The Bachelor/Bachelorette spin-off, The Bachelor Pad, co-hosted by Chris Harrison and Melissa Rycroft, will have an all-star cast featuring nineteen of the most controversial and beloved contestants of the popular ABC reality dating shows (full cast bio and pictures below).

Melissa Rycroft & Chris Harrison To Co-Host The Bachelor Pad

Our all-star cast will have to live together in the Bachelor Pad mansion and even share bathrooms (GASP!) for a chance to win a $250,000 prize and possibly finally found love. There will be weekly challenges for immunity and dates with fellow housemates, with house votes eliminating one bachelor or bachelorette each week.

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So the show is more like a popularity contest between our all-stars. We cannot wait for all the drama, the unexpected alliances, possible romance and stabs in the back that are bound to happen inside the mansion. The show premieres on Monday August 9, 2010. Until then, watch the drama and scandals unfold on The Bachelorette with Ali Fedotowsky!

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2010 Bachelor Pad Full Cast Photos, Bios Below

ASHLEY ELMORE, 30

Appeared on: The Bachelor, starring Jake Pavelka
From: Fairfax, Va.
The teacher wore a very flirty flight attendant costume during the first cocktail party for pilot Jake.

CRAIG MCKINNON, 34

Appeared on: The Bachelorette, starring Ali Fedotowsky
From: Toronto
Earning the nickname “Dangerous,” Craig, who works in dental sales, found himself sparring constantly with Jonathan “Weatherman” Novack. He was ultimately questioned by Ali about his sincerity and ousted in just five days.

DAVID GOOD, 28

Appeared on: The Bachelorette, starring Jillian Harris
From: Dayton, Ohio
Dating Jillian seemed to be the sideline for the entrepreneur, who was more obsessed with the behavior of the guys in the house, leading him to draw up a “man code.”

ELIZABETH KITT, 30

Appeared on: The Bachelor, starring Jake Pavelka
From: Los Angeles
Constantly teasing Jake with promises of physical contact, the salesperson finally told him to kiss her forehead – and was shown the door.

GIA ALLEMAND, 26

Appeared on: The Bachelor, starring Jake Pavelka
From: New York
The swimsuit model’s mom read her and Jake’s tarot cards and predicted they would be together. But after opening up to Jake during her hometown visit, she was soon cut.

GWEN GIOIA

Appeared on: The Bachelor, starring Aaron Buerge
From: Los Angeles
Although this pharmaceutical sales rep lost out on Aaron’s season, she teamed up with his ex-fiancée, Helene Eksterowicz, to write the book Nobody’s Perfect: What to Do When You’ve Fallen For a Jerk But You Want to Make It Work.

JESSE BECK, 25

Appeared on: The Bachelorette, starring Ali Fedotowsky
From: Peculiar, Mo.
The general contractor’s tattoos got more attention from the other guys, like Craig and Jonathan, than from Ali.

JESSE KOVACS, 28

Appeared on: The Bachelorette, starring Jillian Harris
From: Los Angeles
The wine maker had a glacier date with Jillian and impressed her with his wine expertise but got lost in all the coming-and-going drama of Reid Rosenthal and winner Ed Swiderski.

JESSIE SULIDIS, 25

Appeared on: The Bachelor, starring Jake Pavelka
From: Oakville, Ont.
Her big moment came after the show taped, when the cosmetics salesperson confronted Rozlyn Papa during the Women Tell Allspecial about her alleged romance with a show staffer.

JONATHAN NOVACK, 31

Appeared on: The Bachelorette, starring Ali Fedotowsky
From: Houston
The weatherman’s intense rivalry with Craig may carry over from Ali’s season and toBachelor Pad.

JUAN BARBIERI, 37

Appeared on: The Bachelorette, starring Jillian Harris
From: Los Angeles
The construction manager inadvertently helped David Good with his “man code” by constantly violating it – like when he onlypretended to take a shot of liquor when a group of guys were drinking together.

KIPTYN LOCKE, 32

Appeared on: The Bachelorette, starring Jillian Harris
From: San Diego
As Ed and Reid weaved their way in and out of Jillian’s season, Kiptyn was the steady guy who tried to open up to her, but the sales and operations manager fell short in the end.

KRISILY KENNEDY, 30

Appeared on: The Bachelor, starring Charlie O’Connell
From: Los Angeles
The personal assistant took no prisoners – or friends, rather – on her way to coming in just behind winner Sarah Brice for Charlie’s affections.

MICHELLE KUJAWA, 26

Appeared on: The Bachelor, starring Jake Pavelka
From: Anaheim, Calif.
She wore her emotions on her sleeve, but when the office manager begged Jake for a kiss and got it, she admitted sparks did not fly.

NATALIE GETZ, 28

Appeared on: The Bachelor, starring Jason Mesnick
From: Los Angeles
On a date when Jason was trying to see what else Natalie was interested in besides shoes and clothes, Natalie, a bartender, responded, “Bears.”

NIKKI KAAPKE, 30

Appeared on: The Bachelor, starring Jason Mesnick
From: Chicago
Although this administrative assistant got the first-impression rose from Jason, she later lost her sparkle on a two-on-one date and exited early.

PEYTON WRIGHT, 27

Appeared on: The Bachelor, starring Andy Baldwin
From: Dallas, Texas
Peyton, who sells cheerleader uniforms, learned that a date on an aircraft carrier sounds much better before getting rejected on a two-on-one date and you’re stuck on a boat as the third wheel.

TENLEY MOLZHAN, 26

Appeared on: The Bachelor, starring Jake Pavelka
From: Huntington Beach, Calif.
Falling just short of the final rose, the college admissions administrator revealed her recent divorce to Jake and wondered if that was deciding factor.

WES HAYDEN, 33

Appeared on: The Bachelorette, starring Jillian Harris
From: Austin
Crooning ballads to Jillian seemed like a plus at first, but the country singer’s endless self-promotion – and that he may have had a girlfriend – turned Wes into the show’s biggest “villain” to date.

[source: People]