Channel 10 announces massive shakeup for The Bachelor 2024 as dating show moves to another city
Channel Ten has confirmed that The Bachelor Australia will move filming from Queensland to Melbourne for 2024.
The cameras are expected to start rolling between July and August, with a jam-packed six-week shoot planned.
Osher Gunsberg returns to host the dating show.
However, the casting call still refers to the show as ‘The Bachelors’ The Herald Sun reported the plan to return to a single heart beat.
Last season saw contestants make themselves at home in a breathtaking $14.5 million mansion in Broadbeach Waters, Gold Coast.
Channel 10 has announced a massive shakeup for The Bachelor 2024 as the dating show moves to another city. Pictured: Felix Von Hofe, Jed McIntosh and Thomas Malucelli
Meanwhile, bachelors Felix Von Hofe, Jed McIntosh and Thomas Malucelli were having a good time in a neighboring posh penthouse.
Previous seasons have featured spectacular filming locations, from a dazzling six-bedroom, six-bathroom estate in Bayview, Sydney, to a sprawling property in North Sydney’s Oxford Falls.
Before that, they were outfitted at Le Chateau in Dural, New South Wales, with five bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, an indoor pool, spa, gym and tennis courts.
The dating show’s 2024 season will move from Queensland to Melbourne
In a statement to Daily Mail Australia, Paramount Australia’s Daniel Monaghan shared his excitement at the change of scenery, stating: ‘The Bachelor franchise has been filmed in some of Australia’s most idyllic locations, and this year we’re excited to share the love. share with Victoria.”
“We can’t wait for viewers to fall head over heels for The Bachelor franchise against an all-new backdrop.”
This move is more than just a backdrop change for the show; it is also a boost to the local economy.
More than 100 jobs are expected to be created for members of the Victorian production crew.
Supported by the Victorian government through VicScreen’s Victorian Screen Incentive, the bachelor’s move to Melbourne promises a new take on the search for love.
The Bachelors failed to please traditional TV viewers this year, even with the novelty of three leading men: Jed McIntosh, Felix Von Hofe (pictured) and Thomas Malucelli
The Bachelors failed to capture traditional TV viewers this year, even with the novelty of three leading men: Jed McIntosh, Felix Von Hofe, and Thomas Malucelli.
The finale had a five-city metro audience of just 358,000 viewers, making it the least-watched finale in undergraduate history.
That result represented a steep drop of 38.6 percent from the 2021 Bachelors final.
It also marked the end of a devastating viewing season, averaging just 291,000 viewers per episode.
During its heyday in 2018, The Bachelor would draw nearly a million subway viewers per episode.
Channel 10 will make an announcement about the show during its Upfronts in October.
The Bachelor once attracted almost a million viewers per night. (Pictured: Nick ‘The Honey Badger’ Cummins)