Bachelor Pad Premiere Recap: 19 Cast Members and One Bedroom! (August 9, 2010 - ABC)

Time to catch up with your favorite former Bachelor and Bachelorette reality TV personalities! Bachelor Pad premiered on ABC tonight, and we got a chance to see what some of our favorite Bachelor and Bachelorette castoffs have been up to. Eleven former female ABC reality stars such as Tenley, Michelle and swimsuit model, Gia, join the eight-man male Bachelor Pad cast in the Bachelor mansion to vie for $250,000....and the chance at true love, of course!

Previously unlucky in love, 19 former reality TV love-seekers are at it again on Bachelor Pad. Keep reading to find out who made the Bachelor Pad cut, and who was booted out at the very first Bachelor Pad elimination rose ceremony!

Bachelor Pad Premiere August 9 Recap: The Cast, The Premise and The Prize

The following former Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants have been summoned for ABC's Bachelor Pad:

Male Bachelor Pad Cast Members:

Jonathan (aka Weatherman) - 31 - Ali's Season
Craig M. (Weatherman's nemesis) - 34 - Ali's Season
David - 28 - Jillian's Season
Kiptyn - 32 - Jillian's Season
Jesse B. - Ali's Season
Juan - 37 - Jillian's Season
Wes (self-proclaimed villain) - 33 - Jillian's Season
Jesse K. - 28 - (Jillian's Season)

Female Bachelor Pad Cast Members:

Tenley - 26 - Jake's Season
Natalie - 28 - Jason's Season
Gwen (potentially the oldest Bachelor Pad castmate) - ?? - Aaron's Season
Jesse S. - 25 - Jake's Season
Nikki - 30 - Jason's Season
Krisily - 30 - Charlie's Season
Elizabeth - 30 - Jake's Season
Ashley - 30 - Jake's Season
Peyton - 27 - Andy's Season
Michelle - 26 - Jake's Season
Gia - 26 - Jake's Season

Bachelor Pad Premiere: Full Recap!

On Bachelor Pad, contestants are competing in various ways each week for the shot at $250,000. For the first round of competition, the Bachelor Pad cast played a huge game of Twister. The board became,e smaller as people messed up and were out of the game. Finally, it came down to one woman against one man: Craig M. and Jesse S.

Craig M. won the first challenge, and earned safety from the first Bachelor Pad elimination round (August 9). He also won a date with three ladies of his choosing. Craig M. chose Elizabeth (who doesn't like Craig), Jesse S. (with whom he made a pact during the final seconds of Twister that each would choose the other for the date), and Gwen (who seemed surprised she was chosen). Ultimately, Craig could only continue his date and bestow the elimination-safety rose to one woman: he chose Jesse S.

During the Bachelor Pad premiere on August 9, rumors of hook-ups were starting already, with Tenley suggesting to her housemates one morning that Michelle and Craig M. were "making out" in the bedroom after lights out the night before. As all 19 Bachelor Pad castmates share one bedroom, this is likely just the beginning of hook-up rumors and down and dirty scandals. Michelle denied the Craig M. hook-up, and later locked Tenley in the bathroom to confront her about her gossiping. Tenley responded to this by running from the bathroom and crying to anyone who would listen about how "scared" she was of Michelle.

During the Bachelor Pad premiere (August 9), ABC viewers watched as the first two cast members were voted off. The first Bachelor Pad elimination rose ceremony left Juan, 37, and Michelle, 26, out in the cold. Also, the first Bachelor Pad romances are beginning to develop. Jesse Beck, from The Bachelorette 2010 (Ali's Season) is getting close to Natalie (from Jason's Season), while a love-struck Elizabeth is trying to sink her claws into a reluctant Jesse Kovacs.

Stay tuned for more Bachelor Pad drama Monday nights on ABC!

Source:

ABC - Bachelor Pad premiere - 8/9/2010