Bored in isolation? Here’s how to make the perfect Married At First Sight audition tape – as we reveal the three personality types most likely to be cast
As coronavirus continues to spread across Australia, millions of singletons are self-isolating at home with little to do.
So what better time to apply for next year’s season of Married At First Sight?
Here, Daily Mail Australia reveals how to maximise your chances of getting cast – as well as the three character ‘types’ producers are looking for.
Blonde bombshells, potential cheaters and more: The five personality types Married At First Sight producers look for in cast members’ audition tapes. Pictured left, Stacey Hampton. Pictured right, Jessika Power
The villain
As the old saying goes, ‘nice guys finish last’.
One way to boost you chances is by emphasising your divisive or antagonistic nature, because producers always love a villain.
Michael Goonan, the self-proclaimed ‘pot stirrer’ of this year’s season, has gone on the record as saying he portrayed himself as a bad boy during the auditions.
Here for the wrong reasons? Self-proclaimed pot-stirrer Michael Goonan revealed in February he was ready from the start to bring some drama at dinner parties
The Fool
There’s nothing more appealing to producers than hearing a would-be bride or groom say: ‘I’ve never watched the show before.’
Participants who aren’t familiar with the show and don’t know its behind-the-scenes trickery are more likely to deliver better content.
Their reactions will be totally genuine and their lack of cynicism makes them more likely to embrace the process.
But it doesn’t always work out. David Cannon never watched MAFS before being cast and his marriage to Hayley Vernon was a disaster.
‘I didn’t watch the show before I went on… I wish I had of, that’s for sure’: David Cannon revealed if he’d seen MAFS before he would have never applied to go on the ‘experiment’
The mother hen
Another producers’ favourite is the ‘mother hen’ – a female voice of reason amid the chaos of the social experiment.
These women tend to be more mature than the other brides and their helpful when it comes to ‘narrating’ scenes objectively in piece-to-camera interviews.
Good examples of mother hens include Jules Robinson or Mishel Karen.
The mother hen: Like Jules Robinson or Mishel Karen (pictured), the more mature personality doesn’t running head first into the drink-throwing drama, but also doesn’t shy away.
The Alpha Male
Men who claim to have ‘traditional values’ immediately pique the interest of MAFS producers – just look at season five star Dean Wells
Dean said in his audition that he wanted a ‘girly girl’ who knows that ‘he’s the man’.
These comments were played over and over in trailers, sparking a national debate and generating acres of free publicity of the show.
The alpha male: Dean Wells (pictured left) said in his audition tape that he wanted a ‘girly girl’ who knows that ‘he’s the man’ and that he’s the one in charge. Pictured with Tracey Jewel