With production on Married At First Sight 2025 (MAFS) underway, it was only a matter of time before the cast started leaking to the public.
And, leak they did! Although the MAFS 2025 cast hasn’t officially been released yet, we’ve been blessed with tidbits that have confirmed almost every upcoming Bride and Groom.
Unsurprisingly, a handful of the cast have reality TV pasts, while some of them have dabbled in acting. So, it’s fairly safe to say that we’re going to be in for a juicy season.
Keep reading to see who’s been announced so far and what fans are saying about the Season 12 cast.
Who has been leaked for the MAFS 2025 cast?
MAFS 2025 brides
Ashleigh Ackerman
Ashleigh Ackerman is one of the few upcoming MAFS contestants whose social media has yet to be uncovered. Could she be looking for true love rather than a blue tick on Instagram?!
Jacqueline Burfoot
According to her LinkedIn page, Jacqueline Burfoot is quite the smart cookie. Between the years of 2019 and 2025, she worked as a lawyer and investment analyst.
Awhina Rutene
Daily Mail Australia confirmed Awhina Rutene as another MAFS 2025 cast member and reported that she is expected to be a breakout star.
A source told the Instagram account MAFS Uncensored that Awhina is “a mum who loves to cook and bake and host her own dinner parties, enjoys nights out and doing make-up”.
Follow Awhina on Instagram here.
Katie Johnson
MAFS 2025 bride Katie Johnson is the CEO of a company called EATS HQ, according to Daily Mail Australia. Back in 2021, Katie made headlines for her random act of kindness.
Carina Mirabile
Daily Mail Australia has confirmed that Perth influencer Carina Mirabile will be one of the MAFS 2025 Brides.
In addition to being a content creator, Carina is also an actor who has appeared in a few TV commercials and a feature film called Titan.
According to Carina’s Now Actors profile, she’s completed a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism and has lived and studied in the United States and London.
Follow Carina on Instagram here.
Jamie Marinos
Account manager Jamie Marinos is another MAFS 2025 bride.
Pics published by Daily Mail Australia show Jamie tying the knot with Dave Hand. The pair got married at Sydney’s Carriageworks, the same place Tahnee Cook and Ollie Skelton and Brent Vitiello and Tamara Djordjevic all had their MAFS weddings.
Follow Jamie on Instagram here.
Lauren Hall
Lauren Hall is the CEO of Mayfair Lane Gifts and has a rather interesting connection to MAFS 2024.
She’s the ex-girlfriend of controversial groom Jonathan McCullough, as per Daily Mail Australia. The couple dated for three months and split in January 2022.
Follow Lauren on Instagram here.
Morena Farina
Morena Farina is a wedding MC. She also works as a a DJ, is in her mid-40s and is a mum. An insider told Chattr that she will be the oldest bride on MAFS 2025.
Follow Morena on Instagram here.
Sierah Swepstone
Sierah Swepstone was announced as a bride by Daily Mail Australia in late July after she was spotted on set and filming her backstory in Melbourne.
Sierah was a contestant of Jimmy Nicholson‘s season of The Bachelor in 2021. He wound up choosing Holly Kingston for his final rose. (The pair are now married with a baby.)
Follow Sierah on Instagram here.
Rhi Disljenkovic
Melbourne-based fitness blogger Rhi Disljenkovic was the first MAFS 2025 cast member bride to be revealed by Daily Mail Australia.
Rhi is a fitness enthusiast who runs a wellness Instagram page called Train In Au with her friend Shayna.
Follow Rhi on Instagram here.
MAFS 2025 grooms
Tony Mojanovski
There’s not too much information floating around 52 year old Tony Mojanovski just yet. However, from his Instagram we know that he’s from Wollongong and he really loves fishing (like, REALLY loves it).
Follow Tony on Instagram here.
Adrian Araouzou
Daily Mail Australia confirmed Adrian Araouzou as one of the MAFS 2025 grooms. An insider told the publication that he is tipped to be one of the standout cast members this season.
Follow Adrian on Instagram here.
Ryan Donnelly
Ryan Donnelly has been confirmed by Daily Mail Australia as another MAFS 2025 groom.
The publication reported that he’s an actor, and a photo on his now-deactivated Star Now account shows him wearing a police uniform for a role on a TV series.
A friend of the groom described him to the publication as a “super nice guy” who is “tired of all the dating apps”.
Follow Ryan on Instagram here.
Eliot Donovan
Eliot Donovan has been revealed by Daily Mail Australia as an MAFS 2025 groom.
Turns out he has reality TV connections to Beauty and the Geek‘s Troy Thompson, The Bachelor‘s Kiki Morris and Australia’s Next Top Model‘s Simone Holtznagel, as they’re all following him on Instagram.
Follow Eliot on Instagram here.
Billy Belcher
Daily Mail Australia spotted Billy Belcher on the MAFS 2025 set in July.
The publication revealed that Billy is 31, from England, a plasterer and was added to the MAFS bucks party at the last minute to make the whole experiment a bit more exciting.
Follow Billy on Instagram here.
Jake Luik
Jake Luik works as a wellbeing coordinator for Year 9 students at Southern River College, a public high school in Gosnells, Western Australia. He was papped at his TV wedding by Daily Mail Australia.
Jeff Gobbels
MAFS 2025 groom Jeff Gobbels found himself in a very peculiar situation when he released he already knew his TV bride, Rhi Disljenkovic.
Daily Mail Australia shared footage of Jeff recognising his bride as she walked towards him.
“Hi Rhi,” he said to her, before adding: “What the hell?”
Follow Jeff on Instagram here.
Dave Thomas Hand
Dave Hand has a substantial social media presence with almost 30,000 followers on TikTok.
He has a lot of tatts and has already been spotted with his new MAFS bride in sneaky pap shots from their wedding.
Follow Dave on Instagram here.
Paul Antoine
Paul Antoine was the very first MAFS Season 12 groom to be announced by Daily Mail Australia. And guess what? It turns out he’s already been on reality TV before.
Just two years ago, Paul was one of 21 contestants who tried to find love on Channel Ten’s The Real Love Boat Australia.
Follow Paul on Instagram here.
We feel like we already know this bunch!
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