In 2024 Farmer Desires a Spouse was Seven’s largest leisure sequence.

So it’s no shock that heaven and earth have been moved to guard the 2025 sequence after it was essential to excise one of many individuals in post-production. In spite of everything it has all the time presupposed to be TV’s down-to-earth, genuine actuality relationship present, even when that’s a little bit of a stretch…

No person is saying on the document, however there may be loads of hypothesis in media articles as to why 5 farmers grew to become 4 this yr.

In truth final July when presenting 8 potential farmers for single women to use, Seven introduced 6 would function within the present (5 principal launch forged, 1 twist.)

By November Upfronts it issued present pictures with 5 farmers (high picture)

By March when teasers began appearing it was all the way down to 4 farmers, not forgetting that the present is just not with out ‘twists’ of recent farmers intruding mid-season. TV Tonight understands there will likely be 1 intruder twist this yr.

However rule out any chance of Farmer Jack.

“Eureka and Seven have determined to not embrace Jack Rowlandson’s storyline within the new season of Farmer Desires A Spouse. We won’t be offering any additional remark,” a Seven spokesperson mentioned.

Chopping somebody from a present comparable to Farmer Desires a Spouse is messy stuff.

The present all the time opens with women within the Nice Cask Corridor on the aptly-named Hope Property within the Hunter Valley as the one blokes arrive to cheers and giggles. There are broad photographs, group photographs and no less than 8 single women who can even be culled from the sequence given Farmer Jack’s excise. In Actuality TV, they too are topic to non-disclosure agreements….

Producers Eureka gained’t affirm how a lot modifying or how a lot reshooting came about with a view to make the storyline seamless, however on the very least having 4 farmers and host Natalie Gruzlewski regroup at Hope Property could be irritating for all involved -that’s with out reshooting some other gatherings the place all 5 farmers are collectively.

However with a present price a lot to community and manufacturing firm, it’s a small worth to pay with a view to shield the model.

Farmer Desires a Spouse is hardly the primary to have confronted such complications, with The Greatest Loser infamously having to edit out a contestant in 2010 and The X Issue needing to recast its host days earlier than premiering additionally in 2010.

These remaining on this yr’s Farmer stay dedicated to the present’s aspirations of Actuality relationship and hayseed romance and due to manufacturing, viewers gained’t discover any trace of behind the scenes drama when it premieres this week on Seven.

7:30pm Monday & Tuesday on Seven.