‘Finding Mr. Christmas’ recruits Janel Parrish, more as season 2 guest judges (exclusive)

Sure, much of the country is sweating under a heat dome right now, but not even high temperatures can dampen Hallmark Channel’s holiday spirit. The network’s reality-competition series Finding Mr. Christmas returns this fall, and Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive first look at the 8 guest judges who will appear in season 2.

Hosted by Jonathan Bennett, Finding Mr. Christmas follows 10 handsome and wholesome men as they compete in acting and holiday-themed challenges in hopes of winning the grand prize: A lead role in a Hallmark Channel holiday movie. Last year’s winner, Ezra Moreland, starred opposite Jessica Lowndes in the rom-com Happy Howlidays.

This season, Hallmark Channel staples including Alison Sweeney (A Magical Christmas Village), Janel Parrish (Coyote Creek Christmas), and When Calls the Heart star Erin Krakow will join Bennett and his co-host, Haul Out the Holly‘s Melissa Peterman, as guest judges. See the full list — and 15 exclusive new images from the upcoming second season — below.

Janel Parrish (‘Coyote Creek Christmas,’ ‘Sugarplummed’)

Heather Hemmens (‘Christmas Under the Lights’)

Alison Sweeney (‘A Magical Christmas Village,’ ‘This Time Each Year’)

Gail and Alicia (Hallmark superfans)

Hunter King (‘Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story’)

Ashley Williams (‘Jingle Bell Run’)

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Sharon Lawrence (‘The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls’)

Erin Krakow (‘Santa Tell Me’, ‘When Calls the Heart’)

Season 2 of Finding Mr. Christmas premieres this fall on Hallmark Channel.