Yesterday MAFS addicts got their first solid leak about the upcoming season – an influencer with 150,000 followers, Melinda Willis, was revealed as one of the brides-to-be.
Now, the identity of another 2023 MAFS bride has been revealed, and perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s another social media influencer.
After Daily Mail posted pap pics of the upcoming participants, the same publication identified one of the women as Tahnee Cook. The 27-year-old has over 45,000 followers across her social media channels and runs The Like Us Girls podcast.
A friend of Tahnee’s told the publication, “I’m not surprised to see her join MAFS. I went to school with her and she has been trying to become an influencer for a while. She also has her own podcast.”
The friend added, “She used to be a massive One Direction fan. She’s funny.”
“I can’t wait to watch her on tele, she will definitely give Domenica Calarco a run for her money.”
Tahnee already has a number of sponsorships on her resume and has collabed with huge names like Bondi Sands, Sally Hanson Australia, Showpo, Mermade Hair and Rimmel London Australia in the past.
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Tahnee will be joining fellow influencer Melina Willis as a bride on the popular Australian reality show.
Sources told Daily Mail that Melinda has been considering signing up to MAFS for years, so being officially cast is “a dream come true”.
Melinda is followed by past cast members KC Osborne (season six), Jules Robinson (season six), Joshua Pihlak (season seven) and Jason Engler (season seven).
Many MAFS fans aren’t pleased that the only two participants that have been revealed for season ten are both social media personalities.
“I want to see Sharon, the sparky apprentice or Eric the machine operator. We don’t need people fame hunting,” wrote one fan on Reddit. Another penned, “This. I have 0 interest in watching influencers who are going to give even more of a staged performance.”
Filming of season ten of MAFS reportedly began in June this year and is slated to premiere in early 2023.
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