Launched in 2003 on M6, the show The Bachelor has lived many lives. Broadcast for three seasons on the M6 group and hosted by Stéphane Rotenberg, it was canceled due to lack of audience in 2005, before being relaunched by NT1 in 2013. It was then entrusted to Grégory Ascher for two seasons, and finally to Boris Ehrgott for the last season. Stopped in 2016 due to lack of audience, this reality TV show will finally be resurrected by its historic broadcaster! Indeed, according to information from Le Parisien published this Thursday, November 9, M6 will relaunch the showThe Bachelor in prime time in 2024, but with a redesigned concept. And for good reason: the show will now be open only to elderly people, since the Bachelor will be a senior, and his suitors as well !
This variation of the historic format which was the heyday of M6 in the mid-2000s is adapted from Golden Bachelor, an ABC reality show that was a hit a few months ago. The mechanics of the program remain unchanged: a single man looking for love faces several suitors, whom he eliminates one after the other, during the emblematic rose ceremonies. To USA, This is Gerry Turner, a 72-year-old retired restaurateur and widowerwho played the role of Golden Bachelor. His contenders were all aged between 60 and 75. Launched in front of 4.4 million viewers, the show saw its audiences explode over the weeks, and achieved huge streaming audiences, with up to 6.6 million additional fans for the first episode, which was therefore viewed by 11 million Americans in total !
The animation has not yet been stopped
A crazy success which pushed M6 to take a closer look at this reality TV, which aims to be more authentic and funny than the original version of the Bachelor. As our colleagues point out, M6 does not intend to relaunch the historical version on its channels, and only wants to broadcast this version adapted to seniors. It remains to be seen who will be chosen to embody this new dating program… 2024 will definitely be the year of revivals of cult shows, since W9 will relaunch Temptation Islandwith Delphine WespiserFrance 2 will relaunch Panic in the headsetand TF1 will relaunch More beautiful life but above all Secret Story. We look forward !