Dancing with the Stars judge Sharna Burgess is reportedly The Bachelorette Australia 2020

Fans were surprised to say the least when Australian Survivor contestant Locky Gilbert was announced as this year’s Bachelor.

And it seems another Channel 10 personality has been cast as Locky’s female equivalent on The Bachelorette.

Dancing with the Stars judge Sharna Burgess, 34, has already signed a contract with producers, according to industry website TV Blackbox.

Channel 10 refused to deny the report when contacted by Daily Mail Australia. 

‘We welcome speculation about the identity of the new Bachelorette. We are thrilled that so many talented and accomplished women have expressed interest in appearing on the show,’ a network spokesperson said.

‘We are in the very early stages of casting and an announcement will be made in the coming months.’

Sharna had previously said in November that she was in talks with the network to become the next Bachelorette. 

She told Entertainment Tonight: ‘I am absolutely looking for love. I’m ready for love.

‘I just got back from Australia and it became a pretty hot topic over there on whether I could be the next Bachelorette in Australia, so that’s an interesting thought for me.’

Sharna said that her only concern was the possibility of not liking any of the suitors.

‘This is where I run into trouble with this thought, because what if I’m like, “Yeah, I don’t like any of them? We’re gonna have to recast!” I can’t do that!’ she laughed.

Sharna was a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars U.S. for twelve seasons, before landing a role on the Australian judging panel in 2019.

The glamorous redhead has kept relatively quiet about her romantic life since splitting from British dancer Paul Kirkland in 2015.