The Farmer Wants a Wife – not this season.
My favourite show has ended for another series. (Opens the door for Ellen to take the top spot haha). The Farmer Wants a Wife is beloved in my house, and amongst my friends. We don’t miss it, we inhale it and it’s the first topic of conversation at the pub on Thursday night.
We love it, because it has boys – lovely, cute, real boys who are looking for love. Apparently they are out there! And we love it because it has girls – stupid girls, naïve girls, hot girls and girls that aren’t so hot. Most that are looking for love and a few that are looking to get on TV. It has Nat – one of the best TV presenters and it has farms. For some reason, we like the farms.
The first season was exciting for it’s originality on Australian TV, and for it’s ridiculously exciting conclusion, with the engagement of Chris and Kim.
Season two, we knew what to expect and the marriage of Chris and Kim really kicked it off. We cheered for Rob and Jo who were clearly in love from their first meeting and we yelled at the screens at the stupid winemaker who picked the Miss Australia wannabe to be his “wife”.
Season three, which concluded this week was, well, a bit disappointing. The only real happiness came from – yep Chris and Kim again, announcing they are four months pregnant. Rob and Jo are engaged which is fantastic, but it puts some pressure on this season. And they couldn’t live up to it.
This season, there were more girls for us to hate than anything. And yes, we hate them. Mainly because we can see that they are not there for the right reasons, purely to get their mugs on TV Let’s start with Tim. Tim is an idiot. His girl of choice – 22 year old Cairns dance teacher, Ryley. He picked her over a country physio, who obviously liked him, obviously enjoyed being on the farm, obviously would have committed to the idea of a long distance relationship, and then perhaps a move to the farm. Instead, despite opposition from all sides, including his family and friends, (and even Ryley a bit if you ask me) he picks Ryley and right from the minute he told her, you could tell she wasn’t that fussed. Honestly, if a cute farmer told me he’d picked me over all the other girls on offer, I definatley would have pashed him on the spot. I think she giggled and said thanks.
So it was not surprising to anyone, when Tim told Nat that after he visited her in Cairns, Ryley proceeded to not return any of his calls or messages. Little bitch. What WAS surprising, was the fact she turned up at the finale show, with nothing to say except “I don’t know” followed by giggles and no looking poor old Tim in the eye. Oh wait, no that’s not surprising, of course she came – it’s on TV! Ryley really has been the Queen of fake and seeking her 15 minutes of fame, and poor old Tim returns to the farm no better off than when he started. But more fool him.
There was some mediocre viewing by way of Andrew and Jess not planning on pursuing a relationship, and Siri and Ralph being madly in love. Jenny and Owen acted like lovestruck teenagers, which is awesome for her, though I’m sure she could have done better on a night out in the Cross – Owen is a little bit creepy, but then so was Andrew so she didn’t have all that much hope. But I do hope she has found love – apparently in farming land 33 is old to be unmarried!
The highlight for me was Damian (my favourite) and Rachael (my favourite), seemingly falling in love. I’m stoked by this as they were both awesome but Rachael, if you change your mind, I’m next!!!
The shocker, the heart breaker, was Macca and Nerina. From the first episode, these two were in lust, and they gradually (seemingly) fell in love. Macca had been burnt, but he was the type to throw himself in head first. Nerina told the cameras she had never been happier, and the romantic dinner Macca set up for them last week brought her to tears. She met his son and went to a lot of effort to impress him. And then she dumped him.
Why Nerina?????? Macca is awesome, he’s in love with you and as he said, he would have treated you like a princess. More than anything Nerina, you need to give him a reason. And us. We’re dying! Good news though Macca – my sister loves you and she’ll gladly date you!
The reason we love The Farmer Wants a Wife, is we see the mistakes and fears of our own dating lives pouring out of our TV – and most of them are being made and lived by the guys! It’s refreshing to see the guys putting themselves out there and seeing them make stupid mistakes. I know that sounds cruel, but it’s true. I myself am a chronic attractor of emotionally unavailable men. So it’s nice to see that there are boys out there that have their own version of this problem. And I don’t know if it’s just my friends and I, but the idea of falling in love with a farmer and heading off to live on his farm is HUGELY appealing.
While the ending was a little disappointing (and I did get home late and miss the first hour of recaps from season 1 and 2, I wait with baited breath for series 4. I seriously considered applying for it (hey, I’ve got plenty of time to be gallivanting around a farm!) but chickened out, so I look forward to seeing who gets the farmer I was interested in, and I live in hope for another fairytale ending, and look forward to meeting some more awesome farmers, and inappropriate girls!
