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Bachelor Pad is an elimination-style two-hour American reality television game show that debuted on August 9, 2010 on ABC. The show features contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, who compete for a final cash prize of $250,000. Former game show host and news anchor Chris Harrison reprises his role from The Bachelor, while Melissa Rycroft served as special guest co-host for the first season.

About the show

The show stars eleven women and eight men eliminated from various seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette who compete for a $250,000 prize. The women on the first season were mostly from the The Bachelor season 14. The men on the first season were mostly from the The Bachelorette season 5. The show may also represent "a second chance at finding love" for those rejected by previous Bachelors and Bachelorettes. The contestants live together in a mansion and take part in challenges to prevent elimination, go on dates with contestants of their choice, and choose other contestants to eliminate.

Show format

At the beginning of the season, each contestant privately votes for a person of the opposite sex to be eliminated. Each week, the person with the highest vote count from each sex is eliminated, while a competition winner casts the deciding vote publicly in the event of a tie. In order to advance to the final eight, the sex with the least number of remaining contestants selects partners for competing as couples. A ballroom dancing competition, similar to Dancing with the Stars, is the final competition. Previous Bachelors and Bachelorettes serve as the judges, with the winning couple deciding the couple it will advance to the final vote. The final vote is left to the eliminated contestants who weigh the most deserving couple to be awarded the $250,000 prize. After the final vote, the couple participates in a Prisoner's Dilemma whereby the male contestant and female contestant must decide whether to keep or share the $250,000 prize. The final twist in the show's format is that if both contestants choose to "keep" the grand prize, the monetary prize is evenly distributed amongst the other eliminated contestants.

Season one ended with Natalie and Dave winning the final vote over Kiptyn and Tenley. The deciding vote was cast by Wes, who opposed Dave throughout the show. Natalie and Dave each chose to share the $250,000, thus leaving each with $125,000. Natalie promised to spend the money on repaying student loans and giving vacations to her parents. Natalie and Dave ended the show as friends, citing geographic constraints, while Kiptyn and Tenley ended the show by referring to each other as boyfriend and girlfriend.

The format made some changes in season three, adding fans into the regular contestant fold of previous Bachelor/Bachelorette contestants.

Season 1 (2010)

Contestants

Name	Age	Occupation	Residence	From	Eliminated
Natalie Getz	28	Bartender/Hooter's Employee	Hollywood, CA	The Bachelor, Season 13	Co-Winner
David Good	28	Entrepreneur	Dayton, OH	The Bachelorette, Season 5	Co-Winner
Kiptyn Locke	32	Sales & Operations Manager	Encinitas, CA	The Bachelorette, Season 5	Episode 6
Tenley Molzahn	26	College Admissions	Huntington Beach, CA	The Bachelor, Season 14	Episode 6
Elizabeth Kitt	30	Sales	Los Angeles, CA	The Bachelor, Season 14	Episode 6
Jesse Kovacs	28	Winemaker	Los Angeles, CA	The Bachelorette, Season 5	Episode 6
Jesse Beck	25	General Contractor	Peculiar, MO	The Bachelorette, Season 6	Episode 5
Peyton Wright	27	Cheerleader Apparel Sales	Dallas, TX	The Bachelor, Season 10	Episode 5
Ashley Elmore	30	Teacher	Fairfax, VA	The Bachelor, Season 14	Episode 5
Gwen Gioia	39	Project Manager	Philadelphia, PA	The Bachelor, Season 2	Episode 5
Nicole "Nikki" Kaapke	30	Administrative Assistant	Chicago, IL	The Bachelor, Season 13	Episode 5
Wes Hayden	33	Country Music Artist	Austin, TX	The Bachelorette, Season 5	Episode 4
Krisily Kennedy	30	Personal Assistant	Los Angeles, CA	The Bachelor, Season 7	Episode 4
Gia Allemand	26	Swimsuit Model	New York, NY	The Bachelor, Season 14	Episode 3
Jonathan "Weatherman" Novack	31	Weatherman	Houston, TX	The Bachelorette, Season 6	Episode 3
Craig McKinnon	34	Dental Sales	Sarnia, ON	The Bachelorette, Season 6	Episode 2
Jessie Sulidis	25	Cosmetics Sales	Oakville, ON	The Bachelor, Season 14	Episode 2
Juan Barbieri	37	General Contractor	Los Angeles, CA	The Bachelorette, Season 5	Episode 1
Michelle Kujawa	26	Sales	Anaheim, CA	The Bachelor, Season 14	Episode 1

The game

Episode	Air Date	Challenge	Challenge Winner(s)	Date(s)	Safe Rose(s)	Eliminated
1	August 9, 2010	Twister	Craig	Craig took Elizabeth, Gwen, Jessie	Jessie	Juan, Michelle
2	August 16, 2010	Pie Eating	Weatherman, Gia	Weatherman took Ashley, Gwen, Peyton Gia took Craig, Jesse B., Wes	Gwen, Wes	Craig, Jessie
3	August 23, 2010	Kissing Competition	Dave, Peyton	Dave took Krisily, Natalie, Nikki Peyton took Jesse B., Kovacs, Kiptyn	Natalie, Jesse B.	Weatherman, Gia
4	August 30, 2010	Survey	Jesse B., Tenley	Tenley took Kiptyn Jesse B. took Peyton	Kiptyn, Peyton	Krisily, Wes
5	September 6, 2010	Egg Toss	Dave, Natalie	Dave and Natalie went on a date	Dave, Natalie	Ashley, Gwen, Nikki, Jesse B., Peyton
6	September 13, 2010	Dancing Competition	Kiptyn, Tenley	None	Kiptyn, Tenley	Elizabeth, Kovacs
		No Challenge	Dave, Natalie	None	N/A	Kiptyn, Tenley

Elimination chart

Place	Contestant	Episodes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Natalie	In	In	Safe	In	Win	Last	Winner
1	David	In	In	Win	In	Win	Last	Winner
3	Kiptyn	In	Last	Date	Safe	In	Win	Out
3	Tenley	In	In	In	Win	In	Win	Out
5	Elizabeth	Date	In	Last	In	Last	Out
5	Kovacs	Last	In	Last	Last	Last	Out
7	Jesse B.	In	Date	Safe	Win	Out
7	Peyton	In	Date	Win	Safe	Out
9	Ashley	In	Date	In	In	Out
9	Gwen	Date	Safe	In	Last	Out
9	Nikki	In	In	Date	In	Out
12	Wes	In	Safe	In	Out
12	Krisily	Last	Last	Date	Out
14	Gia	In	Win	Out
14	Weatherman	In	Win	Out
16	Craig	Win	Out
16	Jessie	Safe	Out
18	Juan	Out
18	Michelle	Out

Key

{{colorbox}} The contestant is male.

{{colorbox}} The contestant is female.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won the competition and split the prize.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won a challenge and was granted immunity.

{{colorbox}} The contestant went on a date and was given a rose by a challenge winner, thus getting immunity.

{{colorbox}} The contestant went on a date but was not given a rose on the date.

{{colorbox}} The contestant received a rose at the end of the episode, thus remaining in the competition.

{{colorbox}} The contestant received the last rose.

{{colorbox}} The contestant went on a date and received the last rose.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won a tie-breaker and received the last rose.

{{colorbox}} The contestant lost a tie-breaker and was eliminated.

{{colorbox}} The contestant went on a date and was eliminated.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was eliminated.

Reception

Bachelor Pad received mixed reviews from television critics, and currently holds a "mixed or average" 48 out of 100 rating on review aggregate Metacritic.

Season 2 (2011)

Contestants

Name	Age	Occupation	Residence	From	Eliminated
Holly Durst	28	Author	Hollywood, CA	The Bachelor, Season 12	Co-Winner
Michael Stagliano	27	Entrepreneur	Sherman Oaks, CA	The Bachelorette, Season 5	Co-Winner
Michelle Money	30	Hairstylist	Salt Lake City, UT	The Bachelor, Season 15	Episode 6
Graham Bunn	32	Entrepreneur	New York, NY	The Bachelorette, Season 4	Episode 6
Vienna Girardi	25	Marketing Representative	Los Angeles, CA	The Bachelor, Season 14	Episode 6
Kasey Kahl	27	Advertising account executive	Clovis, CA	The Bachelorette, Season 6	Episode 6
Kirk DeWindt	27	Personal Trainer	Minneapolis, MN	The Bachelorette, Season 6	Episode 6
Ella Nolan	31	Hairstylist	LaFollette, TN	The Bachelor, Season 14	Episode 6
Blake Julian	28	Dentist	Greenville, SC	The Bachelorette, Season 7	Episode 5
Erica Rose	28	Law Student	Houston, TX	The Bachelor, Season 9	Episode 5
William Holman	30	Cellular Phone Salesman	Fostoria, OH	The Bachelorette, Season 7	Episode 4
Melissa Schreiber	32	Waitress	Boca Raton, FL	The Bachelor, Season 15	Episode 4
Jake Pavelka	33	Pilot	Los Angeles, CA		Episode 3
Ames Brown	31	Portfolio Manager	New York, NY	The Bachelorette, Season 7	Episode 2 (Withdrew)
Jackie Gordon	27	Assistant Teacher	New York, NY	The Bachelor, Season 15	Episode 2
Gia Allemand	26	Model	New York, NY	The Bachelor, Season 14	Episode 2 (Withdrew)
Alli Travis	25	Buyer	Columbus, OH	The Bachelor, Season 15	Episode 1
Justin "The Wrestler" Rego	27	In Sales	Toronto, Canada	The Bachelorette, Season 6	Episode 1

The game

Episode	Air Date	Challenge	Challenge Winner(s)	Date(s)	Safe Rose(s)	Eliminated
1	August 8, 2011	Hook Up	Jake, Jackie	Jake and Jackie went on a date	Vienna	Justin, Alli
2	August 15, 2011	Target on your Back	Michael, Melissa	Michael took Erica, Michelle, Holly Melissa took Kirk, Kasey, Blake	Holly, Blake	Jackie Ames and Gia quit
3	August 22, 2011	Synchronized Swimming	Michael, Michelle	Michael took Vienna, Ella, Holly Michelle took Blake, Graham, Kasey	Graham, Holly	Jake
4	August 29, 2011	Second Kissing Competition	Blake, Ella	Ella took Kirk on a date Blake took Holly on a date	Kirk, Holly	William, Melissa
5	September 5, 2011	The Nearlywed Game	Graham, Michelle	Graham and Michelle went on a date Erica and Blake, the second place finisher, went on a date also	Kasey, Vienna	Blake, Erica
6	September 12, 2011	Cirque du Soleil 'KÀ' In Las Vegas	Holly, Michael	None	Graham and Michelle	Ella, Kirk, Vienna, Kasey
		No challenge	Holly, Michael	None	N/A	Graham and Michelle

Elimination table

Place	Contestant	Episodes
		1	2	3	4	5	6		7
1-2	Holly1	In	Safe	Safe	Safe	In	Win	Safe	Winner
	Michael1	In	Win	Win	In	In	Win	Safe	Winner
3-4	Graham2	In	In	Safe	In	Win	Last	Last	Out
	Michelle2	In	Date	Win	In	Win	Last	Last	Out
5-6	Kasey3	Last	Date	Last	Last	Safe	In	Out
	Vienna3	Safe	In	Date	In	Safe	In	Out
7-8	Ella4	In	Last	Date	Win	Last	Out
	Kirk4	In	Date	In	Safe	Last	Out
9-10	Blake5	In	Safe	Date	Win	Out
	Erica5	In	Date	In	Last	Out
11-12	Melissa	In	Win	In	Out
	William	In	In	In	Out
13	Jake	Win	In	Out
14	Ames	In	Quit
15	Jackie	Win	Out
16	Gia	Last	Quit
17-18	Alli	Out
	Justin	Out

Key

{{colorbox}} The contestant is male.

{{colorbox}} The contestant is female.

• ¹²³⁴⁵ Contestants with the same number indicate duos paired up in week 5

{{colorbox}} The contestant won the competition and kept the entire prize for him/herself.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won the competition and split the prize.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won a challenge and was granted immunity.

{{colorbox}} The contestant went on a date and was given a rose by a challenge winner, thus getting immunity.

{{colorbox}} The contestant went on a date but was not given a rose on the date.

{{colorbox}} The contestant received a rose at the end of the episode, thus remaining in the competition.

{{colorbox}} The contestant received the last rose.

{{colorbox}} The contestant went on a date and received the last rose.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won a tie-breaker and received the last rose.

{{colorbox}} The contestant lost a tie-breaker and was eliminated.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was eliminated at a challenge

{{colorbox}} The contestant went on a date and was eliminated.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was eliminated.

{{colorbox}} The contestant voluntarily left the show.

Season 3 (2012)

Contestants

The show's third season premiered on July 23, 2012.

Name	Age	Occupation	Residence	From	Eliminated
Nick Peterson	27	Trainer	Tampa, FL	The Bachelorette, Season 7	Winner
Rachel Trueheart	27	Executive Assistant	New York, NY	The Bachelor, Season 16	Episode 8
Sarah Newlon	28	Bar Manager	St Louis, MO	The Bachelor, Season 11	Episode 8
Chris Bukowski	25	Corporate Sales Director	Chicago, IL	The Bachelorette, Season 8	Episode 8
Jaclyn Swartz	27	Account Manager	New York, NY	The Bachelor, Season 16	Episode 7
Ed Swiderski	33	Technology Consultant	Chicago, IL	The Bachelorette, Season 5	Episode 7
Blakeley Jones	34	Esthetician	Charlotte, NC	The Bachelor, Season 16	Episode 7
Tony Pieper	31	Single Dad/Lumber Trader	Beaverton, OR	The Bachelorette, Season 8	Episode 7
Kalon McMahon	27	Luxury Brand Consultant	Houston, TX	The Bachelorette, Season 8	Episode 6
Lindzi Cox	27	Development Manager	Bellevue, WA	The Bachelor, Season 16	Episode 6
Michael Stagliano	28	Entrepreneur	Sherman Oaks, CA	The Bachelorette, Season 5	Episode 5
Erica Rose	29	Law Student	Los Angeles, CA	The Bachelor, Season 9	Episode 5
David Mallet	28	Real Estate Agent/MMA Fighter	Hoboken, NJ	None; appeared only as Super Fan	Episode 4
Jamie Otis	26	Registered Nurse	New York, NY	The Bachelor, Season 16	Episode 4
Donna Zitelli	22	Student	Hackensack, NJ	None; appeared only as Super Fan	Episode 3
Reid Rosenthal	33	Realtor	Philadelphia, PA	The Bachelorette, Season 5	Episode 3
Ryan Hoag	32	High School Dean/Former NFL Player	Minneapolis, MN	The Bachelorette, Season 4	Episode 2
Brittany Taltos*	22	Students	Gainesville, FL	None; appeared only as Super Fans	Episode 2 (Quit)
Erica Taltos*
Paige Vigil	24	Jumbo Tron Operator	New York, NY	None; appeared only as Super Fan	Episode 1
Chris "SWAT" Bain	28	SWAT Team Officer	Canton, GA	None; appeared only as Super Fan	Episode 1

Brittany and Erica were on a Season 4 episode of "Jersey Shore".

The game

Episode	Air Date	Challenge	Challenge Winner(s)	Challenge Loser(s)	Date(s)	Safe Rose(s)	Eliminated
1	July 23, 2012	Falling For Love	Brittany, David	Erica R., Nick	Brittany, Erica T. and David went on a date	None	SWAT, Paige
2	July 30, 2012	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Blakeley, Michael	Erica R., Ed	Michael took Rachel, Lindzi, Donna Blakeley took Chris, Ed, David	Chris, Rachel	Ryan Brittany and Erica T. quit
3	August 6, 2012	Hot Sludge Funday	Rachel, David	Jamie, Ed	David took Blakeley, Erica R., Jamie Rachel took Nick, Tony, Michael	Jamie, Michael	Donna, Reid
4	August 13, 2012	Gameshow Mashup	Jaclyn, Ed	Rachel, David	Jaclyn took Ed *Chris took Sarah	Chris, Rachel	David, Jamie
5	August 20, 2012	Great Fall of China	Blakeley, Tony	N/A	Blakeley took Tony **Kalon took Lindzi	Jaclyn, Kalon	Erica R., Michael
6	August 27, 2012	Bachelor Pad Spelling Bee	Chris, Sarah	N/A	Chris took Sarah Ed & Jaclyn went on a date	Chris, Sarah	Kalon, Lindzi
7	September 3, 2012	Hanging By A Thread; Karaoke to Nightranger's "Sister Christian"	Chris, Sarah; Nick, Rachel	Tony, Blakeley	None	None	***Tony, Blakeley; Ed, Jaclyn
8	September 10, 2012	None	Nick, Rachel	None	None	None	Chris, Sarah, ****Rachel

Notes

• Because Jaclyn and Ed both won and Jaclyn took Ed on the first date, they were told to choose a man to get the date rose. That man would be able to ask the woman of his choosing on a date. Jaclyn gave the rose to Chris, who chose to take Sarah on the date.
• Because Blakeley and Tony both won and Blakeley took Tony on a date, they were told to choose a man to get the date rose. That man would be able to ask the woman of his choosing on a date. They gave the rose to Kalon, who chose to take Lindzi on the date.
• Because Chris and Sarah won, they were told to eliminate a couple and chose Tony and Blakeley.
• Because Nick chose to keep the money he won the whole $250,000 and Rachel was eliminated.

Elimination table

Place	Contestant	Episodes									Finale
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7		8	Votes
1	Nick	Last	In	Date	Last	In	Last	In	Win	Winner	Keep
2	Rachel	In	Safe	Win	Safe	In	Last	In	Win	Out	Share
3-4	Chris	In	Safe	In	Safe	In	Win	Win	Last	Out
	Sarah	In	In	In	Date	In	Win	Win	Last	Out
5-6	Ed	In	Last	Last	Win	In	Date	In	Out		Rachel and Nick
	Jaclyn	In	In	In	Win	Safe	Date	In	Out		Rachel and Nick
7-8	Tony	In	In	Date	In	Win	Safe	Out			Rachel and Nick
	Blakeley	In	Win	Last	Last	Win	Safe	Out			Rachel and Nick
9-10	Kalon	In	In	In	In	Safe	Out				Sarah and Chris
	Lindzi	In	Date	In	In	Last	Out				Rachel and Nick
11	Michael	In	Win	Safe	In	Out					Rachel and Nick
12	Erica R.	Last	In	Date	In	Out					Sarah and Chris
13-14	David	Win	Date	Win	Out						Sarah and Chris
	Jamie	In	In	Safe	Out						Rachel and Nick
15-16	Reid	In	In	Out							Rachel and Nick
	Donna	In	Date	Out							Rachel and Nick
17	Ryan	In	Out								Rachel and Nick
18	Taltos Twins	Win	Quit								Rachel and Nick
19-20	Paige	Out									Rachel and Nick
	SWAT	Out									Rachel and Nick

Key

{{colorbox}} The contestant is male.

{{colorbox}} The contestant is female.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won the competition and kept the entire prize for him/herself.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won a challenge and was granted immunity.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won a challenge and was not granted immunity. They chose who to eliminate.

{{colorbox}} The contestant went on a date and was given a rose by a challenge winner, thus getting immunity.

{{colorbox}} The contestant did not go on a date but was given a rose by a challenge winner, thus getting immunity.

{{colorbox}} The contestant went on a date but was not given a rose on the date.

{{colorbox}} The contestant received a rose at the end of the episode, thus remaining in the competition.

{{colorbox}} The contestant received the last rose.

{{colorbox}} The contestant went on a date and received the last rose.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was eliminated by another contestant/team.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was chosen to be eliminated by the eliminated contestant.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was eliminated.

{{colorbox}} The contestant voluntarily left the show.

Season 4 (2013)

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