Farmers and their love affairs: every year I enjoy them again. I’m kind of a soft-boiled egg melting away at those bumbling peasants and their clumsy flirting attempts and the awkward dates. Although in previous seasons I also ranted in front of the television, when Farmer X sent home the woman I thought would suit him best. Or when Jack Y made his decisions clear with a body part other than his head. Well, forget and forgive. Our Yvon has opened a fresh can of farmers for a new season and I’m ready.
Farmer Robert
Here we go! The first farmer we see is 39-year-old Robert. His cows are blondes with a lot of temperament, sometimes a little too much, if we are to believe Robert. But the woman of his dreams should also have some fire. He himself is also the ‘grot’n bek, little heart’ type, he says. During a tour of his farm, he tells Yvon that he got his rabbits for his 39th birthday and jokes that he didn’t hatch his chick eggs himself. What a joker, this Robert. On to the next.
Farmer Rob
If you think you’re only a farmer if you have cows or sheep in your yard, you’re wrong. Farmer Rob is chicory farmer. We immediately learn a lesson: chicory grows in the dark at 15 degrees. Always wanted to know! This learning moment is quickly followed by emotion, as it can just happen in Farmer seeks wife† Rob not only takes care of his chicory, but also his eight-year-old son with Down syndrome. Emotionally, he tells how his son once fell into a well with water on his property and almost drowned (‘achgut’ is quite an understatement here). Fortunately it ended well, but for the farmer it is still difficult to talk about. Before I (so soft-boiled egg) end up in a vale of tears, farmer Rob makes me laugh again when he tells me what he is looking for in a woman. He would like to find a woman to eat “a cheese board with a roll of ham and a pickle”. I think that should be arranged.
Farmer Gerben
On to Gerben with his goats, no fewer than 600 goats. One thing I notice about Gerben: when he talks, his mouth hardly moves. Handy for Lucky TVI secretly think. Furthermore, the farmer scores high on my ‘achgut’ meter. He doesn’t dare to look at Yvon when he talks to her, he is that shy. I find it very endearing. It turns out to be a family ailment, as it turns out when sister Irene speaks, who talks exactly the same as his brother and struggles with the same relationship problems. Perhaps the women who sign up for Gerben can bring along a nice brother for sister Irene. Just an idea.
Farmer Hilda
Yes, it’s time for the first farmer’s wife! Hilda lives on Terschelling and has 50 dairy cows and 16 riding horses. When she shows her breathtaking landscape – and this woman has a piece of land for me after all – I almost fall off my chair. I envy her for a moment, until she tells me that mothers are putting AVG on the table day in and day out at 12 noon. Already boiled potatoes at that time? Don’t call me. Although I suspect that Hilda starts her day a little earlier than I do. When Hilda tells Yvon that she doesn’t think she will be good enough for someone soon, another ‘backgut’ pops out of my mouth. I give the woman 500 letters (and more variety with lunch).
Farmer Rob
At the next farmer, another Rob, I secretly have to chuckle a bit. He is a cherry grower and passionately teaches Yvon a cherry course. Find a man who looks at you like Rob looks at his cherries, I would recommend to everyone. Rob is an enthusiastic man who sometimes has to think to himself during a date ‘don’t jump on the other’. Seems sensible to me, Rob. When he tells me that he also writes songs himself, I can already feel the mood: he is going to sing for Yvon. Well, because can I say… what can that man grow cherries, huh?
Farmer Hans
The next farmer is horse breeder Hans, who is looking for his Gretel. At 69 years old, he is the oldest farmer to ever participate. With Hans I especially missed subtitles. I would like to tell you more about Hans, but I really didn’t understand it. I did see that at a certain moment he spoke emotionally about a bad event in his life. I didn’t understand what exactly, but of course I thought ‘oh well’.
Farmer Janine
Then the 31-year-old sheep farmer Janine appears and I immediately know: he is going to receive piles of letters. With her smooth appearance, Yvon labels her as the Heidi of Limburg. Before all the men in the Netherlands fall for this blonde, Janine herself does not hesitate to mention some less positive sides of herself. For example, she says she smells like sheep and a man must be able to stand it. They’ll probably get used to it, Janine, I dare to predict that.
Farmer Evert
The 58-year-old dairy farmer Evert makes me a bit sad. That has little to do with Evert himself, but I don’t think KRO-NCRV sells him well. Because of the sad music underneath you would almost wrongly think that Evert is not a pleasant man. Oh well, he really is. He doesn’t ask much of a future wife: “Someone who is there and smiles at you, that makes your whole day good.” Can be arranged, Evert.
Farmer Joost
Where Evert had to make do with sad music, we immediately see with plant grower Joost how, supported by cheerful music, he races through the plant hall on his cart. This cheerful nut knows all its plants by name. The ‘well-gut’ moment comes when he says that a woman has never said anything nice to him. Joost seems the ideal man for a while, until Yvon visits him at home. Well, let me put it this way, its interior is aesthetically quite below par. Yvon makes no bones about it: “I can’t imagine it’s nice to come home here.” Yvon is the very first woman for whom Joost cooks. She gets an egg. Well, time for a woman in Joost’s life, that should be clear.
Farmer Jouke
It seems that Farmer seeks wife saved the best for last. The proposal round ends with the Frisian farmer Jouke. In my humble opinion the most handsome male farmer around. I predict a lot of letters in Jouke’s future. If I may mention one minus point: socks in slippers. I also think that Jouke and his Jersey cows will get there.
Conclusion: how nice they are! Aren’t they all allowed in the program? Again not? Unfortunately! I give them all pockets full of letters. Because oh, how they deserve the love they hope for.
This stood out in the kick-off of ‘Farmer is looking for a woman’