Chicago Sun-TimesPaige Wiser

These reality vets are pros. No awkward small talk necessary--they know what’s expected of them, and they jump right in. Things are complicated by boyfriends back home, but not all that much.

New York PostLinda Stasi

What I like about this show as opposed to the other earlier versions is that it's not simply one male or female picking from a lineup of the desperate like a slave auction. Here, the 19 insanely good-looking, mentally unstable, scantily clad, all-white (by the way) losers compete against one another.

Washington PostEmily Yahr

Bachelor Pad comes from a franchise that walks a fine line between sympathizing with and flat-out mocking its contestants. Clearly, the producers here favor the latter, and who could blame them? So much priceless material!

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

All in all, it's commendable ABC is so committed to recycling. Green is good, even if in this case, it's mostly the color of money.

Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara

19 male and female losers of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" are brought together, "Big Brother" style, to do what they do best: plot and flirt and cry, manufacture drama, do a little armchair psychoanalysis and hook up. In other words, high school without, you know, the learning part.

Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron

There is "love, hookups, backstabbing, cheating, scandals and crying," though not nearly enough to distract from the show's tedious obeisance to a formula that has become more familiar than the lyrics to "Happy Birthday."