Married At First Sight fans have demanded that Channel Nine make significant changes to the reality TV show for season 2021.
In a discussion started on Facebook, several disgruntled viewers said they were sick of seeing ‘plastic Barbie dolls’ only going on the show for fame, and wanted producers to cast genuine people looking for real love.
‘Real people… like everyday normal folk. None of these Botox silicone Barbie dolls,’ one fan wrote, while another raged ‘I’m so over the expanded lip brigade.’
They are not happy! Fans have threatened to boycott Married At First Sight until Channel Nine make significant changes to the social experiment (Hayley Vernon pictured)
‘I want real people, like when then they first started MAFS. Not attention seeking wannabe social media influencers!’ one added.
‘I have nothing against Botox, fillers and boob jobs… all I’m asking for is that they are real people who are there with the right intentions – which is finding love – not followers on IG!’
‘Real people… like everyday normal folk. None of these Botox silicone Barbie dolls’: Fans have demanded the show cast every day, genuine people looking for real love (Michael Goonan and Stacey Hampton pictured)
‘I have nothing against Botox, fillers and boob jobs… all I’m asking for is that they are real people who are there with the right intentions – which is finding love – not followers on IG!’: one fan wrote
Meanwhile, other fans said they wanted to see a more culturally diverse cast.
‘I like the cultural mix. I said they should have a w** version. It’s classic! i.e Amanda, Ivan, Aleks, Mishel,’ one suggested.
Another added: ‘I want to see Aboriginal and African, Asian (Eastern and Indian)… I want a massive gorgeous melting pot of awesomeness.’
Culturally diverse: Meanwhile, other fans said they wanted to see a more culturally diverse cast, including one who wrote: ‘I like the cultural mix, I said they should have a w** version! Its classic i.e. Amanda, Ivan, Aleks, Mishel’ (Ivan Sarakula and Aleks Markovic pictured)
Cultural melting pot: ‘I want to see Aboriginal and African, Asian (Eastern and Indian)… I want a massive gorgeous melting pot of awesomeness,’ one added
Viewers also insisted that couples come from the same state, so they would have a better chance at staying together.
‘I want to see couples who live in the same state and couples who actually stand a chance of being compatible,’ one suggested.
‘More people matched that live closer to the other, most live in different states,’ another added.
Better chances: Viewers demanded that the couples come from the same state, so they would have a better chance at staying together. (PicturedL Steve Burley from Melbourne and Mishel Karen from Brisbane)
‘I want to see couples who live in the same state and couples who actually stand a chance of being compatible,’ one suggested
There were also calls for producers to cast fewer couples on the show, so more of their love stories could be show.
‘Less couples and I’d like to see the experts genuine trying to match people,’ they wrote.
‘They need less couples so we can see more of what’s happening rather than the highly edited versions,’ another said.
Many suggested that Channel Nine follows the New Zealand version of the social experiment, and let ‘the experts step in when there are issues’.
Experts? There were some viewers who suggested that Channel Nine follows the New Zealand version of the show and let ‘the experts step in when there are issues’ while one suggested to ‘remove the “experts” altogether
‘I want it to go back to the way the first season was!’ Meanwhile, die hard fans demanded producers revert back to its season one format
Meanwhile, die hard fans demanded producers revert back to its season one format.
‘Want it like the very first season was,’ a fan moaned.
‘I want it to go back to the way the first one was, where they live in each other’s house and there’s no dinner parties getting plied with booze.
‘Just like real life. Was the best season ever!
Married At First Sight continues Sunday at 7pm on Channel Nine
‘The best season ever!’ I want it to go back to the way the first one was, where they live in each other’s house and there’s no dinner parties getting plied with booze. (season one couple Zoe Hendrix and Alex Garner)