DEAR SUN SPOTS: I saw in your June 12 column all of the “American Idol” winners. That was very interesting. I would like a list of all “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” winners. — C.G., Lewiston

ANSWER: According to Wikipedia, “The Bachelor” dating game reality TV show began in 2002; “The Bachelorette” in 2003. Wikipedia provides all the details of each relationship, including whether the couples stayed together and what happened to them afterwards, but Sun Spots does not have room or permission to reprint all of that.

Here are the names of the contestants and the winners. The yes or no at the end indicates whether there was a proposal. As far as Sun Spots can tell, with two exceptions (noted below), none of the couples are still together. Two couples are engaged.

“The Bachelor”

March 2002, Alex Michel, Amanda Marsh, no

September 2002, Aaron Buerge, Helene Eksterowicz, yes

March 2003, Andrew Firestone, Jen Schefft, , yes

September 2003, Bob Guiney, Estella Gardinier, no

April 7, 2004, Jesse Palmer, Jessica Bowlin, no

September 2004, Byron Velvick, Mary Delgado, yes

March 2005, Charlie O’Connell, Sarah Brice, no

January 2006, Travis Lane Stork, Sarah Stone, no

October 2006, Prince Lorenzo Borghese, Jennifer Wilson, no

April 2007, Andrew Baldwin, Tessa Horst, yes

September 2007, Brad Womack, both finalists rejected

March 2008, Matt Grant, Shayne Lamas, yes

January 2009, Jason Mesnick, Melissa Rycroft, Molly Malaney, yes, but to runner-up Malaney, who he married on TV in March 2010

January 2010, Jake Pavelka, Vienna Girardi, yes

January 2011, Brad Womack, Emily Maynard, Chantal O’Brien, yes

January 2012, Ben Flajnik, Courtney Robertson, yes, engaged

“The Bachelorette”

2003, Trista Rehn, Ryan Sutter, yes, still married with two children (season’s finale broadcast was one of the most-watched programs in the history of reality television)

2004, Meredith Phillips, Ian Mckee, yes

2005, Jennifer Schefft, rejected all bachelors

2008, DeAnna Pappas, Jesse Csincsak, yes

2009, Jillian Harris, Ed Swiderski, yes

2010, Ali Fedotowsky, Roberto Martinez, yes, planning fall wedding

2011, Ashley Hebert, J.P. Rosenbaum, yes

2012, Emily Maynard; show moved to Charlotte, N.C., so Emily could stay with her daughter Ricky during production.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Are you able to provide me with addresses for “The Doctors” and “Dr. Oz?” Thank you. Keep up the good work! — No Name, Lewiston

ANSWER:”The Doctors” was easy: 5555 Melrose Ave., Mae West Building, Second floor, Los Angeles, CA 90038.

“Dr. Oz” is tougher. Sun Spots came up with a couple of mailing addresses online, but she’s not confident about their accuracy or if they will reach Dr. Oz.

* New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Milstein Hospital, Bldg. Room 7 GN 435, 177 Fort Washington Ave., New York, NY 10032

* NBC Studios, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 49th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, New York, NY 10112

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