Married at First Sight (Australian TV series) season 7

The seventh season of Married at First Sight premiered on 3 February 2020 on the Nine Network.^[1] Relationship experts John Aiken, Mel Schilling and Trisha Stratford all returned from the previous season to match 11 brides and 9 grooms together.^[2] The show cast their first same-sex couple since marriage equality laws were passed in Australia.^[3] Halfway through the experiment, the experts matched another 2 brides and 2 grooms together, including Elizabeth Sobinoff who previously appeared in season 6.^[4]

Married at First Sight
Season 7
No. of episodes	36
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	3 February (2020-02-03) – 5 April 2020 (2020-04-05)
Season chronology

Couple profiles

No.	Couple	Age	Home	Occupation	Honeymoon	Final Decision	Status
1	Poppy Jennings	38	Wollongong, New South Wales	Photographer	Hunter Valley, New South Wales	Broke up before final decision	Separated
	Luke Eglin	38	Melbourne, Victoria	Maintenance supervisor (FIFO)
2	Cathy Evans	26	Sydney, New South Wales	Logistics investigator	Daylesford, Victoria	Broke up before final decision	Separated
	Josh Pihlak	28	Newcastle, New South Wales	Operator/truck driver
3	Amanda Micallef	34	Melbourne, Victoria	Strength coach	Daydream Island, Whitsundays	Broke up before final decision	Separated
	Tash Herz	31	Adelaide, South Australia	Bartender
4	Natasha Spencer	26	Sydney, New South Wales	Financial analyst	Snowy Mountains, New South Wales	Broke up before final decision	Separated
	Mikey Pembroke	28	Sydney, New South Wales	Operations manager
5	Hayley Vernon	32	Melbourne, Victoria	Finance broker	Singapore	Removed from experiment[5]	Separated
	David Cannon	31	Melbourne, Victoria	Truck driver
6	Vanessa Romito	31	Perth, Western Australia	Pharmacy manager	Hervey Bay, Queensland	Broke up before final decision	Separated
	Chris Nicholls	37	Adelaide, South Australia	Correctional youth worker
7	Connie Crayden	27	Melbourne, Victoria	Student	Broome, Western Australia	No	Separated
	Jonethen Musulin	27	Gold Coast, Queensland	Construction mining (FIFO)
8	Aleks Marković	26	Perth, Western Australia	Real estate agent	Gold Coast, Queensland	Left experiment, but reconciled	Separated[6]
	Ivan Sarakula	30	Sydney, New South Wales	Real estate agent
9	Mishel Meshes	48	Brisbane, Queensland	Teacher	Queenstown, New Zealand	No	Separated
	Steve Burley	52	Melbourne, Victoria	Barber shop owner
10	Stacey Hampton	25	Adelaide, South Australia	Law graduate	Fiji	Yes	Separated
	Michael Goonan	28	Adelaide, South Australia	Company director
11	Elizabeth Sobinoff	28	Newcastle, New South Wales	Store manager	Port Macquarie, New South Wales	Yes	Separated[7]
	Sebastian Guilhaus	31	Adelaide, South Australia	Personal trainer
12	KC Osborne	31	Cronulla, New South Wales	Professional dancer	Terrigal, New South Wales	Yes	Separated[8]
	Drew Brauer	31	Cairns, Queensland	Musician/charity founder

Commitment ceremony history

Episode:	9	13	17	21	25	28	33/34
Ceremony:	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final Decision
Stacey	Stay	Stay	Leave	Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
Michael	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
Elizabeth	Not in Experiment			Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
Sebastian				Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
KC	Not in Experiment			Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
Drew				Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
Mishel	Stay	Leave	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	No
Steve	Stay	Stay	Stay	Leave	Stay	Stay	Yes
Connie	Stay	Stay	Leave	Stay	Stay	Stay	No
Jonethen	Stay	Stay	Stay	Leave	Leave	Leave	No
Cathy	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Leave	Left
Josh	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Leave
Aleksandra	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Left
Ivan	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay
Hayley	Stay	Stay	Stay	Removed
David	Stay	Stay	Leave
Natasha	Stay	Stay	Leave	Left
Mikey	Stay	Leave	Leave
Vanessa	Stay	Stay	Left
Chris	Stay	Stay
Amanda	Stay	Leave	Left
Tash	Stay	Leave
Poppy	Stay	Left
Luke	Stay
Notes	none	1	2, 3	4	5	none
Removed	none		Hayley & David	none
Left	none	Poppy & Luke	Vanessa & Chris	none	Aleksandra & Ivan	none	Connie & Jonethen
		Amanda & Tash	Natasha & Mikey		Cathy & Josh		Mishel & Steve

  This couple left the experiment outside of commitment ceremony.

  This couple elected to leave the experiment during the commitment ceremony.

  This couple was removed from the experiment by the experts.

• ^1 : Poppy left the experiment on her own. Due to this, Luke also had to leave the experiment.
• ^2 : Chris left the experiment on his own. Due to this, Vanessa also had to leave the experiment.
• ^3 : The experts decided to remove Hayley and David from the experiment after Hayley revealed she wrote 'stay' to keep David in the experiment as revenge.
• ^4 : Two new couples were introduced into the experiment.
• ^5 : Aleksandra and Ivan left the experiment together before the commitment ceremony.

Controversy

Having discovered that his partner had cheated on him with another groom, David Cannon used wife Hayley Vernon's toothbrush to clean their toilet. The incident caused production to be shut down for a short time while producers dealt with both scandals.^[9] At the following commitment ceremony, the experts decided to remove Hayley and David from the experiment due to their toxic behaviour towards each other.^[10]

Ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Timeslot	Overnight ratings		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers	Ref(s)
				Viewers	Rank	Viewers	Rank
1	Episode 1	3 February 2020	Monday 7:30pm	1,154,000	1	139,000	1	1,293,000	[11][12]
2	Episode 2	4 February 2020	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,067,000	1	124,000	1	1,191,000	[13][14]
3	Episode 3	5 February 2020	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,014,000	1	144,000	1	1,158,000	[15][16]
4	Episode 4	6 February 2020	Thursday 7:30pm	992,000	2	174,000	1	1,166,000	[17][18]
5	Episode 5	9 February 2020	Sunday 7:00pm	1,091,000	1	103,000	1	1,194,000	[19][20]
6	Episode 6	10 February 2020	Monday 7:30pm	1,140,000	1	102,000	1	1,242,000	[21][22]
7	Episode 7	11 February 2020	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,109,000	1	132,000	1	1,241,000	[23][24]
8	Episode 8	12 February 2020	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,178,000	1	152,000	1	1,330,000	[25][26]
9	Episode 9	16 February 2020	Sunday 7:00pm	1,103,000	1	120,000	1	1,223,000	[27][28]
10	Episode 10	17 February 2020	Monday 7:30pm	1,091,000	1	136,000	1	1,227,000	[29][30]
11	Episode 11	18 February 2020	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,005,000	1	112,000	1	1,117,000	[31][32]
12	Episode 12	19 February 2020	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,058,000	1	147,000	1	1,205,000	[33][34]
13	Episode 13	23 February 2020	Sunday 7:00pm	1,200,000	1	104,000	1	1,304,000	[35][36]
14	Episode 14	24 February 2020	Monday 7:30pm	1,027,000	1	116,000	1	1,143,000	[37][38]
15	Episode 15	25 February 2020	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,020,000	1	135,000	1	1,155,000	[39][40]
16	Episode 16	26 February 2020	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,128,000	1	175,000	1	1,303,000	[41][42]
17	Episode 17	1 March 2020	Sunday 7:00pm	1,184,000	1	106,000	1	1,290,000	[43][44]
18	Episode 18	2 March 2020	Monday 7:30pm	1,087,000	1	113,000	1	1,200,000	[45][46]
19	Episode 19	3 March 2020	Tuesday 7:30pm	987,000	1	112,000	1	1,099,000	[47][48]
20	Episode 20	4 March 2020	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,100,000	1	136,000	1	1,236,000	[49][50]
21	Episode 21	8 March 2020	Sunday 7:00pm	976,000	1	110,000	1	1,086,000	[51][52]
22	Episode 22	9 March 2020	Monday 7:30pm	1,030,000	1	102,000	1	1,132,000	[53][54]
23	Episode 23	10 March 2020	Tuesday 7:30pm	950,000	2	112,000	1	1,062,000	[55][56]
24	Episode 24	11 March 2020	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,047,000	1	137,000	1	1,177,000	[57][58]
25	Episode 25	15 March 2020	Sunday 7:00pm	1,115,000	1	93,000	1	1,208,000	[59][60]
26	Episode 26	16 March 2020	Monday 7:30pm	1,046,000	4	94,000	1	1,140,000	[61][62]
27	Episode 27	17 March 2020	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,070,000	2	92,000	1	1,162,000	[63][64]
28	Episode 28	18 March 2020	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,077,000	2	104,000	1	1,181,000	[65][66]
29	Episode 29	22 March 2020	Sunday 7:00pm	1,154,000	3	73,000	3	1,227,000	[67][68]
30	Episode 30	23 March 2020	Monday 7:30pm	1,124,000	5	88,000	2	1,212,000	[69][70]
31	Episode 31	24 March 2020	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,075,000	5	67,000	4	1,142,000	[71][72]
32	Episode 32	25 March 2020	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,206,000	5	107,000	1	1,313,000	[73][74]
33	Final Vows Part 1	29 March 2020	Sunday 7:00pm	1,161,000	3	63,000	3	1,224,000	[75][76]
34	Final Vows Part 2	30 March 2020	Monday 7:30pm	1,122,000	5	54,000	5	1,176,000	[77][78]
35	Reunion Dinner Party	31 March 2020	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,317,000	1	115,000	1	1,432,000	[79][80]
36	Reunion Finale	5 April 2020	Sunday 7:00pm	1,478,000	1	76,000	1	1,554,000	[81][82]