Channel Seven has officially announced the return of long-time Farmer Wants a Wife host Natalie Gruzlewski.

Many fans were disappointed when Natalie was dumped by the network and replaced by former Sunrise presenter Samantha Armytage for the 2023 season.

On Thursday, the network celebrated Natalie’s return with a glamorous photo shoot posted to the show’s Instagram page.

In the image, the 47-year-old looks poses against a barn door in an intricate green frock with floral detailing.

The frame is captioned, ‘Nat is Back’, and fans were delighted.

‘Nat is back where she belongs,’ one pleased fan wrote in the comments.

Channel Seven has officially announced the return of long-time Farmer Wants a Wife host Natalie Gruzlewski (pictured)

Fans were left heartbroken when Natalie was dumped by the network and replaced with former Sunrise star Samantha Armytage (pictured) for the 2023 season

‘Nat is back where she belongs,’ added another fan.

‘So looking forward to this, Nat is the best!’ commented one more.

‘Thank goodness, wasn’t the same without Nat,’ wrote another.

‘Yay. Best host for the show,’ quipped someone else.

Natalie was hired to host the show when it debuted in 2007, having previously been a presenter on Nine’s travel show Getaway.

She went on the host the show until 2012, before heading to Nine as as weather presenter on the network’s Gold Coast news.

She returned to Seven in 2020 to resume as host on Farmer Wants a Wife before being replaced by Samantha Armytage.

Samantha shocked fans in August when she stepped down from Seven after 21 years.

On Thursday, the network celebrated Natalie’s return with a glamorous photo shoot posted to the show’s official Instagram page. In the image, the 47-year-old looks radiant as she poses against a barn door in an intricate green frock with floral detailing

Her new TV gig is hosting Nine’s adaptation of The Golden Bachelor.

An insider described Samantha’s new hosting job as a ‘smart move’ and said she was ‘well-suited’ to the concept after ‘breathing new life’ into Seven’s dating show FWAW.

Unlike The Bachelor and The Bachelorette which feature young men and women, the Golden Bachelor is targeted at a more mature audience eager to watch how those who have already experienced great love and loss are chasing companionship.