An interior designer from Lafayette went on TV looking for love, but her time on ABC's "Golden Bachelor" has come to an end.

Tracy Thompson was not given a rose on the premiere episode of the second season and was sent home.

Mel Owns, a former NFL player from California, the lead this season and is hoping to find love later in life. The "Golden Bachelor" began with 23 women ranging in age from 58 to 77, who all hoped to accept the final rose and an engagement ring from Owens.

The first two episodes aired on ABC Wednesday, which meant two rose ceremonies with several women eliminated immediately. Thompson was one of the six women sent home at the first rose ceremony.

Owens is originally from Detroit and went to the University of Michigan. He was the ninth overall pick in the 1981 NFL

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