Hallmark is expanding its roster of hunky leading men once again with season 2 of Finding Mr. Christmas - and 10 new contestants are ready to fight for the holiday title. Hosted by Jonathan Bennett, Hallmark's reality competition series returns to the network on Monday, October 27. This year, lead judge Melissa Peterman will be back to see which star checks all the tinsel-filled boxes and earns a role in an upcoming "Countdown to Christmas" movie. Ahead of the season premiere, Us Weekly met all 10 contestants, including models, a former NFL player and aspiring actors, and asked them the tough questions. OK, maybe not tough questions, but we did learn who has what it takes to deck the halls and hang with Hallmark's already dreamy leading men. Scroll down to meet the season 2 Finding Mr. Christmas contestants: What You'll Find in (Almost) Every Hallmark Holiday Movie: Fake Snow, More Finding Mr. Christmas premieres on Hallmark Channel Monday, October 27, at 8 p.m. ET. Season 1 is streaming on Hallmark+. Rustin Sailors Rustin Sailors Hallmark Channel Biggest Hallmark Leading Man Trait "Joy. I think I carry a lot of joy. I just love people. I love life," Rustin exclusively told Us. "I'm a constant student of life. I think we're really all just here to enjoy getting to know each other and having meaningful, beautiful interactions where we get to learn more about ourselves, and more about each other, and that creates a lot of joy for me. So I like to spread that around. I think everyone else is feeling that as well." Dream Hallmark Costar Rustin confessed to not having a "dream" costar, telling Us, "I'm so excited to see how I build chemistry with different costars. ... It'll be a cool experience to see who I get to make some magic with." Why Should He Be the Next Mr. Christmas? "Oh, it's me. I mean, there's no other way around this," Rustin boasted. "I love everyone else, and they're all going to have a blast. But I'm here to win it. I'm Mr. Christmas. My wife, when the [holiday] season starts to come around, she's like, 'Christmas Rustin is coming out!' I'm a huge holiday fan. I get really spirited about the whole thing." Robbie Simpson Robbie Simpson Hallmark Channel Biggest Hallmark Leading Man Trait "I think something that's so important for Hallmark, and that Hallmark does really well, is comedy and being able to bring your personality and your sense of humor to the material. I think it's a great way to talk about some more difficult topics in life and make it more palatable," Robbie explained to Us. "Hopefully viewers at home can then have those conversations with their friends and their family. And if you were to talk to my friends or my family, they know that I'm always cracking jokes, I'm always making people laugh. And so I want to bring that part of myself to the competition and make viewers at home feel relaxed and make them laugh with their families as they continue the Hallmark traditions this year." Dream Hallmark Costar Robbie exclusively told Us that Hunter King and Finding Mr. Christmas host Bennett would be his dream Hallmark counterparts. "I just watched the Holiday Touchdown: [A Chiefs Love Story] and Hunter, in the film, she is incredible. She's an incredible actor that has proven for so long her versatility in this business," he gushed. "So I would love to do a film with her in any capacity. I just feel like we both have the same sense of humor and acting style, and she just seems like a really wonderful person." When it comes to possibly working with Bennett, Robbie said it would be so "cool." The contestant explained that Bennett has been an "inspiration for me in this business, yes, as an actor, but also as a human being and the values that he has and that he stands for, and I just think it's incredible what he's doing at Hallmark and feel honored that I get to be here and learn from him." Why Should He Be the Next Mr. Christmas? "I feel like I've been preparing for this my whole life," Robbie said. "I have trained so hard as an actor, in college and then in graduate school, and I've done work in theater, but then also on camera for some streaming platforms and soap operas. So, I feel like this is all leading to this moment." He noted that another "advantage" for him is that he's "a Hallmark fan" and has been watching the rom-coms "for so long" with his loved ones. "They instill an incredible sense of joy and values and [are] really a huge part of pop culture right now, which I'm also a fan of," Robbie added. Hallmark Star Jonathan Bennett Admits He Doesn't Decorate for Christmas Marcus Brodie Marcus Brodie Hallmark Channel Biggest Hallmark Leading Man Trait "I would say kindness, just being kind. I feel like a leading man needs to be kind to everybody. He needs to be somebody that people can look up to, that people want to strive to be like," Marcus shared with Us. "So I think that's really important in a leading man, just being kind to everybody, because everybody likes to be kind and h