The curse of The Bachelor: Nine stars of the hit franchise have lost their lives as Charlie Newling becomes the latest contestant to tragically die

Bachelorette Australia star Charlie Newling has become the latest person from the Bachelor franchise to die after his car fell off a cliff in Sydney last Saturday.

Newling, 36, who appeared on Ali Oetjen’s season of the show in 2018, was pronounced dead after locals found his car on fire at the bottom of a 230-foot cliff.

He was initially a frontrunner who won Oetjens heart in the Channel 10 show bThe fans turned against him because of his so-called controlling behavior.

The troubled reality star’s death is the latest in a series of tragic deaths linked to the dating show.

Erin Storm, who starred on the twelfth season of The Bachelor USA, tragically passed away in 2016 after being in a small plane crash.

She was flying an Airborne XT-912 weight-shift light sport aircraft when she crashed shortly after takeoff from Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Los Angeles.

Erin was eliminated in week three by British bachelor Matt Grant, who proposed to Shayne Lamas in the final.

Her occupation at the time was listed as “hot dog salesman.”

She had since gotten a new job as a pilot for Pacific Blue Air, an aircraft training center at Hawthorne Airport.

The Bachelorette’s Eric Hill died in 2014 in a tragic paragliding accident after filming the US version of the reality show.

He was a contestant on the show’s 10th season with Andi Dorfman, but he died before the show aired.

Eric was injured when his parachute collapsed and swung him into the side of a hill instead of off while he was paragliding at Point of the Mountain in Draper, Utah.

He was in a coma in hospital but lost the fight three days later, his sister Karen Tracy confirmed.

Meanwhile, Michael Nance, a reality TV contestant who appeared on Emily Maynard’s season of The Bachelorette, was found dead at the age of 31.

Police were called to a home in Texas to check for an unconscious man. He was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.

Michael fought for Emily’s heart along with 25 other men. He made it to the fourth episode and took 11th place.

The Austin, Texas native worked as a rehabilitation counselor and had a thriving side career as a musician, with a passion for sharing the arts with others.

In 2010, Julien Hug, 35, who competed for the affections of Jillian Harris on season five of the show, was found dead in a remote part of Southern California’s San Bernardino National Forest, two days after his family lost contact with him lost.

Police used a helicopter to reach the remote location and had to wait overnight to recover the body due to the rugged terrain.

His parents Bertrand and Denise Hug later said that after his death they found a suicide note with messages to his family, colleagues and his girlfriend.

“In his letter to us, he stated that he was suffering from acute depression and that he believed this was his only way out,” they told People magazine in a statement.

“Although he was publicly outgoing, he was an extremely private person who internalized everything. He was depressed and struggling, and no one knew it.”

Meanwhile, Cristy Caserta died unexpectedly in 2018 after an apparent seizure.

Caserta was in a classroom at a school in Sunrise, Florida, when she suddenly slumped over at her desk.

Her classmates called 911 when they saw the reality star collapse.

Paramedics arrived and found Caserta in cardiac arrest while they performed CPR on her. It appears she died as a result of the sudden attack.

She was taken to the hospital at nearby Westside Regional Medical Center where efforts to save her life continued, but there was no response and she was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.

Caserta appeared on season 15 of the hit TV show, but was sent home the first week.

Former Bachelor contestant Alexa “Lex” McAllister died in 2016 of an overdose of over-the-counter fever reducers and high blood pressure medications, according to the coroner’s report.

McAllister, who died of an apparent suicide at age 31, competed on the reality dating show’s 14th season in 2010.

Her body was discovered by a concerned friend who arrived at her home to find her surrounded by empty bottles of pills after McAllister texted earlier in the day that she wanted to “end her life.”

She was in stable condition when taken to Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, but a family member said her body began to shut down and they made the decision to take her off life support.

The reality star appeared on the fourteenth season of The Bachelor, where contestants competed for Jake Pavelka’s heart.

She was the second contestant from her season to take her own life.

Gia Allemand – Jake’s third runner-up – tragically took her own life in August 2013 at the age of 29.

She was taken to University Hospital in New Orleans, where she was placed on life support.

She remained unconscious in critical condition in the hospital and was placed on continuous life support until her condition did not improve.

Gia almost made it to the finals of Jake’s season of the hit show, losing to Vienna Girardi.

Former Bachelorette contestant Tyler Gwozdz died at the age of 29 after a suspected overdose in 2020.

Gwozdz was transported to the hospital after 911 was called for a possible drug overdose, TMZ reported at the time, citing Boca Raton police.

He was admitted to intensive care and remained in hospital for at least a week, where his status was listed as critical but stable.

Gwozdz only appeared for a short time on Hannah Brown’s season of The Bachelorette last year.

He was Brown’s first one-on-one date of the season, but his time on the show was short-lived and not long after their outing, Brown revealed without explanation that he was no longer on the show.

Bachelorette contestant Clint Arlis died by suicide at the age of 34.

A coroner’s investigation report said the former wrestler was dealing with paranoia and believed he was being watched, according to Page Six.

Moreover, the reality TV star was having problems in his four-year relationship with his girlfriend.

He moved back home with his parents and they thought “things got better,” the publication reported.

The investigation report also included the detail that the athlete had planned to go to a nearby high school for training on the morning of his suicide.