“Farmer Wants a Wife” (ATV) Kicks Off Farm Week with Great Ratings
22.09.2026
Last Wednesday (Sept. 16), *BAUER SUCHT FRAU* secured the top spot in Austrian primetime TV for ATV with a 17.6 percent market share (E12-49). An average of 280,000 viewers tuned in for the season premiere. The show garnered an 18.4% market share among younger viewers (E12-29). On JOYN, the season currently stands at 875,000 video views and 29.9 million minutes of watch time.
In the Hausruckviertel region, more and more guys are arriving to meet Emilia (21, Wels-Land district). A guy from Bavaria immediately sets her heart racing.“There was just a real spark there. It was totally cool the way he looked at me—he really looked right into my soul. It was just so nice,”Emilia beams. The sunny-dispositioned Alex (24) seems to have turned the Upper Austrian’s head a bit and immediately whisked her away for a one-on-one conversation. The five men present are stunned. Contestant Lukas scores points with his animal-themed gift: two baby goats. Then four more farm boy candidates arrive. All ten young men are hoping to be invited to Emilia’s farm week. How many will secure a coveted spot?
In the Metnitz Valley in Carinthia, too, the “Hofwoche” is in full swing with the singing mountain farmer Arnold (58, St. Veit an der Glan district). He heads up the mountain in his tractor to put up a fence. Once they arrive at the pasture, Michaela (61) deliberately seeks out the mountain farmer, asks him for help, and flirts for all she’s worth. It works: Arnold decides on the spot to leave Dina (56) and Martina (57) to their work so he can grab Michaela for an intimate one-on-one chat. Are the two already getting closer?
The farm week adventure also continues with the laid-back Peter from Murtal (23, Murtal district) and the athletic Thomas from Mostviertel (32, Amstetten district).
FARMER SEARCHES FOR A WIFE – “Hofwochen” Wednesdays at 8:15 p.m. on JOYN & ATV
