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'Bachelorette' DeAnna Pappas to make her choice

BY ANDY EDELSTEIN | andy.edelstein@newsday.com

12:34 PM EDT, July 6, 2008

WHEN|WHERE Monday night at 8 on ABC/7

THE DEAL DeAnna Pappas makes her final choice.

THE CONTENDERS Jason Mesnick, a 31-year-old account executive from Kirkland, Wash., and Jesse Csincsak, a 25-year-old professional snowboarder from Breckenridge, Colo.

DEANNA ON JASON "He's a wonderful, wonderful man, and has a beautiful outlook on life and love -- especially considering some of the things he's been through in his lifetime," she said during a telephone new conference last week. "He's very generous, very caring, and he would always listen to me."

DEANNA ON JESSE "Once you get past everything crazy, he's actually a wonderful human being. He has a big heart, he's caring, he comes from a great family. He's that person that's always going to make me laugh, and he puts me first."

WHAT HAPPENS Both guys travel to Pappas' Georgia hometown. Instead of Mesnick and Csincsak making separate visits to the Pappas residence, though, they'll do it together. The show is pre-taped (it's been almost three months since the episode filmed), but Pappas is promising a "good surprise." She adds, she's "very happy, in love and engaged."

FOR MORE "The Bachelorette" finale is followed at 10 p.m., as always, by an "After the Final Rose" special. The final two return to discuss competing for DeAnna's heart; DeAnna answers questions about the last Rose Ceremony and the choice she made; the most recent "Bachelor," Matt Grant, and his fiancee, Shayne Lamas, return with an update on their relationship.