From Bachelor to The Bachelors – why Australia’s longest running dating show has updated the old formula
In this cross-posting from The Conversation Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, at Deakin University, looks at the latest iteration of The Bachelor and why this season deserves a chance from new and returning viewers.
This week marks the beginning of the tenth season of The Bachelor Australia, Australia’s longest running reality romance franchise.
Often, anniversaries like this provoke nostalgia, a desire to look back at what’s gone before, and to return to a format’s roots. But despite a montage of Bachelor history at the beginning of Monday’s premiere, this is not the approach this new season has taken.
