As host of Channel Nine's new reality matchmaking show, Natalie Gruzlewski talks to news.com.au about the trip of a lifetime, joining a bus full of single women searching for their perfect man.
CAN you find love on reality television?
Natalie Gruzlewski certainly believes so.
She's the ultimate wing-woman, with a success rate to match.
The former The Farmer Wants a Wife host is back playing TV matchmaker with Australia's newest reality romance show, When Love Comes to Town.
The star and 12 single city women board a bus to regional and country towns across Australia to meet the single local blokes in Channel 9's fresh twist on the search for love.
But it remains to be seen if When Love Comes to Town can match the amazing strike rate of the earlier show.
In eight seasons, the success rate for Farmer now stands at seven weddings, nine children, and an engagement.
Here are the farmers and their partners who made reality romance the real thing.
Kim and Chris Newsome. Source: Supplied
CHRIS NEWSOME and KIM TIERNEY (Series 1, 2007).
Love struck in the first series of the show, with farmer Chris, from Tamworth, embarking on a whirlwind romance with Kim, who until then had just about given up on finding the man of her dreams.
The first couple to marry from the series, they allowed their wedding to be filmed for series two, and their first pregnancy was announced at the end of series three.
The pair now have two children together — a girl and a boy.
Jo and Rob Hodges. Source: Supplied
ROB HODGES and JO FINCHAM (Series 2, 2008)
City girl Jo, a Melbourne newspaper photographer, was bowled over by Rob, and fell equally in love with the lifestyle on his beef and sheep farm in Mount Gambier.
Six years on, and still going strong, they are married and have two girls.
"They send me photos of their two little girls all the time," Gruzlewski says.
Damian Atkins and Rachael Peynenborg. Source: Supplied
DAMIAN ATKINS and RACHAEL PEYNENBORG (Series 3, 2009)
Their relationship really hit its stride when the cameras stopped rolling.
Damian reportedly knew his girl from Frankston was serious when she bought herself a puffa jacket to stave off the Tasmanian winter.
The couple aren't married, but have further fanned the flames of love welcoming two children.
Scott Warby and Clare Spark. Source: Supplied
SCOTT WARBY and CLARE SPARK (Series 4, 2009)
Sheep and crop farmer Scott said he and Brisbane-based Clare saw each other every weekend from the minute the show finished filming.
Nine months later he popped the question. They married at their Mungindi property and now have one child.
Brad Crane and Stacie Marmion. Source: Supplied
BRAD CRANE and STACIE MARMION (Series 4, 2009)
Lithgow cattle farmer Brad reckoned he knew Bathurst girl Stacie was his girl as soon as he read her profile ahead of the show.
He proposed on the eve of his 30th birthday. They are now married with one child.
Nathan McClymont and Amanda Ecker. Source: Supplied
NATHAN McCLYMONT and AMANDA ECKER (Series 5, 2010)
Give him points for courage. Nathan — who lived on a 1.4 million acre cattle station in WA's north — proposed on the series finale of season five.
Happily, he got a 'yes' from the girl from Rockingham, WA.
Gruzlewski was at the couple's wedding outside Perth in June 2011. They now have one child.
Tenille Jolly and Frank Atheron. Source: Supplied
FRANK ATHERTON and TENILLE JOLLY (Series 7, 2011).
Sparks flew for Frank and Perth girl Tenille from their first five-minute speed date on the show.
And the romance continued to burn, with North Queensland grazier Frank proposing on Valentine's Day 2013 on his Hughenden property.
The pair has since married.
Sam Alford and Jodie Byrne. Source: Supplied
SAM ALFORD and JODIE BYRNE (Series 8, 2012)
Kununurra lad Sam's leading lady Jodie was a Sydney-based travel agent keen to go and have fun in the Kimberley.
But the hardworking, tattooed musterer and cattleman quickly wormed his way into her heart.
He visited her and her family in Camden, NSW, and after he returned to WA, she made the decision to move there — just three months after the show ended.
He proposed over the Christmas break in 2012 and the pair is now engaged.
■ When Love Comes To Town, Tuesday, 8.30pm, Nine
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