Bachelor in Paradise's Niranga Amarasinghe appears to take a swipe at the show's lack of diversity - Tech

Bachelor in Paradise star Niranga Amarasinghe appears to have taken a swipe at the show’s lack of diversity.

The 28-year-old aircraft engineer wrote a telling message on his Instagram, as he shared a group photo of the remaining contestants after Thursday night’s episode.

‘People say one picture speaks a thousand words. This picture speaks an infinity,’ wrote Niranga to his 3000 followers.

‘One picture speaks a thousand words!’ On Thursday night, Bachelor in Paradise star Niranga Amarasinghe (centre, back) appeared to take a swipe at the show’s lack of diversity

In the promotional image, the male bachelors are seen standing behind the female bachelorettes they gave roses to.

In the centre of the group shot, Niranga is seen smiling, directly behind Mary Virturino. The couple, at this stage, are the only people of colour on the show.

This fact wasn’t lost on viewers of Channel Ten’s popular franchise.

‘They have a POC [person of colour] guy on #BachelorInParadiseAU and they don’t give him any screen time. Please gimmie some diversity,’ one fan begged on Twitter.

Speaking out: The 28-year-old aircraft engineer wrote a telling message on his Instagram, as he shared a group photo of the remaining contestants after Thursday night’s episode

Telling: ‘People say one picture speaks a thousand words. This picture speaks an infinity,’ wrote Niranga to his 3000 followers

‘You guys really need to stop casting token Asians and/or PoC for your bloody shows! Show some real DIVERSITY and by diversity I don’t mean just blondes [or] brunettes,’ quipped a second.

‘Niranga chose Mary! Do they have a romance? We’ll never know because there’s literally no footage of them. Like any island where a group of white people turn up… this is skewing racist,’ commented a third.

A fourth was to the point: ‘Give Niranga more screen time! it’s almost like Channel Ten just threw him in there for some “diversity” and then said “eh… good enough.”‘

Speaking out: ‘They have a POC [person of colour] guy on #BachelorInParadiseAU and they don’t give him any screen time. Please gimmie some diversity,’ one fan begged on Twitter

Another fan drew attention to the success story that is MasterChef: Back to Win.

‘So after an amazing celebration of Australian diversity in #MasterChefAU we’re going to #BachelorInParadiseAU where 11 of the 13 look to be white af and of course completely heteronormative,’ they said.

Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Niranga and Channel Ten for comment.

Bachelor in Paradise comes after the culinary cooking show celebrated its most diverse season yet.

Scathing: ‘So after an amazing celebration of Australian diversity in #MasterChefAU we’re going to #BachelorInParadiseAU where 11 of the 13 look to be white af and of course completely heteronormative,’ another fan pointed out

Asian Australians have made up one-third of the returning favourites on Back to Win.

Contestants Brendan Pang, Khanh Ong, Reynold Poernomo and Poh Ling Yeow are all of Asian descent, as are Sarah Tiong, Jess Liemantara and Amina Elshafei, who is of Korean and Egyptian descent.

Ousted contestant Ben Ungermann, who was dropped from the series, is of Indonesian and Dutch descent.

Diverse: Asian Australians have made up one-third of the contestants this season. Pictured left to right: Jess Liemantara, Khanh Ong, Poh, Brendan Pang and Reynold Poernomo

The ratings juggernaut has also included a number of openly gay constants including Brendan Pang, Reece Hignell, Courtney Roulston and Khanh Ong.

Judge Melissa Leong told The Herald Sun on July 5 that many viewers finally have a reflection of themselves on TV.

‘Everybody deserves to be seen and to be heard. Regardless of whether that is your culture, your language, who you love, your ability, or the way you chose to live your life, everybody deserves to be seen and be heard.

She added that ‘it makes me very happy that people who look like me’ can see themselves on TV.