It was the Farmer Wants A Wife exit nobody saw coming – farmer Neil’s front runner, Chantele Guyer was sent packing.
Outraged and heartbroken on her behalf, fans are now calling for a female version of the show, starring the fellow farmer.
WATCH: Booted Farmer Wants A Wife Star Chantele’s heartfelt message of thanks
After being selected by farmer Neil to spend a night alone on his farm, Chantele was then joined by the rest of his ladies in last night’s episode.
As the women settled in, host Natalie dropped a bombshell: the farmers could send one woman home if they felt there was no connection.
Given how early in the process it was all the farmers, except Neil, chose to keep all four girls around for a little while longer.
Having been invited to Neil’s farm early, fans would have thought fellow farmer, Chantele, would have been a clear choice to say.
Sadly, they were mistaken.
In a shock twist Neil revealed he didn’t feel that spark with Chantele, instead likening her to a friend.
“It ended up being two blokes leaning over the fence, talking about the sheep,” Neil explained.
Ouch.
Fans were NOT impressed.
“Move over Shakespeare. We have a new poet in our midst! I’m sure she LOVES being referred to as a bloke as well,” one user said of Neil’s harsh comparison.
“Farmer Neil did know that he didn’t HAVE to send a girl home?” another Twitter user wrote.
“Neil couldn’t see a future running two farms then,” a third commented.
The shock exit had fans calling for Chantele to return in a female-led version of the dating series.
The issue around gender equality and the show only having produced male-led versions has already been a hot topic as it was brought back to our screens this year.
Not to mention a blatant lack of diversity.
But, farmer Chantele’s exit reignited the conversation.
“Awww put her back on the next season where she gets to pick from 8 farmers for a hubby,” one user wrote.
“I think next season we need Farmer wants a husband,” a second agreed.
“@FarmerAustralia hey can Chantele the gorgeous farmer get a spot. She deserves love. Our household loves her and thinks she deserves to have men fighting for her heart,” a third asked of the show.
“Can we get her on #farmerau for next series with 4 city dude,” a fourth added.
Frankly, we’d love to see four city-slicking men roll up their sleeves and fight for the love of a country woman.
And it seems Chantelle is on board, in fact, she originally applied for the show hoping to be the farmer, not the wife.
“When I first applied I wanted to be the farmer, seemed fitting, but a wife I was to be,” she said in an emotional post show video.
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