The first four matches of the 2025 Married at First Sight experiment have set off and dived headfirst into their honeymoon experience. While CARINA and PAUL’s romance continues to blossom on the beautiful island of Vanuatu, newlyweds JAMIE & DAVE have arrived at Daydream Island, where disaster hits when JAMIE’s fake tan leaks through her suitcase, causing chaos.
Across the Pacific on Queensland’s K’Gari Island, LAUREN & ELIOT are waking up to the first day of their Honeymoon. LAUREN is keen to get to know her husband and is hopeful he’s woken up in a better mood, open to learning more about one another. But after asking ELIOT what he’s hoping to learn from the Experts, she discovers ELIOT’s stubborn ways, saying he could teach the Experts a lesson or two.
Over in Tasmania, KATIE & TIM have finally arrived at their honeymoon, after TIM left KATIE feeling blindsided the morning after their wedding. TIM’S lack of spark and attraction to KATIE is apparent, but despite a difficult journey leading up to the honeymoon, KATIE remains hopeful that a spark with TIM can grow.
It’s now time to meet one of the most lovable grooms on this year’s experiment, 31-year-old BILLY from Perth, who is a certified mumma’s boy and family man. BILLY is matched with 31-year-old SIERAH, who is a financial planner from Melbourne. Stemming from a tumultuous upbringing, SIERAH struggles to be open and vulnerable with romantic partners, using humour as a defence mechanism to push people away. SIERAH wants to use the experiment to help break the cycle and find the love of her life.
Our next bride to be is AWHINA, who is a single mum and twin from Perth. Having been in a long term relationship with her son’s father for the last 15 years, a newly single AWHINA is ready to be in a relationship that challenges her and helps her grow. AWHINA is matched with 31-year-old ADRIAN who is also a twin and business owner residing in Sydney. ADRIAN, confident and certain of himself, having done a lot of self-improvement over the last few years, hopes to find a bride that he can share the rest of his life with.
At AWHINA and ADRIAN’S wedding ceremony, the energy is high when it’s discovered that the bride and groom are both twins! AWHINA is absolutely besotted with her groom, declaring that he’s too hot for her, avoiding eye contact with him during her vows. ADRIAN’s vows impress AWHINA but then reveals that he has a 6-month-old… Aussie shepherd… and tells AWHINA not to worry, he doesn’t have kids. AWHINA is immediately thrown, and nervous to tell ADRIAN about her 6-year-old son.
At SIERAH and BILLY’S wedding, a nervous SIERAH is immediately put at ease once meeting her groom at the end of the aisle. After some adorable banter, sparks fly between the two, as they connect over their vows and align hopes to find a best friend in a partner. After a wonderful ceremony, SIERAH and BILLY sit down with friends and family at reception where the couple continue to get along.
Meanwhile, at AWHINA and ADRIAN’S wedding reception, AWHINA’S sister Cleo is caught out when questioned by ADRIAN’S brother about whether AWHINA has kids. Once the newlyweds enter, AWHINA tries to find the right time to reveal to ADRIAN that she is a mum, but is cut off by the beginning of speeches. Her mother and step-father are first up, and accidentally reveal the bombshell that AWHINA is desperate to tell ADRIAN. AWHINA panics and calls an immediate time out, taking ADRIAN outside to address the elephant in the room.
AWHINA apologises for the blindside, and is met with an icy reception from ADRIAN, who reveals that he is unsure how he feels about the fact that she has a child. AWHINA and ADRIAN head back inside and part ways, where AWHINA confides in her friends, ultimately declaring that her son comes first, and that ADRIAN should be worried about whether he’s good enough for her son. After chatting to his sisters, ADRIAN declares that he came in with an open mind and wants to see where things go with AWHINA, because ultimately there is a connection there worth pursuing.
It’s the morning after the weddings, and our two newlyweds are setting off on their honeymoons to Perisher Valley and Fiji. But in Queensland’s K’Gari Island, things go from bad to worse when LAUREN and ELIOT sit down to dinner and ELIOT is eager to get to the bottom of their incompatibility. After a tense meal and misaligned views, the next morning ELIOT comes to an abrupt decision, deciding to leave the honeymoon after two days.
