The Bachelor 2010 News: Bachelor Pad Spin-Off To Debut On August 9

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ABC has announced Bachelor Pad, a new spinoff of the network’s reality dating series that will feature 20 former contestants from The Bachelor’s 13 seasons and The Bachelorette’s five seasons living together in a Big Brother-style house, will premiere Monday, August 9 at 8 PM.

The show will also feature challenges that are inspired by incidents that occurred on both The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.

Each two-hour episode will end with evictions and one winner will take home the cash prize.

Participants and further details about the prize will be announced at a later date.

Bachelor Pad will premiere the week after The Bachelorette’s sixth-season finale broadcast.

Credit: ABC

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