We’ve nearly done it, everyone! We’ve nearly survived another season of Married At First Sight (MAFS)! Final Vows are just around the corner, meaning our 2025 couples are about to decide whether or not they’ll continue their relationships outside of the experiment.
Somehow, against all odds, we have six couples heading through to Final Vows, despite the fact both Ryan Donnelly and Teejay Halkias opted to leave. But because their partners Jacqui Burfoot and Beth Kelly opted to stay, you know what that means. Everyone’s held hostage for another week.
Now, we know the experiment is throwing one final shocking test at the participants before the Final Vows, which means we can safely assume not every couple will make it to the final dramatic speeches.
Combined Communications Specialist and Body Language Expert Scott Taylor spoke with Chattr about the last commitment ceremony and where he sees our final couples decision heading as Final Vows approaches.
Jacqui and Ryan
Scott isn’t entirely buying that Jacqui wanted to stay to work on things with Ryan, telling Chattr: “Jacqui’s excuse of writing stay to try talk about it was a complete fabrication and in no way does she think Ryan or the relationship was worth fighting for.
“She means some more airtime was worth fighting for, as she just wants to have a chance at a meme-centred Final Vow speech.”
Teejay and Beth
When it comes to our intruder couple, everyone’s a little surprised to see them staying until the bitter end and it’s hard to imagine they’ll even make it to Final Vows after Teejay said he wanted to leave the experiment due to his romantic connection with Beth not growing.
Scott pointed out Teejay’s use of language during the Commitment Ceremony, saying it didn’t hint towards any kind of happy ending with the pair. “When John pressed Teejay he said, ‘we’ve had a connection’ not ‘we have’,” Scott said. “They sat knee-crossed across blocking each other immediately.”
Jamie and Dave
Scott also pointed out Dave’s use of past tense when it came to talking about his relationship with Jamie, after Dave said, “We have had such a good time” not “we are having a good time”.
However, Scott does think Dave is genuine when he’s talked about wanting to improve things. “Dave was legitimate when he said he wanted to work on improving things… that could be as a good friend dynamic, but his non-verbals aligned with his words there.”
Paul and Carina
While the two raved about their homestays, Scott isn’t as convinced that they’re solid and happy, calling Paul and Carina’s couch time “fake overkill”.
“Paul sat separate from Carina [and] just had his hand on her knee, I didn’t see a solid connection there,” Scott told us. “At times Paul was also leaning away from Carina and she was doing the same.”
Adrian and Awhina
While it appears things between Adrian and Awhina are back on track, despite the fact they have no idea how they’ll navigate their relationship long-distance, Scott isn’t buying that Awhina is feeling content.
“Awhina said she didn’t want to put her walls back up [but] what she meant is she wants to avoid conflict,” Scott said. “Adrian said ‘we can sit here comfortable’ but she was anything but. Dipped chin, raised shoulders, withdrawn lips etc.”
Rhi and Jeff
Not everything sucks! Scott believes Rhi and Jeff’s connection is genuine, so thank goodness we can back one couple this year.
“They sat replicating knee cross and head tilt – strong connection,” Scott said. “Good non-verbals and even tone throughout.”
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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