n businessman Mark Bouris looks set to make his return to reality TV.
The 68-year-old will take on the role of the first suitor in the anticipated series, according to industry whispers reported by TV Blackbox.
Daily Mail exclusively revealed that the reboot was heading Down Under back in November last year.
The former The Apprentice star and podcast host previously fronted on Celebrity Apprentice for Channel 9 and The Mentor for Channel 7.
Production for the n adaptation of The Golden Bachelor is scheduled to take place in Sydney between February and April 2025, with the series expected to premiere in the latter half of the year.
The show will be hosted by Samantha Armytage, following her shock departure from Farmer Wants A Wife.
After securing exclusive rights to the age-before-beauty spinoff of The Bachelor that has seen the franchise’s ratings resuscitated in the U.S, TV insiders say that Nine has intentions to court Bouris with its first rose.
But the network may have their work cut out for them with the reality TV veteran.
n businessman Mark Bouris looks set to make his return to reality TV
Bouris, who was born and raised in Western Sydney, is known for selling his Wizard Home Loans company for half-a-billion dollars and founding Yellow Brick Road wealth management.
He is respected as a people’s champion who built a career from making quality financial advice available to all ns.
Following the break-up of his second marriage in 2006, Bouris’s mum Marsha told n story that she worried her son had nothing else in his life besides work and his children.
The Celebrity Apprentice star has four sons to different mothers and split up with his last partner in 2015.
‘She still worries about me, but she has given up wondering why I don’t spend time playing golf,’ Bouris told Stellar in 2018 about his beloved late mother.
The 68-year-old former The Apprentice star will take on the role of the first suitor in this anticipated series, according to industry whispers reported by TV Blackbox
Speaking to Life Uncut hosts Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne last year, Bouris was more forthcoming about his private life and even revealed his favourite sex position.
‘Can I have more than one?’ he responded cheekily to the first question he was asked by the podcast duo.
‘Woman on top.’
Asked at what point in his life he considered himself successful, Bouris said: ‘Success from my point of view is the family you raise.
‘So, I’m only interested in my sons and my grandson. My measure for success is what my mum and dad would like to see from me and it’s not about money.’
The businessman said no amount of wealth he’s earned has changed him as a person, but that prioritising his work had ‘resulted in me sacrificing my long term marriage and the mother of some of my kids.’
Samantha Armytage seemingly took a thinly-veiled swipe at her ex-employers Seven as she made a comment about her new hosting job on The Golden Bachelor
Samantha’s remarks could be seen as a swipe at her former Seven show Farmer Wants a Wife, after viewers criticised the show’s 2024 season for being ‘staged’
Speaking to 9Entertainment about her new role, Samantha said the show was about finding ‘real love’ in an apparent swipe at her former show Farmer Wants A Wife.
The Channel Seven series has produced more lasting relationships than any other reality dating format on n television, boasting nine marriages, seven relationships, and 26 children across its thirteen seasons.
Samantha, who started as a guest host of FWAW in 2022, continued of her golden new gig: ‘You’re looking for some romance and you’re looking for real love,’ she said in a pointed remark. ‘This is about finding real love.’
‘I am so excited about this show, it has been huge in America and I have a feeling it’s going to be huge in too.’
The Golden Bachelor offers people in their 50s and 60s a chance to find their second chance at love and will premiere on Nine at some point in 2025.
Samantha Armytage pictured at the Channel Nine Upfronts last Thursday
Outgoing Farmer Wants A Wife host Samantha shocked fans in August when she stepped down from Seven after 21 years with the network.
Her new TV gig on The Golden Bachelor was finally unveiled at Nine’s Upfronts, where the network’s schedule of 2025 programming was unveiled to invited guests.
‘When I got the call to join the show, I didn’t hesitate. [The Golden Bachelor] has been huge in America, and I have a feeling it’s gonna be huge in , too,’ Samantha said.
The first US version of The Golden Bachelor starred father-of-two and widower Gerry Turner, 72, with a Golden Bachelorette version then launching with widow Joan Vassos, 61, looking to find love.
The US version of the show has been wildly successful, with its finale garnering 6.1million viewers, making it the most watched final episode of the American Bachelor series since 2021.
The TV star, 48, was revealed to be the new host of the Aussie Bachelor spin-off series at Nine’s Upfronts event on Thursday after quitting Channel Seven in August
The first US version of The Golden Bachelor starred father-of-two and widower Gerry Turner (pictured with Leslie Fhima on the show), 72, and it was hugely popular on ABC