Bachelor Australia - Season 10 - Felix - Jed - Thomas - Media SM - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Enough wrote:https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/11/10-ponders-what-do-we-do-with-bachelor.html

10 ponders “What do we do with Bachelor?”

Beverley McGarvey concedes there’s work to be done on The Bachelor franchise.

“The thing we need to do a lot of work on next year is around The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. We’re very happy with Celebrity MasterChef and very happy with The Dog House at the back of the year. So now we need to go “what do we do with Bachelor? Can we get it back to its glory days?” Often with those legacy formats, there are pivots that you can make, there are things that you can do, and shows like MasterChef and The Block that have been on the air for more than a decade prove that a format can go for a long time when you carefully manage it, and sometimes it’s cyclical.”

I’ve noted before the predictable format is arguably now more problematic than the casting, but the show could potentially work in a 9pm slot and BVOD lifts if 10 can finance a new 7:30 show (I’m just not sure it can).

I think next year if any, will only be The Bachelor or The Bachelorette but not both

GuardianAngel wrote:A 9pm time slot is going to make a huge difference?? How so?

Bobette wrote:Very true @leavers   The whole format has always struck me as much more American than Australian.  How many Aussies actually go on "dates"?  In my experience it's usually drunken hookup first, work out if you have anything in common later.  

Moving the show to 9pm would take it into MA15+ territory ala Love Island, but even that's pretty tame compared to the early seasons.  It would allow TPTB to introduce fantasy suites if they wanted to though, which might add interest given the right Lead.

Sprite wrote:

Bobette wrote:Very true @leavers   The whole format has always struck me as much more American than Australian.  How many Aussies actually go on "dates"?  In my experience it's usually drunken hookup first, work out if you have anything in common later.  

Moving the show to 9pm would take it into MA15+ territory ala Love Island, but even that's pretty tame compared to the early seasons.  It would allow TPTB to introduce fantasy suites if they wanted to though, which might add interest given the right Lead.

Abbie?

butterflylove wrote:

Sprite wrote:

Bobette wrote:Very true @leavers   The whole format has always struck me as much more American than Australian.  How many Aussies actually go on "dates"?  In my experience it's usually drunken hookup first, work out if you have anything in common later.  

Moving the show to 9pm would take it into MA15+ territory ala Love Island, but even that's pretty tame compared to the early seasons.  It would allow TPTB to introduce fantasy suites if they wanted to though, which might add interest given the right Lead.

Abbie?

Not if the rumours she's been blacklisted after what happened last week are true.

Sprite wrote:

butterflylove wrote:

Sprite wrote:

Bobette wrote:Very true @leavers   The whole format has always struck me as much more American than Australian.  How many Aussies actually go on "dates"?  In my experience it's usually drunken hookup first, work out if you have anything in common later.  

Moving the show to 9pm would take it into MA15+ territory ala Love Island, but even that's pretty tame compared to the early seasons.  It would allow TPTB to introduce fantasy suites if they wanted to though, which might add interest given the right Lead.

Abbie?

Not if the rumours she's been blacklisted after what happened last week are true.

Seriously? If true, that is so stupid. Why? The season is spoiled by the betting sites pretty much at the start of every season and their ratings sucked, so nobody cares. These people...cast and production...are so bloody full of themselves. They should be doing everything in their power not to be cancelled and knock off the petty bickering!

“So I’ve heard from good authority that there’s only going to be one season of Bach this year and it’s going to have a male and female lead,” the message read.

“Meaning there is going to be a mansion of guys and girls co-existing like with Brooke’s season.”

The source also claimed that it’s being filmed in the Gold Coast as they’re “attempting to refresh the series.”

Last month, the official Bachie Facebook dropped a call-out for both “single men and women” to apply for the new season.

According to the call-out, filming is set to take place between May and July this year, so hopefully we won’t have to wait too long for an answer.