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A 'fake' farmer, and all the other Farmer Wants a Wife gossip in one place.

From one reality TV obsession to the next... the new season of Farmer Wants a Wife is heating up.

The 2024 season has only just kicked off and already contestants are ejecting themselves out of the running in the competition for our five Farmers: Bert, Dustin, Joe, Tom and the recently departed Dean.

Unlike Married At First Sight, Farmer Wants a Wife is a typically wholesome show with not quite as many twists and turns (or cheating scandals), but there's still plenty of drama to whet our appetites.

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We've rounded up all the goss from the 2024 season so far. Can I get a yee-haw?

A Farmer is being accused of being a 'fake farmer'.

Listen, it's not totally farfetched for dating shows to experience cheating scandals, but this? This is new.

Farmer Joe has been forced to respond to the wild allegation that he's a fake farmer and lied about his profession to snag a spot on the show.

The rumour started gaining traction after a viewer left a comment on a post made by the Farmer Wants A Wife Instagram page.

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"This Joe Blow isn’t even a farmer… he's a FIFO worker living on his parents' farm," they wrote. 

To clear up the speculation, the 30-year-old spoke to Yahoo! Lifestyle, saying the allegations are untrue.

"I think it’s pretty unfair," he said.

"I grew up here in Bombala, NSW. I’m a part-owner alongside my mum and dad, which is not uncommon for any sort of younger person.

"I've had comments [that say] I don’t have a farm… So, I'm just like, well I don’t know where we filmed it all, all the cattle work and things like that."

Joe continued to say that the rumours he's merely a FIFO worker who is utilising his parents' farm for the show are false.

"I did a lot of FIFO when I was in my early 20s, which led to the money to be able to buy part of the farm from my parents," he continued.

"I've used my skills that I’ve learned along the way to be able to do these things, but my address, and my home is here on the farm."

A pregnancy scandal is set to hit the series. 

According to New Idea, a source connected to Farmer Wants a Wife revealed that after one of the couples became intimate during production, one of the women was left concerned she’d fallen pregnant.

The magazine didn’t name which couple was involved, and didn’t know whether the woman had actually gotten pregnant, as the couple has since gone silent.

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"It would be a huge twist if they are though," the source said. "These sorts of things typically happen after the show ends, but not during production!"

It's not the first time this has happened in FWAW history. In 2021, Hayley Love fell pregnant with Farmer Will Dwyer’s baby, despite competing for Farmer Matt Trewin in the series.

A detail suggests one Farmer leaves with nobody.

As Farmer Dean has already ejected himself from the show after finding his lady, Teegan, this means only four farmers remain. 

Bert, Dustin, Tom and Joe are all set to pick their forever love, but according to Yahoo Lifestyle, some Sportsbet odds may have spilled the fate of one Farmer.

While most of the odds have one woman selected as their favourite, Farmer Bert's profile looks a little different. The option with the highest probability is Bert leaving solo, with him picking Caitlin in second position, and Karli trailing behind.

This is, of course, pure speculation, but Sportsbet does have a tendency to pick the correct winners, so worth keeping an eye on. 

Farmer Bert could pull a Honey Badger. Image: Seven. 

A Farmer has spoken out about getting cut from the show.

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The premiere introduced five Farmers, but apparently there were initially eight men being considered, which means three got the flick.

One of these dumped bachelors was South Australian cattle and crop farmer Zac Taylor. He spoke about being ditched from the line-up during a chat with Greater SA last month, reflecting that "some things just aren't meant to be".

The 28-year-old is still holding out hope he'll find his match some other way. "I'm very focused and driven. I'm a bit of a workaholic. And at times I have the mentality of a 12-year-old," he added.

You sound like a real catch, Zac.

The Dail Mail reported that the two other axed Farmers were Nick, a 22-year-old from South Australia, and a 33-year-old cattle rancher named Todd from Baan Baa in New South Wales.

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A text message claimed one contestant was already in a relationship.

On an earlier episode of Farmer Wants a Wife, drama erupted when Farmer Dean received a mysterious message about Teegan, one of his leading ladies. 

What did the message say? "It says, 'I hope you see this in time, but Teegan has a boyfriend, she might be leading you on, she's in love with someone at home,'" Dean read.

Teegan ran off in tears, prompting her competitor Tiffany to air her suspicions. "I don’t think I would have run off crying," she said. "I mean, you don't have a reaction like that unless it could be true?"

But after Dean caught up with Teegan, she assured him it was "not true". In a confessional, she added, "knowing that someone's trying to jeopardise my experience... My biggest fear now is that Dean will always doubt me and not trust me, but I'm here and I'm absolutely going to fight for Dean."

Farmer Dean on Farmer Wants a Wife. Image: Seven.

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Dean didn't seem that fazed and continued to console Teegan — which just irritated another contender, Hayley. "It's just brought them closer together!" she grimaced, before electing to leave Dean's farm.

Dean eventually chose to exit the show early after deciding Teegan was his pick.

Stay tuned for more Farmer goss as the billy tea continues to spill in the coming weeks...

Feature image: Instagram @itsjoeybobbin.

This article was originally published on April 22, 2024 and has since been updated with new information.

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