Five new farmers are preparing to follow their hearts on a new season of Seven’s Farmer Wants a Wife, premiering 7:00 pm on Sunday, 14 April on Channel Seven and 7plus.
This year’s farmers include Farmer Bert, 30, from Wamuran, Queensland; Farmer Joe, 33, from Bombala, NSW; Farmer Dustin, 26, from Condobolin, New South Wales; Farmer Dean, 25, from Kandanga, Queensland and Farmer Tom, 22, from Tabilk, Victoria.
Returning host Samantha Armytage and co-host Natalie Gruzlewski play Cupid once again as they guide the new crop of farmers on their journey to find true love, as well as reunite with favourite past farmers.
After a series of speed dates in the Hunter Valley, the farmers will choose their top five ladies to invite back to the farm. There, the ladies will be shown the lay of the land, participate in farm work and go on a series of dates before the farmers determine if there is enough chemistry to spark a lifelong connection.
Farmer Wants a Wife in Numbers:
• 206 marriages worldwide, including 10 in Australia.
• 516 farmer babies worldwide, including 27 in Australia.
• Nine long-term relationships in Australia.
• Viewed in 19 countries, including Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Italy, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Canada, the United States and Australia.
Mediaweek caught up with series EP Ewa Dobrowolska to chat about the new season and while she couldn’t reveal any surprises in store, she did tease that one farmer on the show is pretty popular.
“Farmer Bert is one of the most sought-after farmers we’ve ever had in the history of the show,” she said.
“Firstly, he’s our first-ever pineapple farmer, but secondly, he’s had the most number of applications for a single farmer out of all the seasons. To put that into context, the amount of women who applied to date Bert was more than the total number of applications that all of last year’s farmers combined got.”
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Farmer Wants a Wife is produced by Eureka Productions for the Seven Network.