After a disastrous first week on Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025, Katie Johnston and her TV hubby, Tim Gromie, decided to leave the experiment, and neither showed any signs of returning.
Tim and Katie’s relationship was a catastrophe from the very beginning. At the wedding, Tim told a producer that Katie wasn’t his type and that he was hoping for someone “short, petite and blonde or brunette”. On the first night of their honeymoon, Tim admitted to Katie that he didn’t feel a spark, and the pair slept in separate beds.
The pair officially ended their relationship at the first Commitment Ceremony when they wrote leave on their decision cards. But could Katie return to the experiment with someone else?
In previous years, some participants who failed to find love within their first matchup returned to the experiment and were rematched by the experts. For example, MAFS 2024 groom Simon Flocco left the show before walking down the aisle to Michael Felix. Mike was rematched with WA hairdresser Stephen Stewart, and the two re-entered as intruders.
So, will Katie be given the same option? We investigate.
Will Katie re-enter MAFS as an intruder?
It’s already been confirmed that MAFS 2025 participants Lauren Hall and Eliot Donovan will return as intruders and marry new partners after their original coupling didn’t work.
Katie’s troublesome relationship with Tim played out for the entire first week of MAFS 2025, and thousands of fans around Australia—as well as MAFS 2024 bride Lucinda Light—rallied for her. However, despite the support, it doesn’t sound like she’ll be returning to the experiment.
Ali Daher, who’s the senior showbiz reporter for Daily Mail Australia and, more often than not, has inside info on the MAFS contestants, was asked if Katie will return during an interview on A Bit Rogue podcast.
“No,” Ali confirmed. “Lauren comes back, though.”
Will Katie return for the experiment next year?
While it doesn’t sound like she will be donning a white dress again for MAFS 2025, there are already whispers of Katie returning next season.
It won’t be the first time it’s happened, either. Elizabeth Sobinoff first appeared on MAFS 2019 where she was matched with Sam Ball.
Much like Tim and Katie’s relationship, the couple’s union quickly went down in flames. Elizabeth returned for MAFS 2020 and ‘married’ Sebastian Guilhaus, and while they continued to date after the show, they broke up after 14 months.
During Ali’s interview on A Bit Rogue, he laughed that they should “spread a rumour that Katie’s coming back next year”.
And it seems that the plan is already in action. Instagram account MAFS Funny shared a photo of a truck with a huge sign reading “Bring back Katie in 2025”, accompanied by a photo of the bride in her wedding dress.
Fans beg for her return
Although MAFS 2025 has already finished filming, that hasn’t stopped fans from campaigning for Katie’s return.
“Katie needs to be matched to someone else. Get rid of dipstick and match her to someone else. She deserves better!” One person wrote on Instagram.
“She was such a beautiful radiant light! She deserves someone who can match her,” another fan commented.
Whether Katie returns to find love on reality TV or she finds it in real life, we hope she continues to love herself for the beautiful woman she is.
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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