The Golden Bachelor (Australian TV series)
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| The Golden Bachelor | |
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| Genre | Dating game show |
| Presented by | Samantha Armytage |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Tresco, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Running time | 90 minutes (including ads) |
| Production company | Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 20 October 2025 |
| Related | |
| The Bachelor Australia | |
The Golden Bachelor is an Australian dating reality television series that premiered on the Nine Network. A spin-off of The Bachelor, it features seniors as contestants. The series premiered on 20 October 2025.[1]
The series features 61-year-old Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden, a widower from Sydney, Australia.
In late 2024, it was reported that an Australian version of The Golden Bachelor has been commissioned for the Nine Network. This will be the first Australian iteration of the Bachelor franchise to not be aired on Network 10, who have aired the Australian versions of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise.[2] In October 2024, the series was confirmed by Nine at their 2025 Upfronts, with Samantha Armytage to host the series and produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia.[3][4] In September 2025, Nine announced The Golden Bachelor as 61-year-old Sydneysider Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden along with the 20 women competing on the series.[5][6]
Contestants
The 20 contestants were announced on 15 September 2025.[7]
| Name | Age | Occupation | State | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Long | 58 | CEO | NSW | Winner |
| Janette | 61 | Pilates Studio Owner | VIC | Runner-up |
| Kim | 60 | Doctor | QLD | Episode 8 |
| Gera | 52 | Real Estate Business Owner | WA | Episode 7 |
| Jan Herdman | 66 | Age Transformation Coach | NSW | |
| Catherine | 56 | Interior Designer | NSW | Episode 6 |
| Lauren | 60 | Dressage Team Manager | QLD | |
| Terri | 61 | Property Investor | VIC | Quit Episode 5 |
| Bianca Dye | 51 | Radio Presenter | QLD | Episode 5 |
| Elizete | 54 | Property Manager | NSW | |
| Pip | 60 | Hoist Operator | VIC | |
| Shamse Willmott | 60 | Interior Designer | VIC | |
| Katrina | 55 | NICU Nurse | QLD | Episode 4 |
| Laura Neal | 64 | Primary School Teacher | QLD | |
| Hamidah | 60 | Disability Support Worker | NSW | Episode 3 |
| Linda | 61 | Stylist | QLD | Episode 2 |
| Nicolette | 55 | Singer | NSW | |
| Angela | 52 | Psychotherapist | VIC | Episode 1 |
| Jane | 60 | Interior Designer | NSW | |
| Shana | 60 | Retired (Education Sales Executive) | NSW |
Call-out order
| # | Bachelorettes | Episode | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 1 | Janette | Jan | Janette | Gera | Terri | Sunny | Kim | Sunny | Sunny | Sunny | |
| 2 | Shamse | Kim | Shamse | Bianca | Sunny | Kim | Sunny | Janette | Janette | Janette | |
| 3 | Elizete | Sunny | Sunny | Kim | Kim | Janette | Janette | Kim | Kim | ||
| 4 | Terri | Janette | Gera | Elizete | Janette | Lauren | Gera | Gera Jan |
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| 5 | Angela | Pip | Catherine | Lauren | Bianca | Catherine | Jan | ||||
| 6 | Linda | Terri | Kim | Terri | Elizete | Jan | Catherine Lauren |
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| 7 | Katrina | Shamse | Pip | Sunny | Gera | Gera | |||||
| 8 | Hamidah | Elizete | Terri | Jan | Pip | Terri | |||||
| 9 | Pip | Katrina | Laura | Catherine | Shamse | Bianca Elizete Pip Shamse |
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| 10 | Bianca | Catherine | Jan | Janette | Catherine | ||||||
| 11 | Sunny | Lauren | Bianca | Shamse | Lauren | ||||||
| 12 | Lauren | Laura | Elizete | Pip | Jan | ||||||
| 13 | Catherine | Hamidah | Katrina | Laura | Katrina Laura |
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| 14 | Jane | Nicolette | Hamidah | Katrina | |||||||
| 15 | Laura | Linda | Lauren | Hamidah | |||||||
| 16 | Shana | Gera | Linda Nicolette |
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| 17 | Nicolette | Bianca | |||||||||
| 18 | Gera | Angela Jane Shana |
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| 19 | Jan | ||||||||||
| 20 | Kim | ||||||||||
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