Channel Seven has announced Natalie Gruzlewski will return to host Farmer Wants A Wife after a two-year hiatus.
Fans were left scratching their heads when Samantha Armytage suddenly took over hosting the reality TV dating show from its long-time star Gruzlewski in 2023.
The former Sunrise host announced her departure the following year to join Channel Nine and host The Golden Bachelor.
Seven took to Instagram on Thursday to celebrate Gruzlewski’s return to the spotlight through a glamorous shot of the 47-year-old.
“Look who it is! Natalie Gruzlewski is back as host of this year’s season of #FarmerAU,” the network wrote in the caption.
In the photo, Gruzlewski stunned as she posed against a barn door wearing an emerald dress fashioned with buttons and intricate floral details.
The dress cinched the host at the waist with a brown tie, and her hair was styled neatly on her shoulders in loose waves.
Fans flooded the comments to welcome Gruzlewski back to the role, with many people saying Farmer Wants A Wife was not the same without her.
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“WOOHOOOOO!!!!! Was never the same without her. So glad she is back,” one person said.
“Yahoo, the best host ever. I’m glad you’re back, Nat,” another person said.
“Thank goodness wasn’t the same without Nat,” a third person said.
One more person said Gruzlewski “should have never been replaced in the first place.”
“Nat was the OG and cannot be replaced by anyone else. Her shoes are too big to fill,” they said.
Gruzlewski originally starred as host from season one in 2007 until 2012 before returning in 2020, with Aussie singer Sam McClymont hosting in 2016.
According to an insider, the decision to bring Armytage on in 2023 was based on contract negotiations and ratings.
“They had been using her on Farmer to burn her old Sunrise contract, but with Sam and the network being happy with the role in Farmer Wants A Wife, this is a renegotiation some said would never come,” the source told Daily Mail in 2024.
The show sees Aussie farmers select a group of potential partners from cities to spend time with them on their farms across the country before ultimately choosing one to be their spouse.
The 2025 season premieres in April 21 and is set in various rural locations, with farmers from the Queensland towns of Biloela and Stanthorpe, Borambola in New South Wales, and Kimba, South Australia, joining the quest to find love.