Married at First Sight (Australian TV series) season 5

The fifth season of Married at First Sight premiered on 29 January 2018 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 11 grooms together, including John Robertson who previously appeared in season 4.^[2][3]

Married at First Sight
Season 5
No. of episodes	32
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	29 January (2018-01-29) – 21 March 2018 (2018-03-21)
Season chronology

Couple profiles

No.	Couple	Age	Home	Occupation	Honeymoon	Final Decision	Status
1	Sarah Roza	38	Melbourne, Victoria	Beauty specialist	Cairns, Queensland	Yes	Separated[4]
	Telv Williams	33	Perth, Western Australia	Machinery technician
2	Tracey Jewel	34	Perth, Western Australia	Marketing consultant	Fiji	No	Separated
	Dean Wells	39	Sydney, New South Wales	Executive creative director
3	Alycia Galbraith	29	Adelaide, South Australia	Student	Fraser Island, Queensland	Broke up before final decision	Separated
	Mathew Lockett	32	Melbourne, Victoria	Plumber
4	Jo McPharlin	39	Adelaide, South Australia	Single mother	Singapore	Broke up before final decision	Separated
	Sean Donnelly	39	Adelaide, South Australia	Pub manager
5	Davina Rankin	26	Brisbane, Queensland	Personal trainer/bikini model	Cook Islands	Broke up before final decision	Separated
	Ryan Gallagher	29	Sydney, New South Wales	Tradesman
6	Charlene Perera	33	Melbourne, Victoria	Brand manager	Tasmania	Yes	Separated[5]
	Patrick Miller	34	Melbourne, Victoria	Operations manager
7	Melissa Walsh	53	Mornington Peninsula, Victoria	Journalist	New Zealand	Yes	Separated[6]
	John Robertson	54	Melbourne, Victoria	Business owner
8	Ashley Irvin	28	Brisbane, Queensland	Flight attendant	Broome, Western Australia	No	Separated
	Troy Delmege	35	Sydney, New South Wales	IT accounts manager
9	Gabrielle Bartlett	44	Sydney, New South Wales	Marketing coordinator/plus-size model	Samoa	Broke up before final decision	Separated
	Nasser Sultan	50	Sydney, New South Wales	Fitness instructor
10	Carly Bowyer	32	Melbourne, Victoria	Marketing manager	Vanuatu	Broke up before final decision	Separated
	Justin Fischer	41	Sydney, New South Wales	Entrepreneur
11	Blair Rachael	31	Sydney, New South Wales	Executive assistant	New Zealand	Broke up before final decision	Separated
	Sean Thomsen[7]	34	Perth, Western Australia	Railway technician

Commitment ceremony history

Episode:	9	13	17	21	25	29/30
Ceremony:	1	2	3	4	5	Final Decision
Sarah	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
Telv	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
Charlene	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
Patrick	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
Melissa	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
John	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
Tracey	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	No
Dean	Leave	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Yes
Ashley	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	No
Troy	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	No
Gabrielle	Stay	Stay	Leave	Stay	Leave	Left
Nasser	Stay	Stay	Stay	Leave	Leave
Carly	Stay	Leave	Stay	Stay	Leave	Left
Justin	Stay	Stay	Stay	Stay	Leave
Blair	Stay	Stay	Stay	Left
Sean	Stay	Stay	Leave
Davina	Stay	Leave	Leave	Left
Ryan	Stay	Stay	Leave
Jo	Stay	Leave	Left
Sean	Leave	Leave
Alycia	Stay	Left
Mathew	Stay
Notes	none	1	none	2, 3	none
Left	none	Alycia & Mathew	Davina & Ryan	Blair & Sean	Carly & Justin	Tracey & Dean
		Jo & Sean			Gabrielle & Nasser	Ashley & Troy

  This couple left the experiment outside of commitment ceremony.

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

• ^1 : Mathew left the experiment on his own. Due to this Alycia also had to leave the experiment.
• ^2 : Sean left the experiment on his own. Due to this Blair also had to leave the experiment.
• ^3 : Melissa was unable to attend the commitment ceremony due to the birth of her granddaughter. She chose to stay via text message.

Controversy

Contestants Dean Wells and Davina Rankin were involved in a cheating scandal that blindsided their respective partners, Tracey Jewel and Ryan Gallagher. Dean and Davina had planned to write "leave" at the commitment ceremony, but instead Dean chose to stay with Tracey and deny any wrongdoing when Davina called out his lies over their affair.^[8] Dean further infuriated fans when during a "boy's night" he led a conversation on wife swapping and asked the other grooms if any of their wives' mothers were attractive.^[9]

Ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Timeslot	Overnight ratings		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers	Ref(s)
				Viewers	Rank	Viewers	Rank
1	Episode 1	29 January 2018	Monday 7:30pm	912,000	7	102,000	5	1,014,000	[10][11]
2	Episode 2	30 January 2018	Tuesday 7:30pm	907,000	5	101,000	4	1,008,000	[12][13]
3	Episode 3	31 January 2018	Wednesday 7:30pm	929,000	4	81,000	2	1,010,000	[14][15]
4	Episode 4	1 February 2018	Thursday 7:30pm	995,000	1	96,000	1	1,091,000	[16][17]
5	Episode 5	4 February 2018	Sunday 7:00pm	835,000	5	102,000	4	937,000	[18][19]
6	Episode 6	5 February 2018	Monday 7:30pm	879,000	6	101,000	4	978,000	[20][21]
7	Episode 7	6 February 2018	Tuesday 7:30pm	899,000	7	130,000	3	1,029,000	[22][23]
8	Episode 8	8 February 2018	Thursday 7:30pm	938,000	1	124,000	1	1,062,000	[24][25]
9	Episode 9	11 February 2018	Sunday 7:00pm	1,163,000	1	76,000	2	1,239,000	[26][27]
10	Episode 10	12 February 2018	Monday 7:30pm	1,158,000	1	89,000	2	1,247,000	[28][29]
11	Episode 11	13 February 2018	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,057,000	1	91,000	2	1,148,000	[30][31]
12	Episode 12	14 February 2018	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,133,000	1	107,000	1	1,240,000	[32][33]
13	Episode 13	18 February 2018	Sunday 7:00pm	1,351,000	1	101,000	1	1,452,000	[34][35]
14	Episode 14	19 February 2018	Monday 7:30pm	1,296,000	1	104,000	1	1,400,000	[36][37]
15	Episode 15	20 February 2018	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,233,000	1	104,000	1	1,337,000	[38][39]
16	Episode 16	21 February 2018	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,341,000	1	132,000	1	1,473,000	[40][41]
17	Episode 17	25 February 2018	Sunday 7:00pm	1,536,000	1	92,000	1	1,628,000	[42][43]
18	Episode 18	26 February 2018	Monday 7:30pm	1,325,000	1	107,000	1	1,432,000	[44][45]
19	Episode 19	27 February 2018	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,253,000	1	102,000	1	1,355,000	[46][47]
20	Episode 20	28 February 2018	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,315,000	1	127,000	1	1,442,000	[48][49]
21	Episode 21	4 March 2018	Sunday 7:30pm	1,535,000	1	108,000	1	1,643,000	[50][51]
22	Episode 22	5 March 2018	Monday 7:30pm	1,271,000	1	98,000	1	1,369,000	[52][53]
23	Episode 23	6 March 2018	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,267,000	1	119,000	1	1,386,000	[54][55]
24	Episode 24	7 March 2018	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,260,000	1	112,000	1	1,372,000	[56][57]
25	Episode 25	11 March 2018	Sunday 7:00pm	1,342,000	1	107,000	1	1,429,000	[58][59]
26	Episode 26	12 March 2018	Monday 7:30pm	1,256,000	1	102,000	1	1,358,000	[60][61]
27	Episode 27	13 March 2018	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,230,000	1	103,000	1	1,333,000	[62][63]
28	Episode 28	14 March 2018	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,188,000	1	132,000	1	1,320,000	[64][65]
29	Final Vows Part 1	18 March 2018	Sunday 7:00pm	1,446,000	1	76,000	1	1,522,000	[66][67]
30	Final Vows Part 2	19 March 2018	Monday 7:30pm	1,525,000	1	78,000	1	1,603,000	[68][69]
31	Reunion Dinner Party	20 March 2018	Tuesday 7:30pm	1,623,000	1	127,000	1	1,750,000	[70][71]
32	Reunion Finale	21 March 2018	Wednesday 7:30pm	1,753,000	1	136,000	1	1,889,000	[72][73]