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Our reunion with Madison's Karina from 'Farmer Wants a Wife': What happened after filming? Are Jay and Grace still together?
Warning: Spoilers from Fox's "Farmer Wants a Wife" Season 3 ahead. "Farmer Wants a Wife" Season 3 may be over, but we're still not over it. We had our own reunion of sorts this week with Wisconsin finalist Karina Sabol after last week's May 22 season finale. She gave us a behind-the-scenes look at how the final episode went down for her, where she flocked to immediately after for a taste of home, and what she's been up to since filming finished last fall. ICYMI or need a refresher: Farmer J'Marick "Jay" Woods' final two — who he said had "the most beautiful souls" — were Sabol and fellow contestant Grace Clark, a nanny from Washington. Including Woods, there were four farmers this season, each with their own crop of daters attempting to wrangle their hearts. The finale revealed that Woods ultimately chose Clark (the other farmers' picks can be found here). Sad but keeping it together, Sabol told Woods she was happy that he used both logic and his heart to make the decision. "God really does have a plan for us. So, we take it, we learn from it and move forward," she told him. So, what's Sabol's relationship status nowadays? Do she still talk with Woods? And, are Woods and Clark still together? Here's what Sabol shared: The season finale came days after Woods and Sabol met each others' families and had a date night. Sabol adored Woods' family and said they gave her a lot of reassurance that there was potential with him. Sabol and Woods did have conversations ahead of the finale about what post-show life would look like if they ended up together, Sabol said. They'd see if long distance would be possible for a while. And, with Sabol having the flexibility to sometimes work remotely, she planned to travel to Woods' Alabama hay and cattle farm for visits. "I was kind of optimistic, but also realizing: If it's not my person, it's not my person," Sabol said. "I don't want to be someone's second choice — ever. When I'm with that person — that final person — I want them to be as giddy as I am about them." When it was call time for the finale, Sabol was going through 'a lot of emotions.' During the season, she said the daters wrote letters to their future partners. As she got ready, she reflected on what she was looking for in hers. 'That gave me a good head on my shoulders heading into this,' she said. Based on the 'friendly' nature of Sabol's and Woods' relationship, as well as some logistical happenings that had to do with scheduling, Sabol said she figured she wasn't going to be Woods' pick. 'When we interact, it's very light-hearted, very giggly, we're cracking jokes left-and-forth — kind of chumming it up,' Sabol said. 'I think we often didn't have those very intimate talks.' Some of Woods' mannerisms and how the two expressed their admiration for one another also factored into her hunch. When Woods went with Clark, Sabol said she was slightly shocked, initially. Not because of his decision, but because of how "very valid" his reasonings were behind it. "But, also I had felt like he had given me reassurance that that wasn't necessarily where his head was at leading up to it," she added. Then, a sense of relief came over her. During the filming process, there were many times contestants could question themselves, discussions they had and what people said, according to Sabol. Having a definitive answer from Woods meant she no longer needed to question where they stood. 'Jay and I have the utmost respect for each other,' Sabol said. 'As sad as I was, I was very happy for him and Grace and I totally understand his reasoning. And, you know, all of that left me a little bit upset, but definitely excited for their future.' Immediately after the breakup, Sabol had a very-Wisconsin request for show personnel: To go to Culver's for a Concrete Mixer — iconic. Her wish? Granted. Only knowing Woods for around a month or so, Sabol said she never stopped protecting herself from the possibility of ending up single. "It wasn't that I was super-heartbroken or needed time to recover, but I did take a couple months just to travel and explore what my next moves were going to be," she said. Single. Still ready to settle down, Sabol has been back on dating apps and letting friends set her up with their friends. She feels the show unlocked "the next level" of dating for her, helping her hone in on the characteristics that are most important in a partner and the ones that aren't necessarily deal-breakers. What is she looking for? Someone who's: Ready to commit. "I feel like that is the hardest thing these days," she said. Really driven and hardworking. Believes in love. Prioritizes her. Wants a more-traditional lifestyle, planning to provide for a future family. Sees the outlook of the future. "I am a hopeless romantic and truly believe in the motto of: What is life without love?" Sabol said, adding that she's really optimistic about the future and what's to come. "No, they are not together," Sabol revealed. While the former flames do occasionally talk and check in on one another, it's strictly as friends, Sabol said. After getting to know her "incredible" castmates, Sabol was left with "a call for more" in her life. "Not necessarily more materialistic things, but I can be doing more with my time and a way to reach a bigger community and serve people in a better way," she said. She's still figuring out what that'll look like, but expressed how important volunteering has always been for her, whether it was with Special Olympics growing up or coaching gymnastics now. Sabol has remained friends with several from Woods' farm, including Clark — they talk on the phone weekly — Julia and Rissa. Plus, daters Bailee, Halleh and Christine. About 80% of the contestants reunited in Nashville for the airing of the premiere episode earlier this spring. Sabol will be visiting Bailee for her birthday in July and plans to meet up with Clark for concerts. "Returning was almost more unsettling than anything during the show," Sabol said. During filming, Sabol said, she knew her purpose and exactly what she was pushing through. When she returned home to Madison, she felt like "now what?" — not yet able to talk about what she had just experienced or get back on dating apps, which could essentially spoil the show. She threw herself into work and travel, going to Idaho; Washington D.C.; Colorado; and on weekend trips with friends. Before filming, she had just landed a promotion at Gunpowder Incorporated, where she's their new business and operations manager. That job and her family are the reasons she's stayed in Wisconsin — she's always "felt the urge to leave." "When I'm traveling, I meet so many different people and hear their stories and that's what I love to do," Sabol said. Traveling is actually what Sabol was up to when she got recognized from being on the show for the first time. She was recently getting matching necklaces with her sister at a Colorado boutique when a "FWAW" fan — who would tune in with her daughters — asked if Sabol was on the show. "She was very obsessed with it and thought it was a great show and a great season," Sabol said. "So, that was really nice to hear." Sabol plans to continue traveling in the coming months — to Ireland, Montana and Florida — and take advantage of summer in the Midwest, with its green grass, good temps, pools and lakes, she said. "I am. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," she said, adding that she's so grateful for the friendships she's been able to build with fellow contestants and crew members. With such a small group of people in the world who've experienced the show firsthand, she'd "never give up" those bonds. "Once you've done one dating show, you've done enough," Sabol said. But, if there was ever an opportunity for any other cool TV experience, she'd definitely consider it. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Farmer Wants a Wife Season 3 with Karina: Finale, life, Grace and Jay
ABC News
5 days ago
- Business
- ABC News
Coalition's climate splits echo Labor's dragging divisions over refugee policy
The fast-paced drama of recrimination, estrangement and reconciliation between the National Party and the Liberal Party over the last fortnight has generated two phenomena. First: a serious degree of brand confusion with the 2025 series of Farmer Wants A Wife. (A series recap: David has told Sussan he can't be with someone who won't let him keep his collection of fantasy nuclear reactors. Sussan isn't bothered — she needs space to find herself anyway and is suspicious that David won't honour the solemn covenant of shadow cabinet faithfulness. It's OVER! Gasp! Everyone heads to IKEA to buy separate flat-pack shadow cabinets, the Liberals drawn immediately to the fun energy of the KLUSTERFÖK line, while the Nats opt for the more transportable DUMMISPIT, with optional display shelving and beer holders. But wait! Barnaby and Michael — who loathe each other a lot, but not as much as they jointly loathe David — have gone behind David's back and talked to Sussan! Maybe divorce is too expensive? Isn't it stupid to have two cabinets? David says gruffly that of course he'll respect shadow cabinet solidarity. Sussan says maybe the reactors can go in the shed for now. So she's back to making up spare beds for injured egos in the marital home. So many plot twists! Including that for the first time in forever, a Liberal leader is providing a deeply relatable moment for Australian women. Though not, admittedly, for great reasons.) These are eye-catching personal dramas, to be sure. But they obscure the larger and deeper fissure that yawns unbridgeable-y beneath the bickering parties. Which is all about policy, and not about personality quite as much as would appear. "There won't be a climate war," declared Sussan Ley at her first press conference as the first woman to lead the Liberal Party. "There will be sound and sensible consultation and I undertake 100 per cent to do that." But the truth is, there is still a climate war. Not just between the Nationals and the Liberals but within the Liberals, too. This war has been going on for the entire 21st century. It's bubbled along under multiple public protestations to the contrary, and it's never quite been extinguished despite serial ceasefire agreements, some of which were confusing to those watching from home. A reminder: it was John Howard's first environment minister, Robert Hill, who negotiated an advantageous deal for Australia at the Kyoto climate summit in 1997. It was Howard in his third term who then decided not to ratify Kyoto after all. But it was Howard again — in his final term — who developed an emissions trading scheme and took it to the 2007 election. Tony Abbott (despite having described climate change as "crap") signed up to significant emissions reductions under the Paris Agreement in 2015, only to repent in 2019. In late 2021, Scott Morrison — flanked by then energy minister Angus Taylor — announced a plan for Australia to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Liberal leader Peter Dutton embraced a nuclear future so as to achieve net zero, a tactical Venn diagram whose crucial middle zone turned out to host not very many people at all. Like a colicky cat, the Liberal Party has curled itself into countless different climate change positions over the last 30 years, trying to find a comfortable one. But it hasn't worked. Why? Because incurring economic pain and harm for Australia — in the attempted resolution of a global problem — is incredibly controversial. For all the other benefits of a decarbonised economy and the opportunities for Australia that are afforded by new green industries and our natural resources beyond fossil fuels, the fact remains that our efforts won't make much of a difference to global temperatures unless the world moves with us. But if we all wait and see, of course, then it'll be too late for everyone. For the National Party, representing regional Australia, there are added complexities. Their constituents are on the front line of the changing climate — hotter temperatures, disappearing species, drier summers, more intense weather events. But they also experience greater disruption from a supercharged renewable energy rollout, which for Sydneysiders might involve installing rooftop solar or buying an EV, but for regional Australians is more likely to mean even more changes to their physical environment — the efflorescence of wind farms across the landscape, banks of solar panels, the ugly truss of transmission lines across tracts of land that once felt open. These are not trifling matters. How does the Liberal Party — the senior Coalition partner in a collaboration that has lasted 102 years — cogently and ably represent these diametrically-opposed constituencies? It's too late to be speculating on whether the Liberal Party will split. It already has. The shape of the Liberal Party is still clearly traceable across the House of Representatives benches. It's just that a clutch of those seats are now held by climate independents, whose campaigns in 2022 derived additional power from the Morrison government's high-handedness to women. Labor, having long ago picked a lane on both climate policy and representation of women, might take this opportunity for smugness. But it's not all that long since Labor had its own dragging, painful, exhausting split over an issue on which its opponents were jubilantly united. For the first decade of this century, Labor ripped itself apart over immigration and refugee policy, specifically the question of how it should respond to the Howard government's hardline commitment to mandatory detention and offshore processing of refugees. There are similarities between this issue — an existential one for Labor in both opposition and government — and the Liberal Party's ongoing climate dilemma, even though they land in different portfolio areas. Mandatory detention was Labor's invention originally (the Keating government introduced it in 1992, per immigration minister Gerry Hand), just as it was Howard who first agreed in principle to commit Australia to the task of carbon reduction at Kyoto. Just as the Liberal Party has tossed and turned on climate, Labor undertook multiple reversals as it grappled with refugee policy after the "Tampa election" of 2001. Kevin Rudd wound back the Howard government's border regime in his first stint as prime minister, only to be removed by Julia Gillard who moved to reintroduce offshore processing, and then was herself replaced by Rudd Mk II, who cemented the reversal amid a confronting flotilla of boat arrivals. Labor's rank and file harboured a commitment to the humane treatment of refugees every bit as passionate as the belief among the Liberal base that renewables are folly and that phasing-out fossil fuels is an act of national economic self-harm. The blunt force of electoral experience suggests both sets of believers were out of step with mainstream Australian opinion: Australians have voted as firmly in favour of border protection as they have for action on climate change. And both issues are reducible to the same essential human conundrum, the same pulsing kernel. What do those of us who live a lucky life on this great island owe to those who don't? How much should we inconvenience ourselves, to what extent should we disadvantage ourselves, to fix a problem that is not of our own making? The Labor Party's internal division on refugee policy was more or less quelled by its experience in government. Drownings at sea — and the horror of desperate humans embarking upon unreliable vessels captained by mercenaries — drove Labor back towards the Coalition's position, bilaterally hardening the nation's heart. Labor voters who couldn't stomach it, one assumes, defected to the Greens, whose primary vote more than doubled from 5 per cent to nearly 12 per cent as Labor wrestled with its moral dilemma between the 2001 and 2010 federal elections. But Greens voters — notwithstanding their history of disappointment or annoyance with Labor — overwhelmingly put Labor above the Coalition when they allocate their preferences in the privacy of the voting booth. That's how Labor managed, this month, a truly mind-bending feat: nearly two-thirds of the House of Representatives, off just one-third of the primary vote. The left flank of Australian politics is holding together. The same can't be said, at present, for the right flank. This can be confirmed with a casual glance at the spreading riot of colours overwhelming the previous blue of opposition benches in the Australian Electoral Commission's near-complete portrait of the 48th Parliament: Liberals, Nationals, LNP, the CLP, Katter's Australia Party, Teals, Centre Alliance and so on. In this election, for the first time, the Coalition didn't come first or second in the primary vote count. It came third, after "Anybody else". The Coalition: another victim of climate change.
WIRED
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- WIRED
Hot Farmers, Trad Wives, and an Immigrant Reality Show: Welcome to TV's MAGA Era
May 26, 2025 7:00 AM Against the backdrop of Trump's anti-DEI agenda, Hollywood is seeing a resurgence in anti-woke conservative programming. Producers say reactionary politics will hurt an industry already in crisis. Photo-illustration: Jacqui VanLiew; Getty Images Julia is a 22-year-old model, student, and self-proclaimed 'princess' from Malibu, California, with one nonnegotiable: She refuses to shovel cow shit. But she's down to play the part, she tells Farmer Jay, handing him a framed black-and-white photo of her in a bikini and cowboy hat. Grace, 23, dreams of being a stay-at-home mom with four kids. Jordyn, a 29-year-old country singer who lives in Nashville, Tennessee, says she would relocate across the country for her partner. The three women are among 32 contestants on the most recent season of Farmer Wants a Wife , Fox's rustic spin on The Bachelor. They come from different backgrounds and have all sorts of interests, but their goals are ultimately the same: to settle down, get married, and have kids. While the women don't explicitly talk politics, their focus on traditional values fits into a genre of entertainment that is rapidly reshaping the industry: Welcome to Hollywood's MAGA reboot. Hollywood is in the midst of another evolution. Studios are releasing fewer movies every year. Broadcast and news ratings are in decline. Screenwriters are struggling to sell scripts as salaries for studio heads have skyrocketed. Television and feature film production in Los Angeles shrunk by 30 percent in the first quarter of 2025, compared with the previous year, according to a report by FilmLA. At the same time, Hollywood is also undergoing a resurgence in anti-woke conservative content thanks to the Trump administration's anti-DEI agenda. 'More conservative projects are getting greenlit,' says Colin Whelan, a former studio executive at TLC and founder of Conveyer Media, which has produced reality shows for Netflix, HGTV, and Investigation Discovery. 'People are pitching more shows like that because they realize that's what's selling.' Maybe you've also noticed the subtle changes on your TV screen—content that favors Christian values, heartland themes, or law-and-order style programming. Yellowstone , the Paramount drama about cattle ranchers in Montana, gained a massive audience during Trump's first presidency, routinely breaking ratings records, and has since spawned successful spinoffs. Tim Allen's Shifting Gears, about a grumpy widower with manosphere viewpoints, is a ratings hit for Disney's linear broadcast audience, with 'more live viewers on average than The Conners season 7 and Abbott Elementary season 4,' according to ScreenRant. It pulled in 3.7 million viewers for its season one finale. Farmer Wants a Wife has held steady ratings, averaging 1.5 million viewers weekly, and works as easy counterprogramming to more raunchy dating fodder like Temptation Island and Too Hot to Handle (both on Netflix). In 2024, Trump Media and Technology Group launched a streaming service called Truth+, and the company made clear that it would prioritize 'news, Christian content, and family-friendly programming that is uncancelable by Big Tech,' a mandate that now seems to be shaping the look of Hollywood more and more. (The streaming service also features at least one documentary—included among its most watched programs on the platform in May—peddling conspiracy theories about 'serpent or lizard-like aliens who are secretly wielding influence over the human race,' according to an investigation by Talking Points Memo.) In Trump's version of Hollywood, old-fashioned values are in vogue again. The Christian drama 7th Heaven , about a Protestant minister and his seven children that aired for 11 seasons on The WB (later The CW), is in early development at CBS Studios and will 'focus on a diverse family,' though it's not clear what that means. Jessica Biel, who was in the original cast, is executive producing the reboot alongside Devon Franklin, a producer of faith-based films. Roseanne Barr, whose namesake show was canceled in 2018 after she posted a racist tweet about former Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, is shopping a series that 'saves America with guns, the Bible, petty crime, and alcoholism,' she told Variety. Duck Dynasty , a duck-hunting reality show that ended in 2017, is also returning to television screens this summer on A+E, which experienced its first big hit of the year with Ozark Law , a show that followed multiple police departments in the Missouri region. Duck Dynasty producer Rob Worsoff is in talks with the Department of Homeland Security about a reality show where 'immigrants compete to prove they are the most American,' according to The Wall Street Journal. Potential challenges include mining for gold or working on a Model T assembly line in Detroit. What's happening is a 'cultural recalibration,' says Carri Twigg, a founding partner and head of development at Culture House, the production company that created Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop and Hair Tales . The recalibration has led to a 'generalized chill' in the industry that has caused more diverse projects to suffer. 'I've heard from multiple executives that there's a noticeable hesitancy around content perceived as too progressive, especially if it centers non-white leads or tackles social issues explicitly. Even projects with mild inclusivity are getting flagged in internal discussions,' Twigg says. 'Colleagues have expressed frustration that kinds stories they were encouraged to pitch just a couple years ago are now getting passed on as like 'too niche' or 'not resonant right now' by the same execs who once called them 'visionary' and 'universal.'' Twigg says there are two key reasons for the hesitancy. 'The political climate has emboldened executives who were always uncomfortable with the industry's post-2020 shifts. The power that DEI-era storytelling offered to historically excluded creators was unfamiliar, and in some corners, unwelcome.' The second, she says, is fear of reprisals from the administration. In February, Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr, who previously said he would end the agency's DEI initiatives if appointed, opened a probe into NBC parent company Comcast, and later Disney, promising to take action if the investigation uncovered 'any programs that promote invidious forms of DEI discrimination.' Carr has since said that the FCC plans to look into broadcast network affiliation agreements to help 'constrain some of the power of national programmers.' According to Variety, Disney, Amazon, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery have all rolled back programs aimed at increasing diversity. Talk shows are also being encouraged to shift their programming. In a recent meeting with the cohosts of The View , the popular morning gabfest with Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar, ABC News president Almin Karamehmedovic urged the women to soften their criticisms of Trump, saying 'the panel needed to broaden its conversations beyond its predominant focus on politics,' the Daily Beast reported. Disney CEO Bob Iger also suggested that the show 'tone down' its political rhetoric. One former executive at Amazon MGM Studios tells WIRED that Trump's anti-DEI agenda, whose impact on film and TV only seems to be growing more pronounced, is a part of the administration's Trojan-horse playbook to roll back civil rights. 'It's just the rhetoric they're using to articulate what they really believe and who they really are.' The White House did not respond to WIRED's request for comment. The anti-DEI backlash threatens to make Hollywood even more out of touch than it already is to younger audiences, who increasingly prefer TikTok and YouTube to traditional viewing formats. An estimated 50 percent of Gen Z identifies as non-white, and nearly 30 percent identify as LGBTQ+. 'These audiences aren't just asking for representation—they expect it,' Twigg says. 'If the industry starts backing away from inclusive storytelling, it won't just be regressive—it'll be a bad business decision.' Original, inclusive storytelling is trending right now, as Sinners , Ryan Coogler's vampire drama, proved by becoming the biggest box office success story of the year so far, earning $316 million globally. Hulu's Paradise , about residents of a postapocalyptic town, and HBO Max's The Pitt , a medical drama that follows an emergency-room crew over a 15-hour shift, have also felt like watercooler moments at a time when the industry is starved for them. Beyond the cultural and commercial risks of a less diverse Hollywood, Twigg says there is a strategic one: Film and TV take years to develop and produce. 'Hitching your content strategy to a political moment that may not last through the next election—or the next news cycle—is short-sighted,' she says. 'The stories being greenlit today will premiere in a future that may have swung back toward the very audiences currently being sidelined. If anything, the smartest strategy right now would be to build with resilience and relevance in mind—not reactionary politics.' Whelan says that in over 20 years as a television producer, he has taken the same approach, regardless of the political and social climates of the time: to create shows that 'entertain and inspire and maybe teach.' In 2014, following stints at Syfy and TLC as a network executive, he applied that mindset to New Girls on the Block . It was the first follow-doc reality show with an all-trans cast. The series focused on a group of women in Kansas City, Missouri, who faced changing relationship dynamics in a society struggling to make space for trans women. The reality project he just wrapped probably sounds like a complete 180. It focuses on a Christian family who runs a ranch and takes in at-risk youth. But there's more to it, he says. 'What's interesting to me, having done it for so long, is I don't see a huge difference between a show about a group of all transgender women and a group of ranchers trying to help at-risk youth,' he says. 'It's two groups of really amazing people trying to change their lives for the better, and change the world around them for the better as well.' Tonality aside, fewer projects overall are moving forward this year, Whelan says, but that hasn't stopped genuinely good ideas from finding an audience—no matter who sits in the Oval Office. ' Ozark Law would have sold regardless of the administration. The Netflix scripted series is all about breaking the law, so you know someone's gonna come up with the idea of enforcing it. That's how we pitch reality shows,' he says, before admitting, 'I wish I had thought of that.'
Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Farmer Wants A Wife announces shock twist set to shake up the series - following two stars walking off the show after finding love
In a dramatic twist to this year's Farmer Wants A Wife, Channel Seven has announced the late arrival of a brand new farmer set to shake things up. Farmer Jack, a 26-year-old dairy farmer from Tasmania, will make his belated series debut on Monday night, after both Tom and Jarrad exited the show early due to finding true love. His unexpected entrance looks to bring some drama to the dating show, with a recent trailer showing a flustered host Natalie Gruzlewski telling Jack: 'This has not happened before. I will have to double-check that, just give me one minute.' Described by friends as 'Steady Eddy' due to his calm nature and clear sense of direction, Jack is passionate about all things country life. He is searching for a down-to-earth partner who shares his love for family, animals and the simple things in life. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. 'I'm looking for someone with girl-next-door vibes. Someone who is family-oriented, has a good sense of humour, and is willing to move to the country, who wants kids too,' he said in a statement. Jack was part of the original casting pool for the 2025 season but was held back after the original four farmers were chosen. His addition is sure to shake up the series, with the season seemingly winding down after Farmer Jarrad and Farmer Tom chose their partners early and exited the show. The shock move has ruffled the feathers of several long-time viewers who shared their thoughts on social media. 'Bringing a farmer in when the show's nearly finished is stupid. Too cruel to the ladies,' one person sniped. 'Isn't it almost over? He's a bit late to the party,' a second added. Earlier this week, Farmer Tom became the second man to leave FWAW after finding love, however fans of the show were up in arms about his choice of lady. Tom, 31, who farms sheep in Borambola New South Wales, was down to two women in episode 10 - Eliza and Georgie - and after visiting their families and taking them on their final date, he whittled his way down to one. 'Through this whole experience, I enjoyed every moment I've been with you,' he told his chosen beau. 'I'm excited to take the next step in this. I've fallen really hard and fast for you, Georgie. I'm in love with you.' Prior to that, Farmer Jarrad's journey on FWAW came to a thrilling conclusion. Jarrad appeared to find his happily ever after with Queensland bartender Chloe, after he picked her to be his final choice on the dating show, dumping his second choice, Victorian education support worker Ashlee. Down to his final two ladies, he met their families, hoping this would help him in his decision making. Despite having strong affections for both ladies, Jarrad announced bartender Chloe had won his heart, saying the pair went together like 'cold beer and country music'. Only Farmer Thomas and Farmer Thomas remain from the original contestants and Jack, who has been paired with eight women from which to find true love, is sure to keep things as lively as ever.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Who won 'Farmer Wants a Wife' 2025? A look at who's still together
Warning: Spoilers from the season finale of Fox's "Farmer Wants a Wife" Season 3 ahead. From their attire to their values, Karina Sabol looked like the perfect match for Farmer Jay during the Season 3 finale of "Farmer Wants a Wife." In fact, at the end of the first hour, following a successful family visit, it appeared Sabol and Farmer Jay might very well end up together. This is perhaps why some viewers were surprised when Sabol did not become the farmer's final choice. Sabol, an operations manager from Madison with an athletic background that bonded her with the show's lead, entered the finale of the Fox reality show as one of two women left on Farmer Jay Woods' Alabama farm. The former college gymnast's parents and sister met Woods and his parents in the first hour – fellow finalist Grace Clark met his family during last week's episode. As the episode wound up to its climactic conclusion, Woods and the three other farmers on the show made their selections – and, despite their seeming synchronicity, Sabol got the boot in favor of Clark. The show's concept revolves around the farmer finding a wife, however, there were no proposals at the end of the episode, and whether anything long-term comes from the relationships is yet to be determined. Woods, a former college football player who now operates his family farm in Florence, Alabama, picked Clark, a 23-year-old nanny from Washington, as his supposed bride-to-be. The spark between Woods and Clark was on display from the very first episode when he chose her for his inaugural solo date. Now, weeks later, he selected her again, this time to be the winner. But first, he had to say goodbye to Sabol. Woods opened by saying that while she made the experience great for him, when listening to his heart, his connection with Clark was at a different level. Sabol, clearly disappointed, told Woods that their relationship was more of a "slower burn," and that she was happy for him. "I'm sad," she said. "We had a connection. I tend to foolishly love, and I may have done that. It has to be a two-way street, and it wasn't for us." When it was time for Woods to confess his love to Clark, he told her he envisioned a future together, noting that their birthdays were just a few days apart and their faith had brought them together. "I believe there are many signs that tell me this is my person, the stars really align," he said. "I would love if you want to continue to build this relationship, with a potential for me to fall in love with you." After the two embraced, Woods also gifted Clark a puppy, later telling producers: "I think Grace is the love of my life." As for the other farmers, here's a rundown on who they picked: Farmer Colton chose Zoe Green over Keeley Goldberg Farmer John chose Claire Dirette over Lily Ayres Farmer Matt chose Chelsi Davis over Jordyn Mallory It's not clear based on the season finale if any of the couples are still together. Filming for this season took place in fall 2024. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Who won Farmer Wants a Wife 2025? Season 3 update
