The Golden Bachelor is officially coming to Australia.
The Weekly attended Channel Nine’s upfronts on October 24, 2024 where the network revealed they will bring an Australian version of The Golden Bachelor to viewers in 2025.
And that’s not all they revealed…
Samantha Armytage – who recently left Channel Seven after 21 years – will host the Australian version of Golden Bachelor.
The Golden Bachelor first premiered in the US in September 2023.
72-year-old Gerry Fox was 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.
Stay tuned as we’ll update this page as soon as more information about The Golden Bachelor is released.
