Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas
1999: Jewel on the album Joy: A Holiday Collection
2001: Candi Staton on the album Christmas in My Heart
2001: Fred Hammond on the album Christmas...Just Remember
2001: Sara Evans on the album Country Christmas 2001
2002: Jim Nabors on the album Jim Nabors Christmas
2003: Oh Susanna on the album Maybe This Christmas Too? on the album (various artists)
2003: The Blind Boys of Alabama on the album Go Tell It on the Mountain
2004: James Taylor on the album A Christmas Album
2007: Toby Keith on the album A Classic Christmas
2008: Needtobreathe on the album An Alternative Christmas (various artists)
2008: Sheryl Crow on the album Home for Christmas
2009: Big Daddy Weave on the album Christ Is Come
2012: Pentatonix on the album PTXmas
2013: David Crowder Band on the album Wow Christmas: 30 Top Christian Artists and Holiday Songs
2015: Hunter Hayes on the album Country Faith Christmas (various artists)
2016: Jennifer Nettles on the album To Celebrate Christmas
2016: Sarah McLachlan on the album Wonderland
2016: Blues Traveler on Go Tell It On The Mountain (single)
2017: Hanson (band) - mashup of ‘Joy To The World’ and ‘Go Tell It On The Mountain’ (‘Joy To The Mountain’) on the album Finally It's Christmas