The spotlight is finally on the women in their 50s and 60s looking for love as The Golden Bachelor hits screens across Australia in 2025.
The Weekly attended Channel Nine’s upfronts in October 2024 where the network revealed an Australian version of The Golden Bachelor would be coming to viewers in 2025.
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Who is the Australian The Golden Bachelor 2025?
The very first Australian Golden Bachelor is Barry Myrden, aka Bear.
Originally from Canada, Barry is a Sydney-based infrastructure engineer with the Woolworths group. He is also a widowed father of three children: Charlie, Jack and Declan.
His wife, Audrey sadly passed away in 2011 following a battle with cancer.
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Who are The Golden Bachelor contestants?
All the ladies heading into The Golden Bachelor mansion this year have been revealed. Click below to read the full list.
Who is the host of The Golden Bachelor Australia?
Television journalist Samantha Armytage is hosting the first season of Australia’s Golden Bachelor.
The announcement that she would host the Channel 9 series came shortly after leaving Channel 7, where worked for a staggering 21 years. Her final gig at Channel 7 was as host of the beloved reality dating series, Farmer Wants A Wife.
When did The Golden Bachelor Australia 2025 premiere?
The Golden Bachelor Australia premiered on Monday, October 20, 2025 at 7:30pm on Channel Nine.
Will there be a second season of The Golden Bachelor Australia?
With the final rose ceremony looming, we’re wondering if Channel Nine will renew the reality dating series. Unfortunately, as of writing, the network has not confirmed it’s return.
During Nine’s 2026 Upfronts on October, they didn’t mention another season of The Golden Bachelor. However, the network might be waiting for ratings so the door isn’t completely closed yet!
But, fans are calling for a Golden Bachelorette spin-off after Jan was shockingly eliminated. There is in fact, a U.S. version of The Golden Bachelorette which also featured a former contestant.
Host Samantha Armytage teased she’d love for the franchise to expand.
“As we say with this show, you don’t know what the future holds,” she previously told Yahoo Lifestyle. “So I think let’s just get The Golden Bachelor’s inaugural Australian season to air and see how that goes, but I think there is a bright future ahead for this show.”
What happened in The Golden Bachelor US?
The US iteration first premiered in September 2023. With 72-year-old Gerry Fox as the titular ‘golden bachelor’ looking for love and the season was wildly popular.
In fact, the finale, in which Gerry gave his final rose to 70-year-old Theresa Nist, reached 6.1 million viewers in the US alone – making it the most-watched episode in the American Bachelor franchise since 2021.
This led to the couple’s wedding being broadcast through a TV special called The Golden Wedding.
Plus, the ABC (American Broadcasting Company) has already confirmed a Golden Bachelorette series; the first of which will star 61-year-old Joan Vassos – who was previously a contestant for Gerry.
The Golden Bachelor is obviously a spinoff from the long running reality series The Bachelor and The Bachelorette; the key difference is that it features senior citizens rather than 20-somethings in the cast.
The Australian versions of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette ran from 2013 to 2023 but in May of this year, Channel Ten announced both series had been cancelled.
