Married at First Sight Australia

mojesius wrote: »

Felt a bit sorry for Ning but she was her own worst enemy. She treated Mark like crap most of the time over-analysed everything and his head was visibly wrecked by the end of it! Nice fella too

Felt sorry for Ning too, but, as you said she was her own worst enemy. Mark's a decent fella.
Delighted Mike and Heidi stayed together (although they've probably broken up already!). Really thought Mike was going to end things, probably my favourite couple, didn't think I'd like Mike at the start as he came across as too full of himself, but, he seems like a decent guy, Heidi is lovely too, but, overthinks things a little too much and almost self sabotaged the relationship.

Sam comes across as very dishonest on his social media and in interviews. He seems to contradict himself a lot, and just seems like a piece of work generally.
For example, he "revealed" a lot of stuff about the show. One thing he said was, nobody applies to be on it: the producers scout people in person and especially on instagram. In the next breath he says he himself applied to be on the show!
He said the producers randomly made him say that line about Elizabeth being a lot bigger than his previous girlfriends, which didn't really ring true for me. He has said that (the producers forced me to say it) about various things he said that didn't go down well with viewers of the show!
His reason for not showing up to the reunion filming was that his then girlfriend allegedly threatened to slit her wrists if he attended: he said this openly on his instagram, which seems quite inconsiderate!
I don't know, I think a lot of what he says doesn't add up. Ines and Elizabeth are no angels I'm sure but I felt sorry for them last night and tonight - more so for Elizabeth tbh but Ines seemed to show some bit of empathy and remorse and regret. Both women claim to have had serious physical and mental health issues as a result of Sam/ the show/ viewer reactions.
It's a funny old show: very absorbing but at the end of the day it's a bunch of fame-hungry wannabe influencers playing out scenes for the cameras. I won't watch another series... or not anytime soon anyway!

dee_mc wrote: »

Sam comes across as very dishonest on his social media and in interviews. He seems to contradict himself a lot, and just seems like a piece of work generally.
For example, he "revealed" a lot of stuff about the show. One thing he said was, nobody applies to be on it: the producers scout people in person and especially on instagram. In the next breath he says he himself applied to be on the show!
He said the producers randomly made him say that line about Elizabeth being a lot bigger than his previous girlfriends, which didn't really ring true for me. He has said that (the producers forced me to say it) about various things he said that didn't go down well with viewers of the show!
His reason for not showing up to the reunion filming was that his then girlfriend allegedly threatened to slit her wrists if he attended: he said this openly on his instagram, which seems quite inconsiderate!
I don't know, I think a lot of what he says doesn't add up. Ines and Elizabeth are no angels I'm sure but I felt sorry for them last night and tonight - more so for Elizabeth tbh but Ines seemed to show some bit of empathy and remorse and regret. Both women claim to have had serious physical and mental health issues as a result of Sam/ the show/ viewer reactions.
It's a funny old show: very absorbing but at the end of the day it's a bunch of fame-hungry wannabe influencers playing out scenes for the cameras. I won't watch another series... or not anytime soon anyway!

I'm not condoning Sam's behaviour at all, it just came across to me that the show went out of it's way to make him look even worse than he was, especially as he wasn't there to defend himself, I'd say Elizabeth did feel genuinely hurt, but, she's also a drama Queen who loves playing the victim, her speech about women's body image was obviously something she was told to say as she herself and a lot of the brides had commented a lot on the guys bodies throughout the show, so double standards. Ines in my opinion was all an act, at certain times you could see her looking around the room to see what reaction she was getting, she also lied about certain things. She previously stated she didn't care about anyone else on the show or regretted anything she did despite her treatment of Bronson being absolutely deplorable, so, I find it difficult to swallow what I saw last night, don't think she was genuine at all and wouldn't believe a word out of her mouth.

There's an element of double standards in the show with the way the men and women were treated or viewed throughout the whole series; they seem very willing to condone, excuse or forgive any bad behaviour by the women, but, tended to blow up and come down hard on any indiscretion by the men, even in instances where they are provoked.

It's just my opinion that the behaviour of some of the women was as bad or worse than Sam, yet they were never really pulled up on it. I wonder was Sam forced to come back onto the show when he left initially after the first night, he probably knew it wasn't going to work at that stage so just left, never did find out if his story about going to the ex girlfriend's mother's funeral was actually true.

dee_mc wrote: »

Oh I read something about that too: Sam claimed that he came back promptly after the funeral but the producers put him up in a hotel across Sydney and didn't let him leave until the night of the dinner party, I think he said he spent 4 days/nights waiting to be let back across town to his new wife ��
He claimed to be all on for trying to make things work etc, but then in other interviews and insta rants he says he never found her attractive and was scared of her from day 1 and all sorts.
I'd well believe lots of the drama was stirred up, but I find it harder to believe Sam's version of events which seems to be that entire storylines were dictated by the production team based on nothing at all.
Another interesting thing they all seem to agree on is that Bronson knew about Ines and Sam from day 1: Sam filled him in on what they were planning and he said he was fine with it as there was no future for him and Ines. Supposedly Ines had no idea that Bronson knew.
Mick apparently knew about Jess and Dan too. If that's true, then he's a good actor because his reaction was very convincing!

I definitely think some couples were placed there to drive certain storylines, there were some genuine couples too of course, but, I always felt that Sam, Elizabeth, Ines and Bronson were fake couples from the start, just playing a part really until the other couples got to know each other and began to emerge to take their place.
Like all reality TV shows we only get to see what the producers want and they can make anyone look good or bad with clever editing and taking comments out of context. All shows like this need a kinda villain and the show clearly put Sam in that role, especially last night, he may well have signed up knowing that was his role.

Ning and Mark apparently "finally" got it on one of the nights of the reunions.

What will we watch now?

I read that Mike told Heidi he didn't love her and had felt pressured into saying he did at their final vows ceremony. That must have been hard to hear.

Mike isn't the first Reality TV contestant to get swept up in the moment and declare his love for someone and he most certainly won't be the last. It's what these shows aim to do, the combination of an extended period in an abnormal bubble combined with producer influence leads to moments like those.

My feelings on Mike echo the above post and I think his relatively positive edit throughout the show debunk the 'men = ****, women = great' edit theories in some of the recent posts. Some of his behaviour was atrocious throughout the season but it was somewhat glossed over within the show.

S.M.B. wrote: »

Mike isn't the first Reality TV contestant to get swept up in the moment and declare his love for someone and he most certainly won't be the last. It's what these shows aim to do, the combination of an extended period in an abnormal bubble combined with producer influence leads to moments like those.

My feelings on Mike echo the above post and I think his relatively positive edit throughout the show debunk the 'men = ****, women = great' edit theories in some of the recent posts. Some of his behaviour was atrocious throughout the season but it was somewhat glossed over within the show.

Like when he stuck up for Sam!! Heidi had her answer there, she dogged a bullet.

Started series 9 last night.

I love to hate this show.

They’re all finding everything ‘confronting’ this season.

I was hooked this season and can't wait for the reunion. Olivia is something else. God speed Jackson!

Watching it on E4 and have to say Olivia went from someone who seemed to be a nice person (but a bit fake) to an absolute bitch, really showing her true colours, God help Jackson if he stays with her. Katalina is a complete c***, doesn't give a crap about anyone, but, herself and her romance with Daniel looks really staged and fake, Daniel comes across as a real slime ball after putting on a nice guy act before he "left". Domenica is annoying and a bit of a bitch too, but, at least she seems pretty genuine.

The lads seem to be fairly ok, but, some of the women are very self centred and head wreckers

Following with E4, Olivia is a dope, It's nuts the type of person she is, holds grudges for years, and the comments!! I'd have legged it

Daniel although a personality of a door could have come out of this the best, his bride Jennifer was a psycho and everyone felt sorry for him, now he is being a dirt bird and totally ruined it for himself... .I wonder what his niece thinks now 🙄

Dominica isn't too bad, yes she s a mouth but its what everyone is thinking, fair play to Jack, he supports her brilliant.

I get your man Matt is full on but god, your one Kate never smiles, I would have left after the first meal, that would drain you

AL is an utter empty head.... I thought on his introduction he said he owned properties but the chap hasn't an ounce of common sense.

Elle and Mitch seem genuine, my first impression was they might be full of themselves but total opposite, she presents herself really well and I understand where he is coming from with the cameras. You think you can handle it until they are filming you as much as taking a shite

Would agree with you there. I think Daniel is a strange individual, something off about him, might even go some way in explaining why his bride Jennifer acted the way she did, probably got a weird vibe off him. He definitely played up the nice guy act going on endlessly about his niece.

There are definitely some match-ups that are made to bring drama and were never going to work. The Carolina , Daniel affair is definitely staged, I think both are fame hungry and trying to build their brand. I wouldn't be surprised if her husband was asked to stay on an extra week so the Caralina, Daniel affair could play out, because there's no way anyone would stay voluntarily if treated the way Catalina treated him.