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18 NT NEWS. Monday, August 30, 2010. www.ntnews.com.au
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Farmersfaringwell
Devon Mill
REALITY TV
By DANIEL HOY
SPENDING 15 hours a dayon a harvester sure makesit hard to find a woman.
With only his iPod forcompany, that’s the realityfor Victorian farmerDevon Mill at harvest timeon his Hopetoun farm.
Which is why he findshimself on The FarmerWants a Wife, hoping hecan swap the iPod for agood woman.
‘‘I really am a countryboy,’’ he says. ‘‘I just wantpeople to see the person Iam. Nice, kind, caring.’’
If the show’s success rateis anything to go by, Millhas come to the right placeto find his perfect match.
The show, in its fifthseason, has three mar-riages, an engagement anda baby on its scoreboard.
That success rate makesit far and away the mostsuccessful of any reality-TV matchmaking show.
By comparison TheBachelor has producedonly one marriage from 15seasons and The Ba-chelorette is one out of six.
The Farmer Wants aWife executive producerSimon Baird says the far-mers’ motivation plays abig part.
‘‘We are mindful thatthese guys are genuinelylooking for a relationship. Iwould not say we are sur-prised. It works on twolevels. It works as a goodpiece of TV entertainmentand we are actually match-making. It is genuine.’’
The Farmer Wants a Wife,
Nine,Wednesday, 8.30pm