The hotly anticipated new season of MAFS Australia is finally premiering tonight. To ensure that you don’t miss a second of the drama, we’ve popped together a guide on how to watch it and what to expect.

Married at First Sight Australia will air at 7:30 pm on Channel 9 on free-to-air TV. The first episode is two hours long, and will be uploaded to streaming platform 9Now once is has finished airing in Sydney, which will be 9:30 pm in NSW, VIC, and TAS, 8:30 pm in QLD and SA, 8 pm in NT and 6:30 pm in WA.

There will be 20 brides and grooms getting married in the experiment, which intruders expected to enter later in the season. The original brides and grooms exchanging vows are:

  • Caitlin McConville, Brisbane, makeup artist
  • Shannon Adams, Melbourne, personal trainer
  • Melissa Shephard, Sydney, hairdresser
  • Joshua White, Sydney, marketing manager
  • Melinda Willis, Brisbane, beautician
  • Layton Mills, Sydney, pharmaceutical company founder
  • Dan Hunjas, Gold Coast, marketing agency owner
  • Sandy Jawanda, Melbourne, dental therapist
  • Adam Seed, Sydney, hoist installer and estate manager
  • Janelle Han, Perth, TikTok sensation and make-up artist
  • Alyssa Barmonde, Sydney, baker
  • Harrison Boon, Sydney, construction manager and topless waiter
  • Tahnee Cook, Sydney, influencer
  • Oliver Skelton, Perth, voiceover artist
  • Bronte Schofield, Perth, influencer
  • Claire Nomarhas, Melbourne, childcare worker
  • Lyndall Grace, Perth, singer
  • Cameron Woods, Sydney, carptenter
  • Duncan James, Sydney, regional director
  • Jesse Burford, perth, marriage celebrant

You can check out their full bios here.

The show’s executive producer Tara McWilliams has told viewers that they can expect some controversial characters this season.

“I don’t think anyone is a villain. They’re not characters out of a storybook, they’re real people that sometimes behave poorly,” she told Daily Mail Australia.

She added, “It doesn’t make them bad people. I think you can put the best meeting on a show like this, and the intensity of the experience makes people behave in a way that even surprises them.”

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“I think season 10 will see some controversial people – absolutely.”

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