Gracie Guthrie was born at Cooma Hospital on May 21, 2026. In a chat with Woman’s Day, the happy couple admitted they “borrowed” the adorable name idea from family. “We just loved the nickname GG and the way that Gracie Guthrie sounded. They let us steal it,” Jess joked.
Jess and Andrew are smitten with their newborn baby girl. “It was really amazing seeing her for the first time and after she was born she was awake for probably two hours just alert and looking at us and not crying at all,” Jess admitted.
“I thought the first few days would be a little daunting but it hasn’t been at all. She’s so much fun and just the coolest little person. We’re so in love with her.”
Andrew echoed Jess’ sentiments, adding they’ve been surprised by their early days of parenting. “She’s such a chill baby. We’ve heard some horror stories from our friends, so we consider ourselves very lucky.”
Back in December 2025, the couple announced they were expecting. “We’re so grateful to share that our little miracle is on the way. Holding close in our hearts anyone still waiting, hoping, and navigating their own journey,” they shared on Instagram.
The couple initially didn’t fall pregnant due to Jess’ struggles with endometriosis and infertility, so they enlisted the help of IVF to start their family. “It took us a bit longer to fall pregnant than we expected, which makes this feel like an especially precious gift,” the couple told Woman’s Day.
Farmer Andrew and Jess Nathan’s love story on Farmer Wants A Wife
Farmer Andrew Guthrie and Jess Nathan’s love story was one of the biggest success stories of the 2021 season of Farmer Wants A Wife.
From their very first meeting, there was obvious chemistry, with Jess quickly standing out among Andrew’s choice of women suitors. Their connection deepened when Andrew chose Jess for his special 24-hour date, giving them rare one-on-one time before the rest of the ladies arrived at the farm.
On their date, Andrew surprised Jess with a magical woolshed dinner for two, though the date soon took a very Farmer Wants A Wife turn when they had to unload a truckload of sheep together.
Rather than scare Jess off, farm life seemed to bring them closer. Throughout the season, Andrew and Jess built a calm, genuine bond that felt less like reality TV drama and more like two people quietly realising they had found something real.
By the finale, Andrew knew where his heart was, choosing Jess over Ashleigh and declaring his feelings. Jess chose him right back, with the pair leaving the show as a couple. Their love story only blossomed more after filming, with Jess later moving in with Andrew after almost a year of long distance. The couple tied the knot in March 2023.
They announced in December 2025 that Jess was pregnant after starting IVF, with Jess and Andrew calling the baby an “especially precious gift” before the couple confirmed the birth of Gracie this year.
Farmer Wants A Wife airs at 7pm on Mondays and 7:30pm on Tuesdays on Channel 7 and streams on 7Plus.
“Sorry to pull you for a chat so quickly doing this, but just not feeling myself. Like, this is not me. I don’t know that I’m going to be able to shift that thinking, so that way I thought maybe I could lighten your load, and I could just put my hands up, and go home. Really, sorry,” Delia told Farmer Alex in the episode.
Now, in an interview with Chattr, Farmer Alex has shed some more light on exactly why Delia wanted to leave the farm and self-eliminate from the competition.
“Delia walking out, I think, was the only way that that was going to end for her. She wasn’t able to keep it together on the show,” he said.
Farmer Alex explained that Delia struggled with the production side of it, and having to be filmed constantly, which played a big part in her deciding to leave.
“I think it became all a bit too much for her. She even said to me, she’s like, ‘I can’t be myself, so I’m not going to be able to date you honestly, because I’m not giving you my real self,'” he said.
“So, yeah, her leaving it made the first farewell easier, because the decision was made for me, but yeah, there’s no other way that could have gone.”
Farmer Alex hugging Delia. Image: Seven.
Do the Farmers feel rejected when their Ladies self-eliminate?
Alex isn’t the only Farmer to have one of his Ladies self-eliminate on FWAW 2026. While Jessie was picked to come back to Farmer Jason’s farm, she decided it wasn’t for her after making it all the way to his town.
And, it looks as though Farmer Jason will receive a double blow of rejection, with Jessica expressing her frustration at the end of the episode that he decided not to eliminate anyone, and storming out of dinner. Jessica is later recorded behind a closed door with her mic still on, and she can be heard saying that she’s “just gonna go”.
So, does it hurt the Farmer’s feelings when the women they chose to come back to their farms don’t want to be there?
“It’s a weight off your shoulders because you don’t have to make that hard call, but at the same time, it does hurt in some ways, because you think, could I have done better? Yeah, is there something wrong with me, but at the same time, if you’re not, if you’re not feeling it, you’re not feeling it, and I completely understand that,” Farmer Dylan shared.
Farmer Jarrad agreed, adding that dealing with rejection is something the eliminated women had to deal with as well.
“We knew what we were getting into, and I think it’s just as hard for the girls as well. Getting rejected is never nice, and so I think as long as it’s done in a respectful way, and I think, from my perspective, if someone didn’t want to be on the farm, then yeah, I think I actually appreciate people being honest in that situation,” he told Chattr.
“If there is a girl that does want to be there and wants to be with you, it’d be a shame for them to be sent home if there’s someone there that doesn’t want to be there. So, yeah, I think you could look at it both ways, but I think, if someone doesn’t want to be there, I think it’s good that they actually put their hand up and say, it’s time for me to go. I think that’s fine.”
Farmer Wants a Wife (FWAW) airs Sunday — Tuesday on Channel 7 and 7Plus.
Farmer Zac’s other Ladies — Grace, Maya, Miranda and Mieke — watched on as Zac and Jessica set up some plastic on a hill for their date, and witnessed Zac hurt his arm on the way down.
“Zac has seriously injured his wrist,” the narrator said, and Zac added in a producer-led interview: “The blind date went off the rails a little bit, my wrist blew up when I did it.”
Farmer Zac was checked out by the medics, before Jessica drove him to the local hospital to be looked at further.
“We had a really, really fun time while we were sliding, but it obviously didn’t end the way that I would have wanted, so I’ve had no one on one time with Jessica yet, so I might have to go get some now, I think she’s going to drive me to the hospital,” he said in a producer-led interview.
When he arrived back to the farm later in the night, he told the Ladies that the wait to be seen at the hospital was “four to six hours”, so he decided to give up and come home and said he’d come back in the morning.
Zac sheds light on how his injury happened, and how bad it was
While the episode showed Zac talking about being injured, it didn’t go into detail about what actually happened to cause his sore wrist.
“I got my hand caught up under the tarp, sort of rolled over on it, and then just went boing! And I sort of gave myself a little bit ouchy on my head and my wrist, and yeah, it’s still sore, still not good.”
Zac shared that his wrist continued to hurt and said he did go to the hospital again to get it checked when the wait time had died down a little.
“I was quite uncomfortable. It blew up straight away, and yeah, I was obviously in front of all the ladies as well, so I had to act tough. But yeah, I went to the hospital just to get it checked out, just make sure nothing was broken or anything.”
Farmer Wants a Wife airs Sunday — Tuesday on Channel 7 and 7Plus.
The 21-year-old real estate agent from Queensland is on Farmer Zac’s farm, and according to her bio, she’s “ambitious, spontaneous and always up for something new”.
So far, Miranda has been positioned as the season’s pot-stirrer, thanks to teasers showing off her opinionated moments and quotable one-liners. She’s called herself “high maintenance”, asked “Why wouldn’t everyone love me?” and declared she’s “hard to dislike”.
In an interview with Chattr, Miranda addressed a potential “villain edit”, saying she knows confidence can be misunderstood when viewers only see tiny parts of someone on TV. She’s described herself as straight up and direct, rather than fake, and honestly, she seems pretty unfazed by the whole thing.
One storyline reportedly set to stir up some drama this season is that some of the ladies on Farmer Zac’s farm are questioning whether Miranda was on the show for the right reasons. Between her glamorous vibe and impressive Instagram following, Miranda is far from the typical ‘farm girl’ seen on this series.
But long before Miranda was on FWAW, she started out as a teen model — and the photos need to be seen to be believed. Unearthed via her old Instagram page, Miranda is a low-key unrecognisable as much more pale and very blonde teen model.
Image: Instagram.
Chattr spoke to Miranda about the since-defunct Instagram page. “I did do a bit of modelling a few years ago when I was… I don’t even know how old I was. I was definitely younger. I didn’t even know that account still existed,” she joked.
Miranda has since pivoted away from modelling. “I’ve been through a bit of modelling, but it came down to modelling or swimming, and I was very obsessed with competitive swimming, so I chose swimming over anything else,” she said.
Image: Instagram.
Looks a bit different now, no?
Miranda shares her plans for her Instagram career
At the beginning of FWAW airing, Chattr spoke to Miranda about her blossoming career as an Instagram influencer. Even before FWAW began, Miranda’s page boasted over 10k followers, with those numbers climbing even higher once the reality show debuted.
For Miranda, her Instagram success wasn’t in her master plan. “I’ve spent a lot of time building it over time. I do a lot of travelling, I like to dress up and go out and take photos. I think I just like posting so that the following kind of just come along with it,” she said.
“It’s not something I did for a purpose, it’s kind of just grown with everything that I’ve done, but I do love getting dressed up and taking photos of myself.” Hard relate!
That said, Miranda wants to assure people that she didn’t join the reality dating show to boost her Instagram following. “I’m not sure Farmer Wants a Wife is quite the show that you go on to gain a following,” she said.
“I mean, if I have people following and supporting me, that’s always good. I’ll still be doing my travelling, still going out, still taking photos, and doing what I usually do on Instagram. I don’t think Farmer Wants a Wife will change it too much.”
Farmer Wants A Wife airs at 7pm on Mondays and 7:30pm on Tuesdays on Channel 7 and streams on 7Plus.
Pat McGarry’s quiet confidence and humble approach in the MasterChef Australia kitchen has won over fans, and he’s revealed that leaving behind his pregnant fiancée gave him even more motivation to succeed in the competition.
MasterChef Australia has one of the longest filming schedules in Australian reality TV, lasting about five months, and running from November to April. On June 3 Pat told Chattr that his fiancée Emma was at the very end of her pregnancy, meaning she would have likely been in her first trimester when Pat headed off to film the show.
“She’s very close now. She has got about a couple of weeks to go, and then yeah baby number two is here. It’s all very exciting,” he revealed.
Pat explained that while he struggled with the decision to leave Emma at such an important time, she encouraged him to go and reassured him that she’d be okay.
“It was really hard. I always had her at the back of my mind. I always had them in the back of my thoughts, and hoping that everything was good at home. Obviously, wrangling a two year old, as well as being pregnant [is so hard], and she was working, she’s a teacher, but she’s an absolute trooper.
“She’s a real go-getter. She never slows down, even with a couple of weeks to go. I came home the other day, and she had cleaned the whole garage out. I was like, ‘Wow, Emma, you better be resting’.
“I definitely had them in the back of my mind the whole time I was there, and it was really hard to be away from them, but I knew that Emma would be able to handle everything.”
Pat revealed that he and Emma have chosen not to find out the gender before the birth so they’ll have a surprise when their son or daughter arrives.
He added that while he struggled being apart from Emma during filming, they were lucky enough to be able to talk regularly so he could hear about all the pregnancy milestones she’d hit and get updates on how she was feeling.
“I think back in the day there was, there was a lot less communication [allowed] back home, but I was able to talk to them every day, so I’d actually get up early and have breakfast via video with them every morning, so we’re always chatting and being able to communicate and see each other, so it was, it was really good.”
Pat and Emma with their first-born Frankie. Image: Instagram.
How Pat’s growing family motivated him to do well on MasterChef Australia
Pat has been a long-time fan of MasterChef, so naturally he wanted to do well in the competition and prove himself. But knowing he was missing out on time with his pregnant fiancée gave him even more motivation to make the experience count.
“I think it gave me motivation in the way of that I had stepped away from such a big part of my life that I didn’t want to take [the competition] for granted. I didn’t want to go down and lose all this time away from home and not make it worth my while.
“So, I definitely was always – as all of us were – doing my best in the kitchen, but I made sure once the camera stopped that I was always practicing and researching and trying to get better and better to get everything out of the experience, so it definitely spurred me on with a lot of motivation.”
Pat told Chattr that he found the motivation to apply for the show after watching down-to-earth Aussie butcher Josh ‘Pezza’ Perry succeed and come runner up on MasterChef Australia 2024.
“Probably one of the biggest reasons I applied was Pezza from season 16. I love to cook all the time, but I always viewed my food as pretty basic, like just really good basic recipes, and having a good understanding of food.
“But once I saw how well Pezza went, I felt as though we had a similar cooking style. So I was like, ‘All right, I’ll give it a crack’, and so I decided to apply, and yeah, off the back of that, I was able to get on, and so everything’s happened so well so far.”
MasterChef Australia airs Sunday – Wednesday on Channel 10 and 10Play.
The MasterChef Australia confessionals are one of the most integral parts of the show — they reveal to viewers how contestants were actually feeling in the moment shown on our screens and what they were thinking — but how do they work?
Confessionals are often considered part of the “magic” of reality TV, which means information about how they actually work behind the scenes is rarely shared. However, a former reality TV producer has spilled the tea on how they’re filmed.
“I’ve worked on loads of cooking shows similar to MasterChef Australia and we get contestants to do a master interview after the cook is done,” the producer told Chattr.
Viewers are typically shown contestants reacting strongly to certain moments as though they’re experiencing them in real time. However, the producer explained that contestants are simply reminded of what happened before recording their responses.
“The contestants are asked to speak in present tense as if it’s happening, and sometimes we prompt them. For example, we might give them the start of the sentence. ‘So I walk in and see…’ which the contestant then repeats and continues.
“It’s similar to other shows like The Block, where contestants do big master interviews about their entire week. Everything just gets cut up in the edit suite afterwards. It’s the magic of TV!”
Aaron in a MasterChef confessional. Image: Ten.
How long are MasterChef filming days?
While viewers are shown MasterChefAustralia episodes that are whittled down to 60 to 90 minutes, former contestant Andre Ursini has revealed just how long filming days actually are.
“They were long days, but it wasn’t like they were heavily active. So you’d get off the couch in the green room, so you’re doing nothing, you’re lying around, and then you have to get up and you’re in the most intense environment for 75 minutes [during a cook],” he told Chattr. “You go from zero to a million miles an hour, and then the adrenaline dump after is just nuts. It’s so unusual, and it’s so hard.
“It’s really, really challenging. It’s such a strange environment, and each person who goes through that deserves a clap.”
MasterChef Australia airs Sunday – Wednesday on Channel 10 and 10Play.
MasterChef Australiacontestants have fully equipped benches stocked with all the appliances and utensils needed to create dishes worthy of the judges’ dreams, but how do they decide who gets which bench?
While some viewers may assume that producers have a hand in who goes where, MasterChef Australia 2026 contestantHannah Johnson has revealed that it’s completely up to the cooks to select their own benches.
“When they say your time starts now, you run and find your bench, you either run to the pantry or you run to the equipment and it’s sort of like where you land, you land,” she told Chattr.
Hannah revealed that she had a favourite bench, and shared why she preferred to be away from the front of the MasterChef kitchen.
“I’m gonna be honest, I wasn’t a front bencher. I did tend to go in the back three benches, only because I found that I could get my pantry ingredients and only do one, maximum two runs in a cook. But, when it came to pots and pans and all of that, I needed to go back to that section like 20 times a cook, so I ended up heading more towards the back, so that I could have easier access to the back bit.”
Luke Harris at his MasterChef bench. Image: Ten.
Hannah’s favourite thing about cooking in the MasterChef kitchen
Hannah told Chattr that having access to all of the MasterChef appliances and utensils was extremely exciting as a passionate cook, but said her favourite thing was all of the different plating options they were given to serve their dishes up in.
“All the appliances, I love being able to play with all the things. I do tend to have quite a lot of gadgets, and like your ice cream makers, any pressure cookers, and all those sorts of things and the pantry is very well stocked. It’s got all these incredible ingredients, and you’re not on a budget like you would be if you’re shopping for your family, so it’s like, I’m just gonna grab this. I would never have the chance to grab as many expensive ingredients,” she said.
“And then the plate wall — the first time I saw the plate wall, I was like, oh, I’m drooling, to have just all these different plates and jugs, it was really cool. So the options are pretty amazing, where you get to pick from all the different things, and yeah, it’s pretty cool to have nearly anything you could want in a kitchen.”
MasterChef Australia airs Sunday – Wednesday on Channel 10 and 10Play.
The first solo dates on Farmer Wants a Wife (FWAW)are arguably the biggest of the season: the 24-hour overnight dates.
These dates have a pretty impressive success rate, with many of the Farmers ending up with the women they choose to spend them with. That’s exactly what happened in 2025, when Farmer Jarrad and Chloe, and Farmer Corey and Keeley, went on to end the show together.
However, while the dates may be pitched as a whole lot of quality time for the Farmers to spend with their special Lady, 2025 Farmer Corey has told Chattr that what happens behind the scenes is a completely different story.
“When Keeley came home for the first 24 hours on the farm, you’d think that I’d get to spend the whole 24 hours with Keeley, but that’s not the case,” he explained.
“I was probably lucky to spend two hours with Keeley that whole time and that all had to be on camera. So when we weren’t filming, we were separated. We couldn’t talk about anything.”
Keeley added that if she and Corey tried to discuss anything that might make good TV, they’d be stopped by producers.
“There’s a phrase called hold the gold. So anytime we’d be talking to each other off camera, when there were producers around, they’d say to us, stop talking, you need to hold the gold,” she said.
Farmer Jarrad on his 24 hour date with Carly. Image: Seven.
Do the Farmer’s 24 hour dates give away who their winner will be?
It seems those overnight dates really do matter, with both Farmer Jarrad and Farmer Corey choosing their final picks for the milestone dates in the opening episodes of the 2025 season. Going back even further, three of the five Farmers did the same; Farmer Dustin took Sophie, Farmer Dean chose Teegan and Farmer Todd romanced Daisy.
So far, we’ve seen Dylan pick Ally for his 24 hour date, Jarrad choose Carly, Alex select Eddy, Jason opt for Beth and Zac take back Grace. So, does Farmer Corey think that the Farmer’s first pick gives away who they’ll pick at the end? He told Chattr that it was the case for him, and he knew early on that Keeley was the one for him.
“I think you get a pretty good gut feeling from early on of who it was going to be. And that’s why Keeley came back to the farm straight away. You just know within a short time who you’re pretty confident your person’s going to be. So, yeah, I’d say from pretty early stage that I knew it was going to be Keeley.”
Aww! Corey and Keeley really were endgame.
Farmer Wants a Wife (FWAW) 2026 airs Sunday – Tuesday on Channel 7 and 7Plus.
The moment came as Aussie Classics Week wrapped up with a native ingredients elimination challenge. The tense episode featured Robert Irwin as guest judge, with an Aussie Native Ingredients Elimination Challenge set by the Aussie icon.
Robert brought in some of his favourite Australian native ingredients and warned the contestants to use them carefully, because they can be powerful. Dot chose river mint and made river mint-flavoured doughnuts, a dish Robert was initially excited about. Unfortunately, the risk didn’t pay off: the river mint overpowered the dish and threw the whole thing out of balance.
“This is a classic example of being heavy-handed with one of those native Australian ingredients,” judge Andy Allen warned. “It’s created a dish that could well send you home.”
And sadly, it did. It was a shock exit because Dot had been seen as one of the stronger contestants, with some fans tipping her as a likely top-three contender.
In classic MasterChef fashion, Dot left after one bad cook rather than a bad overall performance — she was undone by one ingredient.
Since bursting into the MasterChef kitchen, Dot quickly became a fan favourite for her bubbly demeanour and hilarious banter. Over on X, fans were less than impressed that one mistake in Dot’s dish had sent her home.
This is a bloody joke. Fuming that Luke has scrapped thru so many poor cooks. Love you Dot.#MasterChefAU
NO, NOT DOT! 😭😭😭 I seriously thought she could win this season of #MasterChefAU. She was so talented, creative and with a joie de vivre that just radiated off the screen. This season just lost a good deal of its lustre with her departure.
Over on the MasterChef Australia subreddit, people were equally upset that Dot was sent home. “Gutted… give Dot her own damn show… she was a joy to watch and I’m gutted she didn’t make it to finals week!” wrote one disgruntled commenter.
“What the what!!!!! Dot has constantly been such a joyous person to watch,” added another.
It’s safe to say that Dot will be sorely missed in future MasterChef episodes.
Dot McHugh’s highlights on MasterChef Australia 2026
Dot McHugh may have left MasterChef Australia 2026 earlier than many fans expected, but the NSW graphic designer still built a damn impressive highlight reel during her time in the kitchen.
One of her biggest early wins came during the Cereal Invention Iest, where she somehow turned Corn Flakes into a full savoury moment. Her corn flake trio — including grits, meatballs and pangrattato — was named one of the best dishes of the challenge, proving Dot could take a deeply chaotic brief and make it into something truly delicious.
She also impressed during Family Favourites Week, landing in the top four with her Turkish Eggs and earning immunity from the next elimination. It was the kind of dish that showed off her strength with comfort food, bold flavour and a rustic aesthetic.
Dot also shone in the first team challenge, cooking as part of the Turquoise Team with Miin and Alita. Their Middle Eastern family feast was praised for its generosity and cohesion, with Dot’s cauliflower salad singled out as a standout.
Earlier in the season, Dot also made it into the top 10 dishes tasted during Jimmy and Jane Barnes’ Mystery Box challenge, proving she was one to watch from the beginning. Miss you already!
MasterChef Australia airs Sunday 7pm and Monday and Tuesday at 7.30pm on Channel 10 and 10Play.
Dylan and Ally’s date on the second episode of Farmer Wants a Wife (FWAW)seemed to go off without a hitch — except for one thing: she didn’t get a kiss. But viewers were then treated to an even sweeter moment when Dylan interrupted her post-date confessional and planted one on her.
In an interview with Chattr, Dylan opened up on why he decided to make the bold move, and revealed it wasn’t exactly a spur of the moment decision.
“Throughout the date with Ally, on the solo date, I, I didn’t have the courage to lean in and give her a kiss,” Dylan explained. “I was worried about getting rejected.”
The sheep farmer from Cherry Gardens revealed that producers told him that if he was still interested he could do it while Ally was recording a producer led interviews, so he decided to go in for the kill.
“I was told I could have an opportunity to do it while she was doing her voxy, and I snapped it up pretty quick, and I’m bloody happy I did it, because it looks good,” he laughed.
Dylan and Ally. Image: Seven.
Should FWAW viewers expect drama on Farmer Dylan’s farm?
Dylan selected Renee, Ally, Lily, Tennille and Scarlett to come back and live on his farm, where he’ll date the women throughout the season while gradually narrowing the group down until only one remains.
In past seasons, some of the groups of Ladies have clashed, and the drama has affected the romantic relationships the Farmer has been trying to build. However, Dylan told Chattr that he didn’t need to worry about that on his farm.
“I don’t think there’s too much drama on my farm. I’ve got a really good group of Ladies, we’re all pretty down to earth. No one’s that gossipy or drama-y or whatever. Everyone gets along.
“In fact, I’m finding it quite difficult to break up a friendship group because they all seem more interested in each other than me. But that’s all right. We’ll keep ticking along,” he joked.
Farmer Wants a Wife (FWAW) airs Sunday — Tuesday on Channel 7 and 7Plus.
MasterChef Australia is jam-packed with celebrity guest judges for 2026, but perhaps one of the biggest superstars among them is Robert Irwin, who stepped into the kitchen for the Aussie Native Ingredients Elimination Challenge.
And reportedly, he did so for a sweet pay packet. According to a Woman’s Day insider, Robert was paid between $50,000 to $75,000 for just one day of filming the show. Apparently, Network 10 is scrambling to keep Robert on the network “at all costs” since I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! was axed.
“They did a deal for him to do a MasterChef appearance to keep him at 10,” an industry insider claimed.
The impressive fee is a steep climb from what Meghan Markle reportedly received for her MasterChef appearance, as Network 10 confirmed the Duchess of Sussex was not paid anything.
With excitement surrounding Robert’s MasterChef debut at an all-time high, judge Poh Ling Yeow previously revealed what the wildlife warrior was like on set, as one of the guest judges she was most excited about.
“Robert Irwin was really lovely,” she told Chattr. “He’s just everything you want him to be.”
“He’s got these different sides to him,” she continued. “So he’s got the sort of Australia zoo side, which is very much, like his dad. And it’s just that, you know, complete pro when it comes to animals and wildlife and environment. And then there’s the sort of more composed, very professional side to him.”
And then there’s, now, we sing this dance aside to him as well, but he’s just such a crazy ball of energy… he’s just unstoppable. He really is like the Energizer bunny.”
Poh added that while Robert’s infectious energy lit up the set, she was equally impressed by how naturally he stepped into the role of guest judge.
“What was very scary was how quickly he just slipped into food critic mode and did it incredibly well. He’s just a consummate professional. He’s amazing.”
Robert Irwin with judges Poh, Andy, Sofia and Jean Christophe on MasterChef. Image: Ten.
Robert Irwin announced as 2026 Logie Awards host
Robert Irwin has been announced as the host of the 2026 Logie Awards, which will take place at The Star Sydney on Sunday, August 16.
The event is hosted by Channel 7, and the announcement comes shortly after it was confirmed that Network 10 had axed I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here Australia, ending Robert’s tenure as a host on the show.
Robert Irwin shared his excitement about the Logies gig in a statement released by Channel 7.
“Hosting the TV WEEK Logie Awards is one of the most exciting things I’ve been asked to do,” he says. “Throughout my life, my goal has been to spread an important message not only through our work at Australia Zoo, but also on the screen,” he said.
“I grew up watching the Logies with my family, so this is certainly an honour. Australian television has given so much to so many people. To be part of the biggest night in Aussie TV is something I don’t take lightly. I cannot wait!”
Robert Irwin’s MasterChef Australia episode airs on June 10 on Channel 10 and 10Play.
Farmer Wants A Wife’s (FWAW)Farmer Alex stunned viewers when he connected with Eddy on a romantic solo date. The pair have demonstrated an undeniable instant connection, and their love story is only beginning.
At the end of their date, Farmer Alex pulled out a mother-of-pearl necklace for Eddy, a symbol of divine femininity. She was surprised but touched by his thoughtful gesture.
In an interview with Chattr, Farmer Alex says he knew it was a big move to make this early on in the game, but he’s a romantic.
“Going on a reality TV show is also a big thing to do [when] looking for a partner, so you [have] to make grand gestures when you get the opportunity,” he spills.
“I love making grand gestures. I think that the world would be a better place if we were all a bit more whimsy, so yeah. I love giving gifts like that.”
The 28-year-old farmer admits that Eddy wasn’t exactly what he was looking for in a partner, and he “shocked” himself by picking her for the first solo date.
“I was a bit shocked by the decision that I made, because Eddy didn’t actually represent the things that I originally went onto the show looking for,” he says. “She just wowed me [in] that very small amount of time that we had together, and so I maybe [chose her] a little bit on impulse.”
However, he assures us he feels a “real connection” with Eddy, which was there from the get-go, and wanted to explore what could grow between the two.
Image: Seven
Farmer Alex’s history of giving jewellery
The self-confessed romantic also tells Chattr his grand gesture for Eddy isn’t the first time he’s given jewellery to somebody. Hmm, sounds like a move he loves to pull.
“My first girlfriend, when I was 15, I asked her out by buying her a locket, and it said ‘Will you go out with me?’ inside the locket,” Farmer Alex admits.
“I was 15, and I’ve been a romantic ever since.”
He also says he “loves rom-coms” which tracks. Will Farmer Alex and Eddy find their happily ever after, or could there be some bumps in the road to come?
Farmer Alex has chosen Delia, Eddy, Gabbie, Rachel and Suzannah to take back to the farm, so there’s some stiff competition.
Farmer Wants A Wife airs at 7pm on Mondays and 7:30pm on Tuesdays on Channel 7 and streams on 7Plus.
MasterChef Australia‘s Curtis Stone has faced criticism over the years for his tough-love approach to judging when appearing as a guest judge on the show, and 2026 contestants Hannah and Pat have shared what he’s really like.
Curtis has appeared on multiple seasons of the franchise, and his harsh approach seemed to peak during his appearance on MasterChef Australia 2024, when he went around and individually criticised almost every contestant’s dish during a Service Challenge.
“Tonight’s episode just showcased what a jerk Curtis Stone is… disappointing. Contestants deserved better,” one viewer wrote on X at the time, while another lamented that they didn’t “recall Curtis being this unpleasant in past seasons.”
It seems as though his blunt reputation has stuck with him, with a Reddit user pointing out that his approach was still dividing viewers on Reddit earlier this year.
“On one hand, he brings serious credibility – Michelin stars, global experience, and training under Marco Pierre White — so the high standards make sense. But the way he delivers criticism can come across as a bit intense, especially compared to the more encouraging tone the show is known for,” they wrote.
“Some people see it as the kind of pressure that pushes contestants to level up, while others feel it takes away from the supportive vibe that makes the show enjoyable. It really comes down to whether you think MasterChef should feel like a high-stakes professional kitchen, or a place where growth is guided a little more gently.”
Hannah and Pat in the gantry. Image: Ten.
Pat and Hannah reveal what Curtis Stone is really like in the MasterChef kitchen
While fans may be convinced that Curtis Stone is a tough critic, MasterChef Australia 2026 contestants Hannah and Pat had nothing but nice things to say about him when reflecting on the Curtis Stone Mystery Box challenge, which he judged.
“I found him incredibly encouraging and incredibly generous with his advice. He would come around and just chat it through, and kind of give you the sense of, yes you could do this, like, you’ve got this. I think his encouragement and presence in the kitchen actually lifted that whole cook for everyone that day,” Hannah told Chattr.
“He’s definitely got that chef persona, Curtis Stone, he’s got this presence that you want to make him proud of you, you don’t want to screw up,” she added.
Pat said that he also found Curtis extremely nice, but pointed out that, considering he and Hannah won the challenge, they probably avoided the criticism some of the other contestants may have received.
“All my interactions, he definitely knows his stuff, like he is pretty decisive when he calls a spade a spade, but I like that. So I guess for me it’s easy for me to say he was fine and great because he loved my dish. He’s very honest, and I think a couple of contestants, he tells them that he thinks that they could have done better and all that, but from my interactions, he was really cool.”
MasterChef Australia airs Sunday — Wednesday on Channel 10 and 10Play.
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On Monday, Rhi shared her state of mind since the couple had called it quits. “Finding my way back,” she captioned her carousel.
“Life’s looked a little different lately,” she wrote. “Some days have felt really heavy… some days have felt really good.” Rhi went on to suggest that some parts of her life had felt ‘out of her control’ lately. “A lot of change, a lot to process, and a lot of moments where I’ve had to learn to sit with things I can’t control,” she wrote.
In another slide, Rhi alluded that she was the one to end the relationship with Jeff. “Sometimes choosing yourself means breaking your own little heart in the process,” she wrote.
The post was flooded with warm comments from the MAFS alum. “Love you angel,” wrote 2025 bride, Carina Mirabile. “Here for you always.” Ella May Ding and Awhina Rutene shared heart emojis.
A week ago, Jeff and Rhi took to Instagram to share with their followers that their relationship was over, and based on the wording of their statements, it sounds as though Rhi was the one who called it off.
“With a heavy heart, I want to share that Jeff and I have decided to part ways. This has been one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make,” she began.
“I’m incredibly grateful for the love we shared and all of the memories we created. Thank you to everyone who supported us throughout our relationship and followed along on our journey. Your kindness means more than you know, and I appreciate your respect and understanding as we move forward,” she finished.
While the timing of Jeff and Rhi’s statements were coorinated — the wording itself was quite different, suggesting that the breakup could be messy.
“After a lot of thought, unfortunately my relationship has ended,” Jeff began. “This has been an incredibly difficult time and I’m trying to navigate this as best as I can. I’m grateful for the memories and genuine love we shared over the years. Thank you for supporting our relationship, being part of our journey and respecting my privacy during this time.”
There’s also notably no mention from either about remaining friends — which is normally something reality TV couples are quick to stress when announcing an amicable split. Instead, both kept their statements brief and focused on moving forward, leaving fans wondering exactly what went wrong behind the scenes.
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Jeff and Rhi unfollow each other on Instagram a day before their break up announcement
Jeff is no longer following Rhi on Instagram. It’s unknown when the unfollowing occurred, but as of 9am on Monday, June 1, Jeff does not follow Rhi.
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As of 9am, Rhi was following Jeff. However…
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In the time since that happened, Rhi has unfollowed Jeff. Add to that, both Jeff and Rhi deleted loads of photos of themselves together from their Instagrams.
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They are no longer tagged on each other’s Instagram accounts either, which could suggest they’ve blocked each other. We’ve reached out to both Rhi and Jeff about the unfollowing and deleted photos.
Breakup speculation began last month after Rhi posted a cryptic Instagram carousel post, which hinted at problems in a relationship, fans went haywire. In the post, she wrote: “Choosing relationships that feel calm and safe. Not confusing inconsistency or mixed signals for love.”
On Reddit, one fan said something had “changed” recently in the way the couple act on social media. “More alone time. Less mentioning each other,” they wrote.
“Maybe he’s been really busy but I got the same feeling. Prob wrong,” another agreed.
“Is anyone surprised though? They always gave friend vibes to me,” a third chimed in.
“There’s a pattern celebrating her alone time lately, her vibe has changed and I’m willing to stir the pot in case it’s true,” another said.
And now, Jeff has shared his own cryptic post.
MAFS’ Jeff posts cryptic carousel without Rhi
Despite the relationship speculation, Jeff decided to post a carousel earlier this month without any photos of Rhi. Instead, Jeff posted an array of solo pics and cute photos with his mum.
That said, at the time, the post was liked by Rhi.
It was a curious choice for Jeff to choose now — of all times — to post on Instagram, and the absence of Rhi hasn’t gone unnoticed by his followers.
Jeff did reply to this comment, which read: “Are we doing a thing where your photos make us think you’ve broken up but you haven’t…or are we warm?”
Jeff wrote back “don’t stress” with some laughing emojis, which umm… is equally cryptic.
MAFS’ Rhi reveals where she and Jeff stand
When MAFS Funny podcast host Josh Fox reached out to Rhi asking if the couple had split, the MAFS bride put a stop to all of the rumours.
Apparently, Rhi initally told Josh that “All is good”, and the couple hadn’t split up.
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Are MAFS’ Rhi and Jeff staying together for clout?
There were a few theories out there that MAFS Rhi and Jeff were staying together publicly for brand deals and clout.
They have definitely hitched their wagon to each other and have previously done past collaborations with brands as a couple.
When somebody pointed out Jeff posted a photo with Rhi on Instagram back in early May, another said this could just be a cover up.
“I think that’s so they keep getting the perks of brand deals and sponsorships as they would if they are together. If they broke up and made it public, they’d probably lose [the] majority of them so she’s just being passive aggressive towards him on social media,” the fan theorised.
“Rhi and Jeff are just a brand duo. Every post Rhi does is just an ad. Anything personal or a special memory has to be an ad, it must be exhausting living this kind of life as a couple (if they are still together),” another agreed.
“If they have any deals [or] adverts coming up, contractually they have to be in a relationship for it,” a third pointed out.
“Couples [pretend] sometimes when they have product contracts. They might still be together but the vibe on their accounts has changed lately and I’m suspicious,” another remarked.
Chattr has reached out to Rhi for comment.
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MasterChef Australia fans can now taste the show from home, with two winning dishes from Aussie Classics Week landing in selected Coles stores.
Hannah Johnson’s Cheeseburger Pie and Pat McGarry’s Salted Caramel & Bickie Crumble Ice Cream were chosen as the winning dishes in a Curtis Stone Mystery Box challenge, where contestants had to create either a nostalgic pie or ice cream.
The stakes were huge: the winners scored immunity from elimination and the chance to have their dish turned into a limited-edition Coles product. No biggie!
Hannah’s family-inspired Cheeseburger Pie impressed the judges with its fun, very literal mash-up of burger flavours in pie form while Pat’s ice cream was inspired by his love of salted caramel and the caramel ANZAC slice he makes with his partner for special occasions.
The dishes were not simply copied and thrown into tubs and boxes. Hannah and Pat were involved in the product development process, heading to Coles HQ to taste different versions, give feedback and help tweak the recipes so they could be made at supermarket scale and last in freezers.
“We were definitely part of the process of that, of tasting and adjusting and doing all that,” Hannah told Chattr.
“In terms of changing ingredients. They’re producing bulk mass to Coles, so they have to do that that way. But I actually got in and actually taste test different versions. So, it was like, this is fantastic, and yeah, it was pretty amazing.”
“I think the final product, yeah, as soon as you bite into it, you’re like, this is a cheeseburger.”
Pat said the team adjusted things like salt and caramel levels. “We had a really cool experience to be able to go and do the product testing with Coles, so being made on such a large scale, obviously we had to go back and forth with different flavours, but we got it really close to what I made, and it’s pretty true to what I made in the MasterChef Kitchen,” he revealed to Chattr.
“There were different versions where they added a bit more salt here and a bit more caramel here… I’m never going to complain about eating ice cream, [but] there was definitely a lot consumed on that day.”
So how do the final results stack up? Some MasterChef fans weren’t super stoked with the finished products available at Coles, or more specifically, the price tags.
What do Hannah’s Cheeseburger Pie and Pat’s Salted Caramel & Bickie Crumble Ice Cream from Coles taste like?
The reviews are in and… they’re not all good. Firstly, some have said the ice cream isn’t heavy enough. “I picked up the tub of ice cream and it felt …. empty. Cheap ice cream that doesn’t have substance. I didn’t bother,” wrote one Reddit comment.
Another agreed that at $8-$8.50, the “ice cream is definitely expensive for how much you get, and it feels awfully light in the hand. Like you’re holding a tub of air. 473ml, odd measurement. I skipped it.”
As far as the taste of the ice cream, it was not all negative. “Was it nice? Yeah, but pretty much the same as other SC [salted caramel] ice cream on the market. Would I buy it again? No.”
But the Cheeseburger Pie at $22 copped the most flak online. “I’d rather go to the premium local butcher and get a fresh short/puff version with grass-fed beef for $8.50,” wrote one Reddit comment. Another described the pastry as “dry and crumbly”, “the filling very soggy” and the pie itself had a “strong odour of gristle”.
“REFUSE TO PAY $22 for a ‘family’ pie that would be lucky to feed two people!!!” wrote one angry comment. “$22 for the pie is terrible,” added another.
According to another fan, the taste didn’t match the price tag. “The pie is not worth it. Hardly any flavour and so much pastry. Felt we had to at least try it but so disappointed,” another commenter wrote.
But it was not all bad reviews among fans, as one noted that their “grandson pronounced the pie delicious…. I pronounce Pat’s ice cream fabulous, could scoff it all at once.”
MasterChef Australia airs Sunday 7pm and Monday and Tuesday at 7.30pm on Channel 10 and 10Play.
Farmer Wants a Wife (FWAW)promos teased the show’s “hottest farmers ever” this year, and judging by fan reactions after the premiere, viewers seem to agree.
“I’m not into blokes in that way, but I do acknowledge that they’re a bunch of good looking fellas,” one person wrote, while another penned: “A good looking bunch of farmers this year.”
The viewers also had strong opinions about the Ladies on FWAW 2026, with some believing that they might not be a good fit to be farmers’ wives.
The 2025 FWAW Farmers at the premiere. Image: Seven.
“Guys are all outstanding but some of the girls are a bit over the top,” one wrote. “Some girls are too high maintenance and the farmers will fall for their looks and then be heartbroken when the girls can’t cope,” another commented.
In an interview with Chattr, Farmer Jarrad said it was obvious to see which Ladies didn’t have genuine intentions for being on the show.
“I can only speak from my experience, obviously. After going on the show, I think you can sort of pick up pretty quick the ones that are genuine after spending a bit of time with the girls,” he explained.
“I was really lucky, like I had a really lovely group of girls on my farm, so, but yeah, I don’t know, it’s just a feeling, I think. You can sort of feel it, and you can tell when someone’s being genuine and is really looking for a relationship.”
What really happened with Bene’s fainting incident in the FWAW 2026 premiere?
The very first episode of FWAW 2026 saw a bunch of women packing before they even got a chance to visit the farmers’ farms. Among them was Bene, who suffered a medical emergency and fainted after Farmer Jason told her that she was eliminated.
“I remember starting to get that tunnel vision and that whooshing sound, and I was like, ‘Oh shit, no, no, no, I’m not about to faint.’ I remember changing my stance to standing on both feet to try and balance, and that was when I stumbled and grabbed Brittany, and I just remember being like, ‘Oh, I’m going down’,” Bene recalled.
The FWAW contestant explained that she believes the realisation that her journey was over after months of preparation is what caused her to become overwhelmed.
“There was so much going through my mind. You see 10 minutes of my journey on the episode, but what you don’t see is the months leading up to that: submitting an application, doing a video interview, having an audition, meeting the producers, taking time off work, organising care for my daughter,” she said.
Farmer Wants a Wife (FWAW) 2026 airs Sunday — Wednesday on Channel 7 and 7Plus.
In the 2026 premiere of FWAW Australia, after a series of speed dates, Farmer Jason chose Beth, Logan, Jessica, Jessie and Poppy to take to his farm, which sadly meant that Bene and Britt missed out.
At first, the women appeared to take the news on the chin. “Thank you for having us,” Benny told Farmer Jason, but then she started leaning on Britt’s arm.
Then all of a sudden, Bene fainted as host Natalie Gruzlewski, Farmer Jason, the Ladies and medics rushed to her. “There was a bit of a medical incident as Bene ended up fainting after I had finished selecting the girls to come back,” Farmer Jason told Chattr ahead of the premiere.
“It was a bit of a shock. We tried to rush over there quickly to see if she was all right, and yeah, she ended up being okay.”
Image: Seven.
Bene joked with Farmer Jason afterwards, “I’ve never been rejected on telly before, gosh make a girl faint!” So what actually happened and did Bene have a medical emergency? Chattr spoke to Bene to find out exactly what went down.
Why did Farmer Wants A Wife’s Bene faint after being dumped by Farmer Jason?
Bene took Chattr back to themoment that Farmer Jason revealed she wouldn’t be heading to his farm when the sound dropped out of the busy barn.
“I remember starting to get that tunnel vision and that whooshing sound, and I was like, ‘Oh shit, no, no, no, I’m not about to faint.’ I remember changing my stance to standing on both feet to try and balance, and that was when I stumbled and grabbed Brittany, and I just remember being like, ‘Oh, I’m going down’,” Bene recalled.
The FWAW contestant believes it was a variety of factors that played a part in her fainting. “There was so much going through my mind. You see 10 minutes of my journey on the episode, but what you don’t see is the months leading up to that: submitting an application, doing a video interview, having an audition, meeting the producers, taking time off work, organising care for my daughter,” she said.
Image: Seven.
“Then suddenly you’re standing there and it’s literally all in someone else’s hands. What’s gonna happen next? And I think I was so overwhelmed by it all, but as soon as he chose the fifth girl to go back to the farm, I clocked that it wasn’t me. It’s like my brain was so disappointed, but my body stopped running on adrenaline, and I think it just hit me like a freight train. I did say Farmer Jason made me weak at the knees [laughs], and just also physically affected me.”
Bene wanted to make it crystal clear that this wasn’t some dramatic medical emergency. “There were no medical issues or anything… it was a really long day, I think the Spanx were too tight,” she joked.
“I’m a coffee girl through and through, and so I have about three coffees, and generally a Red Bull every day. It was probably a self-inflicted caffeine withdrawal. We had coffee, there was always water and drinks and snacks, there was everything around, but it’s such a surreal experience that I guess I probably forgot to drink as much water as I should [have].”
She was offered the chance to go to the doctor or hospital by the production. “They gave me all of those options, and I insisted that I was fine,” Bene shared.
Bene was grateful to host Natalie for hopping into action so quickly. “Nat noticed I was going down, and really quickly yelled out to grab a medic, and from what I’ve heard, within seconds everyone was there. Jason ran straight over… then I was sort of just so mortified that I was like, please get me out of here.”
Despite Bene’s dramatic final moments on FWAW, she has nothing but kind words to say about Farmer Jason.
“Jason was incredible. He’s so genuine and authentic. He came straight to check on me as soon as I went down, and he even touched base afterwards. He came back out to make sure that I was okay again before I left the set,” Bene said.
“He’s such a down-to-earth, authentic, genuine guy. He’s got family values, everything just aligned so much with what I was looking for. I was definitely crushing from day one.”
Farmer Wants A Wife airs Monday and Tuesday at 7pm on Channel 7 and 7plus.
After winning MasterChef Australia’s Pie and Ice Cream challenge, Pat McGarry and Hannah Johnson’s dishes will be available for sale at Coles nationwide from Monday, but will everyday Aussies get to buy exact replicas of their creations?
Almost. According to the MasterChef challenge winners, they had to tweak their cheeseburger pie and Salted Caramel Ice Cream with a golden bickie crumb ever so slightly so that they’d be able to be mass-produced and have the longevity to be stocked in Coles stores, and both said they really enjoyed the process of doing so.
“We were definitely part of the process of that, of tasting and adjusting and doing all that,” Hannah told Chattr.
“In terms of changing ingredients. They’re producing bulk mass to Coles, so they have to do that that way. But I actually got in and actually taste test different versions. So, it was like, this is fantastic, and yeah, it was pretty amazing.”
“I think the final product, yeah, as soon as you bite into it, you’re like, this is a cheeseburger.”
Pat explained that he went back and forth with the production team a lot to get the final product as close as possible to the Salted Caramel Ice Cream with a golden bickie crumb that he served up during the MasterChef episode.
“We had a really cool experience to be able to go and do the product testing with Coles, so being made on such a large scale, obviously we had to go back and forth with different flavours, but we got it really close to what I made, and it’s pretty true to what I made in the MasterChef Kitchen,” he said.
Pat added that he tasted “a lot” of different variations of ice cream during that process, and said it certainly wasn’t something he was complaining about.
“There were different versions where they added a bit more salt here and a bit more caramel here, and so it’s like kind of eating it, and then giving feedback. I’m never going to complain about eating ice cream, there was definitely a lot consumed on that day,” he laughed.
Hannah and Pat reveal why their so excited to see their MasterChef products in Coles
As of Monday, June 8, Pat’s Salted Caramel Ice Cream with a golden bickie crumb and Hannah’s Cheeseburger Pie will be stocked on the shelves of Coles for a limited time.
Hannah told Chattr that she can’t wait to bring her kids to Coles on Monday and show them the product in person.
“We are going to schedule in a Coles visit Monday morning, and we’re gonna get a bit of a stack of pies, and that will save me from cooking dinner that night,” she laughed.
“I can’t wait for the kids to walk in and see the cheeseburger pie. I think that they’re just gonna flip out, like I feel like they’re actually not going to understand it until they physically see my face on a package, and I’m very excited for that. So that’s so cool,” Hannah added.
Pat told Chattr that he lives in a sleepy town on the NSW Mid North Coast, and laughed about the prospect of people recognising him from the label on the jar.
“I’m super excited, it’s so surreal. I live in a really tiny town on the coast, and we only have one supermarket that happens to be Coles. It’s gonna be a bit awkward seeing your own face on there, and people will do a double take and be like, ‘Wait a bit, wait a minute, is that the ice cream dude?’” He laughed.
Pat added that like Hannah, he can’t wait for his little one to see his product at the grocery store.
“My little two-year-old girl, she obviously loves ice cream, and she’ll be losing it to see me and my own ice cream on the shelf, so that’ll be really fun.”
MasterChef Australia airs Sunday – Wednesday on Channel 10 and 10Play.
Jarrad explained that while he signed up for FWAW with the genuine intention of finding the one, the fact that the show is about to air has made everything feel more real.
“I’m packing it. I said last night, we were out for dinner, and I said to the boys, like, what, why did I go on this show? I mean, I know why I went on it, but I was like, this part of it is scary now, it’s fine up until now, but now actually watching it is terrifying to me,” he explained.
He shared that he tries to remind himself his intentions for going on FWAW, but it doesn’t completely ease the anxiety he feels about watching every episode air on national TV.
“I guess for me, yeah, at the time going into it, I thought, well, you’ve got to go out of your comfort zone, you got to take risks, you know, hopefully it pays off for me. So, I guess that’s why I’ve done it, but yeah, this side of it, I’m definitely, a little bit scared to watch it now.”
Farmer Jarrad reveals the kind of girl he’s looking for on Farmer Wants a Wife
At 41, Farmer Jarrad is the oldest farmer on this season of FWAW, and he believes his life experiences have helped him define exactly what he’s looking for in a relationship.
“[I’m hoping to find] someone who’s down to earth, likes the outdoors, someone who’s like really genuine, and caring, all those sort of things‚ that girl next door type of person,” he told Chattr.
Jarrad added that if he finds the right person on FWAW, he sees himself settling down pretty quickly.
“In five years, hopefully I’m happily in a relationship, either married or in a long-term relationship, and yeah, just being a good team and sharing my life with someone,” he said.
Farmer Wants a Wife (FWAW) 2026 premieres on June 8 on Channel 7 and 7plus.
Since Farmer Wants a Wife Australia (FWAW) first kicked off in 2007, it’s produced 11 marriages, 13 long-term relationships and 28 beautiful babies, and our 2026 Farmers have weighed in on why the show is so successful.
Farmer Alex, a beef and mushroom farmer from Kin Kin, Queensland, told Chattr that he believes the effectiveness of the show simply comes down to the formula itself — unlike other shows like The Bachelor, there isn’t just one lead searching for love.
“[It’s so successful because of] the lack of competition and the fact that that’s written into the way that the show works,” he said.
He added that the fact that the cast is made up of Farmers who are generally genuine and hardworking adds to the winning formula.
“You’re cutting from a good crop when you source farmers for the show, so I think generally speaking, people in the country are respectful of the nature of this show, and thus the success is where it is for that reason.”
However, even on shows like FWAW, there are occasionally cast members looking to boost their profiles by starring on a reality show. But, Farmer Jarrad told Chattr that it was easy enough to weed out the women who were only there for clout.
“I can only speak from my experience, obviously. After going on the show, I think you can sort of pick up pretty quick the ones that are genuine after spending a bit of time with the girls,” he explained.
“I was really lucky, like I had a really lovely group of girls on my farm, so, but yeah, I don’t know, it’s just a feeling, I think. You can sort of feel it, and you can tell when someone’s being genuine and is really looking for a relationship.”
Some of the 2025 FWAW Ladies. Image: Seven.
Which Farmer Wants a Wife 2025 couples are still together?
Farmer Jarrad and Chloe were the first couple to match on the 2025 season, but split before the reunion. Meanwhile, Farmer Thomas and Clarette appeared to have a strong bond, but rumours started circulating in April that they’d split.
In an interview with Chattr, Corey and Keeley shared that their relationship has been growing from strength to strength, and Corey even hinted that a proposal may be on the cards soon.
“We’re still very much together, stronger than ever, and we’ve been going great. We’ve been very, very busy, a lot of things going on lately,” Corey said.
“I think it’s just over the year and a half mark since we actually ended filming. So I moved up to the farm actually about a year ago…it’s been, yeah, really good,” Keeley added.
When asked about getting engaged in the future, Keeley made it clear she was waiting for Corey to pop the question.
“You would say you’re not engaged yet,” he asked his partner, to which she responded: “No, I keep reminding you, it’s Farmer Wants a Wife, not Farmer Wants a Girlfriend.”
“Who knows, it might be something around the corner. You just have to wait and see,” he responded.
Here’s hoping it’s sooner, rather than later!
Farmer Wants a Wife (FWAW) 2026 premieres on June 8 on Channel 7 and 7Plus.
