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We're calling it: The Married at First Sight couples that will and won't make it this season.

 

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10 couples have been married off and goodness, there are so many couples to keep track of.

While the experts have done their bit, now it’s time to wait and see which couples will prevail and which will descend into wine-throwing, fruit bowl breaking madness.

Based on a very strenuous and exhaustive investigation into the facts and rumours doing the rounds, we think we have a pretty good idea of who’s still together and which couples have since fizzled.

Consider this our gift to you.

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Tash and Amanda (NOT TOGETHER)

Look… Amanda has confirmed the experts got it wrong with this pairing.

Speaking to NW magazine, both brides were ready and eager to slam each other.

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“We are so incompatible and have really different values – her family is European, traditional and old-fashioned. I’m quite open-minded and progressive with gender,” said Adelaide bartender, Tash.

“We have a different sense of humour. I’m quite quirky and edgy, and I’ll say things, then she doesn’t know what to do with me. She’s got a dad sense of humour and it’s dorky. Amanda can be very controlling too.”

 

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Amanda’s words for her bride were a little… harsher.

“As soon as the cameras stop rolling, Tash doesn’t want to hang out with me,” she said.

“She doesn’t even want to watch a movie together – nothing! I can’t help thinking, ‘This is f**ked!'”

Look, after this interview, we’re about 98% sure they aren’t together – the other two per cent is us wondering if this is a really convincing attempt by Channel Nine to throw us off the scent.

Aleks and Ivan (TOGETHER, against all odds)

It’s one of the weirder pairings to come out of this season, but we think they have the desire and determination to make it through this trial by fire. After all, stranger things have happened.

Despite Ivan’s fiery personality, Aleks is more than capable of reigning him in. While they were on testy terms after last night’s dinner party, their recent interviews suggest there’s still a spark in their relationship.

During a chat with Nova’s Fitzy and Wippa, the hosts said they arrived to their interview holding hands. Ivan even called her ‘babe’ beforehand. In a later interview with Newcastle Triple M, host Tanya Wilks guessed they’re still an item, with Aleks’ response confirming her suspicions.

“Even though we have you on two separate phone lines, you must be in front of each other because we just got an echo on your phone Aleks which tells us that you two are still together!” she said.

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“Yeah, we’re ok. We take the piss out of each other and that’s what our relationship’s all about. I think if you don’t have humour in life, you’re not going to get very far,” replied Aleks.

 

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Hayley and David (NOT TOGETHER)

Done. Finito. Kaput.

After a tragic honeymoon which turned into an even dicier dinner party, the pair are not in a good place. Immediately after moving into a separate hotel room during their honeymoon, David had some harsh words for his bride.

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“I’ve had enough. They’ve matched me with a smoking … tall woman that is inconsiderate and rude and I have put up with it for a few days trying to make the most of this bloody experience,” he said in an exclusive video for New Idea.

“I wouldn’t buy the girl a drink at the bar, let alone marry her.”

 

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However, it looks like their relationship will improve (slightly) before things completely deteriorate.

Speaking to Kyle and Jackie O on KIIS FM, Hayley said “Our relationship gets to a good point in the next week or so (of episodes).”

She even admitted they consummated their marriage.

But things don’t stay that way.

“I have a ripper of a week and then sh*t just goes down like the Titanic,” she continued. “It goes south like no tomorrow.”

Further proof that things don’t work out, Hayley has since been photographed kissing fellow MAFS bride Poppy on a night out.

Also, two words: pooey toothbrush. The couple confirmed that David did indeed use Hayley’s toothbrush to clean up a bit of excrement in their toilet bowl and no relationship can rebound from that.

Stacey and Michael (NOT TOGETHER, surely)

They were on shaky ground from the moment they got married.

Initially, Stacey wasn’t interested in her groom, Michael, but things quickly changed when the mum-of-two found out Michael was rich an entrepreneur. While Stacey blamed producers for orchestrating this moment, Michael seems to be less convinced.

“No one in reception had a phone so I felt it very bizarre my friend just happened to have one,” she told Nova’s Fitzy and Wippa. “That was very weird.”

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“I think at the end of the day, they’re making a TV show but the wedding was that awkward. It was a rocky start,” said Michael in a separate interview. Rather tellingly, might we add.

 

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The final nail in the coffin: on February 13, the law graduate pretty much confirmed her relationship was over.

When @shitadelaide shared a post featuring people sharing their Valentine’s Day plans, one respondent wrote, “sitting in my room alone listening to music, eating chocolates and crying” to which Stacey tagged her friend and commented “same”.

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A fan wrote back, “I’m guessing the marriage didn’t work out then,” to which Stacey replied with a sad face emoji.

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Our condolences to the couple and the Channel Nine publicity team.

Mishel and Steve (TOGETHER)

Ignoring the fact that Mishel nearly walked out of their wedding after finding out Steve had previously cheated on a partner, it would appear they're still together.

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"I caught up with Mishel yesterday in Sydney. We had a beautiful dinner together," he said in a video with the Daily Mail.

"I bought her dinner, of course, that's the right thing to do. It's going very well, we speak all the time on a regular basis."

 

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While they live in different states - Steve is based in Melbourne while Mishel lives in Brisbane - the barber even hinted they have discussed moving in together.

"Obviously that's planned, to sort some stuff out there but we'll see how we go."

Vanessa and Chris (TOGETHER, maybe)

Despite getting NO screen time during last night's dinner party (criminal) we think the pair are still together... maybe. Mainly because we can't find any evidence against this.

However, the Daily Mail isn't so sure. The publication posits that the couple got married on September 10 but Chris shared a now-deleted Instagram post of him eating a microwave meal on October 3, with the caption that suggested he was back to eating "dinners for one".

Vanessa was reportedly seen on her maid of honour, Toobi's Instagram three days later during a night out in Melbourne.

 

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Natasha and Mikey (NOT TOGETHER)

Despite a smooth honeymoon, it looks like Natasha and Mikey are no longer together.

Appearing on Nova's Fitzy and Wippa show, hosts Ryan Fitzgerald and Michael Wipfli noted that the aged-care worker failed to arrive with his wife.

“Mate, uh, look she’s not here at the moment, not sure why she couldn’t make it,” he said.

 

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The Sydney financial analyst, who is currently working with the police after a sexually explicit video of herself was leaked and circulated, is also believed to still be in contact with her ex-boyfriend and Love Island star, Eden Dally.

The Daily Mail recently published photos of Natasha calling Eden during the show's filming, with the publication reporting that the pair were in a relationship between 2016 and 2017.

However, neither Eden or Natasha have confirmed their relationship.

Poppy and Luke (NOT TOGETHER)

Poppy already expressed concerns that she and her FIFO husband Luke were not as loved up as the other couples during this season's first dinner party.

We also know that Poppy and Hayley were spotted kissing, so all things considered, we're not too optimistic about this couple.

 

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Connie and Jonethen (TOGETHER)

Please, experts, let these two still be together.

We had a mild heart attack when we saw Jonethen and Cathy almost kissing in a very early MAFS trailer, but the 27-year-old project officer confirmed it was all for show.

"It was a prior thing, they got all the couples to mix up for the photoshoots, so [viewers would] not know who gets married to who," he told Hit 105.5 Coffs Coast.

"It was more just to keep everyone guessing."

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Unfortunately, he didn't share the current status of his and Connie's 'marriage,' so we'll interpret that as everything is peachy. After all, he literally won over Connie's mum, which surely has to count for something.

 

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Cathy and Josh (TOGETHER)

Their chemistry was immediate from the moment they connected AND they've confirmed they've had sex. So pretty much, everything is smooth sailing so far.

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In an interview with Hit FM shortly after the season premiere, they admitted that yes, they're still together.

"You're going to have to really drag me up here," she joked, speaking about visiting Newcastle.

"I'll take her for a few [rolls] at the Newcastle Beach Kiosk," said Josh.

Awww, it's nice to see things work out.

 

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Have you been watching Married at First Sight? Which couple is your favourite? Tell us in a comment below.


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