So you want to be a reality TV star? There are highs,and low,low,lows

So you want to be a reality TV star? There are highs,and low,low,lows

Australians love to watch reality TV,so how do you become a star on it? And is it worth all the pain?

  • byCarmen Forward

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I look back and I’m like,‘What an idiot’:How fatherhood changed Matty J

I look back and I’m like,‘What an idiot’:How fatherhood changed Matty J

It was a reality TV show that made Matthew Johnson a star,but it’s his real-life role as a father which has garnered him a new audience.

  • byGenevieve Quigley
The September 4 Edition
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Sunday Life

The September 4 Edition

Dads take centre stage in this Father’s Day special issue. Matthew “Matty J” Johnson talks about stepping back from his career and becoming a dad.

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Can The Bachelor go back to its ‘glory days’? More importantly,should it?

Can The Bachelor go back to its ‘glory days’? More importantly,should it?

Who wants to see a show where a cardboard cutout of a man takes various blonde women out for picnics when you can watch people dating while disguised as dolphins and devils?

  • byMeg Watson
Forget the drama of MAFS,feel-good reality TV is about to take over

Forget the drama of MAFS,feel-good reality TV is about to take over

With Married at First Sight done and dusted for another season a new wave of feel-good reality TV is about to hit our screens – and it couldn’t come soon enough.

  • byKaty Hall
Anna Heinrich:‘Self-belief has been a lifelong struggle for me’

Anna Heinrich:‘Self-belief has been a lifelong struggle for me’

“I don’t like failing,and I thought I’d fail at SAS Australia,but Tim pushed me to challenge myself.”

  • byRobyn Doreian
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‘I’d do it again tomorrow’:Sam Wood on The Bachelor

‘I’d do it again tomorrow’:Sam Wood on The Bachelor

The personal trainer and 2015 star of the reality TV show discusses his first job,the grief of losing his mum and what his last day on earth would look like.

  • byBenjamin Law
I was desperate to be straight. A bisexual Bachelorette may have changed that

I was desperate to be straight. A bisexual Bachelorette may have changed that

Remembering my teen self watching wide-eyed as queers were the butt of the joke,I’m thankful young people today have more inclusive reality shows to learn from instead.

  • byChloe Sargeant
The messy history of bisexual representation on reality TV
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LGBTQ

The messy history of bisexual representation on reality TV

The first bisexual Bachelorette was sold as a groundbreaking moment of representation. But is it really?

  • byRebecca Beirne
Why we should all hope the new Bachelorette gets her happy ending

Why we should all hope the new Bachelorette gets her happy ending

Brooke Blurton has a remarkable backstory – not that we’ll likely get much more than hints of it on the show.

  • byKarl Quinn
Brooke Blurton is the first;will a bisexual Bachelor be close behind?

Brooke Blurton is the first;will a bisexual Bachelor be close behind?

The 28-year-old West Australian is the first openly bisexual Bachelorette in the world - and Ten’s EP for the show says this could be just the beginning.

  • byKarl Quinn