Bachelor Pad (Season 3)

The **3rd season** of *Bachelor Pad* premiered on July 23, 2012.

The show stars men and women eliminated from various seasons of *The Bachelor* and *The Bachelorette* who compete for a $250,000 prize. The show may also represent "a second chance at finding love" for those rejected by previous Bachelors and Bachelorettes.

The contestants live together in a mansion and take part in challenges to prevent elimination, go on dates with contestants of their choice, and choose other contestants to eliminate.

This season was the show's last.

The winner of season three was Nick Peterson.

## Contestants

The season began with 21 contestants (Six of the contestants were so-called super fans; two of the super fans are twin sisters.)

Nick Peterson
27
Tampa, Florida
The Bachelorette (Season 7)
WinnerRachel Truehart
27
New York, New York
The Bachelor (Season 16)
Eliminated in episode 8Sarah Newlon
28
St Louis, Missouri
The Bachelor (Season 11)
Eliminated in episode 8Chris Bukowski
25
Chicago, Illinois
The Bachelorette (Season 8)
Eliminated in episode 8Jaclyn Swartz
27
New York, New York
The Bachelor (Season 16)
Eliminated in episode 7Ed Swiderski
33
Chicago, Illinois
The Bachelorette (Season 5)
Eliminated in episode 7Blakeley Jones
34
Charlotte, North Carolina
The Bachelor (Season 16)
Eliminated in episode 7Tony Pieper
31
Beaverton, Oregon
The Bachelorette (Season 8)
Eliminated in episode 7Kalon McMahon
27
Houston, Texas
The Bachelorette (Season 8)
Eliminated in episode 6Lindzi Cox
27
Bellevue, Washington
The Bachelor (Season 16)
Eliminated in episode 6Michael Stagliano
28
Sherman Oaks, California
The Bachelorette (Season 5)
Eliminated in episode 5Erica Rose
29
Los Angeles, California
The Bachelor (Season 9)
Eliminated in episode 5David Mallet
28
Hoboken, New Jersey
None; appeared only as super fan
Eliminated in episode 4Jamie Otis
26
New York, New York
The Bachelor (Season 16)
Eliminated in episode 4Reid Rosenthal
33
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Bachelorette (Season 5)
Eliminated in episode 3Donna Zitelli
22
Hackensack, New Jersey
None; appeared only as super fan
Eliminated in episode 3Ryan Hoag
32
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Bachelorette (Season 4)
Eliminated in episode 2Brittany and Erica Taltos
22
Gainesville, Florida
None; appeared only as super fans
Quit in episode 2Paige Vigil
24
New York, New York
None; appeared only as super fan
Eliminated in episode 1Chris Bain
28
Canton, Georgia
None; appeared only as super fan
Eliminated in episode 1

## Where are they now?

Nick Peterson dated Samantha Steffen whom he met on the 2nd season of *Bachelor in Paradise*. They broke up in October 2015.

Erica Rose welcomed a daughter, Holland Rose Madeleine Gentry, on September 19, 2016, with former fiance Galen Gentry. She is now married to Charles Sanders and goes by the name Erica Rose Sanders. On March 23, 2018, they announced that they are expecting their first child in August 2018. Their daughter, Aspen Rose, was born on August 1, 2018.

Rachel Truehart is married to Ronnie Lustberg. They have a son, Colton James, born on May 13, 2018.

Chris Bukowski was engaged to Katie Morton whom he met on the 6th season of *Bachelor in Paradise*. They announced their break-up on December 10, 2019. He had a brief relationship with Katrina Badowski.

Ed Swiderski married Natalie Bomke in July 2015.

Tony Pieper and Blakeley Jones got engaged at the **After Show**. They broke off the engagement soon after.

Jamie Otis met her husband, Doug Hehner, when she appeared on the first season of *Married at First Sight* in 2014. On July 5, 2016, they announced that they were expecting their first child. They lost the baby at 17 weeks. They named their child Jonathan Edward. On January 31, 2017, they announced that they were again expecting a child, later revealed to be a girl, Henley Grace, who was born on August 22, 2017. Their son, Hendrix Douglas, was born on May 13, 2020.