Bachelor Pad - Episode Guide

In the highly anticipated series premiere, hosted by CHRIS HARRISON and former Bachelor contestant MELISSA RYCROFT, the competition begins as 19 former participants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette move into the Bachelor mansion to meet their fellow competitors. It isn't long before they face their first challenges: a game of Twister, Bachelor style; a group date in the sun and, later, under the stars; and a dreaded elimination.

On the second episode of Bachelor Pad, 17 contestants from previous seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette continue vying for a shot at $250,000 and a second chance at love. In store for the housemates this week are a stomach-churning challenge, an opportunity to bring out their inner artist and another dreaded elimination.

Fifteen contestants continue to compete for $250,000 and a second chance at love. This week, lips will lock and there will be overnight dates in Sin City (Las Vegas). Plus, there's a high-speed chase for immunity and another dreaded elimination.

As 13 contestants continue to compete for $250,000 - and a chance at love - the stakes get tougher. This week, an emotionally bruising competition sends three women packing. Plus, there is a fantasy date, a couple "takes flight" and, of course, another dreaded elimination. Who will be eliminated this week?

Eleven contestants may begin the competition this week, yet three women are sent packing early on in the episode. Which eight contestants - four women and four men - will continue? This week also features a game of Spin the Bottle and an overnight date where a "tough guy" opens up. Plus, one of the couples sneaks into the fantasy suite. Will they be caught? Who will be eliminated?

This week's competition is different from any other one before. Each couple will have a professional dancer from Dancing With The Stars to teach them how to cut a rug. Tenley has been trained in independent dances but will have an inexperienced partner in Kiptyn. So, it's anyone's ballgame! The couple that wins will choose the other couple for the finals.

In the season premiere, the drama begins as the contestants move into the Bachelor mansion to meet their fellow competitors. The night is even tenser because it's the first time Bachelor Jake Pavelka and his now ex-fiancée Vienna Girardi will come face to face since their unforgettable primetime showdown. In the first challenge, the "Hook Up," the men and women will pair off into couples clinging to each other 10 feet in the air. The couple who can hang on to each other the longest will win the challenge and be saved from elimination. Plus, one man and one woman will be voted off.

After the shocking events of the season premiere, Kasey and Vienna continue to take aim at Jake Pavelka. In the second challenge, "Target on My Back," each woman will be asked a series of questions, such as "Who's least deserving of the $250,000?" Each will answer by throwing paint-soaked balls at a target on one of the guy' backs, with points allotted for each target hit. Then, the men will turn the tables on the women, and the man and woman accumulating the most points will be declared winners of the challenge. Awaiting the winners are 3-on-1 dates to a haunted hospital or a night on a private yacht, while the other contestants plot, manipulate and connive their way to avoid being voted off.

The balance of power shifts as Vienna and Kasey's control of the Pad begins to unravel and Jake gains some allies. Meanwhile, Melissa grows furious with Blake, and Michael and Holly - who were once engaged - share what could be a defining moment in their relationship. In this week's challenge, the contestants will showcase their rock-hard abs and sexy curves as they take to the pool in a must-see synchronized swimming event. Alas, when all the fun and games are over, someone must leave the Pad in what will be the closest rose ceremony yet.

As the housemates strategize how to take down the power couple in the house, a new guy has easily emerged as the most unpopular guy in the pad, and one woman shows her true colors. Meanwhile, this week's challenge is the "Kissing Challenge." Each guy will kiss the women - and vice versa - then vote for who has the "best lips" in the pad. The winners will be treated to the first one-on-one dates of the season.

In this week's episode, the contestants must couple up and compete as couples for the remainder of the season - beginning with this week's challenge, the "Nearly-wed Game," which tests how well the pairs know each other.

The remaining four couples - Vienna and Kasey, Michelle and Graham, Ella and Kirk and Holly and Michael - are summoned to Las Vegas to compete in the most daring competition in Bachelor Pad history. They will have 24 hours to master a terrifying Cirque du Soleil routine that takes professionals six months to learn. Bachelor alumni Trista Sutter, Jason Mesnick and Ali Fedotowsky will judge the couples' acrobatic expertise, eliminating one pair. The winning couple will choose who will join them to compete in the finale. Then, the two remaining couples will be joined by all of their past housemates, who will return to vote on which couple deserves the $250,000. Viewers also will be introduced to the new Bachelor, as Chris Harrison interviews the next man to look for love when the hit romance reality series continues next January.

Background information: After laying it all on the line and falling in love with Bachelorette Emily, Chris had his heart broken and was sent packing after his hometown date. But now he's packing up his things and returning to the mansion in hopes of mending his broken heart, winning the money and maybe even falling in love with a new woman on Bachelor Pad. If he wins the money, Chris says he'll share it with his family - but will his frenemy Kalon come between Chris and a victory?

After an edgy season premiere pitting the Super Fans against the Bachelor alumni, love takes center stage. In the second challenge, "Rhythmic Gymnastics," the women will fail to find their groove while the men will try to make up for their lack of grace with sheer attitude. On one 3-on-1 date, a fan favorite will find unexpected sparks at a rock concert with a beautiful housemate. The other 3-on-1 date features a race for a woman's heart - with a soapbox derby! Back at the mansion, the pressure mounts on all the contestants, leading to a shocking pre-dawn decision.

After a couple of fans managed to dodge elimination last week, they hit their stride both strategically and romantically. The third challenge of the season will plunge the contestants up to their heads in "Hot Sludge Funday," an ice cream–themed obstacle course. Awaiting the winners are 3-on-1 dates to relive high school memories and to get shined up at Madame Tussaud's famous Hollywood wax museum. Back at the house, contestants will start coupling up romantically, including one fan who, after being spurned by the cast member of her dreams, will have better luck on the rebound.

This week's challenge gets personal when contestants answer highly controversial questions about each other in pursuit of a rose. Awaiting the winners are the first 1-on-1 dates - one date is to play ball at Dodger Stadium; the other is an action-packed movie adventure in downtown L.A. Meanwhile, drama is high at the house, as girls start fighting over the men they're coupled with, both strategically and romantically.

Contestants compete this week to stack tea cups in a challenge titled "Great Fall of China." One-on-one dates include a jewel-splashed Pretty Woman–style tour of Los Angeles and a night roughing it at a remote campsite. Love is blooming all around the house, but a shocking twist during the cocktail party sends one confident player scrambling for survival.

A house rivalry heats up, leading to a surprise elimination. The week's challenge puts the contestants up on stage to perform in a spelling bee. If the couple everyone wants to see gone wins the challenge, the stronger alliance will have no choice but to cut out one of its own couples when the stakes rise. One-on-one dates include a romantic hoedown at a barn and a day exploring the beauty of the Channel Islands.

With $250,000 close at hand and a shocking victory in a karaoke challenge, a conflicted contestant must choose between strategy and loyalty… and possibly betray a best friend. This week offers two challenges. The first is a "sudden death" dangling competition in which competitors depend on their partners' knowledge of Bachelor Pad trivia to keep them from plummeting down into a pool. The second challenge is a karaoke competition, played out in front of a crowd of 500 at a legendary Hollywood concert venue - with a very special surprise guest. The couple who receives roses at the end can decide who to take with them to the finals, but trust vanishes when the couple can't agree on whether to go with loyalty or strategy.

Buckle your seat belt for the most shocking finale in Bachelor Pad history, as the final two couples - Sarah and Chris and Rachel and Nick - face their former housemates, who will vote to decide which couple will advance to the final round for a chance to win $250,000. Tensions will run high, tears will flow and two housemates will come to blows as some of the most memorable and notorious contestants sit down in the hot seat to hash out their drama from the season. Find out which couples are still together when the house relationships are put in the spotlight.