Brooke Blurton

Brooke Blurton (born 1 January 1995) is an Indigenous Australian social media personality, television personality, author, podcaster, and youth worker. She is best known as a participant in various editions of the reality television franchise the Bachelor, where she was a contestant on the sixth season of the Bachelor Australia and season two of Bachelor in Paradise Australia, and subsequently the franchise's first Indigenous and bisexual lead during the seventh Australian season of the Bachelorette.

Early life Blurton, a Noongar-Yamatji woman, was born on 1 January 1995, in Carnarvon, Western Australia, to a mother of Aboriginal and Malaysian descent and a father of English descent. Blurton subsequently spent time in foster care, before living with her father during adolescence.

Blurton came out as bisexual to her family when she was 19.

Career 2018–2021: The Bachelor Blurton made her debut television appearance in 2018 as one of 28 contestants on season 6 of the Bachelor Australia vying to win the attention of former professional rugby league footballer Nick Cummins. Blurton quit the competition in the fifteenth episode, finishing in third place. In 2019, Blurton appeared on season two of Bachelor in Paradise Australia. In 2021, Blurton was announced as the lead for season seven of the Bachelorette Australia; becoming the first Indigenous and bisexual lead in The Bachelor franchise to do so, with the series featuring both male and female contestants for the first time. She also made a guest appearance as herself in an episode of soap opera Neighbours.

Since July 2022, Brooke has co-hosted Nova's Not So PG podcast with actor Matty Mills, which focuses on their experiences as members of the Indigenous and the LGBTQ+ communities. In October 2022, Blurton's memoir, Big Love: Reclaiming Myself, My People, My Country, was published. She has written two novels for young adult readers with Melanie Saward. The first, A Good Kind of Trouble, was published on 29 January 2025. It was shortlisted for the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature at the 2026 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. A sequel, Making Trouble, was published on 31 March 2026.

Filmography Television +List of on-screen appearances, with year, title, role, notes, and references shown Year Title Role Notes 2018 The Bachelor Australia Herself 15 episodes (season 6)

She currently resides in Melbourne.

Political views Blurton has advocated for the abolition of Australia Day, stating: She has also supported the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Awards and nominations New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards 2026 A Good Kind of Trouble Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature