WTF Is “Farmer Wants a Wife”?
The newest dating show making a splash in the US has us feeling like we’ve gone back in time. “Farmer Wants a Wife” is “Farmers Mingle” on the small screen, and boy is it… somethin.
Four hard-working, and yes, real life farmers — Hunter Grayson, 31, from Watkinsville, Ga.; Ryan Black, 32, from Shelby, N.C.; Allen Foster, 32, Williamsport, Tenn.; and Landon Heaton, 35, from Alva, Okla. — are searching for their soulmates. Each farmer hosts a group of single women who are ready to leave their big cities behind for love and country living.
According to host Jennifer Nettles, though, there is a difference between this dating show and others – the bachelors and bachelorettes have already met and vetted each other.
“The way that it works for this show, which also sets it apart and makes it unique and interesting, is it’s a two-way road from the beginning,” she explains. “The women interested in being on [the show] got to look at these farmers and say, out of this group, these are the ones I’m interested in possibly meeting and getting to know more. It’s like an online dating profile. They look at a video, they see a profile, they get some information on them.”
Each farmer then got to look at the group of women and pick who they wanted to meet. However, Nettles explains that by giving women the power first, it set up a kind of “safety and openness” necessary to making the show work.
We’re interested to see how this show plays out. Farming is no joke of a career, and these women are setting themselves up for quite a culture shock — if that’s indeed what they’re looking for.