The Bachelorette has one of the worst reality TV romance records in the world
The Bachelorette is a show becoming renowned for its failure in keeping couples together, with its success rate among the worst in the world of reality TV.
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Channel 10’s The Bachelorette is now one of the worst performing reality TV “love” shows in the world, clocking up yet another failed romance after a season of dismal ratings.
On Sunday, season 7’s Brooke Blurton and her chosen winner, Darvid Garayeli, became the seventh couple to call it quits since the show first began in 2015 which drew viewer criticism and questions about contractual obligations.
Only one out of eight couples from the Australian spin-off is still together, season two’s Georgia Love and Lee Elliot.
Former Channel 10 executive producer, Rob McKnight, said the show’s pitiful track record was the main reason it was a ratings failure.
“The show is failing to resonate with viewers for a number of reasons and one of those is the failure rate of relationships,” The TV Blackbox founder said.
“We’ve seen couples having to pretend to still be together even though the relationship fizzled out soon after shooting.
“Each season producers are trying to amp up the drama and stunts but the series has been overexposed.”
Channel 7’s dating show Farmer Wants a Wife has produced nine marriages and 21 children since it began in 2007.
In October last year, Blurton’s season, which made history with the first Indigenous and queer Bachelorette, premiered to a record low 397,000 metro viewers. At one point, ratings plunged to just 253,000 viewers which raised doubts about the show’s future.
The disappointing figures paled in comparison to five years ago when season 3’s Sophie Monk and Stu Laundy had the highest opening with 950,000 viewers.
Perth social worker Blurton, 26, told fans on Instagram she was blindsided by her split from Garayeli, announced just five weeks after their fairytale ending on the show.
Channel 10 has previously denied claims contestants are contractually obligated to stay together publicly for a specific period of time.
The show is a spinoff of the US version, which has a higher love strike rate as 5 out of 18 couples are still going strong.
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