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Will Bret Michaels have any better luck finding his true love this time out? Watch "Rock of Love 2" to find out.

Believe it or not, a second season of the reality show has already been filmed. It debuts at 9 p.m. Jan. 13 and will feature 20 more women vying for Michaels' affections via an assortment of challenges involving greased pigs and a roller derby with baby strollers, to name but two.

"Isn't all true love born from a greased-pig challenge?" Michaels jokes during a recent phone call.

Despite things not turning out exactly the way he'd hoped they would during last season's reunion episode (he was rejected by his No. 1 choice), the rocker says he hasn't altered the qualities he's looking for in a woman.

"Here's where I'm an idiot," the 44-year-old father of two says matter-of-factly. "I didn't change anything. I just went in and said, "It didn't work out for me so good, so let's try again.' You think I would've learned. I learned very little."

For "Rock of Love 2," Michaels may have not changed his criteria for the ideal mate — his top three must-haves are physical attraction, chemistry and having common interests — but he says he's more relaxed and in tune with the women's motivations.

"I start to figure them out pretty quickly," he promises.

Michaels explains the inspiration for the show came from his own experiences with women over the years.

"Since I've been young, I've either been in what we'll call long relationships or "tour-bus love,' " he says. "If it didn't work out and it went awful, you simply pulled the bus out of town and you never had to face anything.

"So this is the reason for the show: They're forcing me to face my decisions. (I've) always been great at hello, but I've never had to say goodbye."

And "Rock of Love" certainly forced him to face his decisions. Michaels says he was just as shocked as the rest of America when the first season's winner, 23-year-old Jes Rickleff, told him she thought he'd made a mistake in choosing her.

"I was like, "Wow, that's really cold,' " he says. "Maybe in some ways that's not the girl I fell in love with."

Then again, Michaels acknowledges that the show — which kept he and Rickleff apart for months after filming completed — took its toll, too. They were instructed to stay away from each other in order to keep the ending a surprise.

" "We can't have you guys get on an airplane together and go on vacation or our show is over,' " he recalls producers telling them.

So, after several months of not seeing one another, things had understandably cooled between them.

"She's back in Chicago and I'm back in L.A.," he says. "She moved on with her life, and I moved on with mine."

In light of how things turned out, Michaels admits to having second thoughts about not choosing the runner-up, 32-year-old Heather Chadwell, instead.

"At the reunion, I regretted that I didn't pick Heather," he says, although he says he had concerns about her partying lifestyle. "Having two daughters . . . I wasn't sure if she was ready for all that just yet."

One other woman who received a lot of attention during "Rock of Love" was 31-year-old Lacey Conner. Throughout the course of the show, Conner proved herself conniving and manipulative toward her competition, instigating fights and driving the other women crazy. Michaels says he had no idea how "malicious" Conner was until he saw the events unfold on television. Still, it doesn't appear to have completely turned him off.

"What I loved about Lacey was that she was absolutely committed to wanting to have a relationship with me," Michaels says. "I know what she did to the other girls was wrong, once I watched it, but at least I knew she cared.

"Lacey actually had a plan. In some ways I thought that was great, and in other ways it scared the crap out of me."

Looking back, it's hard to believe Michaels was hesitant to do a reality dating show in the first place.

"I said, "I just don't know if I can date where the cameras are on you 24/7," he recalls. " "I need to be who I am and what I am. I don't want you to make me something that happened in 1988. I don't want to be a novelty.' "