A hunky ballet dancing war hero! Is this the most desirable Bachelor ever?
Models, pilots and champion water-skiers have been up for grabs in previous series of the dating show – but surely nothing tops the Ukrainian series’s new offering
November 2023
The Golden Bachelor’s older singletons have saved a franchise
Adrian Horton
The Golden Bachelor is total baloney – but I’m oddly moved by Gerry, 72, and his quest for love
Emma Brockes
August 2023
Alisha Aitken-Radburn on The Bachelor’s ‘villain edit’: ‘I thought I’d decimated my political prospects’
Aitken-Radburn’s ‘spicy’ remarks were an attempt to win more airtime on Australia’s 2018 season. But then the DMs started rolling in …
June 2022
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From a turkey slap to a chocolate bath: the 10 most memorable Australian reality TV moments
You either love reality television, or you secretly love it. Here are the most shocking, ridiculous and weird moments from Australian TV. Game on molls!
November 2021
Brooke Blurton on the Bachelorette Australia backlash: ‘I was frustrated with the level of biphobia’
Brooke Blurton’s Bachelorette Australia changed the conversation – and I’ve never talked more about being bisexual
Matilda Boseley
October 2021
Bachelorette Australia’s first Brooke Blurton episode is a triumph. I finally have my church back
From The Block to The Bachelor, reality TV product placement has reached dizzying new lows
April 2021
It’s time for an Actually Gay season of The Bachelor already
But it should be honest and messy and authentic to queer dating, and not randomly add in a bunch of straight men for a ‘twist’
October 2020
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Reputation Rehab: can reality TV rescue public figures from a lifetime of cancellation?
From Nick Krygios to Abbie Chatfield, the ABC’s new show aims to give makeovers to those maligned by the public
September 2020
The Bachelor Australia’s diversity problem will be its death knell. Just ask the magazine industry
Grace O'Neill
At a time when we’re desperately in need of frothy distractions, why can’t we get a fantasy we feel good about indulging in?
July 2020
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Abbie Chatfield is the best thing about Bachelor in Paradise. Don't make her the villain
Matilda Boseley
The franchise was never a feminist masterpiece but it’s infuriating that funny, confident women are still portrayed as evil and bad
June 2020
US reality show The Bachelor chooses its first black lead
ABC network casts Matt James after years of criticism from fans over lack of diversity
December 2019
From Upright to Get Krack!n: the eight most memorable moments in Australian TV in 2019
Plus Deborah Mailman takes Total Control, Frayed shows a different side to 1980s Newcastle, and 60 Minutes outdoes itself on hyperbole
March 2019
Gossip and grit: how the Shameless podcast became the voice of two generations
The celebrity-obsessed show for ‘smart women who like dumb stuff’ created by former Mamamia writers Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald is spinning a new chapter in pop culture
February 2019
Osher Günsberg: the TV host on anxiety, dating and if there'll be a gay Bachelor
After years on reality TV helping contestants through vulnerable moments, The Bachelor host tells Brigid Delaney about his own experiences of opening up
October 2018
Nick Cummins proved too sensitive for the nightmarish Bachelor
Eleanor Robertson
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A disappointing man is the Bachelor's shock ending? Well, this IS reality TV
October 2017
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How Sophie Monk's toxic Bachelorette men reveal the reality behind TV
Sophie Monk may have won Australia’s heart, but the same can’t be said for some of the men trying to woo her
