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And the new ‘Bachelor’ is … Jake

After many weeks of Internet speculation, Dallas pilot Jake Pavelka will be the new “Bachelor.” ABC made the announcement on the Tuesday night live results show of Dancing With the Stars. The new season of “The Bachelor” begins filming in a few days and Pavelka says he’s ready to meet the 25 eligible women who [...]

Former ‘Bachelor’ Firestone is now a dad

The “Bachelor” is a now a father. Andrew Firestone, who starred on the third season of the reality show, welcomed a baby boy on Saturday morning with his wife, Ivana. Read More

“The Bachelor’s” Melissa Rycraft stops by “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”

Tune in!!! “The Bachelor’s” Melissa Rycraft stops by on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to talk about her shocking breakup on “After the Final Rose” special by Jason Mesnick! This is an exclusive interview that no other talk show gets!! So watch it this Thursday, March 5th! Also on Friday, March 6th, Ellen has “The Bachelor’s” [...]

Producer: ‘Bachelor’ finale wasn’t fixed

Was Jason Mesnick’s change of heart on “The Bachelor” staged for the cameras to capture big ratings? Not so, according to the show’s executive producer. Read More

Bachelor Jason Finds, Loses—and Finds—a Mate

The 13th season of The Bachelor ended how we knew it would—with a proposal. But that was only the beginning. Whether it was Molly Malaney or Melissa Rycroft who found herself betrothed upon the culmination of the rejuvenated Bachelor, featuring oh-so-eligible single dad and once-blindsided Bachelorette castoff Jason Mesnick, remains to be seen (after the [...]

Better Than ‘The Bachelor’: Other Reality Show Romances

Looking for love? Don’t be a contestant on “The Bachelor.” The “Bachelor/Bachelorette” scorecard after 17 seasons combined stands at only one trip to the altar so far — Bachelorette Trista Rehn and her choice, fireman Ryan Sutter. Even the long-time engaged Bachelor No. 6 Byron Velvick and his pick, Mary Delgado, have yet to get [...]

Bachelorettes Confront Jason, Their Demons and One Another

Nothing like finding out in prime time that all your roommates hated you. Or having your first reunion with the one that got away on national television. Such was the purpose of The Bachelor: Women Tell All, in which this season’s castoffs and a squirmy Jason Mesnick, who will propose to either Molly Malaney or [...]

ABC extends “Bachelor” party with hour special

“Bachelor” fans, get ready for more drama. With the relationship series blazing in the ratings for ABC this season, the network has ordered a one-hour special to air the day after the finale. The events in the show’s regular three-hour conclusion are dramatic enough to warrant an additional hour, creator Mike Fleiss said. Read More

“The Bachelor’s” secrets for getting camera-ready

Kirkland’s Jason Mesnick was already in great shape when he decided in August — two months before filming ABC-TV’s “The Bachelor” — that he needed a better physique. Trying to find a wife on national television can be a powerful motivator. So Mesnick, 32, decided to go through a tough exercise program at Elite Fitness [...]

‘The Bachelor’s’ Jason Mesnick: ‘I’m engaged!’

The new season of “The Bachelor” doesn’t begin airing until Jan. 5, but Jason Mesnick tells PEOPLE exclusively that he did find love on ABC’s reality dating series. “I’m engaged!” Mesnick says. “I found exactly what I was hoping for, what I was looking for. I’m completely in love.” Read More

Former ‘Bachelor’ winner arrested for unruliness

A former NFL cheerleader and winner of “The Bachelor” is out of jail after being arrested in a southwest border-town bar for unruly behavior. Mary Delgado, who accepted a televised proposal from professional bass fisherman Byron Velvick on 2004′s “The Bachelor,” was arrested in Del Rio after refusing to leave a local bar. Read More [...]

Bachelor’s Charlie O’Connell is getting married

After falling in love on The Bachelor in 2005, Charlie O’Connell and Sarah Brice broke up in 2007 — but now they’re back together! Read More