The Golden Bachelor has finally landed in Australia, with 61-year-old Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden launching his quest for love. So, to see who clutched Bear’s heart, here’s the winner of The Golden Bachelor Australia.

This article contains The Golden Bachelor Australia spoilers. Proceed with caution.

After the future of Bachelor Nation was up in the air after Network 10 hadn’t announced a new series, Channel Nine came in clutch by adding The Golden Bachelor Australia to its reality TV roster.

While we’re used to the schemes, scandals and gossip of Nine’s Married At First Sight, The Golden Bachelor bring a bit of balance with its wholesome yet (mildly) spicy moments.

In the first-ever Golden Bachie, we get to witness Bear — who’d been single for 14 years, following the tragic passing of his first wife, Aurdrey Myrden — find love amongst 20 beautiful ladies.
I need them all to win. (Image source: Nine / Supplied)
So, to see if The Golden Bachelor Australia was successful in its first run Down Under, here’s who won Bear’s heart.

Who is The Golden Bachelor Australia winner?

While we’ve only copped two episodes of the show, some fans initially believed the winner could be Jan, who got the first rose of the season.

One fan even posted on X that she has the “winner’s edit”.

A few episodes later, rumours erupted around a potential win for contestant Bianca Dye, after her hand was supposedly seen wearing a ring gifted by Bear in a preview of the finale.

In the snippet, Bear can be seen placing a diamond on an unseen woman’s finger, prompting Redditors to theorise that it is Bianca who receives the ring and therefore wins Bear’s heart.

“Bianca wins. The hand at the end is pale and not very wrinkled, clearly one of the younger women,’ one eagle-eyed fan wrote on Reddit.

“Out of curiosity I tried to see if I could work out who it was and it’s clearly Bianca. She has the same loose skin,” they added.
Bianca is one of 20 women vying for Bear’s heart this season. (Image: Nine)
Other fans weren’t convinced, saying they wouldn’t put it past producers to show a “stunt hand” to “trick people” as to who’ll receive the final rose.

Of course, we’re too early into the season to know for sure who’ll win this year’s Golden Bachelor — with both Bianca and Jan’s supposed wins being unconfirmed — and with reality TV being reality TV, you’ll never know what twists are on the horizon…

Prior to the show, Bear and Golden Bachelor Australia host Samantha Armytage were at the centre of romance rumours after following their joint appearance at the 2025 Logie Awards in Sydney.
We looooooove reality TV tea. (Image souce: GettyImages)
Since then, the pair busted whispers of a romantic connection ahead of the show’s debut, with Bear telling the Kyle and Jackie O show that Samantha was a “great mentor”, adding “that’s about as far as it went”.

But hey, once that final rose ceremony rolls around, we’ll be here to report on who won Australia’s first-ever Golden Bachie’s heart.