Farmer Wants A Wife 2025: Farmers' salaries leaked by rogue contestant

In an exclusive chat with Chattr, she shared some behind-the-scenes secrets, including how much cash the Farmers walk away with.

It turns out the lucky blokes make about $6000 to $7000 for appearing on the show. That’s not too shabby for six to seven weeks of filming, plus they also get an added bonus of finding ~love~.

However, there’s a catch — Channel Seven supposedly only pays the Farmers some of the fee up front, and waits until the show has finished airing to settle up.

“I think [Farmer] Todd walked away from it — again, it’s a 60/40 thing, so I think they get paid around $3000 when they first start, and then after the show is…  they end up with about $6000 or $7000,” Daisy spills.

“Opposed to the women on the farm who get sweet FA.”

How much do the Ladies on Farmer Wants A Wife get paid?

Daisy reveals the ladies are paid less than the Farmers on Farmer Wants A Wife, even though they have to do their own hair and makeup as well as provide outfits.

“The women going on the show are paid $80 a day for the days that we’re away. So if you’re only on the show for like a week, then it’s alright, like you only have a week to worry about,” she says.

“But if you’re on the show for four to eight weeks like our season, you get paid sweet FA and you don’t actually get that pay straight away.”

According to Daisy, Channel Seven pays the Ladies 60 per cent of what they’re owed once filming wraps. The final 40 per cent isn’t paid out until the show has aired.

“They withhold that money as sort of like, it’s over your head, like if you keep your mouth shut [and] you protect the integrity of Farmer Wants A Wife,” she explains.

Daisy Lamb exposes filming conditions on Farmer Wants A Wife

Daisy also tells Chattr filming conditions are rough on Farmer Wants A Wife — so the Ladies definitely deserve to be paid more!

“There were some days where [we] were filming well into like 1am, 2am, and then after filming you would have to send outfits to the production team to get approved for the next day or the next scene,” she spills.

“I got some comments online saying, ‘Why does she always look drunk?’. And I’m like, sis, I’m just tired. We are all just tired.”

Producers would also use techniques to get what they wanted out of contestants, because as we all know, reality TV isn’t exactly real.

“They’ll ask you [the same question] five or six times until you get so frustrated, and you [explode],” she recalls. “They’ll grab that, and they’ll put that into a scene.

“I remember they did that with Todd’s mum. They asked her the same question, and she must have rolled her eyes [as] she was so over it, and then that’s what they grab and that’s what they use.”