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"Holly Durst and Michael Stagliano have shared the top prize on Bachelor Pad. The couple triumphed in the season finale of the ABC romance reality show over fellow finalists Graham Bunn and Michelle Money. Third-placed pair Vienna Girardi and Kasey Kahl were eliminated earlier in the episode. Holly and Michael opted to share the $250,000 prize after being given the option of either playing to take home the entire amount or splitting it evenly between them. The episode opened with a Cirque du Soleil-themed challenge which saw the final three couples teamed with a professional to learn a routine that found them climbing vertically up a wall while attached to a harness.  The couples were judged by former Bachelor/Bachelorette contestants Jason Mesnick, Ali Fedotowsky and Trista Sutter. They named Michael and Holly as the winning couple and their prize was choosing either Vienna and Kasey or Michelle and Graham to join them in the final four. Michael and Holly chose the latter and Vienna and Kasey were sent home. The final four then argued their cases to a studio audience consisting of this season&amp;#039;s Bachelor Pad eliminees, who were also given the chance to question them on their time in the mansion. Chris Harrison explained that with 14 people voting, the couple that got eight votes first would win this stage of the competition.  The votes were: Jake (Holly and Michael), Vienna (Michelle and Graham). Kasey (Michelle and Graham), Blake (Holly and Michael), Erica (Holly and Michael), Melissa (Michelle and Graham), William (Michelle and Graham), Jackie (Michael and Holly), Ames (Holly and Michael), Justin (Holly and Michael), Ella (Holly and Michael), Gia (Holly and Michael).  Since Holly and Michael were the first to reach eight votes, they moved on to the final stage of the competition to see who will go home with $250,000. Chris then announced that they would test their relationship by going to separate rooms, where they had to choose to keep or share the money.  If they both chose share, they would split the money evenly and each walk away with $125,000. However, if one person chose to keep it, they would walk away with the entire sum. Also, if they both chose to keep it, they would get nothing and instead the prize would be split equally between all past contestants.  &amp;quot;It doesn&amp;#039;t feel real at all and I don&amp;#039;t think it will until I watch it on TV,&amp;quot; Holly said during the results. &amp;quot;I think Michael and I have gone through so much over the past few years and he is more than deserving of the money, so I picked share.&amp;quot; Michael then revealed his choice to share, building up to the victory by saying: &amp;quot;Holly and I talked about being partners all the way through and this very moment and splitting the money, and when we talked two weeks ago, we talked about it and a lot of that time was her apologising to me about how hard it was and that was great. &amp;quot;But getting here and finding out she was engaged was hard... but she will always be my teammate.&amp;quot; The Bachelor returns in January 2012 &amp;gt; Bachelor Pad Jake Pavelka on Vienna Girardi: &amp;#039;She was not kind at all&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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