This season of Farmer Wants a Wife has been flying by! From intruders already causing an upset to multiple shock exits taking place – some of which fans are more than grateful for – it feels like it’s almost too hard to catch all of the tension taking place on what should be some very wholesome farms.
Meanwhile, viewers have been annoyed this season by the minimal “farm work” spotlighted on the show. While we’ve been gifted the occasional apple-picking shot of Farmer Zac or a slow-motion reel of Farmer Dylan riding horses or Farmer Alex shovelling dirt, representation of the farm lifestyle seems to be few and far between.
“The reality of a farmer’s wife’s life is missing,” one fan wrote online. “Farmers can’t afford all this time for playing games and tea parties. And the girls need to realise that they may miss their hair or nail appointment when the work is on at the farm. If you are genuine about farm life, you’d know that. And accept that.”
Indeed, past Farmer Wants A Wife farmers Bert Harris (from the show’s 2024 season) and Jarrad Wrigley (from the show’s 2025 season) spoke to WHO about the major inconveniences caused by having to participate in the numerous extra-curricular activities that took them away from their daily farm duties.
The major casting lie contestants were told
It’s no surprise that managing a full-time job as a farmer and a competitive national dating show would be no easy feat. However, according to Harris, it was much more difficult than the farmers were initially told when applying for the show.
“The filming hours often are a hell of a lot longer than what you were told during the casting period,” Harris, who was in the middle of harvesting and planting season when he filmed the show, told WHO. “So I had to rely on my dad and brother to manage a lot of the day-to-day stuff.”
He also said, “I did for sure notice the producers wanted a lot more of the “sit down and chat” rather than the farm work. I’m unsure if that’s to make it similar to MAFS or more red tape through insurances/liability issues. We had to find 5 jobs for the girls to help with throughout the filming and while a lot of them wanted to help more they were not allowed.”
Wrigley added that production not wanting the contestants to do a lot of farm work did come with its difficulties.
“After filming wrapped each day, I’d have to work for three or four hours in the dark and just try to get some things done before I could actually go and hang out with the girls,” he said.
He added, “Realistically, we didn’t actually get to do much farm work.”
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