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"Bachelor Pad will kick of its second season with a special three-hour episode.  ABC&amp;#039;s summer show featuring former castmembers from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette will premiere with the special episode on August 8, says Entertainment Weekly.  Host Chris Harrison confirmed the report on his Twitter account, writing: &amp;quot;Very excited about this its so damn good! (sic)&amp;quot; ABC revealed the cast for Bachelor Pad 2 in June. Among the familiar faces who will take part in the competition are former Bachelor couple Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi, who split in 2010. Kasey Kahl, Justin &amp;#039;Rated R&amp;#039; Rego, Gia Allemand and Michelle Money are also among those competing for a second chance at love and the $250,000 cash prize. Harrison recently teased what viewers can expect from Bachelor Pad 2, writing in his Entertainment Weekly blog: &amp;quot;It is incredible and will far surpass anything we came close to producing last summer. From start to finish this show will entertain like never before.&amp;quot; Bachelor Pad debuted on ABC last year. The first season was won by Natalie Getz and David Good, who triumphed over Tenley Molzahn and Kiptyn Locke. Elizabeth Kitt and Jesse Kovacs were placed third. Bachelor Pad premieres Monday, August 8 at 8/7c on ABC. &amp;gt; Read our full The Bachelor headlines &amp;gt; Read our full The Bachelorette headlines "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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