The Australian version of "The Bachelor' premiered on Sunday, with a 90-minute episode. There were 25 women who were competing to get the red rose from Newcastle chiropractor, Tim Robards.

The women pulled out all the stops to charm and impress the 30-year-old Australian bachelor on Network Ten. Five women, however, failed to get the red rose and exited "The Bachelor" Australia in the first episode, itself.

The women showed Robards their best moves, which included salsa dance, foreign language skills, palm reading and chocolates. He also received an unexpected kiss, a rose quartz and a narration of the ideal wedding in the first episode of "The Bachelor" Australia. The women were competitive, snarky and meddlesome. Robards' had a one to one date to chat with the women in the fray to become his ideal woman to get the first impression. However, one of the dates was continuously interrupted by jealous contestants. Laura, 24, was the last contestant to get the rose and she received it, without creating a ruckus to catch Robards' attention.

Jolene, 23-year-old hairstylist, was one of the highlights of the premiere episode of "The Bachelor" Australia despite failing to get the first impression rose. Jolene's profile on Network Ten site says that she is "cool, calm and collected." In the premiere episode, she came across as disgraceful and a little aggressive. When she did not receive her first impression-ceremony rose, she spilt one of the contestants rose into two.

Sherri, the daughter of Julia Gillard's partner Tim Mathieson, was among the lucky 20 contestants who got the second chance to impress the man, who was polite, mature and charming.

Robard's Ideal Woman: "honest, intelligent and down-to-earth, with a great sense of humour. She would have passion for adventure and enjoy being active," according to Network Ten website.

"My ultimate hope is to find someone I can fall in love with, continue to build on that relationship and become lifelong partners. I'm excited by the idea of exotic dates with amazing women, the potential of falling in love again and all of the great feelings that come with that," Robard had said, as quoted by Network Ten.

"The Bachelor" Australia, however, failed to get high viewership, with nearly 669,000 tuned in to watch the premiere episode.

The Preview for Monday (Network Ten): "A select group of girls go on a date with Tim to a photo shoot for a national magazine. One bachelorette will be chosen by Tim to be whisked away to one of Australia's most beautiful coastal towns for the first single date of the series."