Inka Bause: Then she plans her farewell farewell

“Bauer sucht Frau” starts its 17th season on November 1st (RTL, Mondays and Tuesdays, 8:15 pm or via TVNow). In an interview with the news agency spot on news, presenter Inka Bause (52) explains which farmers impressed her this time and why the famous barn festival was so special for her. Bause also reveals when the time would have come for her to say goodbye to a “farmer seeks wife” and what difficult step she had to take in her music career this year.

17 seasons “Farmer Seeks Wife”. Would you have thought the show would last that long?

Inka Bause: No. After the beating we had to take for the first few years, none of us believed that we would survive the third season (laughs). But there was that one magical moment when a respected journalist broke a lance for us in the wild storm. She broke down the program and said: Guys, why are you so upset? There is a program that introduces a group of people who have a certain profession and an empathetic presenter tries to find a partner for them. Then there was a Grimme Prize nomination and suddenly everyone loved us. In the meantime we have managed to achieve a senior rating. When you consider that we have over 30 weddings and now over 30 children, even the last one has understood that none of this is fake.

There is finally another barn festival after the last time it had to be canceled due to Corona. How was that for you?

Bause: It was very emotional and you just appreciate it more than before. Last year the farmers were really sad that it failed. Weeks beforehand it wasn’t clear whether it would work this time, but circumstances made it possible. We had so many farmers and so many women as never before at the barn festival – and never before so much attractiveness in one place (laughs). It was a moody mood and it was a lot of fun. And I was finally able to eat my suckling pig again, which I only do once a year on this special occasion.

This year, after eight years, a lesbian farmer will be there again. Is it harder for Lara to find the right one?

Bause: Not easier or harder than for the other candidates. She received a lot of great applications. But Lara is also a completely different type than Lena was in season nine. Lena was a girlish, open-minded guy and Lara is Lara … That’s why it’s a very exciting story that she made for this season. Overall, we have a great mix of farmers again. We have the widower with us who has lost his wife after more than 30 years of marriage and now wants to be happy again. Or there is our Brandenburg farmer who lost his arm in a tragic motorcycle accident and is looking for a wife. He also received great applications.

Björn from Hessen gives the impression that he will succeed Patrick from last season as a heartthrob. Is that so?

Bause: Patrick is a lovely guy, but he’s also been a bit vain. That cannot be said of Björn. Although his pores sprout attractiveness and he is also a musician … But the boy does not play himself in the foreground at all and was brought up so well by his wonderful parents. He really impressed me and for me he’s the classic mother-in-law type. My daughter has a wonderful friend, but every mother really wants one for her daughter (laughs).

There is a farmer who communicates with lip reading. How was the first meeting for you?

Bause: It was great. I come from the GDR and there we as artists were obliged to give concerts in facilities for disabled people. So I started at the age of 16 to deal with people who are impaired like Nils. Of course, every young person is afraid of it and is shy at first, but I was taught not to be that anymore. Thanks to this imprint, I am not at all shy. The biggest obstacle was that I was a quick speaker, I had to speak slowly and always look at the farmer. Then we were able to communicate perfectly. The applicants also had no problem with it.

This time there are even ten programs instead of eight and the program runs twice a week.

Bause: It is a great compliment that the material that was filmed gives so much and that we were allowed to do ten programs. When it comes to the two broadcast dates, I’m curious to see whether it will work. I am fully behind my station, but the women have been gathering for the joint “Farmer Seeks Woman” evening for 16 years and I doubt whether they can do it twice a week. Fortunately, the episodes are also available as a stream. And who knows, maybe the station has a good hand again, as it has already proven when it lifted us from Sunday to Monday evening.

There was recently an episode “Youngsters on the farms” with Jörn and Oliwia among others. How did you experience all the baby joys of couples?

Bause: My premise with “Bauer sucht Frau” is that I tend to stay out of it. I bring people together and then I withdraw, both on and after the show, when the couples live together, get married and have children. That’s why I myself saw this show as a fan with so much joy and was surprised because I didn’t know many stories and didn’t follow them anymore. In the meantime we have finally introduced 155 farmers.

Oliwia or Anna even left the country for their love. Could you imagine that personally?

Bause: I just can’t even imagine leaving my district. I’m a real grouch when it comes to traveling, living and making changes. I’m very attached to my home country and built up my environment in Berlin. My best friend lives two streets away, my mother one street away. I can reach my daughter and my stepson in a few minutes by car. There is no man who can make me so crazy that I would leave this nest. But I totally admire women. If I were 20 years younger and didn’t have a child, I might think differently about it.

You had to reschedule your tour from November to March. How hard did you find that?

Bause: The generation that comes to my concerts is not the 18-year-olds who go to clubs and concerts again. These are the over 40s and 50s, they are scared, they sometimes don’t have the money to buy their 15th ticket for an event that doesn’t take place. I didn’t want to do the concerts according to 2G regulations either, I don’t want to dictate anything to people that has anything to do with their health. I struggled with myself for weeks and then decided to postpone it. It’s not pretty, but under the circumstances I can’t and won’t. New Year New luck. I am hopeful that in March it will really work out in a good mood, without fear, without 2G, 3G. I already know how to use the free time: We are shooting another season of “Bauer sucht Frau International”. That means I can still travel to Austria or France this year.

When would the moment have been reached for you to say: “That’s it with ‘Bauer sucht Frau'”?

Bause: I’m a person who doesn’t say I want to drive this cow through the village for as long as possible. I can stop tomorrow if it’s been a good time. But I would like to complete the 20 years and celebrate the special “Bauer sucht Frau” anniversary. Then we’ll talk more, then I’ll be in my mid-50s and want to eat the sweet grapes I’ve earned in life. For my 60th birthday, I wrote down “stop” on my cell phone to warn myself. Because when the time comes, you still feel like 18 in your head and may not find the right ending. I don’t want to be driven onto a stage in a wheelchair and get an honorary award if I no longer notice that it is for me.

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