I'm very disappointed that it's not Reid...I won't be watching either. Jake seems well, a little boring to me, and very easily manipulated by the producers. I'm sure that's why they cast him.
That's neat he's from near your hometown, Happy.

I am not happy with the choice either, but I won't be able to stay away. I figure that maybe if I go in with low expectations, I will be happily surprised. After all I ended up not liking Jason, Deanna, and Jillian after their seasons, when i loved them before. So, if I start out not liking Jake, maybe I will love him in the end .

Happy- I look forward to talking about it with you...

I'll definitely be watching. It's the show I love to hate and hate to love. Can't stay away.

oooh! i love that, nancy. it's so true.

Oh you can bet I'll be watching. I just love me some man in a uniform

They've never met, but "Diet Tribe"'s hunky trainer Jessie Pavelka and Jake Pavelka, the hot new "Bachelor," are distant cousins.
"My dad explained it to me," Jessie tells ET, but also admits he doesn't quite remember how the family tree grows. "My dad met his dad, but I never knew him growing up. I went to college in the same town where he grew up, but I have never spoken to him."
Even so, Jessie says he thinks it is great that Jake is going to be "The Bachelor."
"Hopefully, he does a good job and finds love," says Jessie, who is a newlywed himself. He and Canadian actress Sitara Hewitt, who stars on the CBC TV series, "Little Mosque on the Prairie," tied the knot on Sept. 18.
"We met through a mutual friend," he says. "It is pretty amazing."
Jessie moved to Hollywood with the hope of becoming an actor. His cousin Jake once did the same thing. But for Jessie, his day job, which was training people, turned out to be his ticket to TV.
"It just worked out that 'Diet Tribe' came along and I was able to use that and put the fitness thing on a pedestal, where I could help more than just the people I was training," he says.
On "Diet Tribe," now in its second season, Jessie takes five ladies on a weight-loss journey over a four-month period.
"Each one of them has a story and all of them have a struggle in life," he explains. "We give them all these tools. You know when you figure something out about yourself, it just hits you. We get to see that happen. The most rewarding part of my job is when they realize: I am a totally different person than I used to be."
Up next for Jessie is a role in a Lifetime TV movie, "12 Men of Christmas," which stars Kristin Chenoweth, and a book due to hit newsstands in 2010.
"It is going to be cool because it is real. You will see. It is about how to live a healthy life," he says.
"Diet Tribe" airs Fridays at 8 p.m. on Lifetime TV.The new season of "The Bachelor" will begin in January 2010.

'The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love' gets premiere date

by Leah Greenblatt
Categories: News, Television


Commercial pilot Jake Pavelka, who failed to win Jillian Harris’ heart earlier this year on The Bachelorette, will become Top Gun this winter, with 25 women vying for his attentions on the January 4 season premiere of The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love.
This will be the 14th edition of ABC’s romance reality series, and its first to be shown in ABC’s selected HDTV format, 720 Progressive.

....On the Wings of Love - OMG could that be more corny?

Jake Pavelka was announced as the new "Bachelor" on an episode of "Dancing with the Stars." Now ET can confirm the start date for the new season of "The Bachelor."
The 31-year-old commercial pilot will get a second chance at love when the hit romance reality series premieres Monday, January 4, 2010 at 8 p.m. on ABC.

Jake will meet the 25 bachelorettes who hope to win his heart when "The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love" is broadcast in high definition for the first time.
The new bachelor knows himself well enough to know that he's not made to live alone. He just needs to find the right woman -- his best friend and soulmate. Searching for a woman who is intelligent, confident, energetic and spontaneous, he admits that he can't wait for fatherhood.
Fans of the series fell in love with Jake on his solo date with Jillian Harris to see Martina McBride, and ever since, millions of women have had their 'Top Gun' fantasies about him. A favorite for his reputation as an honest guy with an open heart -- not to mention his good looks -- viewers were stunned when Jillian rejected Jake right before the hometown dates on last season's "The Bachelorette." But women were drawn to him even more when Jake returned of his own accord in the next episode to protect Jillian from men who were not there for the right reasons. Jake -- who already knew Jillian would not take him back -- freely shared and showed his emotions.
Now it's Jake turn. Tune in on January 4 to meet the women hoping to land this pilot as their own.

That's a GREAT picture of Jake, Happy - thanks for posting! I'm hopeful that, unlike other Bachelors, Jake is really ready to settle down and more open to the process of actually looking for a serious relationship. I just hope "Hollywood" doesn't go to his head!

I take back what I said above - read below.


'Diet Tribe''s Jessie Pavelka & 'The Bachelor''s Jake Pavelka Are Cousins!



Copyright 2009 Adam Larkey / Lifetime TV / Greg Schwartz / ABC


They've never met, but "Diet Tribe"'s hunky trainer Jessie Pavelka and Jake Pavelka, the hot new "Bachelor," are distant cousins.

"My dad explained it to me," Jessie tells ET, but also admits he doesn't quite remember how the family tree grows. "My dad met his dad, but I never knew him growing up. I went to college in the same town where he grew up, but I have never spoken to him."

Even so, Jessie says he thinks it is great that Jake is going to be "The Bachelor."

"Hopefully, he does a good job and finds love," says Jessie, who is a newlywed himself. He and Canadian actress Sitara Hewitt, who stars on the CBC TV series, "Little Mosque on the Prairie," tied the knot on Sept. 18.

"We met through a mutual friend," he says. "It is pretty amazing."

Jessie moved to Hollywood with the hope of becoming an actor. His cousin Jake once did the same thing. But for Jessie, his day job, which was training people, turned out to be his ticket to TV.

"It just worked out that 'Diet Tribe' came along and I was able to use that and put the fitness thing on a pedestal, where I could help more than just the people I was training," he says.

On "Diet Tribe," now in its second season, Jessie takes five ladies on a weight-loss journey over a four-month period.

"Each one of them has a story and all of them have a struggle in life," he explains. "We give them all these tools. You know when you figure something out about yourself, it just hits you. We get to see that happen. The most rewarding part of my job is when they realize: I am a totally different person than I used to be."

Up next for Jessie is a role in a Lifetime TV movie, "12 Men of Christmas," which stars Kristin Chenoweth, and a book due to hit newsstands in 2010.

"It is going to be cool because it is real. You will see. It is about how to live a healthy life," he says.

"Diet Tribe" airs Fridays at 8 p.m. on Lifetime TV.The new season of "The Bachelor" will begin in January 2010.

FYI: Jake Pavelka, aka Jake Landrum, as shown on the imdb website.


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1. The President's Man (2000) (TV) .... Young Joshua McCord
   
2. "Walker, Texas Ranger" .... Young Cordell Walker (1 episode, 1999)
   ... aka Walker (Australia)
   - Team Cherokee: Part 1 (1999) TV episode .... Young Cordell Walker
   

Jake seemed like a nice guy and a cutie. I am a Bachelor fan so I will watch, no expectations.

I'll be watching, too - I was just shocked to find out that he had been an actor before! Unless it is just an 'act,' he does really seem ready to find love, so it could end up being a great season after all.

I think they should be filming the FD this coming week!