TV Week say that one of Shaun girl’s that he selected to go to his farm left. They did not give away the name of the girl but she said there was not chemistry there.

The article states:

“Something had changed, ” the lady in question admits. “Thre were about four weeks between the speed date and when we went to the farm, and it felt like he’d backed off – he just didn’t seem as relaxed or as open. It was awkward from the very beginning.”

And it seem the stress of having a TV crew and three relative strangers on his farm didn’t help matters either.

“Shaun had a bit of a problem with being told what to do and how to do it[by the crew],” the mystery girl explains. “He got a little bit [cranky] at times, which is understandable – it’s his property adn they were changing their minds every five minutes. He was getting annoyed.”

Add an apparent lack of chemistry to the mix.

“I didn’t get any vibe from him whatsoever,” she continues. “I was like ‘I’m wasting my time here’. You can tell when someone is attracted to you, and I just wasn’t getting anything from him – he was so shut off. After two days, I [thought], ‘Oh, well, I don’t need to be here.’”

While we’ll see the dropout awkwardly telling Shaun she’s leaving on screen, she’d actually already broken the news to him behind closed door.

“I told him privately,” she confirms. ” I said to him, ‘Shaun, I just don’t fell like I’m getting anything from you and I’m not feeling anything, so I don’t want to waste everyone’s time being here.’

“He was like,’Oh, OK, that’s fine, I’m alright with that,’ But you could tell in his face that he didn’t see it coming.”

The hunky bachelor admits that he felt ” a little bit surprised’, adding ,” I thought we were getting on really well. I thought that she was enjoying herself. I’m not really sure why she changed her mind.”

Shaun maintains there was “definitely a connection” between them both and laughs upon hearing that the main reason for her leavign was an apparent lack of interest fro him.

“Maybe that’s my fault, I’m not really sure. I was trying to let her know [that I was interested], but obviously I still had to be fair to the other two remaining girls.”

But when the couple had to play out the “I’m leaving” scene for the cameras, the departing girl was shocked by the shift in Shaun’s response.

“He said that he didn’t fell anything either and that we were just friends – like he was trying to make himself sound better or tougher. I [thought], ‘Whoa! Where did that come from?! OK, if you want to play it that way, then fine.’”

And the fleeing female says she would “definitely” have stayed around if she’d  known Shaun was interested.

“I chose him because I was attracted to him. I thought he spoke really well and that he seemed like a really nice guy who you could spend the rest of your life with. I really like him. I just didn’t get it.”

But although she’s recently started seeing someone new, the headstrong girl and Shaun are still in contact, with both insisting there are no hard feelings. And for the farmer, there was also a silver lining to his dream girl’s exit.

“It was a little bit of a relief,” he admits. “I was dreading telling one of the girls to go home the next week, and this meant that I didn’t have to.”

PREDICTION: There is no way Nathan on this season’s Farmer Wants A Wife is going to get a partner on this show. Not only does he live in the middle of nowhere, but the nearest town 400 kms from his farm was in the middle of nowhere.

Also it is just you and him, and he is severely lacking in charisma. Then having all that against him. The girls shredded two tyres and he had to come and get them, and that took 8 hours. Quite frankly I would not have bothered to unpack, and be insisting to Fremantle Media to send in a chopper to get be the hell out of there.

Jamie the pearl farmer was having better luck with his three women, as where he lived was isolated but Monkey Mia on the water was beautiful. I find him a tad immature and by the sounds of it he has never had a relationship, which is a bit disturbing in a 40 year old man. So I don’t know how much of a catch he would be. But I really like Emma and hope she gets what she wants.

Shaun still gets hottie of the series, but the scene where he was looking over his wedding photos made me think was he over his first wife. I bet she won’t be happy being shown to be a villain on national TV, as he keeps on saying she left because she was still in love with a previous boyfriend.

Devon seems like he has the emotional maturity of a 15 year old. Who thinks taking a girl rabbit trapping is going to have an aphrodisic affect, and if it did she wouldn’t be the girl to pick to be your wife. By the way he actually lives in Hopetoun and is just staying on his parents farm for the series.

Charlie is another farmer who is clearly in his parents home, but he probably still lives there with them. He seems like a sweetie, and at least he tried to do something exotic with his zucchini kilpatrick. So if this doesn’t work out for him he could audition for Masterchef. The thing about his girls is that one is 19 (Sophie) and the other is a 21 year old chemistry student. I mean are either of them really looking for a full on relationship at such a young age?

Becky is a sweetie as is her daughter, and I think she has a great chance of finding a partner from this show. She has the benefit of having three strong guys to help her with the farm work for 10 days. That must be giving her a bit of a break.

At this stage I am have not got any favourite girls or guys as I have not seen enough of them, but hopefully after next week’s episode we will know if there is any chemistry between them farmers and their dates.

There is something endearing about this show where people come on a reality show genuinely looking for love, and Farmer Wants A Wife has proven it works, with marriages, engagements and ever long term relationships even if not all of them have worked out.

But it does amuse me how they think true love will conquer all. Seriously they this will make living in the middle of nowhere be worthwhile.

This season there will be five guys farmers and 1 female, and this time only six dates were picked for the speed date and not the usual ten.

Farmer Becky works and lives in the middle of nowhere South Australia, and has an 8 year old girl. All her blokes looked a bit similar – stocky and very strine. She picked Gavin, Steven and Joe.

Devon who lives in a town of 300 in Victoria had a different strategy for his speed dates by using a questionnaire which could have been a bit off putting but at least he did not have any awkward pauses like Charlie the 25 year old from NSW who could barely string two sentences together. In fact he didn’t manage it. He picked Sophie, Alison, and I missed the third girl. Devon took Leila, and Christina, and Jess back to the farm.

Devon talks about his experience on the show to the Herald Sun and says he would do it all again.

Shaun the 31 year old from WA is definitely the hottie of the series. He has previously been married but is looking for love again. Shaun piced Michelle, Elisa, Cathy and I think he dodged a bullet by not picking that deluded blond chick who said she had never been unlucky in love. Huh? Then what is she doing on the show?

Jamie is a 40 year old pearl farmer, and he had one girl pull out after the speed date, as she said she did not think she would fit in with his lifestyle, this was code for your not doing it for me. He ended up picking Lyn, Vanessa and Emma.

Nathan is a drover in the middle of Western Australia, his closest neighbour is over 150 kms away. Apparently he can sometimes be away for weeks at a time. He chose Jemma, Tessa, and Amanda to take back to the farm, and at this stage they don’t know where they are going.

The show only gets interesting once they get to the farms so things hot up next week.

With Masterchef Australia finishing up in the next couple of weeks, other TV Networks are now unleashing some reality TV arsenal.

Channel Nine are premiering one of their rating winners, Farmer Wants A Wife. Season Five of the show will start on Wednesday 28 July at 8.30pm.

The Farmers are:

Farmer Nathan, 26 – Runs cattle on 1.4 million acres

Farmer Devon, 25 – Cropping, wheat, barley, lupin, rye, oats and peas, on 4500 acres

Farmer Charlie, 25 – Sheep and cattle, on 6000 acres

Farmer Shaun, 31 – Sheep and crops, on 7500 acres

Farmer Becky, 34 – Cattle and sheep, on 1 million acres

Farmer Jamie, 39 – Pearls, in 12000 acres of water

Becky is a single mum who lives 2 and half hours from the nearest supermarket. Nathan is a drover so when he leaves home he can be away for weeks, so that may explain why it is hard for him to hold down a relationship.

In episode one the farmers gather at a country estate to meet their top six choices. Over the coming weeks they will cull the list to three potential partners. The twist this season is that the partners won’t know the location of the farmers until they actually reach their farms.

Every season I think I am not going to like this show, but it sucks me in every time.

New Idea have done a good special on Farmer Wants A Wife and has given updates on many of the farmers, and their partners.

Farmer Jenny

First up is female farmer Jenny Blake who is rumoured to be expecting her first baby.

New Idea said:
After marrying fellow farmer Mark Geppert last year following a whirlwind romance, it seems her dreams of a family might finally be coming true.

Jenny giggles to New Idea: ‘I can’t say anything yet’

But there’s a buzz among the Farmers about Jenny’s news. Andrew hall, who appeared in the show and went to Jenny’s wedding told the Adelaide Advertiser  he’d caught up with Jenny’s best friend – but was tight lipped about the pregnancy.

“I’ve no comment – yet,” he said.

Jenny,34, is understood to be having her baby in September, but is hesitant to discuss it at this stage.

Farmer Ben

Farmer Ben Honey is now engaged to Kate Morgan a girl mutual friends set him up with.

He told New Idea:

“Kate was absolutely stunning,” Ben 32, tells New Idea. “I thought:’This can’t be the girl they said was for me, can it?” I thought the girl they wanted to set me up with must have been in the toilets!”

A little over a year later they were engaged.

Kate who is a primary school teacher is 23.

She said “I’d never lived on property before and it was extremely different from what I’m used to. But I love it now – to have all this space is amazing.

Ben proposed while they were in Queensland for his cousins 21st birthday party in January. They plan to wed later in the year.

Farmer Rob & Jo

They will be getting married in the next few weeks. Expect to see an article in one of the weekly women’s mags.

They will wed in Dunkeld – half way between Rob’s 890-hectare property outside Mount Gambier and Jo’s home city of Melbourne. About 100 people are expected to attend the black tie nuptials.

Farmer Howie

Season Two Howie Webster is still wanting to meet his perfect match. New Idea reminds us that he rejected his budding ‘wives’ on the hit TV series because there were no sparks and he did not want to waste their time.

He told New Idea:

“It does get lonely out here, but I’d rather be alone and relatively happy than be in an unhappy relationship,”

“Some people say I’m too fussy, but as you get older, you know what you want and what you don’t want. My time on the show only reinforced my views and ideas of what I want and I’m not that keen to waste my time.”

Farmer Damien

Good news he is now living with the love Racheal Peynenborg. Damien Atkins the gentle farmer from Tasmania says they are not yet engaged because he spent all his money on a new tractor.

He told New Idea:

“There’s nothing to report yet, but we have bought a do. That’s a big step for me. It’s the most commited I’ve ever been,” he laughs.

“It doesn’t seem like we’ve been together for 18 months,’ he says. ‘We get along well. She helps on the farm by feeding a few calves and poking around in the vegie patch, but I didn’t bring her over to be slave labour.

Farmer Ralph

New Idea reports he has just broken up with Siri. Before filming had ended on his season in 2008 25-year-old horse trainer Siri Spranz had moved in.

But last week she moved out with Ralph saying he was not ready for marriage at this stage.

He told New Idea:

“I felt the spark was there, and it certainly made sense at the time,”

“Siri’s a great girl and really ticks all the boxes, but in the end I realised I was not ready for that sort of commitment.”

They broke up over lunch.

“There were no heated arguements, but it was very emotional watching her pack her things and move out,” he says. “It doesn’t feel real at the moment, and I stil don’t believe it’s over.”

Andrew Gill (one of Farmer Jenny’s Guys)

Andrew the explosive expert was overlooked by Jenny as she picked Owen, however good news he has now hooked up with Cass Skapin a woman who went on the  show to meet a farmer. She was rejected by Farmer Ralph. But these two are now living together in Rockhampton.

The Courier Mail following a story in Woman’s Day is confirming rumours that Farmer Wants A Wife host, and Channel Nine fave Natalie Gruzlewski has separated from her husband.

She seems to be taking it in her stride and will be heading to Sydney to share weather presenter duties with Jaynie Seal. She will be hosting Season Five of the popular Farmer Wants A Wife, however an air date is yet to be announced.

In happier news season two hottie and dairy farmer from Jambaroo, Ben Honey, is engaged to local Wollongong girl Kate Morgan (I wonder if she is any relation to the infamous Beth Morgan?). The Illawarra Mercury states the couple are wanting to keep details of their upcoming nuptials private. Or does this mean they will sell the day to a Woman’s magazine?

On the show he went for Sydney nanny Sarah Walton, but even though she moved to the farm they broke up as she found life on the land difficult.

Also in the latest edition of TV Week, in an interview with Natalie where she states there are some changes to the format.

These include:

• The women will not find out where their farmer is located in Australia until they meet them for the first time on the farm;
• They are doing away with the group dates this year and heading straight to the farm. I wonder if this means the guys have to pick the three girls from the speed dating. That is a big call to make when only meeting them for five minutes.
• There will be a female farmer this season named  Becky; and Natalie also revealed her favourite couple is Chris and Kim from Season One.

If you want to see more of this season’s farmers go here.

It is all happening with some of the previous contestants from Farmer Wants A Wife who have found love both on and off the show.

Recently Season 1 contestant Brad married his long time girlfriend Samara. For those who need their memories jogged, Brad had met Samara via dating website RSVP between him accepting to go on the show and when filming started. To say his two ladies he took to the farm felt duped is an understatement. They had an intimate wedding at Swan Hill. (Source: Herald Sun)

Farmer Jenny has also recently gotten married in a whirlwind relationship to another farmer from Cobar.  She had known him for awhile and was trying to recruit him to be a farmer on the show, when she realised she wanted him for herself. They were engaged after eight weeks – romantic or foolhardy – you decide, anyway they have now tied the knot.

However in other loved up Farmer news, Damian Atkins from Season 3 and Rachael Peynenborg have moved into together on his property in Tasmania.

TV Week says:

Rachael who met him on the show plans on moving to Tasmainia at Christmas and Damian’s impressed with how well his city girlfriend has adapted to life in rural Tassi, where they spend most of their time at Damian’s farm, in Caveside.

“I thought winter would have tested her out, but she seemed to handle it OK,” he says. “She bought a puffa jacket and a beanie, so she fit in quite well with the locals! ”

“She helps out a bit. She gives me a hard time, and thinks that I leave all the tricky jobs till the weekend so she can help out when she gets here… which probably not entirely untrue!” he adds. “She’s handy at drenching sheep, so she’s been good.”

“It sounds like The Farmer Wants a Farmhand, doesn’t it?” he adds with a laugh.

Damian also admits the pair have plenty of romantic moments together. “We just enjoy each other’s company,” he says. “We’re having a really good time with each other.”

So if you are sick of speeddating and the internet dating sites, you still have until 7 December to check out the current batch of farmers and apply to go on a date with them at the official site here

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True love has prevailed again on the dating reality series Farmer Wants A Wife.

Season four love birds Brad Crane and Stacie Marmion are now engaged.

Farmer Brad Crane, from the NSW country town of Lithgow, will tie the knot with Stacie Marmion after popping the question over takeaway fish and chips.

The pair fell in love on national television and have enjoyed a whirlwind six-month romance.

Mr Crane, a cattle farmer, told Woman’s Day magazine he planned to propose during a romantic island holiday, but found he could not wait any longer.

He asked Marmion to marry him during a meal of fish and chips and a game of charades on a beach on the NSW south coast, he said.

“Her lips started quivering and luckily she said yes,” Mr Crane said.

“To be honest, I went on the show for a bit of fun.

“I didn’t think there would be much chance of finding a bloody wife on national television. I still can’t believe my luck.”

For anyone watching the show you could see that they were a great couple who were madly in love from just about the moment they met. And apparently even when the show was on she used to sneak up to his bedroom  each night.

“She used to sneak up,” Brad said “That’s when you could actually sit down and talk and be yourself – the camera team had no idea.”

The wedding will be next year with 160 guests, and the couple plan to drive around Australia for four months in a romantic quest to find a new farm property where they can start building their life together.

Other matches from different series are Chris Newsome and Kim Tierney who married in 2007 and had their first child this year.

Melbourne photographer Jo Fincham and her Mt Gambier farmer Rob Hodge, from the show’s second series, are also engaged.

Source (Nine MSN and Women’s Day Magazine)

This week’s gossip mags are full of reality TV news, with two stars of the popular genre on covers. The former Biggest Loser host shows off her new figure on the front of New Idea. I suspect there is a bit of photoshopping going on but hey I don’t have a problem with that.

Also Who Mag did a huge article on The Biggest Contestants and if they had put back on the weight. This year’s runner up Tiffany looks stunning on the cover. It is also good to read the the majority of contestants have kept the weight off from this season and previous seasons.

Also Women’s Day had a raft of reality TV stories with former Big Brother winner Reggie Bird talking about being a mother and being blind. Apparently she has some degenerative retina disease. Full story here..

Also Chris and Kim from the first series of Farmer Wants A Wife is showing off their new born baby Charlotte. I thought it ironic that the photo still made them sitting in front of cows, even when they are living in Geelong now and Chris is a refrigerator apprentice. An exerpt from the article here..

Also there is a small article about Farmer Jenny and her new engagement, apparently they are getting married very soon. It has been a whirlwind romance. Again an exerpt from the article is here.

A lil_missy has been commenting on my blog and basically saying Gavin is a bit of a cad, well it looks like she could be right. In this newspaper article Rebecca states she learnt about their break up through TV Week, not quite as bad as Matt Damon breaking up with Minnie Driver on Oprah, but close.

The article says:

Rebecca Davis, a 45″‘year”‘old commercial banking assistant manager, admits “my heart is broken” after making the shocking discovery of a TV Week interview with former boyfriend Gavin Pahlke.

Gavin is reported in the article as saying the pair were at a “standstill/stop/don’t know” phase.

It was news to Rebecca.

“I can’t quite believe it. I read all the stories saying we were broken up, but Gavin just kept saying that he hated the media and I thought he wanted to lay low,” Rebecca said.

“Yes, I loved him. Yes, my heart is broken,” she said, her eyes filling with tears.

Rebecca said the couple spent every weekend of three months together at Gavin’s sugar cane farm in Norwell, 33 kilometres north of the Gold Coast.

“He simply said that he did not want to break up with me and that he had to sort out things in his life. He said he was afraid of getting hurt or hurting me,” Rebecca said.

“Things are very black and white for me. You either want to be with someone or you don’t and that’s when I decided that this was not the kind of relationship that I wanted to be in anymore.”

She also says Phil and Jenny have broken up, but we don’t know the reason why.

So that leaves Scott and Clare, and Brad and Stacie who are still together.