Season 3
Bachelor Pad is an American elimination-style reality competition television series which features contestants from past seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette who live in a house together and compete for a final cash prize of $250,000.
The series aired in the USA on ABC from 9 August, 2010 to 10 September, 2012. There are 18 tw-hour episodes in three seasons.
Bachelor Pad premiered in South Africa on DStv's Vuzu channel on Friday 17 February 2012, at 20h30. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 3 premiered on Vuzu on Friday 19 July 2013, at 20h30. New episodes broadcast weekly. There are eight episodes in the third and final season.
Season 3
Bachelor Pad 2 winner Michael Stagliano returns to find true love on Season 3 of Bachelor Pad. For the first time, "Super Fans" will join previous Bachelors and Bachelorettes under one roof, competing for a second chance at Love or Money.
Hosted by Chris Harrison, Bachelor Pad returns with its most controversial cast to date, as 15 unforgettable characters from the Bachelor franchise - those we love and those we love to hate - gather back at the mansion to live together to possibly find a second chance at love and compete for $250,000.
Last season, Michael Stagliano won the money but lost at love – this season he moves into the mansion and will put everything on the line, even his winnings from last season, to find love.
Also, fresh off the wrath of Emily, Villain Kalon McMahon decides to lick his wounds and move into Bachelor Pad. Other residents include Bachelorette 5 fan favourites Ed Swiderski, winner, and contestant Reid Rosenthal, who proposed to Jillian Harris.
Additionally, for the first time, the show will feature five "Super Fans" - including identical twins Brittany and Erica Taltos who will compete as one participant.
With so many elements at play to raise the stakes – Kalon is unaware that one of his roommates will be returning Bachelor Pad member Erika Rose, with whom he has a love/hate relationship; Tony Pieper, who was deeply torn over his search for love on The Bachelorette, decides that there is really more out there for him and is ready to take another chance on love; will Blakely be able to get along with the women in the mansion and will these fresh new faces be able to find true romance in the mix? - Season 3 is set to bring fireworks, drama, romance and endless possibilities.
Each week the contestants will square off in head-to-head challenges to compete for immunity and the opportunity to go on a date with contestants of their choice. The winner of each challenge will then grant immunity to one of his or her dates via the presentation of a rose.
At the end of each episode, the contestants will vote amongst themselves - the men will vote off a woman and vice versa - to determine which cast members will be eliminated from the competition.
Executive producers of Bachelor Pad are Mike Fleiss, Martin Hilton and Jay Bienstock. The series is from Next Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television.
Seasons
Series exclusive to Vuzu
Season 1 (6 episodes)
Premiere: 17 February 2012 | Finale: 23 March 2012 | Fridays, 20h30
Season 2 (6 episodes)
Premiere: 14 September 2012 | Finale: 19 October 2012 | Fridays, 20h30
Season 3 (8 episodes)
Premiere: 19 July 2013 | Finale: 6 September 2013 | Fridays, 20h30