Bachelor stars are keen to shoot a BIP spin-off locally this summer after dating series was axed

Unlucky-in-love reality TV stars had their hopes of a summer romance crushed when Bachelor In Paradise was cancelled this year.

Admitting a ‘Bondi version would be amazing’, one star claims a large group has already taken it upon themselves to recreate what they’re missing.  

Bachelor star Emma Roche told Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday: ‘We’ve inadvertently started our own Bachelor in Bondi series.’

Emma, 33, placed fourth on the 2019 season of The Bachelor with astrophysicist Matthew Agnew.

‘I think a Bondi version [of BIP] would be amazing, and I think it’s already started if I’m being perfectly honest. You’ll always bump into us around Bondi as there’s such a big group of us,’ she said.

‘We’ve inadvertently started our own Bachelor in Bondi series. It’s really funny, people seem to like the idea. It would be interesting to see how the summer goes with that,’ Emma said of the potential of having an official series green-lit.  

‘We’ve all become really good friends. Whether you’ve been on The Bachelor or another reality TV show, you’ve all got that bond already, so it’s really nice and we all make the effort to hang out and have drinks,’ the Svedka Rosé ambassador said.

‘There’s always people that are like “I’ll pop around to your house” or we’ll crack open a bottle of that [Svedka Rosé] or make some cocktails together.’

Emma said reality TV stars often become friends with other in the industry as they share a lot of the same experiences.  

‘You have got TV in common already straight away and we all just kind of get it and we’ve all been through similar experiences. We hang out together, trade stories with each other and see how everybody’s coping and enjoy the experience.’

Emma also clarified recent rumours that she was dating Bachelorette star Samuel Minkin were untrue: ‘no, we’re just good friends.’

‘I’m friends with a lot of the guys, whether it’s Sam, Adam [Todd] or Shannon [Karaka] or Jackson [Garlick]. We all hang out together and so we’ve got this really nice “Bachie bubble” I guess. But Sam and I are just good mates. I’m still single.’   

Channel 10 announced in October that the 2021 season, usually filmed in the summer in Fiji, would not be going ahead this year due to COVID-19.

Channel Nine however announced in September that they would film Love Island Australia on the Gold Coast this year – as its international filming location couldn’t be safely accommodated for amid the coronavirus pandemic.