Category — Farmer wants a wife

One of the longest running reality shows on TV, Farmer Wants A Wife, are now looking for ladies to apply to meet the Series 8 male farmers.

This series there is seven farmers all male and all straight. Can we have a gay farmer one year please?

Go to the official website here to check them out. Most look pretty cute and interesting, though 45 year old Farmer Paul from Gnarloo, WA looks a tad wild.

Anyway if you are single and looking for adventure I say go for it.

The nominations for the 54th Annual Logie Awards were announced this afternoon, with many Aussie reality shows not making the cut into the small five-contender field of Most Popular Reality Program.

In the running is the award’s reigning champion and two-time winner, MasterChef Australia (Network Ten). But it’s not the only cooking show in the mix, with Channel Seven’s rival program My Kitchen Rules is also vying for the title.

Seven has the most nominees in field, with Beauty and the Geek Australia and The X Factor Australia also making the cut. And in the final slot to round off the nominees is The Block from the Nine Network.

If I had to predict the winner out of this bunch, my money would definitely be on either MasterChef or My Kitchen Rules! Seeing the popular of MKR at the moment does make me question what faith I have in Ten’s cooking series, but I will back Matt, George and Gary just for another year! Sure, the quality of the show has declined since the brilliant first season, but I still think it has the upperhand over MKR for the loyal fan base that it has.

But I do wonder how many votes were pulled away in favour for Junior MasterChef, even if the kids version of the show failed to make the top 5 list. In the end, I think people would have voted for MC because it really got the reality genre back where it belonged: at the top! However, MKR likely to take the crown in next year’s race. The show keeps getting better and better.

Now, back to the other nominees. I haven’t seen much of Beauty and The Geek Australia and The Block last year, but I don’t think neither have the support to win.

Same goes for The X Factor Australia, which I did watch religiously last year! It was too good to say no with Mel B and Natalie Bassingthwaighte rounding off an amazing panel of judges. It’s a singing show, so the mentors should be performers and not radio hosts! Though I must admit, in order to watch it, I had to give up on The Renovators. I would’ve stuck with Ten’s design show otherwise, but it was getting to a point that things weren’t moving quick enough. And surely, despite realityravings readers voting it the number one reality show in a recent poll, it failed in the ratings and hasn’t landed any Logie nominations. I don’t think there was much support by Ten in the Logie contenders submissions stage to begin with. No presenter from the show was put forward for Most Popular Television Presenter.

So it’s the five nominees for the category are: Beauty and the Geek Australia, The Block, MasterChef Australia, My Kitchen Rules and The X Factor Australia. I’m really not surprised by this list, but I must say this category is definitely one of the most competitive. We’re currently in a television landscape that sees reality shows doing generally better than Aussie dramas.

Two programs that have been consistently nominated in the last few years but dropped out of the field this year are The Biggest Loser and Dancing with the Stars. As a big supporter of last season’s families edition of Loser, I am upset that it hasn’t been included. It’s actually the show that I voted for! (Didn’t go for MasterChef because I knew it would have enough votes). On the other hand, I don’t watch Dancing with the Stars and it’s popularity has slightly dwindled over the last few years. It still rates considerably well, but struggles to receive the same buzz that it use to.

The good news for Loser fans is that trainer Tiffiny Hall is up for Most Popular New Female Talent! She’s unlikely to win being up against Underbelly‘s Anna McGahan and Chelsie Preston Crayford, Melissa Bergland from Winners & Losers and Demi Harman from Home and Away. But it’s lovely to see her nominated as she brought a different air to the program and livened it up! Realityraver seems to disagree with me about Tiffiny, so maybe she could chime in in the comments?

Realityraver’s Logie pick, The Amazing Race Australia also failed to land a nomination.

Also, not appearing this year is The Farmer Wants A Wife, hosted by Natalie Gruzlewski, who actually shared hosting duties with Bondi Vet‘s Chris Brown at the Logies nominations party in Sydney this afternoon. I’ll only consider voting for the dating show if we start seeing some gay farmers.

From the Nine shows, it was clear The Block would come out as their strongest contender. But some may be disappointed at the omission of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia, which exceeded expectations and really delivered the goods by the end, with comedienne Julia Morris taking about the winning title. You can catch Julia as a presenter at the Logies when the awards special airs on April 15.

Of course, you might not be able to catch it live if you’re watching Dancing with the Stars or MasterChef instead! Seven, Nine and Ten are going all out to win ratings on the Sunday night. If last year’s ratings is any indication, MC has the upper hand in the TV battle, as it averaged 1.569 million viewers to the 1.363 million the Logies pulled. Though, Nine did have the highest overall share for the night (Source: Mediaspy.org).

On another note, I know not many people watch The Family on SBS, but it was really interesting viewing for me to watch the Cardamones in their suburban family life in Melbourne over a few months time. It definitely got me wanting to see Big Brother on air again. It’s a shame the fly-on-the-wall program isn’t being recognised anywhere. It could have been nominated for Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program (peer-voted as opposed to viewer-voted), but the Logie judging panels obviously don’t agree with my praise for the SBS show.

Speaking of Big Brother, maybe we’ll see it nominated next year in Most Popular Reality Program? That’s only if it doesn’t flop and Nine’s willing to put it up for submission, which is something Network Ten didn’t do for the last series. Since it was axed, they just didn’t bother. I was very upset when the show was missing from the initial voting ballot in early 2009 (for the 2008 television year).

And lastly, if you’re wondering why Australia’s Got Talent hasn’t had a mention in this category, it’s because Seven has been submitting the show in another field: Most Popular Light Entertainment Program. It’s definitely an easier category to break into, when you’re going up against shows like Sunrise, and in previous years, Deal or No Deal. Though I really don’t understand why Seven would qualify the program as light entertainment when it’s a talent quest just like The X Factor Australia. The season that saw young singer Jack Vidgen win the competition, is also nominated for Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program.

A full list of nominees can be found here.

You can see who wins on The 54th Annual Logie Awards, airing Sunday April 15 on Channel Nine.

Well after not so fabulous ratings last year Channel Nine is going to bring back Farmer Wants A Wife in 2012. Hopefully they will give it a razzle as last years season was the same as the previous ones.

Anyway if you are a farmer and single and looking for love now is your opportunity to apply. The application does not say whether you should be gay or straight. In fact I hope they get a gay farmer this season as that might make it a tad more interesting.

They do struggle to find farmers so if you do know one tell them to apply.

The information from the press release is below:

After five weddings, four babies (and another on the way), not to mention lots of love affairs, the search is on for the next crop of single farmers to take part in Australia’s most captivating quest for rural romance.

The Farmer Wants a Wife is casting for young and mature male and female farmers either searching for their first love or trying their luck in the romance stakes again.

If you know a single farmer ready to lay it all on the line and take a giant leap into the abyss called love, you can sign them up today.

The producers are calling on all those mothers, fathers, grandparents, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, neighbours, colleagues, exes and mates out there who know a single farmer who is in the market to find THE ONE. Give them a nudge and do them a favour by registering their interest to participate in the next series of The Farmer Wants a Wife online today.

Finding love can be as easy as logging on to ninemsn.com.au/farmer. Applications close Wednesday, March 14. 

 

China cracks down on reality TV as it is being too real about the new China and its youth. (Source: New York Times)

Lee Furlong host of Cricket Superstar talks about the show. It premieres on Fox 8 on Wednesday 4 January at 7.35pm. (Source: TV Week)

TV Tonight is saying former Australian Idol host James Mathison might be in the mix for host of The Voice, as no one has been officially announced yet. The other two names mentioned have been Darren McMullen and Jabba. I hope he is right. (Source: TV Tonight)

TV Tonight also reviews The Amazing Race app, the positive thing about it is that it does have Phil raising his eyebrow!

The US version of So You Think You Can Dance has had a rating decline so there will be no results show, it will be all be rolled into one. (Source: Hollywood Reporter)

Because there has to be a Kardashian on every show, Khloe gets Punk’d on Punk’d by Miley Cyrus and Kelly Osbourne. (Source: Huffington Post)

Also Kim Kardashian has a new look to go with the New Year. (Source: Huffington Post with Pic)

Celebrity Wife Swap cast member Carnie Wilson talks about her weight gain. More importantly are we going to see this series in Australia? (Source: Huffington Post)

Courtney Stodden does another gyrate for the cameras in the hope of getting her own reality TV show. (Source: Daily Mail)

Rachel Zoe keeps herself covered up on the beach in the Carribean, but she looks like she has lost any baby weight she might have gained. (Source: Daily Mail)

Janice Dickinson alleges America’s Next Top Model winner is not picked by the judges but the Cover Girl executives. (Source: Radar)

The Bachelor or Bachelorette have never had a non-white person in the title role. Cheryl Robinson writes about this in her new novel The One, where her main character is black and in her forties and is in the title role of the show. (Source: PR Web)

Erin the single mum from season one of Farmer Wants A Wife is getting married. (Source: The Herald)

Farmer Will is not thick as it appears he has cottoned onto  Sam’s (the lady in red) motivation for going on Farmer Wants A Wife. See previous blog post here about her being a part time glamour model.

The Daily Telegraph reports that Farmer Will asks her about her motivations for going on the show. She of course says it is to find love. Yeah right.

The article states:

In a tense elimination tonight on Nine, the saucy Gold Coast nurse – who was exposed as a part-time lads mag glamour model by Confidential last week, is confronted by the gentle giant farmer just an hour before he is due to send one girl packing.

Will tells Sam he finds her attractive, but doesn’t think she is cut out for life on the farm.

Sam tries to convince Will to let her stay, telling him she is “looking for love and a lifetime partner”.

But Will’s other girl Eliza was a hit with his mum and sisters on last week’s show, while he coyly admitted his third choice Kathy has “a lovely smile and is a pretty girl”.

The tears and tantrums weren’t only reserved for Will’s farm though.

Victorian Farmer Tim drives 70km to comfort South Australian pal Farmer Trent who is struggling to pick which potential partner to send home, while one contestant is left having a complete breakdown after being told she has to leave.

Anyway it looks like an entertaining episode. Farmer Wants A Wife on Monday nights at 7.30pm on Channel Nine.

The TV Week also say that a lot of the farmers have taken a financial hit by being on the show. It takes about a month to film and Farmer Trent reckons he has lost $60,000 – $80,000.

Farmer Tim said he has lost $10,000 in lost wages, however Farmer Kev reckons he hasn’t lost money he just has not made any.

Also Farmer John says he is a natural romantic and did not require any prompting from the producers. This guy is definitely keen to get back on the horse, the dating one that is.

Farmer John the 58 year old farmer looking for love did not have to make the tough decision about which person to eliminate this week, as one of his dates walked.

TV Week reveals:

Just a few days into the farm stay on lady decided country life was not for her and made a quick exit.

“I was shocked,” John says. “I treated every girl equally – there wasn’t any favouritism. I didn’t leave anyone out”.

Apparently the reality of farm life and feeling isolated from the outside world were enough to push the damsel over the edge. And while John 58, admits he wasn’t exactly thrilled to receive the news that she was going to leave, he says the girl was also “pretty upset about it”.

The other two women are now safe. John revealed the girl that left was not going to be eliminated.

“It wasn’t going to be her [the woman who's leaving] that was going home,” he said.

Farmer Will also revealed in the magazine that “Cathy was a bit of princess”

He said “I think they have an idea from watching McCleod’s Daughters”.

“Cathy was saying to me, ‘I didn’t sign up for this. I didn’t think it would be like this” Farmer Will said.

Interesting I wonder if Farmer Will will still pick her to stay on the farm with him.

Farmer Wants A Wife is on Channel Nine tonight at 7.30pm.

I am starting to lose the love for Farmers Wants A Wife, as last night’s episodes seemed a bit drawn out, and the scenes were so predictably set up, yes I know that is reality TV, but last night it bugged me just because I had seen the formula in six previous series. There is always hay in the date scenes, just so the city folk know that they are actually on a farm, or sitting on a log overlooking a valley.

However the positives about this show is the people who go on the show are authentic, they genuinely want to meet a partner. There is no cash prize, and none have gone to change their career because of their time on the show. As a dating show it is successful.

This episode the girls each farmer picked arrived for their farmstays. They were then thrown in the “deep end” to show them what it was life was like on the farm. These scenarios were all completely made up.

Farmer Tim who lives in a town so small that when he went on Farmers they had to cancel the town play as they had no one to replace him with had a first date with Jacalyn.

she told him she like him. He was chuffed that she liked him, however he didn’t appear THAT enthusiastic.

Farmer Will who is a gazillion feet tall knows what it is like to have his heart broken, as he was dumped when he moved back to the farm. Was it the farm or was it because he moved back in with his mum?

Samantha Will’s otherwise known as the Lady in Red came early to meet Will’s mother who had picked her as a wild card for her son. Interesting his mother picked such a hottie for her son, normally mothers go for the sensible looking types.

Cathy one of the other ladies was not pleased about the early arrival of Samantha, she gritted her teeth as she asked “how long have you been here?”. Hopefully there might be a scrag fight between them. The third girl Eliza looks like she will stay out of any cat fights.

Farmer Will kicked off with getting his girls to sticking their arms up the cows backside, because this is standard daily farm chores – not.

Eliza scored the first date. He thought there was chemistry between them. Will is a bit of a charmer, however he looks older than 25 years of age. He must have had a short rugby career. Will and her walked up a track with their arms around each other, is this to try to get the viewers to think Eliza is in with a shot of finding love with him?

Farmer Kev picked Fiona, Meg, and Megan and immediately made them do some sheep herding. Megan and Fiona stayed in their dresses for this chore. Meg who was wearing jeans got the date with him, and she said she found him attractive.

Farmer Kev revealed he was different from the other farmers and said he had always dreamed of marrying a brunette.

Farmer Trent who is a sweetie  has a thing for blondes as he picked three of them, Stef, Jenny and Lucy. He gave them a gift bag for all of them. And yes I did notice the Cherry Ripe product placement, and it worked I wanted one.

However he did show his immaturity by taking the girls to a trough to ‘fix’ on the pretense of having a mud fight. The Farmers equivalent to jelly wrestling apparently.

He picked Jenny to have a date with as he likes that she is happy and always smiling. I wonder if he has a poster of Poh on his wall.

Farmer John the old bloke of the pack picked Alison, Belinda, and Tracey. Belinda scored the first date, after doing a stupid plaiting of a horses tail task.  When he asked her what she wanted in a guy she responded with “a decent person” which means not an arsehole. She has probably met a few in her time.

Farmer Frank picked Tenielle, Jess and Peta-Marie. He then made them do a tyre changing competition obviously no cows to stick hands up their clackers.

Tenielle won and she got to have dinner with Frank, with the other two girls cooking. However once they served he invited them to join them. Tenielle diplomatically said she didn’t mind, but this must be an indication he is not that into her.

Farmer Wants A Wife premiered tonight with a 90 minute speed dating episode, however the show only ever gets interesting once the girls hit the farms. Once they are out of their comfort zones then the fun begins.

Also after watching seven seasons of the show you would think I would know to press the extend recording button as it cut off before the end, so I did not get all the girls the farmers picked.

A girl was bitching on twitter that there were no hotties this year. But I thought most of the farmers were cute, a part from John, but he is 58, and a bit of an old 58 at that. Not like Jeff from The Amazing Race Australia who seemed like a youthful 60 year old when he was running around the world with his son Luke.

Below is a quick precis about the farmers and which girls they picked:

Farmer Kev is 33. He is an advertisment for wearing sun screen as he looks older then that. He has never been in love.Natalie asks why he is single? I don’t think he is going to admit to being an arsehole. He said he needed to open himself up more. He picked Fiona whose said one of her skills was skulling a bottle of cider. Meg was picked as was Megan the girl picked by Farmer Kev’s brother.

Farmer Trent says he has not been in love either. However he is only 24 so he has that as an excuse. He seems very sweet, and he also hinted that he was cashed up. He picked Lucy, Steph who rides cows, and he picked his sister’s choice Jenny. She looked much older than him.

Farmer John is the oldest contestant ever on the show. He is a widower. He doesn’t seem very charismatic. but he seem very nice, but what will be difficult for another woman is that he thinks his former wife was perfect. However it has been 14 years since she passed.  They showed only wedding photos of her, I wondered why there were no later ones of her.

He picked Alison, Tracey, and Belinda. Tracey was a bit shocked she was picked.

Farmer Frank is in the remote farmer, his farm is four hours west of Townsville. Apparently there is a women drought in his part of the world. He seems a bit dull, but the girls thought he was hot. He chose Peter, Jessica and Tenielle. He said he could not stop thinking about Tenielle.

Farmer Tim also lives in a town where there are not any single women. He is a volunteer fire fighter, and an amateur actor. He seemed very nice. Also I think he may have had a six pack.

Farmer Will was put into the show by his sister. He is a former professional rugby player. In his past he picked the land over his former girlfriend. Katie from Canberra did not realise he was a rugby player and not a league player when she did a cheerleaders impersonation.

Go to the website http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/thefarmerwantsawife to check out the farmers.

Also the next episode is this Wednesday on Channel Nine at 7.00pm.

The seventh season of Farmer Wants A Wife kicks off next Monday 22 August at 7.00pm on Nine. It will be a 90 minute episode and they are promising a big twist.

The popular TV show only prize is love, there is no money or fancy holidays, just the opportunity to meet the person of your dreams. And the formula of the show for both romance and rating has worked.

The Monday night episode will have the farmers speed dating to decide which three they will take to the farm for a 10 day stay.

The twist occurs on the Monday night when the Farmer has a SEVENTH speed date with selected by the farmer’s family.

This series there is an older farmer searching for love. Farmer John from Merriwa, NSW, a father of two who’s been a widower for 14 years.

Also there is Will, a former Queensland Reds player who retired from the game two years ago after injury. When he returned to the farm, he broke up with his girlfriend she was not cut out for life on the farm.

The show will continue on Wednesday, August 24.

The Farmers are:

Farmer Kev, VIC, 33: Sheep, Cattle and Cropping

Farmer Will, NSW, 25: Cattle and Crops

Farmer John, NSW, 58: Horses and Cattle

Farmer Frank, QLD, 30: Cattle

Farmer Tim, VIC, 29: Wheat and Barley Crop, Sheep and Cattle

Farmer Trent, SA, 24: Crops, Cattle and Sheep

Read this blog post with the music of Love Is In The Air going through your head, as Farmer Wants A Wife again proves that long term relationships can be found through the show.

As I have said before ditch RSVP and apply for this show.

Scott and Clare from series four of the show have gotten hitched. The Woman’s Day who had paid for the exclusive of the wedding say there was a Top Gun theme.

They are honeymooning at the Hope Estate in the Hunter Valley, where they met for the first time in April 2009 while filming the show.

In other news one of my favourite couples Farmer Damien and Rachael are having a baby. The couple who live on Damien’s farm in Tasmania are having a boy which is  due in June.