Bachelor Australia - Season 8 - Locky Gilbert - Media SM - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Osher Günsberg reveals the sad fate of The Bachelor's new season starring Locky Gilbert... five weeks after production was shut down due to coronavirus fears

Filming of the eighth season of The Bachelor Australia starring Locklan 'Locky' Gilbert was suspended in late March.

And the franchise's longtime host, Osher Günsberg, has shared the news all fans have been dreading: the show is unlikely to resume filming anytime soon.

He said on the Shameless podcast on Thursday: 'We are on hiatus. I don't know what's going to happen... and I don't think they [the producers] do either.'

Despite taking 'extra precautions' during the coronavirus pandemic, Channel 10 and Warner Bros. decided to halt production with immediate effect last month.

The network came to the decision after considering all other available options, and said they planned to resume filming as soon as it was deemed safe.

When asked what his plans had been for 2020 before 'everything went to s**t', Osher, 46, revealed he'd expected to spend several months working on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.

But both productions are now looking uncertain because of the global health crisis.

Osher said he wanted to help Locky find love, but he also didn't want 'to risk [his] family's health by coming to work every day'.

He acknowledged that The Bachelor franchise employs many people who need to support their families, but said the public health has to take priority.

'At the end of the day, I couldn't give a s**t [about money]. I'd go live in a caravan. I'll be able to make enough money again eventually,' he said.

'But I can't buy my kids new lungs, and if one of them were to die, I can't buy that. The economic argument goes out the window.'

Osher and his wife, makeup artist Audrey Griffen, whom he met on The Bachelor six years ago, share an eight-month-old son named Wolfgang.

He is also a stepfather to Audrey's 16-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, Georgia.

In recent weeks, Osher has been extremely vocal about the importance of social distancing and hand washing during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The 2020 season of Bachelor in Paradise is the only show in the dating franchise that was filmed before the pandemic.

It had been scheduled to air earlier this year, but was postponed so that Channel 10 could prioritise its news coverage in the evenings.

It's likely to return after MasterChef, but no premiere date has been announced.

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EXCLUSIVE: The Bachelor Locky Gilbert busted with Married At First Sight's Aleks Markovic during break from filming after coronavirus forced Channel 10 to halt production



Things have gone from bad to worse for this year's season of The Bachelor.

After COVID-19 shut production down in March, it looks like Locklan 'Locky' Gilbert may find himself a girlfriend on his own before filming eventually resumes.

Since returning home to Perth after filming was halted in Sydney, the 30-year-old has been spending time with Married At First Sight's Aleks Markovic, 27.

Aleks and Locky met through mutual friends, and have been socialising.

Daily Mail Australia understands that the Survivor star accidentally appeared in the background of Aleks' Instagram Live interview with Kyron Dryden on Saturday.

It is believed he quickly stepped out of the shot before anyone could take a screenshot, with confused fans commenting, 'wasn't that the Bachelor?'.

Locky recently followed Aleks on Instagram, as well as another Perth-based beauty.

When approached for comment by Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday, Aleks denied there was anything romantic going on between herself and Locky.

'I was with him on Saturday night, he's a friend of a friend. Super nice guy,' she commented, confirming he was present when she did her Instagram Live.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel 10 and Locky for comment.

Rain Hail or Shine, The Bachelor girls Australia are pictured filming while COVID-19 rapidly takes grip thought out the world.
The girls can be seen getting ready for an upcoming Rose Ceremony.