Bachelor Pad premiered in August 2010 and ran for three seasons before being replaced by Bachelor in Paradise, but it left a memorable impact on fans.
Like its successor, Bachelor Pad featured a cast of contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. The twist? Cast members not only looked for love but also competed in challenges for a $250,000 grand prize.
Things got particularly tense when the final two contestants were escorted to separate deliberation rooms and could choose to keep or share the prize money. If they both chose to share, they split the winnings, but if they both tried to keep the earnings, the losing contestants split the cash.
Season 1 winners, Natalie Getz and David Good, and season 2 winners, Holly Durst and Michael Stagliano, chose to split the money 50-50. In season 3, Nick Peterson sparked outrage when he turned on partner Rachel Truehart at the last minute, keeping the entire prize for himself.
Despite the drama, many couples found each other on the now-defunct show, including Tenley Molzahn and Kiptyn Locke and Ames Brown and Jackie Gordon. However, only one pair made things work in the real world. Holly and Blake Julian, who met during season 2, married in June 2012 and adopted daughter Poppy in September 2019.
Natalie Getz
The season 1 winner, who is a talent acquisition partner at Gucci, announced her engagement to longtime love Matt Keller in September 2021, writing via Instagram, “Four years together, forever to go! Nothing can describe how happy you make me, @MattKeller30. I love you so much!”
The couple has since tied the knot, with Natalie adjusting her last name to Getz-Keller in her Instagram bio.
David Good
Like his fellow season 1 champ, Good dropped out of the spotlight in recent years. He deleted his Instagram account and has not posted on Twitter since 2015. He lives in Florida and is the vice president of sales at CPN Biosciences.
Kiptyn Locke
After his May 2014 split from Tenley, Locke welcomed son Koltyn with then-girlfriend Samm Murphy in July 2015. He lives in California and is vice president at LabArchives, LLC.
Kiptyn found love again within Bachelor Nation, announcing his relationship with former Bachelor in Paradise star Angela Amezcua in April 2024.
Tenley Molzahn
Molzahn married Taylor Leopold in April 2018. They welcomed their first child together, daughter Rell, in September 2020. She announced in November 2023 that she is pregnant with baby No. 2, a second daughter, due in May 2024.
After her reality TV stint, she began her own lifestyle website focused on food and nutrition.
Holly Durst
Durst wed her Bachelor Pad costar Blake Julian in June 2012. The couple adopted daughter Poppy in September 2019 after infertility struggles. She is a children’s book author and owner of the Bronzed Banana, a spray tan facility in South Carolina.
Michael Stagliano
Stagliano tied the knot with Emily Tuchscherer in May 2014. They welcomed son Bowen in October 2016 and son Hunter in June 2018.
He has stayed involved in the entertainment industry and describes himself as a screenwriter via Instagram.
Michelle Money
Michelle went on to appear on Bachelor in Paradise and Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars following her season 2 Bachelor Pad appearance.
She began dating pro golfer Mike Weir in 2016 and they tied the knot in November 2023. Her daughter, Brielle, suffered a head injury in March 2020 following a skateboarding accident and was in a 10-day coma. The teen has recovered, but Michelle called the years-long process a “rollercoaster.”
In addition to being a supportive golf wife, Michelle founded Fore All, a modern women’s golf brand.
Graham Bunn
Bunn has hosted TV shows, radio shows and podcasts, and works in country music. He lives in California. He was linked to longtime friend Jana Kramer in June 2021, but he found lasting love with Brittni Nowell, whom he married in 2022.
Vienna Girardi
After finding reality fame, Vienna switched careers and became a realtor. She got engaged to Bachelor Jake Pavelka during season 7, but their relationship ended quickly after the show. She moved on with Bachelor Pad costar Kasey Kahl, but they split after a few weeks in 2011. She was briefly engaged to NASCAR racer Todd Allen in 2016.
Vienna announced in June 2017 that she was pregnant with twin girls, but she lost the babies at 18 weeks. She went on to give birth to her rainbow baby, son Enzo, in 2021.
Kasey Kahl
Kahl married wife Amanda Kahl in 2015. They welcomed son Kiptyn in March 2020. The couple own a company called The Body Building.
Blake Julian
Julian is a dentist in South Carolina, where he lives with wife Holly Durst and daughter Poppy.
Erica Rose
Rose is an attorney at a Texas firm alongside husband Charles Sanders, whom she wed in December 2017. She gave birth to daughter Holland from a previous relationship in 2016 and welcomed daughter Aspen with Sanders in August 2018.
Jake Pavelka
The former Bachelor is the CEO of Rhino Removal. After appearing on season 2 of Bachelor Pad, he was a contestant on Dancing With the Stars in 2010 and acted on The Bold and the Beautiful from 2011 to 2014.
Nick Peterson
The season 3 winner is now an internet video creator. He announced his engagement to Lyndsey Hutchens in November 2023.
Rachel Truehart
Rachel married husband Ronnie Lustberg in May 2016. They welcomed son Colton in May 2018 and daughter Harper in October 2021. She works at Ralph Lauren in New York.
Jaclyn Swartz
Jaclyn lives in Chicago and works as a beauty contributor for online publications.
