Bachelor In Paradise contestant Niranga Amarasinghe has spoken about the lack of diversity on Australian reality television.

The 29-year-old, who moved to Australia from Sri Lanka when he was three, is one of three people of colour on the show this year alongside Mary Viturino from Brazil and First Nations contestant Renee Barrett .

There may be fewer POC on reality TV because from experience, there are less POC auditioning for reality TV, he told news.com.au , citing very strict cultural backgrounds as one reason they may not be participating.