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First I will say about the show. Me and wife have watched since it has started but this year seemed different then other years like they have taken a laid-back attitude which has had a negative impact on the people involved in the process I mean bringing back ella and jj. Talk about moral values someone who texts another wife's man behind there back with the intentions she had is cheating I don't care what anyone says and then letting them back on the show I mean how disrespectful to the other two that were basically shunted I feel for them. Now on to Peggy and George I feel for that man so much he technically has been broken down and emotionally tortured for having a hobby and interests that don't match Peggy and her family's ambitions.i mean Peggy listened to her mum and George is basically gone and peggys mum is always right I mean thirty something and still leaving at home yea right good advice that women got . George if you read this you had a lucky escape there mate go and find someone who loves you for you peace brother and rozz your evil how dare you treat Thomas like that what a sound bloke and you treat him like a yoyo your just toy with up and down emotionally.

One of rare occasions that reveals, from many aspects "what's wrong with the world". Ever wondered how low producers can go? Ever wondered what a quack.impersonating a medical professional looks like? Ever wondered what a production that is, way, closer to satire than documentary looks like?

It would feel unethical to comment.on the participants as a large number of them appear to suffer from mental health/sanity issues and are seemingly vulnerable - not that that stopped the production team from exploiting them.

This is, arguably, one of the saddest productions I television history. It is also enlightening in the "how low can you go" department - for those who can stomach it.

Intimacy, you mean sex don't you? I've had seccwithout intimacy - it's just rutting. Would Mel like to join in?

3 weeks in, and still introducing new couples as more and more fall into disarray, proving the experts have no idea! Wannabe celebrities ruining real lives, though it's certainly celebrity in most cases.

With a horrible success rate, any so called expert would be sacked in any other job! Mel Schilling spreads herself thinly over various shows now, picking bad matches across various shows,

It's now full of so-called influencers after a few more followers on their feeds. There is hardly a genuine "contestant" in any series as it descends into the same old cliches. It's time has now been run - the whole dating genre has now degenerated into naked, swinger sex parties so it can't go much further can it?

Reality TV at its worst, no point in watching it any more! Unless they turn the tables on the "experts" to see if they walk the talk.

Eve has had more testosterone injections that has pumped her up and given her more bad skin than a teenager, as a 55 year old.boy I have been there and she/he looks more manly manly than me. Eninem?

Look at the stats! At 9 series, it's hardly an experiment anymore is it? Series 9, with Eve and her muscles, broad shoulders and back, pick marked face from the testosterone injections, (tell me I am wrong?) I've lived in the gym for 30 years! It looks like Eminem now...

TV Pimps.

Might as well be wife swap. People disrespect the "experiment" and "experts" and get rewarded for it! People get humiliated by partners cheating, but the cheating partner gets another opportunity all cox they say its for love. Absolutely awful. Doesn't restore any justice for the victim from peoples abusive and manipulative behaviour, but instead encourages it. Feel so disappointed and hurt by how they handle cheating and spiteful people who couldn't care less about the experience, only want to be on it for the fame. Seems to be no sort of protection from gaslighting, abuse, and overall toxic relationships, just because its "good TV"

The first five series of this show was quite good. However, series six is more like Big Brother. With so-called experts, who have no psychology qualifications. In addition, contestants who act more like spoilt children, instead of adults.

No wonder why these people are single. Truly horrible people that seeking fame not relationships. The ugliest group of people on TV. Makes a mockery of love and relationships. I want to rip out my eyes just to plug my ears.

I'm just gonna repeat to hit min characters...

No wonder why these people are single. Truly horrible people that seeking fame not relationships. The ugliest group of people on TV. Makes a mockery of love and relationships. I want to rip out my eyes just to plug my ears No wonder why these people are single. Truly horrible people that seeking fame not relationships. The ugliest group of people on TV. Makes a mockery of love and relationships. I want to rip out my eyes just to plug my ears.

This is reality television at its worst...complete trash! It's hard to believe that trained professionals from the world of psychology would participate in this rubbish...thankfully none of them are trained psychotherapists although one of them claims she is but doesn't actually have the qualification to back it up! This show makes a complete mockery of marriage and of all the very necessary developmental stages of relationship. I also have to wonder what these so-called couples are getting out of this - lots of attention for sure - their behaviour seems much more on the borderline spectrum and deeply emotionally immature and insecure. This really is nothing more than a sad joke, but the joke is on those poor couples and their families who have unwittingly exposed themselves to the public!

I do find this programme entertaining in some ways however I also feel guilty that the producers quite obviously look for ways to maximise the level of human drama without any concern for the well-being of those participating in what is laughingly referred to as "the experiment". Obviously I'm fairly sure that many/most of the participants are looking for public exposure rather than/as well as, looking for a life partner but I'm often not comfortable with the producers who turn to scripted questions (ie the honesty box, etc) that are designed to cause maximum argument and in many cases result in personal hurt and pain. The so-called Psychologists really should look at their participation in this show, if they truly are the professionals that the show would have us believe they are. I sincerely hope that at a future point we don't read about a former participants illness or worse due to mental health issues. Surely there are limits to how we get our TV enjoyment and writing this review has actually made me reflect and realise that that it's not for me and I won't be watching any further.

I normally enjoy real life program.. this is super fake and not entertaining at all.. I hope it will remove soon and will leave the place to some good program as this been going on for to long now.. thanks god we got netflix..as this programme will just make you angry and want to switch off the tv.

I know some people find hard to find a lover.. but how I can see from your program .. they have to change.. most of them will go back home single.. in the same way they arrived.. so my question is.. is it worth it to give a chance to people that don't won't to change? Relationship is a commitment.. and the 90% of people you chose.. they might look good on camera( and this is the reason why you chose them) but they are not ready to commit..so stop waisting your own money and start to make a program with people ready to commit.

It is almost impossible to hear the conversation of the people on married at first sight UK due to the music. It drives me crazy to the point where I change the channel. The music is too loud for the conversation. I'm disappointed that the people on the show are not actually married so it's so much easier for them to just walk. The arguing on day one and two is so ridiculous. But what I hate the most is the loud music that covers up their conversations. I wish I could call the actual show and let them know that. I would say that this show may not be scripted but they purposely put two people together that will probably end up with a whole lot of drama. And that is with the show is all about drama.

When I first came across Married at First Sight I envisioned a concept where two people genuinely searching for love would meet for the first time on their wedding day and the spend the rest of the series getting to know their new spouse and over coming the hurdles and obstacles which were bound to follow.

On one hand this description is spot on whilst also being wholly incomplete at the same time.

The problem with this show is that everything's completely fake, down to the legality of the fake weddings.

Each series opens with all the female and male contestants meeting for supposedly the first time at for a fake hen/stag party. This alone made me begin to question to the authenticity and intentions of this show. No one I know has spent their last night of single life with a bunch of random strangers without a friend or family member in sight. And on the theme of friends and family, other than the wedding day itself, the contestants barely have any contact (that's shown on screen at least) with their relatives or friends. Again, this is a red flag. In a marriage, outside influences of friends and family is huge whether it be positive or negative. After heading off to fake and often melodramatic honeymoon, the couples return not to their homes and normal lives but to apartments designated to them by the producers. This isn't a bad thing in itself and actually makes a lot of sense as the strangers are getting to know each other better. What doesn't make sense is why all the couples suddenly become neighbours, living next door in the same apartment complex and forced to attend endless, tiresome dinner parties. By this point, it's clear the purpose of this show isn't to document the journey of two potential star crossed lovers who've just never met each other yet. It's Channel 4's attempt to create it's own crappy version of Love Island, only a massively slashed budget. However it gets worse.

There's horrible 'commitment ceremonies' where couples are forced to air their dirty laundry infront of each other and receive advice from the self-styled "experts". Many of the cast members love the setup of the show and take as many opportunities as possible to slander their 'spouse' and fellow contestants in true reality TV style. Many of the cast members selected for this show simply put clearly have emotional and physical health issues which in this intense and stressful environment quickly rise to the surface. Bizarrely this behaviour is actually encouraged. Anyone who's quieter and tries to keep their business clean and somewhat discreet is branded a 'control freak', 'fake', and 'emotionally unavailable'. This quite appropriate really, because the whole thing is fake. It's a plastic Love Island without a sexy villa and a slightly old, less attractive cast.

To this day I still suspect parts of this programme are heavily prompted if not lightly scripted. The producers know what their doing, their priorities are to the broadcaster and to views, the cast are basically performing monkeys. Good performers, and not surprising. The experts may appear to do a terrible job at finding matches for the couples (spoiler alert: the matches are designed to be terrible and incompatible), but the contestants are carefully selected and some even have prior experience on reality television. Take April Banbury for example, a star of the most reason series. Prior to her stint on Married at First Sight, she appeared in ITV2's The Cabins in 2020 and Channel 5's The Bachelor where she attempted to seduce Welsh Rugby international Gavin Henson in 2005. It's a ridiculous to suggest that a successful model and Ms. Great Britain winner has been searching for love since 2005 and is still trawling through the dating shows of Britain hoping to get lucky. Banbury could have her pick of any man or woman she wanted and then some. Maybe her 'husband' George was right to an extend to doubt her intentions and sincerity to their relationship. George himself has a garnered a reputation for himself and following his appearance on Married at First Sight has since been arrested for controlling and manipulative treatment of former partners.

For me however the real villains are the producers and the broadcasters who commission this programme.

I get reality television is meant to be entertaining and over dramatic, but I feel Married at First Sight goes too far. In an age where mental health and emotional welfare is a hotter subject than ever, this form of human bear baiting is wrong. Introducing strangers to each other who are obviously incompatible and forcing the development of toxic relationships and a toxic community is clearly distressing for the participants. As a viewer is becomes an uncomfortable watch as it feels we're watching a twisted social experiment with dodgy ethics.

This is the worst episode I have seen on MAFS franchise. It is clearly obvious the show producers are not selecting participants based on the genuine process of finding a suitable mate to fall in love with. When I saw Whitney at the alter & her expressions, it made me wonder why was she picked & why matched with a man who values family. Who doesn't feel the vows are sacred unless you are a nonbeliever. Are we letting agents select the cast members on these reality shows? The models or actors are they in it to claim fame? Single people watch this show in hopes that real love can be found & developed through the matchmakers. Not a circus act publicly displayed.

This would be quite an interesting premise - if people really were marrying for good and all, and you saw them in their real lives. But since the marriages are even flimsier than a registry office 'Ming the Merciless' deal ('until such time as your majesty grows tired of her'), with the participants given the chance to opt out every week, it sadly only brings the institution into further disrepute.

But the biggest problem is that nothing happens. In Love Island the friction of living as a group - duly and judiciously aggravated by the show's producers - generally creates enough incident to keep things moving. In this show they don't actually do *anything*, so the only possibility is to keep nitpicking endlessly over every tiny little issue that disturbs their precious, entitled minds. It soon feels like living in a time loop. Having that bizarre panel of pseudo-experts watching on, nitpicking over the nitpicking, doesn't help - in fact without a voiceover like Iain Stirling's or Rob Beckett's to deflate some of the pomposity, it is hard to stomach.

As has become standard in this type of show, there's a massive double standard. Women can backbite, tell tales, stir it, poke their nose in, confront - that's all fine, in fact great (girl power!) and to criticise it is misogyny. But if the men do the same sort of thing there is an immediate furrowing of brows, followed by a hiss of disapproval, and if they persist - well, again, it's misogyny. Look forward to it becoming a hate crime folks! It's sad and actually a little disturbing to see the men, who mostly seem decent enough young lads, feeling they must invariably roll over and beg for the women who are mostly narcissistic, flaky and immature, and a million miles away from being ready to make a go of marriage.

I have watched married at first sight UK since series 1 were I cried at how beautiful it was now its a joke a total insult on love and marriage its cheating hurting wife swapping that's not marriage.these people are not looking for love they are looking for five minutes of fame marriage is for better for worse.not until someone else husband/wife cathes my eye.and I am bored or I don't like what he/says this is bad beyond belief I'm furious watching my once favourite programe couples in this for all the wrong reasons stirring trouble for couples it just makes me really angry now veiwing it. BAD!

I've never seen such a pathetic excuse of a man on the tv.

Clearly a Mummy's boy and only on the show for his five minutes of fame.

I think the local council cut his hair for him and everything that comes out of his mouth is total tripe.

He can never answer a straight forward question and has to turn everything around to make it all about him.

What he needs to do for everyone's sake is quit the show and put us all out of our misery as he is lower than a snake and if he was to talk to me and my wife how he has spoken to others he would be paying a visit to A&E.

A real poor excuse of a human being and very painful to watch What a joke.

Reality TV shows can be fun to watch, but are the contestants taking part to gain TV exposure or to find a husband/wife? I'm not sure.

The participants do seem to be selected to benefit the show i.e. In the current series there are white couples, a black couple, a mixed race couple, a lesbian couple and even a disabled chap. So clearly selection is being made based on certain criteria, not just the best match. Although there are no age gap couples (>10 year difference).

In the current series the "experts" criticise two of the men (in front of everyone else) for not being attracted to the two overweight women they have been "matched" with.

A study of which physical aspects men and women most favour in a partner, found that for women height is most important and men it is body shape.

Western countries have a problem with obesity, yet this programme is trying to normalise it. Shows like this should be promoting healthy life styles not ridiculing men for a lack of attraction.