Not-so-true loves deserve a second chance

If someone isn't chosen by "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette," that's not necessarily the end of the line. Editions of both of those unscripted series have proved that by bringing back some players, and now, there's added evidence. Premiering tonight at 8, the ABC spinoff "Bachelor Pad" (co-hosted by Chris Harrison and Melissa Rycroft) gathers 19 castoffs from the other two shows under one roof and gives them another chance for love . . . and for $250,000, thanks to a series of challenges they're put through. Also, in a "Survivor" / "Big Brother" vein, people will be voted out of the house.

THE PRODUCER SPEAKS. "These people remain popular," executive producer Mike Fleiss says, "and they were hooking up and doing things that the tabloids were writing about, so why wouldn't we try to make a show around that? They've created this very intense subculture. The shared experience brings them together and forms these very intense relationships.

"When we started hearing that 70 of them were meeting in Vegas for the weekend, or that 100 of them were going on a cruise together, we decided to create a show around that phenomenon," Fleiss explains. "What if some of them get a shot at each other? We give them that chance, and I think viewers will be happy when they see what happens here."

And he adds: "The men are 50 percent interested in love and 50 percent interested in the money, while almost every one of the women said they'd rather leave in love than with the $250,000. That's quite a psychological statement."

TENLEY IS BACK. The tenants span various seasons of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette," and one of the most recent - and best-known - is Tenley Molzahn, rejected earlier this year by "Bachelor" Jake Pavelka in favor of Vienna Girardi. That couple's extremely public breakup culminated last month in a televised, much-discussed "exit interview."

"Who knows how different my relationship could have been?" Molzahn reflects. "I don't think it was her fault or his fault; it takes two to tango. On the day Jake said goodbye to me, I didn't need to get down on my knees and say, 'Please pick me!' I knew he wasn't the man for me, and I was just so sad for them that it had come down to what it came down to."

AND SOME INTRIGUE The Web has been filled with rumors of Molzahn dating "Bachelor Pad" housemate Kiptyn Locke, cut loose on last year's "Bachelorette" by Jillian Harris, who has since ended her engagement to that season's winner (Ed Swiderski).

"Kiptyn and I have been great friends since he reached out to me when my show ended," Molzahn reports. "He had been in a similar position months before, and he's an awesome, awesome guy. I don't know if we're dating yet, but I wouldn't mind it some day!"

Game on

The cast of "Bachelor Pad" (with the edition on which they originally appeared):

MEN

Juan Barbieri ("Bachelorette," Jillian)

Jesse Beck ("Bachelorette," Ali)

David Good ("Bachelorette," Jillian)

Wes Hayden ("Bachelorette," Jillian)

Jesse Kovacs ("Bachelorette," Jillian)

Kiptyn Locke ("Bachelorette," Jillian)

Craig McKinnon ("Bachelorette," Ali)

Jonathan Novack ("Bachelorette," Ali)

WOMEN

Gia Allemand ("The Bachelor," Jake)

Ashley Elmore ("The Bachelor," Jake)

Natalie Getz ("The Bachelor," Jason)

Gwen Gioia ("The Bachelor," Aaron)

Nikki Kaapke ("The Bachelor," Jason)

Krisily Kennedy ("The Bachelor," Charlie)

Elizabeth Kitt ("The Bachelor," Jake)

Michelle Kujawa ("The Bachelor," Jake)

Tenley Molzhan ("The Bachelor," Jake)

Jessie Sulidis ("The Bachelor," Jake)

Peyton Wright ("The Bachelor," Andy)