Reports Channel 10 will film a joint Bachelor and Bachelorette season

It seems as though The Bachelor and Bachelorette could get a huge shake-up this year with reports they will be shot together in an attempt to save the show and win back viewers.

Pedestrian reports they received a hot tip in their DMs from an insider who shared: "So I’ve heard from good authority that there’s only going to be one season of Bach this year and it’s going to have a male and female lead."

They continued, "Meaning there is going to be a mansion of guys and girls co-existing like with Brooke’s season."

Not only that, the source claimed the show will be moved from Sydney to the Gold Coast in an attempt to "refresh the series".

It comes after Channel Ten issued a casting call, surprising fans by saying they are on the hunt for "single women and men looking for a shot at true love".

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At the time, many believed the show was perhaps casting for a bisexual Bachelor after making history with Brooke Blurton's season of The Bachelorette that saw her as the first openly bisexual lead alongside both male and female contestants.

However, many others called for the show to be axed, with one user writing, "The last two series bombed! Maybe time to retire this show!"

"Hope the format of this show is changing, it feels a little out of date?" another added.

"Please pick someone good this year!" a third added, followed by someone else who suggested casting "real people that actually wanna find love and not just Insta followers".

"The reason why this franchise is crumbling is because they keep looking for the perfect person," a different user shared. "When you get real, people will relate and tune in… Get rid of the ‘media, perfect’ girls."

Ideas for Bachelor shake-up

Former Bachelorette runner-up Todd King also recently revealed his ideas for shaking up the franchise.

The reality TV star shared his thoughts on Instagram and said that the show’s lead should have 24-hour access to the mansion.

Todd also suggested that a live stream could be set up in the mansion for fans to watch online, single dates could be extended overnight, and group dates could have fewer contestants involved so greater connections can be formed.

As well as having older contestants, he believed it would be a good idea to cast participants who live in the same state as the Bachelor or Bachelorette so there’s a better chance of things working out.

Host Osher Günsberg recently spoke with Yahoo Lifestyle about the future of the reality TV franchise and where he’d like to see it go next.

“There are so many challenges to dating now that didn't exist five years ago, and there were so many challenges that didn't exist five years ago before that,” he said.

“As far as using your phone, pressure to have a video call, pressure to send a picture or use pictures or the visual medium or meeting for the first time using text versus actually speaking to each other and hearing someone’s tone of voice.

“This is how people meet and interact before they see each other now, so having modern dating reflected on-screen in some way that can work in primetime TV, I think would be brilliant. For me, I think that’s what I’d really like to see.”

Season ten of The Bachelor is set to be filmed over 12 weeks between May and July this year.

With additional reporting by Lachlan Guertin.

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