Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 very quickly rips the hope away from its viewers every year, with plenty of couples exiting the experiment as quickly as they entered it. By the time we get to final vows, it can honestly be hard to remember who left MAFS and when — especially if they didn’t make a lasting impression like, say, Collins Christian of MAFS 2024.
MAFS Season 12 is well and truly underway for 2025, and couples are dropping like flies. We’d heard whispers of a mass exodus and a scramble from producers to replace their fallen, but I don’t think anything quite prepared us for how many of the MAFS cast would lack second chances and common decency.
Keep reading for everyone who has left MAFS 2025 so far.
Jake and Ash make a shock exit after the first Commitment Ceremony
Although Jake Luik and Ashleigh Ackerman started their MAFS 2025 journey as a match with plenty of banter and potential, things definitely soured during the Photo Ranking task. After Jake made derogatory statements about other brides, not to mention the controversial comment, “I’m not racist or nothing; I like Caucasians mainly,” and Ash then relaying this information to fellow MAFS bride Sierah Swepstone, things were rocky, to say the least at the Commitment Ceremony.
It came as no surprise when Jake wrote “Leave”, but since Ash wrote “Stay”, imploring Jake to try harder with their relationship and work through issues, the couple remained in the experiment. However, it seemed the drama was the final straw for Jake, who packed his bags and left the following day. Ash followed suit, and we saw another relationship bite the dust.
Tim and Katie leave at the very first Commitment Ceremony
Tim Gromie and Katie Johnson were a car crash from the get-go. While it seemed like a perfect match, Tim told producers on his MAFS wedding day that Katie wasn’t his usual type and that he wanted to leave the experiment.
Things only got worse for the pair on their MAFS 2025 honeymoon when Tim told Katie that he didn’t feel a spark. At the following dinner party, Tim convinced Katie that she wasn’t making any effort in their marriage, and all hell broke loose from fellow participant Jamie Marinos.
At the very first Commitment Ceremony, Tim dramatically showed up after not even moving into the Skye Suites apartments with Katie. The pair both wrote leave and left MAFS 2025 for good, with fans begging for Katie’s return to MAFS ever since.
Lauren and Eliot left MAFS before the first dinner party
Eliot Donovan continuously threatened to leave MAFS 2025 if he didn’t see the relationship going anywhere. I don’t know if this is some Jedi mind trick to make us feel proud of him for sticking to his word; however, it’s true that he did exactly that.
After initially feeling happy with his match, Lauren Hall, at their wedding, things quickly turned for the pair when he got up and left on their honeymoon. He blames non-negotiables that he couldn’t see past, like Lauren only wanting one child and Eliot wanting several.
Lauren attended the first dinner party with a question mark over whether her MAFS groom would attend. However, by the end of the night, he was nowhere to be seen, and Lauren said her goodbyes to the group as she left MAFS 2025.
Thanks to literally every piece of drama leaking before the show even bloody airs, we now know that both Lauren and Eliot will return with new partners later in the season, at the same time that the MAFS intruders do.
Chantelle Schmidt is a freelance writer. You can read her MAFS recaps on Substack.
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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