Jake Pavelka

Commercial pilot Jake Pavelka was a contestant of the 5th season of the ABC's reality show The Bachelorette. Pavelka was eliminated by Jillian Harris on the episode that aired on June 22, 2009.http://www.inentertainment.co.uk/20090623/jake-leaves-the-bachelorette-2009/

Pavelka was chosen to be the bachelor on the reality series The Bachelor, for the 2010 season, which begins in January. Pavelka is a pilot and the 14th season is aptly named The Bachelor: On The Wings of Love.

Pavelka made news on March 1, 2010, when he was selected as one of 11 contestants for the 10th season of Dancing with the Stars.http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/WinterConcert/dancing-stars-season-10-cast-kate-gosselin-bachelor/story?id=9983761&page=3 He has proved to be a successful ballroom dancer and survived a number of eliminations by the judges and fans.

Representatives for Girardi and Pavelka announced in late June 2010, that the couple is no longer an item.

Pavelka landed a television role on Drop Dead Diva as Toby Davlin, a contestant who is looking for love on the fictional dating game Finding the One. The episode is titled “Good Grief,” and is slated to air on August 22, 2010. http://tvwatch.people.com/2010/06/14/bachelor-jake-pavelka-plays-bachelor-drop-dead-diva/

Pavelka hails from Denton, Texas, and is one of three boys. Jake studied at the University of North Texas and Embry Engineering University for Aerospace Science, but already knew that his love of flying would lead to his ultimate profession. He began taking flying lessons at the young age of 12, and became an airline captain when he was only 23.

Pavelka is a down-home kind of guy, and has been known to have critics, especially after his crying jag on The Bachelorette, but he states, ""You could be Superman and people will break you apart." He makes a point of not listening to the negative things that are said about him.

When asked how the reality series played out for him, he replied, "I went into it with very basic expectations and I was open to anything that was going to happen, any suggestions the crew had along the way. I went into it on cloud nine, and I never came off cloud nine."http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-bachelor_1216gd.ART.State.Edition1.2eb8791.html