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Kalon McMahon & Erica Rose to collide on Bachelor Pad 3: It's H-Town reality TV armageddon

Reality Steve reports that Erica Rose — plus her crystal gavel and sparkling tiara — will return for Bachelor Pad 3. Courtesy of ABC
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And Erica Rose will be joined by fellow Houstonian Kalon McMahon, who isn't exactly her buddy. PopTower.com
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ABC's Bachelor Pad returns for its third season on July 23, and another Houston socialite is reportedly among the contestants. . . again. Yes, Kalon Joseph Reid McMahon is going to have local company on the new Bachelor Pad.

TV buff and spoiler vigilante "Reality Steve" tweeted,

Damn! We should have inferred this days ago, when our email to Rose bounced back with a cryptic auto-response message — "Hi guys! I'm going away and can't be reached! I'll respond as soon as I return."

Or when our texts weren't immediately returned, or when the always-connected Rose fell uncharacteristically silent on Twitter just after announcing, 

Though Rose was ultimately as unsuccessful on ​Bachelor Pad 2 as she was on season nine of ​The Bachelor, the Houston reality princess provided a great deal of comic relief amid the household drama

We're glad to see her — and her tiara — back on the show.

Reality Steve reports that other contestants will include Jaclyn Swartz, Blakeley Shea, Rachel Truehart, Lindzi Cox, Nick Peterson, Michael Stagliano, Ed Swiderski, Reid Rosenthal and of course Kalon (who reigning Bachelorette Emily Maynard just unceremoniously booted after his use of the B word).

Do you think there's room enough on the Bachelor Pad cast for two huge Houston personalities? 

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