The Golden Bachelor is an Australian dating reality television series that premiered on the Nine Network. A spin-off of The Bachelor, it features seniors as contestants. The series premiered on 20 October 2025.
The first season featured 61-year-old Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden, a widower from Sydney, Australia.
A second season was confirmed in September 2026, set to air in 2027 with two bachelors.
Production
In late 2024, it was reported that an Australian version of The Golden Bachelor has been commissioned for the Nine Network. This will be the first Australian iteration of the Bachelor franchise to not be aired on Network 10, who have aired the Australian versions of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise. In October 2024, the series was confirmed by Nine at their 2025 Upfronts, with Samantha Armytage to host the series and produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia. In September 2025, Nine announced The Golden Bachelor as 61-year-old Sydneysider Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden along with the 20 women competing on the series.
Contestants The 20 contestants were announced on 15 September 2025. NameAgeOccupationStateEliminated Sunny Long 58 CEO NSW Winner Janette 61 Pilates Studio Owner VIC Runner-up Kim 60 Doctor QLD Episode 8 Gera 52 Real Estate Business Owner WA Episode 7 Jan Herdman 66 Age Transformation Coach NSW Catherine 56 Interior Designer NSW Episode 6 Lauren 60 Dressage Team Manager QLD Terri 61 Property Investor VIC QuitEpisode 5 Bianca Dye 51 Radio Presenter QLD Episode 5 Elizete 54 Property Manager NSW Pip 60 Hoist Operator VIC Shamse Willmott 60 Interior Designer VIC Katrina 55 NICU Nurse QLD Episode 4 Laura Neal 64 Primary School Teacher QLD Hamidah 60 Disability Support Worker NSW Episode 3 Linda 61 Stylist QLD Episode 2 Nicolette 55 Singer NSW Angela 52 Psychotherapist VIC Episode 1 Jane 60 Interior Designer NSW Shana 60 Retired (Education Sales Executive) NSW
Call-out order # Bachelorettes Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Janette Jan Janette Gera Terri Sunny Kim Sunny Sunny Sunny 2 Shamse Kim ShamseBianca Sunny Kim Sunny Janette Janette Janette 3 Elizete Sunny Sunny Kim Kim Janette Janette Kim Kim 4 Terri Janette Gera Elizete Janette Lauren Gera GeraJan 5 Angela Pip Catherine Lauren Bianca Catherine Jan 6 Linda Terri Kim Terri Elizete Jan CatherineLauren 7 Katrina Shamse Pip Sunny Gera Gera 8 Hamidah Elizete Terri Jan PipTerri 9 Pip Katrina Laura Catherine Shamse BiancaElizetePipShamse 10 Bianca Catherine Jan Janette Catherine 11 Sunny Lauren Bianca Shamse Lauren 12 Lauren Laura Elizete Pip Jan 13 Catherine Hamidah Katrina Laura KatrinaLaura 14 Jane Nicolette Hamidah Katrina 15 Laura Linda Lauren Hamidah 16 Shana Gera LindaNicolette 17 Nicolette Bianca 18 Gera AngelaJaneShana 19 Jan 20 Kim
The contestant received a first impression rose. The contestant received a rose during a date The contestant received a rose during one-on-one time. The contestant received a rose outside the rose ceremony The contestant was eliminated on a date. The contestant was eliminated. The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony. The contestant quit the competition. The contestant won the competition.
Episodes Episode 1 Original airdate: 20 October 2025
Event Description First Impression Rose Jan Rose Ceremony Jane, Shana and Angela were eliminated
Episode 2 Original airdate: 21 October 2025
Event Description Single Date Janette Group Date Elizete, Katrina, Nicolette, Shamse, Sunny, Jan, Hamidah, Gera, Catherine Rose Ceremony Linda and Nicolette were eliminated
Episode 3 Original airdate: 27 October 2025
Event Description Single Date Gera Group Date Terri, Laura, Katrina, Bianca, Lauren, Kim One-on-one Time Bianca Rose Ceremony Hamidah was eliminated
Episode 4 Original airdate: 28 October 2025
Event Description Single Date Terri Rose Ceremony Katrina and Laura were eliminated
Episode 5 Original airdate: 2 November 2025
Event Description Single Date Sunny Group Date Everyone Rose Ceremony Terri declined rose; quitBianca, Elizete, Pip, Shamse were eliminated
Episode 6 Original airdate: 3 November 2025
Event Description Single Date Kim Group Date Everyone Rose Ceremony Catherine & Lauren were eliminated
Episode 7 Original airdate: 9 November 2025
Event Description Single Date Janette Group Date Everyone One-on-one time Jan Rose Ceremony Gera & Jan were eliminated
Episode 8 Original airdate: 10 November 2025
Event Description First Hometown Sunny - Sydney, New South Wales Second Hometown Kim - Brisbane, Queensland Third Hometown Janette - Melbourne, Victoria Rose Ceremony Kim was eliminated
Episode 9 Original airdate: 16 November 2025 Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Event Description Meet Bear’s family #1 Janette Meet Bear’s family #2 Sunny First final date Janette Second final date Sunny Final Decision: Sunny is the winner
Ratings
Reception Accolades
The series was nominated for the "Best Structured Reality Program" Logie award in 2026.
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