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Osher Gunsberg The Golden Bachelor

Former The Bachelor Australia host Osher Günsberg won’t be at the helm of the jazzed-up format The Golden Bachelor when it hits our screens, with Samantha Armytage taking his place. It’s going to be a little strange to see the Bachelor format without Osher, so could we see him do a little cameo?

Sadly, Osher tells Chattr he won’t be appearing on The Golden Bachelor, even though his wife Audrey Griffen has continued to work on the franchise. “No way, like forget about it. Like the closest I could get would be to, like, go past on my stand-up paddle and surf dog Bachelorette from the water. That’s probably about the closest I could get,” he jokes.

However, if Channel Nine did come calling, he would have been there in a heartbeat.

“Are you kidding? Would I take money from a TV network to pay the mortgage? F**king hope I would! But that’s not going to happen,” he says.

“You know, when formats change networks, it’s rare that the hosts — I don’t think it’s ever happened when the host stays, right — they change the hosts every time, because the network wants to put their own mark on it. And Sam’s going to be great, she’s going to do a great job.”
Samantha Armytage The Golden Bachelor Australia host 2025Samantha Armytage will be the new Bachelor host. Image: Nine

Osher’s wife refuses to spill any Golden Bachelor secrets

Osher jokes that his wife Audrey is enjoying keeping all of The Golden Bachelor secrets from him, and declares he knows nothing about what’s to come.

“I think she’s paying me back for the years that when [our son] Wolfgang was born, she didn’t work on a season or two [of The Bachelor]. And normally we’d both work on the season together. So we both signed the NDA so we could talk about it,” he explains.

“But on this one, she’s like, ‘Nah, you didn’t sign an NDA, I’m not telling you s**t’,” he says. “I’ll be finding out with everyone else, but I’m just grateful that everybody else got to work. You know, these are people that I’ve known for years, and, you know, I’ve seen their kids grow up and watch them fall in love and get married and all kinds of things.”

The TV host believes The Golden Bachelor is important in the current media landscape, because Australian television is “going through a very difficult time” at the moment.

“I don’t really mind which network a show gets up on, that gets people watching and enjoying something together. I just hope it works… it’s important to have things that we can all gather around together as a community,” he adds.

“We’re not going to get a common cultural narrative out of a 10-second video we scroll past on our phones. We get a common cultural narrative out of our stories being shown on our screens that tell the stories of ourselves.”

Channel Nine has not yet announced an air date for The Golden Bachelor Australia, but we’re guessing it will come after The Block 2025 finishes airing later this year.

You can watch The Bachelor Australia on 10Play.