HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Chris Harrison says fans won’t be disappointed when the "crazy" contestants from past seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette show up on ABC’s upcoming spin-off Bachelor Pad.
"There’s competion. There’s romance. There’s drama. It is excellent TV," Harrison said Friday on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM morning show. "It’s already the characters you care about. The moment they walk into the house, you’re hooked."
The show, which premieres Monday, will feature 19 returning stars – 11 women and 8 men. They’ll be competing for $250,000 and a second chance at love while living together in a mansion. Harrison says the cast definitely includes the contestants with the most "drama" following them in real life, which won’t take long for viewers to witness.
"In episode one, this girl named Michelle [Kujawa from Jake Pavelka’s season of The Bachelor] — and sadly, her nickname was kind of ‘Crazy Michelle,’ because she cried a lot on the show. She comes in and a rumor was started about her," he explains. "And look, the rumor was uncalled for. She didn’t deserve it. But the way she handles it is so out-of-control … The way it ended was completely her fault."
Harrison also talked about Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez getting engaged on Monday’s season finale of The Bachelorette.
"They’re doing great," he said of the happy couple. "They’re already talking wedding. They’re real."
The host also revealed that Bachelorette runner-up Chris Lambton has a "good" chance of being the next Bachelor, but producers aren’t in a rush to make a final decision since production doesn’t begin anytime soon.
"He’s definitely a leading candidate," Harrison said.
Also see: Bachelor Pad Cast
