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Sixteen contestants will be battling it out on Survivor Tocantins this season for one million dollars. Get your first look at the new Survivor cast in the cbs video above. The contestants are:

Benjamin Wade, 37 - a soccer coach and part-time orchestra conductor from Bolivar, Montana

Sierra Reed, 23 - a model from Los Angeles, California.

Spencer Duhm, 19 - a college sophomore from Lakeland, Florida.

Stephen Fishbach, 29 - a corporate consultant from New York City.

Sydney Wheeler, 24 - a model and interior designer from San Diego, California.

Taj Johnson-George, 37 - a former member of Grammy-nominated group SWV, now based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Tyson Apostol, 29 - bike shop manager from Lindon, Utah.

Brendan Synnott, 30 -  entrepreneur from New York City.

Candace Smith, 31 -  an actress and events planner from Los Angeles, California. 

Carolina Eastwood, 26 - a bartender from Los Angeles, California.

Debra Beebe, 46 - a middle school principal from Auburn, Alabama.

Erinn Lobdell, 26 - a hairstylist from Waukesha, Wisconsin.

James Thomas Jr., 24 - a cattle rancher from Samson, Alabama.

Jerry Sims, 49 - a US Army sergeant from Rock Hill, South Carolina. 

Joe Dowdle, 26 - a commercial real estate broker from Austin, Texas.

Sandy Burgin, 53 - a bus driver from Louisville, Kentucky. 

 Survivor Tocantins airs February 12, 2009 on CBS.

Spoilers ahead:

Bonnie Hunt makes her prediction of the winner of The Bachelor and has the same prediction as most everyone around the web has:

On tonight’s episode of The Bachelor, one girl decides to eliminate herself. Rumor has it Raquel is the one to leave on her own. Five girls will go withouth any date time tonight, which is a huge disadvantage. Expected to go on the Robin Thicke date is Jillian, while Melissa is the choice for the blimp date on tonight’s show.

The Bachelor sleuthers have been hard at work even before the show aired working on the elimination order of the bachelorettes and looking for clues to the final two contestants and of course, the winner.

All the Bachelor boards (message board links are listed below) seem to have come to the same conclusion in figuring out the winner of this season. Melissa is the pick of the posters based on a variety of screen caps, leaked information and more. Melissa was the one most boards picked as the winner even before the episodes started to air.

Deanna Pappas, the Bachelorette who dumped Jason last season, will show up later this season to give advice, despite the previews that make it look like she’s returned to reconnect with Jason.

The final two are rumored to be Melissa and Molly. Molly is a department store buyer from Grand Rapids, Michigan and Melissa is a Sales Rep from Dallas, Texas and a former Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader.

Check out some of the Bachelor boards to find out the latest gossip:

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The Bachelor airs on ABC.

Jason Mesnick, from ABC’s reality show, The Bachelor, is interviewed by ET. Jason is engaged and in love. Who does Jason pick? Check back tomorrow and I’ll let you know the latest Bachelor rumors around the web.

I have to say, it was nice to actually watch the first episode of The Biggest Loser this week simply because there was no Vicki or Heba on my television screen. That alone makes this season a winner. This group of contestants sure seem to be alot more compassionate than the last group. (not all of the last group—just the two mentioned there)

Who could not love the oldest biggest loser contestants ever on the show–Grandparents: Estella and Jerry. When Jerry went down on the first workout, I wondered how he’d ever come back from that, but he did in a big way, losing 25 pounds for the week. Estrella lost nine.

The heaviest contestant ever to be on The Biggest Loser is Daniel, who weighs in at 454 pounds. I would imagine all of America is pulling for Daniel as he seems to be a total sweetheart. At 19 years old, he has alot of life to live yet and I’m sure Jillian will pull out all the stops to help him get that weight off. Daniel lost an amazing 30 pounds in his first weigh in.

The only biggest loser contestant that really got under my skin ( and a few others from what I’ve read online) is Laura, who just doesn’t seem ready for the intense work outs that are necessary on the biggest loser ranch. Her team mate, Tara, was amazing and could go very far, however.  Still, I can deal with Laura’s whining much much better than watching Vicki from last season go on and on about her game play.

In this season’s twist, no one was eliminated but nine of the teams were separated. Nine people were sent home to continue their weight loss journey and they may return if their team mate can remain on the ranch for 30 days. (Doesn’t that mean someone’s gonna get a bum deal?) I still wonder if there’s more to the twist. There are rumors that Kim Lyons may be returning, but no official word on that. Most likely, it’ s just a rumor.

Two couples remained together on the ranch—Blaine and Dane, who won immunity. (Blaine is difficult to like so far, but Dane is cool) and Mike and Ron, who won the weigh in. (Father/son Team who have a good chance at winning if they get through the next thirty days)

Next week, Mr. Zen Trainer, Bob, loses his cool during the last chance work out. Don’t miss it!