Farmer Wants A Wife Stars Matthew Young, Olivia Benic Engage
The couple, both 27 and former Channel Seven matchmaking show contestants, announced their engagement on social media.
Updated on Nov. 8, 2026 in Romance
Farmer Wants A Wife stars Matthew Young and Olivia Benic announced their engagement on social media on Saturday night in a gallery of photos. The couple, both 27, met four years earlier on the Channel Seven dating show.
Why it matters
The announcement follows the couple's private pregnancy and the birth of their son in August 2024, which they kept quiet until the birth announcement. It shows how relationships formed on reality television can progress into long-term commitments.
Both partners are 27 years old, and the couple met four years before the engagement announcement on the Channel Seven dating show. The engagement was shared as a gallery of photos on social media, and no wedding date has been announced.
The players
Matthew Young
A Farmer Wants A Wife contestant who proposed to Olivia Benic in Cairns, Queensland.
Olivia Benic
A Farmer Wants A Wife contestant who accepted Matthew Young's proposal and shared the engagement news on social media.
The details
Matthew Young proposed to Olivia Benic at a tropical location in Cairns, Queensland, offering a diamond-encrusted ring with a centre stone. The couple shared the news through a photo gallery posted to social media on Saturday night.
Timeline
2023: Olivia Benic and Matthew Young met on the Channel Seven matchmaking show.
August 2024: The couple welcomed their son after keeping the pregnancy private.
Saturday night, 7 November 2026: The engagement was announced on social media.
Season Trajectory
The engagement reflects a pattern in which couples introduced through Channel Seven's Farmer Wants A Wife go on to build lives together after their televised matchmaking. The announcement adds to the show's record of couples who have progressed beyond the programme.
Readers following Farmer Wants A Wife can use the engagement announcement as a reference point for how couples from the series have progressed. The news carries no direct change to viewing schedules or programme availability.
The takeaway
Relationships that begin on reality television can develop into lasting partnerships, as this couple's four-year journey shows. Couples who keep major life events private until they choose to share them are following a path many others have taken.
Further reading
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