Forest and meadow friends willing to mate meet lonely clerks and educators. The beginning of the 18th “Bauer sucht Frau” season puts a big smile on the faces of all format fans.
Discofox in Bavaria, Simmental breeding fun in the Bergisches Land and cheese art from Lower Saxony! Yay, the Inca is finally back, and with her a whole pack of love-hungry single farmers. For the 18th time, Germany’s most popular TV matchmaker is eagerly distributing love mail in the hope that the relationship gates will open between North Friesland and the Allgäu.
Nothing has changed in the format procedure. It starts with a short round of introductions, a focused selection and the first meeting of males and females at the obligatory barn festival. The impressions are varied and many a farmer is soon confronted with the topic of sensory overload. But there is also a lot going on at the barn festival. As soon as the farmers ready for courtship have arrived, the ladies are already queuing up. There are dirndl after dirndl, décolleté after décolleté and gift bags after gift bags. For the farmers it’s now: hook it up, take it with you and take a close look at everything.
The first introductory rounds start in the back rooms provided. Young farmer Max from Rhineland-Palatinate presents himself as shy, inexperienced (“I’ve never had a real relationship”) and like a mixture of Manuel Neuer and Kiefer Sutherland. Ensnared by three interested women, the 26-year-old’s blood rushes to his head early on. Nurse cow owner Jörg, who comes along like young Jürgen Prochnow, isn’t used to the blinking of beautiful eyes either. The reserved Annika and the blond Ruhrpottlerin Patrizia apply to Hessen. The latter is immediately blown away: “You should become a part of me like the nose on my face,” whispers Patrizia with a slightly demanding undertone.
Carnival fanatic Erik from Thuringia prefers to take the scepter into his own hands. In the presence of a real “sausage queen”, the cackling and always in a good mood hobby farmer (Erik works full-time as a paramedic) doesn’t splash out and immediately raises his glass: “I’m drinking ouzo, what are you drinking?” the ladies asked the ears, followed by a fit of laughter included.
In addition to exciting speed dating anecdotes, gift bags are also diligently exchanged. On offer this year: gingerbread hearts, cuddly toys, cups with animal motifs, wine, schnapps, biscuits and pickled hunting sausage. There is something for everyone. All the educators, clerks, telephone service workers and geriatric nurses who rushed to the door spared no expense or effort in taking the hearts of the single farmers who were willing to receive them by storm.
Shortly before the end of the party, Inka Bause walks through the rustic location again and makes sure that everyone involved is not missing anything. In the meantime, one or the other schnapps has loosened some tongues. But no farmer can and wants to make the right decision. Organic farmer Martin from Allgäu puts it in a nutshell: “I don’t know, I want to dance with the ladies first. Then I can decide,” says the 56-year-old. Well then: Music on and off to the dance floor! But on Tuesday we want to know who is with whom and in general.
(This article was first published on Monday, October 10, 2022.)
