Ben Flajnik to Make Debut as New 'Bachelor' on 'Bachelor Pad'

ABC has confirmed that the 28-year-old winemaker will make his first official appearance under the new title in the season 2 finale of the spin-off show next Monday, September 12.

September 7, 2011

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Ben Flajnik has officially been named the new "Bachelor". On Tuesday, September 6, ABC finally confirmed reports that "The Bachelorette" season 7 runner-up will star on the sixteenth installment of "The Bachelor" to find love on the reality show, followed with a tweet from the 28-year-old himself, "Secret is out. Looking forward to my new journey as the new bachelor."

According to the press release, "the woman who will share his [Ben's] life will also have to share one of his other great loves: his Jack Russell Terrier, Scotch." The winemaker from Sonoma, California will make his first official appearance under the new title on the season 2 finale of "Bachelor Pad", which will last for three hours, next Monday, September 12.

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The new round of "Bachelor" itself will premiere in January 2012. In last season, Brad Womack was given a second shot at love after rejecting all women in the eleventh season of the reality show.

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