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24 NT NEWS. Monday, March 28, 2011. www.ntnews.com.au PUB: NT NEWS DATE: 28-MAR-2011 PAGE: 24 COLOR: C M Y K Traits to win over a farmer Natalie Gruzlewski REALITY TV By KRITIKA SEKSARIA IF YOU want to be success- ful on The Farmer Wants a Wife, you’d better be an extrovert. That is the opinion of psychologist Dr Janet Hall, who says it takes a certain kind of person to deal with the exposure and pressure that comes with the Chan- nel 9 dating show. Farmer is a public forum where about one million viewers each week witness contestants’ romantic suc- cesses and failures. Now in its sixth season, Farmer has produced three marriages, two en- gagements and a baby. Chris Newsome and Kim Tierney, who met and fell in love on the first series in 2007, became parents to Charlotte in 2009. Rob Hodges and Jo Fincham from season two are married and expecting a child, and season four’s Brad Crane married Stacie Marmion. ‘‘Only people with a certain (outgoing) personality type can get ahead in this kind of situ- ation,’’ Dr Hall says. Host Natalie Gruzlewski says Farmer has had a bet- ter success rate than The Bachelor or The Ba- chelorette (one marriage out of 15 seasons and one out of six seasons, respect- ively) because it is fair din- kum. ‘‘The beauty of the show is its sincerity,’’ she says. ‘‘What you see is what you get.’’ The Farmer Wants A Wife, Nine, Wednesday, 8.30pm
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Traits towin overa farmer
Natalie Gruzlewski
REALITY TV
By KRITIKA SEKSARIA
IF YOU want to be success-ful on The Farmer Wants aWife, you’d better be anextrovert.
That is the opinion ofpsychologist Dr Janet Hall,who says it takes a certainkind of person to deal withthe exposure and pressurethat comes with the Chan-nel 9 dating show.
Farmer is a public forumwhere about one millionviewers each week witnesscontestants’ romantic suc-cesses and failures.
Now in its sixth season,Farmer has producedthree marriages, two en-gagements and a baby.
Chris Newsome and KimTierney, who met and fellin love on the first series in2007, became parents toCharlotte in 2009.
Rob Hodges and JoFincham from season twoare married and expectinga child, and season four’sBrad Crane married StacieMarmion. ‘‘Only peoplewith a certain (outgoing)personality type can getahead in this kind of situ-ation,’’ Dr Hall says.
Host Natalie Gruzlewskisays Farmer has had a bet-ter success rate than TheBachelor or The Ba-chelorette (one marriageout of 15 seasons and oneout of six seasons, respect-ively) because it is fair din-kum. ‘‘The beauty of theshow is its sincerity,’’ shesays. ‘‘What you see iswhat you get.’’
The Farmer Wants A Wife,
Nine,Wednesday, 8.30pm
