When Seven revealed the six farmers in December last year, farmer Jack was among them, but he left the show for unknown reasons.
The first 4 minutes of the show, for anyone interested.
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Tonight on Better Homes and Gardens, host Johanna Griggs caught up with Natalie Gruzlewski on the Gold Coast ahead of the season premiere of The Farmer Wants a Wife on Sunday.
Natalie and three farmers from the show were also on Sunrise this morning.
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On tonight’s season premiere of FARMER WANTS A WIFE: Sparks flew as farmers Harry, Alex, Sam, Neil and Nick nervously speed dated the eight ladies they invited to meet. By the end of the day, each farmer invited four of those ladies back to their beloved farms to see if chemistry could lead to a future together. And in a surprise twist, one lady was invited to head to the farm with her farmer 24 hours before the other ladies arrived!
FARMER HARRY (29) GOOLGOWI
Stacey, 28, VIC; Ashleigh, 31, WA; Madison, 24, QLD; Karlana, 24, VIC
Farmer Harry on Stacey: “Stacey has the same values as me, you can see she’s ready to get in there and have a crack.”
FARMER ALEX (29) CUNNAMULLA
Henrietta, 31, QLD; Brittany, 24, NSW; Jessica, 25, VIC; Sarah, 23, NSW
Farmer Alex on Henrietta: “From moment she walked, I felt an emotional and physical connection, butterflies in my stomach”
FARMER SAM (28) INNISFAIL
Emily, 24, VIC; Riley, 23, NSW; Kirsten, 28, NSW; Sophie, 28, ACT
Farmer Sam on Emily: “I had so much in common with her. When she had to go, I was so disappointed. I want to know more about her, I want to get to know her.”
FARMER NEIL (43) CROOKWELL
Megan, 40, SA; Chantelle, 31, NSW; Justine, 36, QLD; Karissa, 34, NSW
Farmer Neil on Karissa: “I don’t have much to say about this one, I just felt it straight away.”
FARMER NICK (44) DEVIOT
Naomi, 38, NSW; Liz, 34, QLD; Emma, 33, QLD; Marnie, 48, QLD
Farmer Nick on Emma: “She got to me through crazy, psychic methods. She’s been stuck in my mind since we started talking.
In a new twist, the farmers each invited one lady to head to the farm 24 hours before everyone else arrived:
Farmer Sam - Sophie
Farmer Neil - Chantelle
Farmer Harry - Madison
Farmer Nick - Liz
Farmer Alex - Jessica
Monday night, 7.30: Farmers Alex, Harry, Neil, Nick and Sam** **return to their farms, each bringing one lady they’ve invited to spend the first 24-hour date with. Doing their best to impress their dates, the farmers set about wooing their women with romantic dinners with surprising revelations. By the following day, the rest of the farmers’ ladies arrive, and each farmer is faced with a tough dilemma.
Farmers wants a wife had great production, 3 guys with 5 different women/wife. Easily Seven’s best night.
Didn’t switch over to Ninja Warrior at any point? 
You made it sound so dirty. And I thought Between Two Worlds was kinky.
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More to love on Farmer Wants A Wife in 2021
The Seven Network today confirmed the renewal of its hit prime-time tentpole programme Farmer Wants A Wife for its second season on Channel 7 in 2021.
The second show to launch under Seven’s content-led growth strategy, Farmer Wants A Wife has delivered big ratings since its premiere, regularly proving to be the most popular entertainment show in Australia on Sunday and Monday nights.
Angus Ross, Seven’s Network Programming Director, said: “We knew Farmer Wants A Wife had its heart in the right place and this has resonated with viewers across Australia - with huge numbers on 7 and 7Plus.
“This is just the beginning: we’re excited to build on this year’s momentum by delivering a scaled-up season with even more of Farmer Wants A Wife for 2021. It continues the successful reinvention of Seven’s content slate in 2020 using proven, power formats.”The road to love on the 2021 season will be even more romantic with dream overnight dates, luxury country getaways and spectacular group get togethers that will set the stage for true love to blossom.
Thrilled with the chance to play Cupid again, returning host Natalie Gruzlewski will throw in a few new surprises to help the hopeful farmers find the one.
“I’m so excited to guide another crop of hard-working Aussie farmers in their search for true love. As Australia has seen, our farmers and ladies wear their hearts on their sleeves and it’s a privilege to be a part of their life-changing love stories.”
With 99 marriages and 225 beautiful farmer babies worldwide, Farmer Wants A Wife is the most successful dating show on the planet. In Australia alone, the series has resulted in nine marriages and 20 babies.
Farmer Wants A Wife is a Fremantle and Eureka co-production for Channel 7.Commenting on the 2021 season, Fremantle Director of Unscripted, Jonathon Summerhayes said: “Everyone loves a love story, so it’s great to be teaming up with Eureka and Seven again to help our Aussie Farmers find true love on the land.”
Chris Culvenor, Eureka Productions CO-CEO, added: “Australian audiences have fallen in love with Farmer Wants A Wife and we’re thrilled to be working with Seven and Fremantle to ramp up the romance in an even bigger and bolder season next year."
A more scaled up version, code word for more episodes for a further stripped program across multiple nights.
They’ll need to do something to bring in the younger demographic for the show however, if they are really trying to skew younger.
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and make it more diverse. ie have people from the lgtbqi+ in it
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Perhaps some younger farmers?
Or the more likely (but also disgusting) alternative, more ‘drama’ 
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That’s probably the option I think we’re most likely to see Seven going for.
Hopefully Seven would’ve learned that this particular show thrived on genuine (of sorts) interactions and romances (obviously compared to the likes of MAFS/Bachelor etc) and that it is the only reason Farmer Wants a Wife is succeeding for them as opposed to the other rubbish they’ve churned out over the years. Having fake drama and tension is going to kill the show.
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It was Farmer Sam who quit during last night’s episode, after the death of his grandfather.
What a shocking ending, so happy for Alex & Henrietta
Farmer Wants A Wife harvests massive audiences
The Seven Network today detailed the massive success of Farmer Wants A Wife, the second prime time tentpole to launch under its content led growth strategy.
Farmer Wants A Wife has continued Seven’s winning ways, delivering major year on year timeslot growth in key demographics and huge audiences on 7plus, the #1 Commercial FTA BVOD service.
Angus Ross, Seven’s Network Programming Director, said: “We’ve reinvented our 2020 entertainment schedule with proven, powerful formats and Farmer Wants A Wife has continued the ratings momentum created by our relaunch of Big Brother. Number one nationally, major growth in key demos and streaming numbers that have kept 7plus number one – it’s a multi-platform winner.”
Key points on the success of Farmer Wants A Wife:
- Seven’s 2020 season of Farmer delivered 32% more audience than Nine’s 2016 season.
- Delivered timeslot growth in key demos: +24% for 25-54s, +24% for 16-39s.
- Seven’s biggest entertainment program so far in 2020 and biggest reality show in two years.
- The second-biggest launch ever on 7plus, behind only Big Brother .
- A VPM rating of 164k on 7plus (live + 7-day VOD).
- Over 100 million minutes streamed across live and VOD.
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Seven last night revealed the first three farmers who would take part in the next season in 2021: beef and fodder farmer Matt, 26, from Orbost in Victoria, 24-year-old sheep and crop farmer Sam from Canowindra in NSW, and 29-year-old grain and forage crops farmer Pete from Kingaroy, Queensland.
2021 Season promo