The Bachelor
Can The Bachelor go back to its ‘glory days’? More importantly, should it?
Who wants to see a show where a cardboard cutout of a man takes various blonde women out for picnics when you can watch people dating while disguised as dolphins and devils?
- by Meg Watson
Latest
Forget the drama of MAFS, feel-good reality TV is about to take over
With Married at First Sight done and dusted for another season a new wave of feel-good reality TV is about to hit our screens – and it couldn’t come soon enough.
- by Katy Hall
Anna Heinrich: ‘Self-belief has been a lifelong struggle for me’
“I don’t like failing, and I thought I’d fail at SAS Australia, but Tim pushed me to challenge myself.”
- by Robyn Doreian
‘I’d do it again tomorrow’: Sam Wood on The Bachelor
The personal trainer and 2015 star of the reality TV show discusses his first job, the grief of losing his mum and what his last day on earth would look like.
- by Benjamin Law
Opinion
Sex & relationships
I was desperate to be straight. A bisexual Bachelorette may have changed that
Remembering my teen self watching wide-eyed as queers were the butt of the joke, I’m thankful young people today have more inclusive reality shows to learn from instead.
- by Chloe Sargeant
Opinion
LGBTQ
The messy history of bisexual representation on reality TV
The first bisexual Bachelorette was sold as a groundbreaking moment of representation. But is it really?
- by Rebecca Beirne
Why we should all hope the new Bachelorette gets her happy ending
Brooke Blurton has a remarkable backstory – not that we’ll likely get much more than hints of it on the show.
- by Karl Quinn
Brooke Blurton is the first; will a bisexual Bachelor be close behind?
The 28-year-old West Australian is the first openly bisexual Bachelorette in the world - and Ten’s EP for the show says this could be just the beginning.
- by Karl Quinn
Opinion
Social media
We can answer Sam Frost’s anti-vax outburst without joining the public shaming pile-on
Tolerance has its limits. We cannot tolerate anti-vax sentiment, but we can maintain our civility.
- by Kerri Sackville
‘You ain’t Rosa Parks’: Actor Sam Frost deletes account after anti-vax video backlash
Home and Away star Sam Frost has deleted her Instagram account after posting a video in which she described unvaccinated people as having been “segregated” from society.
- by Roy Ward
How Abbie Chatfield turned her villain edit into a feminist empire
The podcaster, influencer, sex toy connoisseur and TV host has learnt a valuable lesson: bad edit equals good opportunities.
- by Thomas Mitchell