MAN: Cheers, boys.
NARRATOR: This year kicked off with the traditional bucks' and hens'.
The hens' night saw tensions simmer between Gia and Bec.
Gia, your attitude stinks.
Bec, weird bitch.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
The experiment launched with nine extraordinary weddings.
Will you marry me?
(LAUGHS)
I've got to stop.
This is the woman. This is the one I've been looking for.
JULIA: One of the most magical experiences of my life.
Across Australia and the globe, unforgettable honeymoons...
REBECCA: I think he's actually a perfect match for me.
..helped fast-track deeper connections.
(CRASH!)
DAVID: But when it comes down to it, she deeply cares.
It's not banter and flirty, though.
It just feels like you're putting me down.
Steven's attempt at humour missed the mark with Rachel...
It's just... It's hurtful.
STEVEN: Then it turned pear-shaped really quickly.
And despite being intimate...
..a difficult conversation...
I'm just concerned that there's not enough chemistry
between me and Bec. ..triggered Bec's insecurity.
Want a triple take
on the girl that you've been staring at all day again?
(BELL TOLLS) Tonight...
(GLASS TINKLES) Dinner is served.
..the next phase of the experiment begins.
Well, here we are, team. First dinner party.
Hey! Oh!
Our couples come face to face with each other...
Stella. Stella.
..for the very first time.
Everyone's going, "Eh!"
"Who are you?"
Hi! And for some...
To see her with that massive smile on her face, minging.
I don't think she looks good in green.
Green because she's envious of me.
..it's a competition to prove
who's got the strongest relationship so far.
We had sex and I don't see us fizzling out.
Bec and Danny are very much selling this relationship that's perfect.
I'm not buying it.
Mel has a sudden energy shift. (LAUGHS)
LUKE: I can see how she talks to other people in the room,
but it's completely different to how she talks to me.
Luke is left feeling defeated.
And in a shock twist...
(LAUGHS)
..has Danny got his eye on another bride?
BEC: I'm not talking about it. I'm not bringing that up.
It's bad vibes. It's bad juju. I'm not doing it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
In picturesque Tasmania...
our most recent newlyweds, Stella and Filip...
STELLA: Oh! Yeah.
..are wasting no time fast-tracking their romantic connection.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
(LAUGHS) This is where we're at.
Mm-hm.
I'm feeling great about Filip.
(POP!) (LAUGHS)
Hey.
Let's do it.
STELLA: My friends were at me about him at the wedding.
"Is he here for the right reasons?"
So far, I do like what I see.
Filip is a great guy.
Yeah. Puts me at ease, definitely.
Nice to talk. Easy on the eye.
Like, we match.
Like, we vibe. So...
Yeah. Lovely.
Oooh. It's yummy.
FILIP: The time that I'm spending with Stella at the moment...
Is that a smile? ..it's just awesome.
(LAUGHS)
I just feel lucky to have got someone
that I can bounce off with straight away.
What's running through your mind?
I think that the experts have matched us pretty well.
At the wedding, her friends have made me defend my intention.
As far as I'm concerned, there's no doubt.
I'm just gonna have to prove to Stella
that I am here for the right reason.
Yeah.
I feel super, super connected to you.
Yeah.
I don't know. It's, uh... And we haven't even done the deed.
(LAUGHS) We haven't.
Hey, you know what?
My willpower is, like, getting tested, but, uh...
But it's good. Like, we had a chat about it.
I asked for a man with discipline, so, you know, you're proving it.
Yeah. So...
So... Yeah.
Mmm.
You kiss well. Love it. So do you.
Love it. Thanks. I want to keep doing it.
In tropical North Queensland...
JULIA: Oooh... OK.
..Julia and Grayson have arrived at their luxury accommodation.
This is awesome. GRAYSON: Wowza.
But despite the warm climate
and their instant wedding day connection...
How big is it! Wow!
It's huge.
..things seem to have stalled for the couple.
We slept in separate beds last night,
but I don't know whether we're going to do the same again tonight.
Oh, my gosh. Look at this room.
(LAUGHS) I don't know.
No. I don't know.
GRAYSON: I mean, it'd be nice to share the bed.
I absolutely don't want to be in the friend zone.
OK, we've got a bath.
Maybe this is my room. (LAUGHS)
Is there a whole other quarters down here maybe?
GRAYSON: But, you know, it's very early days
and maybe she just needs to just have a, you know...
a bit of... a bit of time to herself.
Um... And that's OK.
Goodnight. Goodnight. Mwah.
Sleep well, yeah? Sleep well.
See you in the morning. Yeah. I'll see you in the morning.
Alright. Sleep well. OK. Goodnight.
Goodnight.
GRAYSON: I don't think she's got any walls up.
You know, it'll... it'll happen at some point.
It's the final day of the honeymoons
and Gia and Scott are waking up to an exciting new chapter
in their relationship.
SCOTT: Good morning. GIA: Good morning.
Sleep alright?
Yeah, I slept really good last night.
How'd you sleep?
I'm always sleeping good next to you.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
So good that you can't get up. I can get up.
(LAUGHS) Oh, my god.
I'm joking. (LAUGHS) Yeah.
We were intimate last night. Yeah.
How exciting.
I did. (LAUGHS)
But I think it just... It felt right. It just happened.
Like, I don't want to, like, be here in this beautiful place
and just, like, not fully enjoy it, you know.
(BOTH LAUGH)
I think it brought us closer, for sure.
How do you feel about, like, us with our connection from,
like, when we first met?
I know it's only been a few days,
but, like... Mmm.
..do you feel it's stronger each day?
Like, we're getting closer? Yeah. Definitely stronger.
(EXHALES) Couldn't be better.
(LAUGHS)
We're pretty good. Like, we're pretty solid.
Mmm.
The power couple. (LAUGHS) Power couple.
SCOTT: Everything's great. The sparks are there.
And I feel the build-up was well worth it
because now I feel like there's even more of a connection,
so I'm pretty happy right now.
As you can see, you can't get the smile off my face.
In Fiji, following a tumultuous few days...
Did you want a triple take
on the girl that you've been staring at all day again or what?
What... Are you joking? I'm not joking.
..where the pair discussed
confronting and uncomfortable truths...
Do you feel any sexual chemistry with me?
Not too much, to be honest with you.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
BEC: "Do you feel a sexual attraction to me?" "No."
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
Could you be any quicker?
I don't know who you think you are. David Beckham?
Do you think you're David Beckham?
This morning, on their final day of the honeymoons,
both Bec and Danny are wanting to clear the air
before they leave for Sydney
and the first dinner party of the experiment.
DANNY: That was a spectacle...
and I probably should apologise to you.
I bit back at you a little bit. Do you know what I mean?
And I do apologise. Yeah, but I annoyed you too.
No, but I want to...
And I said... without talking to you first
and conversing with you and telling you how I was feeling all day
about what I thought I was seeing,
I just came out at you and came at you
and that's not right.
And maybe I'm using the insecurities that I've had from my past
and bringing them into this, which I shouldn't be.
But I'll apologise because I said I'll always be a gentleman.
Maybe I wasn't, so I do apologise... Thanks, babe.
..because, like... I'm sorry too.
That's alright.
Give me a hug. (KISS)
Thanks, honey. That's alright.
That's nice. Yeah.
The fact that Danny apologised today was really good for me
because I think it just shows a lot of care
and thought for the relationship.
And I can admit that I didn't have open communication with him.
I was thinking and feeling a certain way
and I attacked and he retaliated
and that's never going to... never going to be good for anyone.
I think that I've learned that things aren't always instant,
but it doesn't mean that it's not there.
So I feel optimistic towards Danny right now.
Oh, god, that honesty box.
I never want to do another honesty box again.
(BLEEP) that honesty box. (LAUGHS) It was the worst.
After you went to bed, I smashed it on the floor.
(BOTH LAUGH)
(DANNY AND BEC CONTINUE LAUGHING)
NARRATOR: After nine extraordinary weddings
and quality time spent
in some of the world's most breathtaking locations...
(REBECCA LAUGHS) Ready? And catch.
You're meant to catch in your mouth. You know, like...
(LAUGHS) I'm not a dog.
..our newlyweds are heading to Sydney
for the next phase of the experiment
And we're not going to forget this one.
I've got the scar to remember it by. So...
BEC: It's been real. DANNY: Let's go.
(EXPECTANT MUSIC PLAYS)
The table is set for the very first dinner party
of the 2026 Married at First Sight experiment.
Here, our participants will meet all the couples for the first time
as husband and wife.
(EXPECTANT MUSIC CONTINUES)
You look handsome. Absolutely stunning.
Thanks, babe. Wait.
I think my jaw's on the floor. I'll just pick that up.
Are you ready? STELLA: Looking fab.
Are we ready or what? Yeah. (LAUGHS)
Eh? Let's get out of here. You look great. Mmm!
You look amazing. Mmm...
It's exciting, don't you think?
Oh, I can't wait. I think it's going to be an absolute blast.
(LAUGHS)
We get to observe how our couples navigate their relationships
in a group context,
a key factor in understanding their development
and overall growth as a couple.
This can also highlight both strengths or potential cracks.
NARRATOR: For Rachel and Steven, their honeymoon took a dramatic turn
following miscommunication over Steven's attempt at humour.
(LAUGHS)
Honestly, don't take this the wrong way.
It's not something I see in females that often, especially football.
Yeah.
So, see how you're being all ladylike now?
(LAUGHS)
Do you turn into, when your team stuffs up,
"You (BLEEP) dickheads!
"You (BLEEP) (BLEEP)!" Put the thing in!"
OK. Do you turn into that?
No. OK, wow. OK... (BOTH LAUGH)
That's not what I'm like.
I don't appreciate that.
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)
And even if you were like that, I don't give a shit.
But I'm telling you, I'm not.
That's why I brought it up, 'cause it's hurting my feelings.
Since they returned to Sydney,
the pair have resolved any lingering issues...
Beautiful!
..with both parties accepting responsibility
for their part in the fallout.
You know, I'm feeling at this current time, I'm feeling like
let's put the honeymoon behind us and start fresh again.
Oh!
(BOTH LAUGH)
Yes, yes. Better make sure that... You gotta keep an eye on that.
That's...
Does it come down or...? (LAUGHS) No. It's just...
Yeah, I always put my foot in my mouth.
Always. Uh...
I really feel bad that I sort of said something that upset Rachel.
Very spiffy.
Ah. I love it. I try my best.
You're looking good. Oh...
RACHEL: As much as the honeymoon was rough,
this morning it really does feel like we're coming back together.
Thanks for steaming that for me. That was a...
That's OK.
..bit of a...bit of a panic moment for me there.
Just chucking it all in the bag. Yeah. Absolutely.
RACHEL: I take full ownership of my behaviour.
I let my emotions definitely get ahead of me there.
Yeah, I unfortunately not only ruined my own experience
but I ruined Steven's as well.
There's still that spark for me, you know,
and, you know, that little bit of giddiness, you know,
when he walks into the room or, you know, he holds my hand
and things like that.
I still have that, so I'm just hoping it develops more.
Thank you. (LAUGHS) My lady.
Let's go.
For Gia and Scott,
the dinner party can't come soon enough
as they are keen to celebrate
their self-proclaimed power-couple status.
You look beautiful. Oh, thank you.
The impression from the other couples is going to be, like,
"Oh, my god, they're so hot," 'cause we are.
You look stunning. I know, right?
(LAUGHS) It's Barbie and Ken.
(LAUGHS) Hi.
You excited? Yeah.
I want to walk in and meet everyone already.
Yeah, I just want to suss the situation
to see if everyone's strong like us and...
I know, right?
We might rub people the wrong way.
We're gonna go in like we know we're good.
Like, so there could be people that just, like, don't like that.
Do you have beef with anyone yet?
No. I do.
Who have you got beef with? Gia.
I bring drama. I don't know what it is.
Just some girls don't like me.
The hens' was a bit funny.
Hi! (WOMEN EXCLAIM)
There was a girl, like, giving me, like, up and downs all night.
She's, like, the only girl who didn't talk to me.
DANNY: Why?
I don't know, we just didn't like each other.
Oh, you didn't like each other? No.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
GIA: She just looked at how I look and she was just trying to judge me.
(WOMEN LAUGH)
Trust me when I tell you this one's gonna be spicy.
Yeah.
She came at me for no reason.
We just didn't mesh. We just didn't mesh well.
So it'll be interesting to see.
BEC: What I saw at the hens', she's a really big personality.
I would suggest that Gia thinks her shit doesn't stink.
Maybe... Maybe she's intimidated.
Maybe she thought she's going to be, like, the hot girl.
Like, she's really trying to be something
and it's, like, just rubbed me the wrong way completely.
GIA: I think she's very basic.
Maybe she's jealous, but that's an issue of hers, not mine.
Like, the girl who doesn't like me, Bec, what if they're doing shit
and then they see us coming in really good?
It's going to even set her off more. SCOTT: Yeah.
DANNY: Yeah, coming back from the honeymoon,
things are good between me and Bec.
The sexual chemistry is sort of on the lower scale.
Um...
Uh, probably around a three.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
Which isn't that bad, by the way.
People will read into that and think, "That's really..."
I don't think that's that bad.
Do you reckon you'd be best dressed?
In my eyes, yeah. (LAUGHS)
Danny and I are heading into the dinner party on great terms.
It's probably going to be a little bit weird to see him
interacting with everyone else.
Like, I'm not a jealous person,
but, like, you know, that's your husband,
so you think, like, "Well, what if someone else wants him?"
At this stage, yeah,
I probably would be jealous if he was all over...
In fact, I'd (BLEEP) kill him if he...
Quickly. Let's go.
MAN: (OVER PA) Testing is about to commence.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
(ALARM BLARES)
MALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: Emergency.
(ALARM BLARES)
Emergency.
MAN: (OVER PA) This is a test. This is a test.
(ALARM BLARES)
Emergency.
This is a test. This is a test.
(BEEPING)
MAN: What are the chances? (ALARM BLARES)
GIA: # Dun-dun-dun! #
(ALARM BLARES)
(RESOUNDING MUSIC PLAYS)
NARRATOR: With the final touches being applied
for the first dinner party,
tragedy has struck one participant,
who is in hysterics following a last-minute wardrobe malfunction.
MAN: Look there.
I'm not going.
This is a nightmare. Honestly!
It's actually bad.
He's such a diva. I need more wipes.
It was an accident.
I did tell you that I had glitter on my arms.
I did get a little bit of make-up on my husband's shirt.
It's not even coming out. It will come...
Look at that.
That's not my fault. That's because you touched me.
And I told you not to touch me. Because you're so attractive.
Chris, you can't even see that.
Far out, Brussels sprout.
We're going to a dinner party. Wait till you hug a few girls.
Then there's going to be a lot of make-up on your shirt.
Get over it.
This is what happens when you just fall head over heels for your wife.
Chris entered the experiment as the most cynical groom,
with little to no faith in the experts.
Let's try and be the 0.00001% that works from this experiment.
But it didn't take long for Chris to see
that he had finally met his match with headstrong model Brook.
WOMAN: You can celebrate with your first kiss.
Go on.
(BROOK LAUGHS)
Here we go. Eh. (LAUGHS) WOMAN: Oh!
WOMAN: Would you like to seal it with a kiss?
BROOK: Kiss me on the cheek. Righto. I'll kiss you on the cheek.
Chris, you can't even see that.
Well, why don't you pack an extra shirt if you're that stressed?
Coming into this, I was so sceptical.
But we're building this really big connection or bond...
because we're just such a similar person.
Oh, my god.
See, it's ridiculous.
How bad does it look still?
NARRATOR: For Mel and Luke,
they are entering tonight's dinner party on shaky ground.
Luke entered the experiment following a tragic few years.
LUKE: Dad built this whole farm from nothing.
It was his, like, pride and joy, his passion.
Dad passed away about six and a half years ago...
due to bone marrow cancer.
And I feel close to Dad being here as well.
I feel like he'd be happy seeing this, you know,
back to life again.
But after a late start to his wedding day...
Sorry I'm late, everyone. Sorry I'm late.
..Mel didn't get the fairytale she had been hoping for.
MEL: This is such a big event in someone's life.
Like, that experience for me, I feel like was a bit ruined.
And despite Luke's best efforts,
the honeymoon failed to ignite a much-needed spark.
Scissors, paper, rock.
There you go. That was a friendly game.
No, it wasn't. You said it was a friendly game.
I crossed my fingers... That was a friendly...
So... Hey. Be nice.
I am being nice.
Get your pillow. I'm being nice about it.
I mean, it's pretty cold.
Yeah. It's fine.
If we don't have a spare blanket, we've got a spare towel, so...
Do you really even need a blanket?
The conversation descended to reflux.
I use Mylanta. Is it...
I get reflux.
I have that sometimes as well,
but I feel like the bottle works really well for me.
The liquid that you drink. Yeah. That's Gaviscon.
Ah.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
Um...
Your teeth are looking very straight.
Give us a smile.
Jeez, you got very good teeth.
Thanks.
Never had braces? No.
Or Invisalign? No.
Just won the genetic lottery. Yeah, nice.
I know.
I'm super, super excited to go into the first dinner party.
I'm really excited to talk to someone else other than Luke.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
I like those earrings.
Where'd you get them? Don't know.
Yeah. Nice.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
JOHN: Well, here we are, team.
Season 13, Married At First Sight.
First dinner party.
ALESSANDRA: I'm so excited to see
where these nine couples have landed after their weddings,
after their honeymoons.
ALISSA: Alright, let's do it. DAVID: Alright.
ALESSANDRA: And this is the first time we all get a glimpse
into who's really making it work, who's connecting
and who maybe is having difficulty from the get-go.
And it'll be very interesting
to see how they debrief with other people in the experiment
about those experiences.
MEL: You know, they have been in a bubble
on their own until this point.
We're opening them up to the wider group...
and I cannot wait to see how it all unfolds.
Here we go.
FILIP: What's going on? (STELLA LAUGHS)
ALESSANDRA: Ah! Filip and Stella! Oh, our first couple for tonight.
STELLA: First ones. FILIP: First ones.
Oh, god, this is so pretty. How good is this!
They look relaxed, don't they? Very playful.
Yeah. Animated. MEL: Oh! Very connected physically.
A bit of chemistry there already. Oh, yes.
FILIP: This is great. How good is this!
STELLA: I know. Made it.
Walking in together felt absolutely amazing.
Cheers me. Hey. Cheers.
For the first dinner party. First dinner party.
Then... One of many.
I'm pretty happy.
(LAUGHS) Me too.
Yeah. Yeah.
I'm fully turned on, like... Not...
No, no, no. No, no, not just physically.
Like, mentally. Like, everything.
Easy. Easy money. (LAUGHS)
Easy money, eh? Easy money. (LAUGHS)
Easy cash. (LAUGHS)
Whoo! Eh!
Oh! Hello!
JOHN: Oh, yeah. ALESSANDRA: David and Alissa.
(LAUGHS) David and Alissa.
MEL: Alissa. Very animated and together also.
STELLA: Hi. What's your name? David.
Nice to meet you, David. What's your name?
Stella. Stella?
How you going, my G? David. How you going, man?
How are you?
Walking into the cocktail party with Alissa,
you know, I'm feeling pumped.
Ready?
(POP!) Oh!
Alissa's always high-energy, you know.
She is gonna walk in and shine.
We went to the snow for the honeymoon.
David and I have never done snow. That was my first question.
David had a little accident on our honeymoon.
Yeah. Um... Bad?
I walked in the steam room and I tripped.
I fell on my knee and I just split it open, essentially.
Stitches or...? Stitches. Yeah.
Yeah. So it was bad, yeah. (LAUGHS)
Oh, but you're a nurse, babe. That's...
Are you a nurse? Yeah, she's a nurse.
Yeah, like, I cracked the tile too. No, no. He cracked the tile.
How? What are you made of? Metal? What are you made of?
Titanium, for sure. (LAUGHTER)
You can't take Africans to the snow. They won't survive.
(LAUGHTER)
REBECCA: Hello. OTHERS: Hey!
STELLA: Sparkles! FILIP: Hello!
ALISSA: Hello!
MEL: Here's Rebecca and Steve, our more mature couple.
ALESSANDRA: Yes. Very strong hand hold.
We want to hear from you.
Would you like to start, honey?
Honey! Yes.
STELLA: One kiss is worth a thousand words.
REBECCA: So, as soon as I saw Steve, I was just, like,
"Yep, I'm good to go." I don't blame you.
He's a good-looking guy. ALISSA: He's pretty!
FILIP: Look at him.
I said I wanted a silver fox and hot and...
You got a silver fox, baby girl! STEVE: Oh!
(LAUGHS) He just ticked all my boxes.
Like, I was so... ALISSA: Happy.
I actually can't believe how happy I am.
We couldn't be going better. Aw!
Good to go. Good to go.
Love it.
So I assume physical things all...?
We haven't been that way. REBECCA: Oh, straight...
(LAUGHTER)
There's definitely chemistry and romance there.
But we're just not rushing into it. Like, we're in our 30s.
We don't need to. (LAUGHS)
We're the same too. We're the same.
What about you guys? What about you two, huh?
They're bonking! (LAUGHTER)
Want to explain?
Third or fourth day on... on the honeymoon.
Cheers to that! REBECCA: Cheers to being married.
Cheers to being married. Yeah. Yeah!
Isn't this fantastic to see so far three couples in the room...
JOHN: Mmm.
..all incredibly connected, showing lots of signs of respect
and love for each other.
It's a really positive environment right now.
MAN: Oh, here we go. (PEOPLE CHEER)
What's going on?
Danny and Bec. Oooh. Here we go.
(WOMAN LAUGHS) REBECCA: Bring it in.
I've missed you!
Oh, my gosh!
DAVID: Are you wearing Tom Ford today?
(MEN LAUGH)
We've got so much to talk about. I know, I know. OK.
BEC: I walked into this cocktail party nervous...
whether or not we would walk in and there would be all these people,
like, really obsessed with each other
and that we would maybe be lacking that.
We've all got cute husbands. I know.
Oh, and, like, we're all happy. We're all in love bubbles, I think.
BEC: It's so nice to see my girls are feeling good and they're happy.
I got everything that I asked for... Yeah.
..as far as personality, banter. Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.
Yeah.
But, like, it's hard to hear right now...
'cause that's not where we're at.
When you saw your husband, were you happy?
All I wanted was someone tall and handsome,
so we got that.
(WOMAN LAUGHS)
It's been great. Yeah.
So...
Yeah.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
She's not convincing at all... MEL: No.
..that it's been great.
The words and the behaviour are not matching.
They're not matching.
How are you together as in, like, intimately?
Um...
Have you bonked, babe? Have you had sex?
(LAUGHTER) Translation.
We had sex on the honeymoon.
Yes!
Since then, we haven't slept together.
Oh, OK. That's OK.
But do you want to?
Yeah. But we did it. It was great.
But then, like, had this conversation of, like,
we know we're attracted to each other, but maybe we should,
like, get to know each other...
A little bit more. ..like, really...
Deeper. ..intensely.
The question was, like, "Are we more friends than lovers?"
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
It's... It's a feeling.
MEL: I'm wondering if this is Bec saving face a little bit,
you know, perhaps feeling rejected, but...
JOHN: Totally. ..framing it in this way...
it's more palatable.
That's troubling.
(LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION)
(CHEERING)
MAN: Hey, buddy. Hey.
JOHN: Oh! ALESSANDRA: Grayson and Julia.
(LAUGHS)
As we know, Julia, uh, told us she's bisexual...
MEL: Yeah.
..and, uh, was happy to be matched with a man or a woman.
Yeah.
Uh, we went ahead with Grayson.
JULIA: Let's get a drink. OK. We'll get a drink.
Julia and Grayson look so nice together!
Like, they look so nice.
Were you happy?
Obviously. Oh, yeah. We're stoked.
Yeah.
We've been having such a good time together.
STEVE: Every couple is absolutely... Everyone's really happy.
LUKE: Now, your full name is Melissa?
Yeah. Yeah. True.
Is your full name Luke? Yep. Yep, yep, yep.
WOMAN: Everyone looks... Everyone looks happy.
MAN: I know.
Amazing.
Yeah, that's great.
(CHEERING)
JOHN: Oh. Mel and Luke entering separately.
Hello!
It's the first couple to walk in without at least the hand-holding
to kind of signify "We're in this together."
MEL: Yeah.
What's your partner's name? Oh, that's Luke.
Luke? Yeah.
Hey. Hi.
How you going? I'm good. How are you?
Good. What's your name? Stella.
Seriously?
Yeah. Nice.
JULIA: You seem cool, calm and collected. I like it.
I'll take it.
MEL: I'm gonna have...red.
It's overwhelming, I guess, to walk into the...
Yeah, absolutely.
I feel like Mel probably is a little bit nervous walking in
and getting to know everyone,
but, like, would have been good to go mingle together.
Are you OK?
MEL: Luke is, like, a really nice guy.
He's, like, such a nice guy, but... Yeah.
MEL: Uh-oh. But... JOHN: What does that mean?
ALESSANDRA: But... There's a 'but' right away.
LUKE: Yeah, it's definitely been a bit of a ride.
STELLA: Yeah.
So you want a surfer? Like you as a man.
Yeah.
JOHN: So disheartening to hear this conversation with Mel.
If every single guy has to be a certain height with blonde hair,
you're going to be single.
ALISSA: Yeah.
This is one of those classic examples
of we haven't given you what you want, we've given you what you need.
Like, genuinely like... I watched them before I went on the show.
Oh, my god.
I was thinking,
I'm going to be walking into my very own romcom movie
and I'm going to be the main character.
You know, my legs are going to pop
and I'm going to feel all those butterflies in my belly
and...and I feel like that's not what Luke and I have.
I want to be a princess, you know.
NARRATOR: Coming up...
I'm curious to see how me and Scott are ranking in the couple realm.
..Gia turns up the heat.
How many people have had sex?
I'm curious.
Wow.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
(EVOCATIVE MUSIC PLAYS)
CHRIS: You know how much this shirt cost?
BROOK: Oh, my god.
$300.
I'm sick of hearing about it.
Like, honestly. Oh...
Do you have any explanation as to why you're being such a diva today?
Because we are going to a dinner party, not the royal wedding.
REBECCA: Oh, yes!
(CHEERING)
MEL: Brook and Chris.
ALESSANDRA: Big smile on his face right now.
Of all the men that I interviewed, Chris, he was the most sceptical.
Very upfront about not really believing that this could work,
that he would like someone.
Hey. Look at that grin, man.
He's glowing. He's absolutely glowing tonight.
From bucks' night to tonight, Chris seems to be a changed man.
Absolutely glowing tonight. (LAUGHS)
He seems actually quite happy.
He seems to be very happy. Yes.
STELLA: Your bride is stunning.
Yeah! (LAUGHS) You are lucky, mate.
(LAUGHTER)
Everything has exceeded my expectations.
Will I admit that to certain people? Probably not.
But I'm very happy.
Experts who have made the match.
I'm not really one to apologise.
Am I willing to eat my hat?
No.
WOMAN: Oh, here we go.
(CHEERING AND WHISTLING)
ALESSANDRA: Steven and Rachel.
Looking well, mate. Looking well.
MAN: Hey, mate.
It felt like an ambush.
Everyone's like, "Eh!"
"Who are you?"
Steve or...? Stevo.
Yeah, yeah. Steven.
No, yeah... Steven.
It's just like, "Oh, hello." And...
"What's going on? I need to know all of the good stuff right now."
And... JULIA: And how was your wedding?
Oh, it was fantastic.
I'm just like... (EXCLAIMS) "OK."
GIA: How are we going in tonight?
Yeah, we're gonna go in looking good, that's for sure.
Yeah.
They're gonna look at us and go, "Oh, my gosh, here's trouble."
I'm expecting a little shit to pop off.
The hens', you know, was so full-on.
So, if, say, the girl that doesn't like me, Bec,
if she's not good with her dude,
she's gonna really come for me
'cause she can be, like, "Well, I'm just.... I'm angry with life."
She probably will, no matter what.
Yeah, but I think she'll be worse if she just doesn't get along with him.
(LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION)
I feel like Danny and I, we have such a good time together.
REBECCA: Mmm.
And, like, I adore him.
I just don't know if he's into me.
I don't... I think he kind of like...
I think Gia would be his kind of girl.
Do you reckon that she's going to come and try to go for your husband?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
I don't know. Hopefully not.
I'd (BLEEP) kill her.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
(CHEERING)
Oh, here they are.
MEL: Ah. Gia and Scott. Scott!
JOHN: Oh, look. Crowd favourites. Eh
MAN: They're just walking in like a couple of rock stars.
So hot!
SCOTT: I feel like when we walked in there
like a king and queen.
We were getting compliments and... Mmm.
..I felt like we brang the power couple vibe in there.
It was good. Yeah.
ALISSA: How are you? Good. How are you?
(LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
Gia and Scott definitely have that, like,
wannabe Barbie and Ken vibe.
I'm Scott.
Yeah. You look sensational. Thank you, babe. How are you?
Bangs! You look like Shakira.
That's what I've gone.
(LAUGHS) Look at her!
GIA: Bec was very forcefully, like, giving me a hug.
It was very fake.
Which it was so weird because, like, last time I saw her,
she was, like, coming at me.
I like you in green. Yeah. Thanks!
I don't think she looks good in green,
but a bit grinchy for me.
Green because she's envious.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
We get it.
This is my husband Danny. This is Gia.
Hi. Hello. How are you?
Gia. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
Where are we sitting?
STELLA: You're gonna have to tell us, how was your wedding?
How was your honeymoon? Oh, yeah.
It was just, like, the best wedding.
BEC: Well, this is no good.
How are you going, babe? Good.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
Curious to see if her and her man are getting along
'cause her man was definitely looking at me and I noticed that.
So that was interesting.
I'd better look out. (LAUGHS)
No, you don't need to worry. He's not my type.
(LAUGHTER)
No.
No... No. Like... OK.
I...
No, I don't want to talk about it. Nuh.
I'm not talking about it. I'm not bringing it into light.
I'm not talking about it. It's a no. It's a no.
I don't want to talk about it.
I don't know, but my breath's... That thing...
My breath stinks from it now.
(LAUGHS) No, it doesn't. It does.
Your breath always smells worse when you haven't eaten.
Yeah.
BEC: I don't want to talk about...
I'm not putting that into the universe, Danny and Gia.
I'm not... I'm not bringing that up.
It's bad vibes. It's bad juju. I'm not doing it.
It's not how I feel.
I don't want to talk about it.
It's not something I'm going to talk about.
I'm sorry. No. Nuh.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) (LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION)
You forget that you're miked up
and you're being camera'd and...
Yeah, it's not... It's not something I'm going to talk about.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
Dinner is served.
(GLASS TINKLES)
MAN: Dinner is served.
Oooh. This looks nice.
Chris. Brook.
Luke. Mel.
Mel. Who am I sitting next to?
Rebecca. Rebecca.
BOTH: Steve.
(LAUGHS) (LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION)
REBECCA: Cheers to, um... to marriage.
BEC: Cheers.
OTHERS: Cheers. ALISSA: Cheers to Bec.
(LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION)
Yes.
Cheers.
There's a great vibe in there right now, isn't there?
At the beginning of our dinner party,
we've got everybody all getting along so well.
(LAUGHS)
Can I grab that red, please? Of course you can.
This is a big moment for me.
Oh, damn.
I wanted that bit of chicken. (LAUGHS)
Yeah. Really?
Have it. Oh, that's sweet, babe.
Wait, is chicken meat?
Yeah. (LAUGHTER)
Everyone kind of is just being nice.
I'm bored.
I'm curious to see how me and Scott are ranking in the couple realm.
The other couples, are they as good as me and Scott?
Are they getting along? Are they having sex?
It's the first dinner party, so let's kick shit off.
So, have you guys... Did you sleep together yet?
No. Not yet.
No, we have not been intimate, honey.
You're joking! Do you find that a massive surprise?
Yes! I just thought she'd be throwing you around by now.
Let me... Let me do... Let me do the Stevo inspection.
(RACHEL LAUGHS)
Can I ask you guys a question?
I'm curious. WOMAN: Oh, sorry.
Have you guys had sex?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
No.
Really?
No.
Yeah. Mmm.
Funny first question to ask someone you barely know.
But are you getting there?
Like, do you think you guys are close?
Um, not really. Oh.
We had a few hiccups... We had a few hiccups on the honeymoon.
Can you explain?
Yeah, sorry. Oh!
He said there's hiccups on the honeymoon. What?
Explain.
Like, what happened?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
Tell us more.
It's a dinner party.
I probably would have, you know...
I'd probably be naive to think that questions like that
weren't going to be asked.
And...and...and...you know...
Look, my thing is, look, I can be a lot, you know.
Like, I can be a big personality.
On the honeymoon,
the situation was I thought I was being playful and flirty,
you know, a bit of flirty banter.
And, yeah, it just took a left-hand turn.
JOHN: Steven, by his own admission, is quite an awkward guy
when it comes to intimate relationships.
"I say awkward things and sometimes it can be quite jarring."
(LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION)
It was just, like, a complete misunderstanding
of, like, each other
and, like, me understanding Steven's humour and taking it personally.
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)
It was just jokes. They landed wrong.
Thought he was being funny.
But the way I approached it was wrong.
It's not fair to Steve because he didn't do it out of malice.
The reality is, yeah, he made jokes
I didn't appreciate it.
The end.
I wanted someone with a kind heart
who was nice to me and would consider me.
Here he is. Here he is.
I reckon you've got one. You've definitely got one.
I like that Rachel's showing some real emotional maturity here.
ALESSANDRA: Yes.
RACHEL: Giving it a red-hot crack, as Steve says.
JOHN: Yeah, she's displaying a mindset
that we really want all of them to have,
which is to be curious... MEL: Yes.
..and open-minded... Yeah.
..rather than judgemental... Right.
..and looking to rule people out.
I mean, I think we're seeing the embers of something very real here.
They're onto something beautiful.
Mmm. Yep.
So there was an instant connection and chemistry with you guys?
Like, straight away. We were both, like...
He was, like, "You're hot." I was like, "I'm stoked."
I love that for you.
I did not want to sleep with him at all.
I was, like, "I'm not having sex." Both of us were the same, though.
We were, like, "We don't want to just, like, have sex straight away,"
so we waited, like, day four or something.
We tried to hold off. Like, we couldn't not.
Yeah.
With Gia and Scott, they seem to really value
the physical side of their relationship...
MEL: Yeah. ..more than anything else.
And that's what they want to tell everybody.
How intimidating and how confronting for the people
who are not feeling that way... Exactly.
..to feel like they're being measured or judged.
Like, literally brought us closer.
Like, every day we've, like, been closer.
BEC: Do you want some beef?
Like, I feel like I've known him for literally a year.
At the wedding, his friends were, like,
"Oh, you're exactly his type" and everything
and I was, like, "Well, you want to hear that."
Like, shut up. (LAUGHS)
She feels like her relationship is so good right now...
GIA: He's amazing.
..and she's in this dream place.
Like, I'm really happy for her that she had really good sex.
I'm happy for her.
To see her with that massive smile on her face...
Minging. Shush.
Like, read the room.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) (LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION)
BEC: Do you see why she and I aren't each other's people?
JOHN: And that's one of the interesting things
about this experiment,
is that it's not just about how you get along with your partner,
it's also within the group, how you can cope with all the pressure
and the different personalities.
ALESSANDRA: There seems to be clear tension
between Gia and Bec, no?
This must be really hard for Bec to hear,
how Gia and Scott are doing so well with their intimacy
when she and Danny are not quite at that level.
GIA: I can't fault him yet. We haven't had a fight. Nothing.
We actually had such a good honeymoon, hey?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
It was just perfect, so...
We went to Fiji for a week.
It was so good.
Oh, you guys went to Fiji? For a week.
Oh, it was so much fun.
It was so good.
Where did you go? GIA AND SCOTT: Townsville.
(BEC AND DANNY LAUGH)
Gia and Scott went to Townsville.
Oh, he... Don't laugh. It was actually good.
Not Fiji. No... (LAUGHS)
Why is that funny?
SCOTT: It was good...
BEC: I'm sure they had a nice time, though.
Like, what... What's your (BLEEP) problem, you know?
BEC: And then we went to Fiji for a week.
GIA: Fiji? For a week.
Where did you go? GIA AND SCOTT: Townsville.
(DANNY AND BEC LAUGH)
SCOTT: It was actually good...
(LAUGHTER REVERBERATES)
Bec is...yuck.
Like, what... What's your (BLEEP) problem, you know?
Why is that funny? It was good. It was good...
Like, it was just rude.
But she's rude.
It was, like, a five-star resort. We were having dinners and that.
It was actually beautiful.
"You guys went to Townsville?"
(MOCK-COUGHS) Townsville! (LAUGHS)
You know what, Townsville was lovely. Sorry.
And do you know what?
It seems like we got on better than you and your man,
who was looking me up and down,
so, chill.
JOHN: You know, even this chat between these couples' honeymoons,
which on the surface, seems like two couples
getting to know each other,
there's an underlying rivalry here.
There seems to be an atmosphere of competitiveness as well.
Yeah. ALESSANDRA: It's like a competition.
They're challenging each other very gently, aren't they?
Have you guys had sex?
DANNY: Um... (SCOTT LAUGHS)
Straight into it. (LAUGHS)
But I'm curious.
What was interesting, though,
is that Bec and Danny, there was some weird energy between them,
so, yeah, I don't think that those two are doing too well.
Gentlemen don't kiss and tell, so you'd have to ask Bec that.
Oh!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
I can tell that she's judging my relationship with Danny.
I'm just going to have a quick chat to Mel and Luke.
She's leaving.
Oh!
Hi, guys. (LAUGHS)
BEC: I cannot stand Gia. I think she's fake.
Fake tits, fake arse and her fake face.
GIA: We were just about to ask if they've had sex. You ask them.
She was pissing me off because she's avoiding it.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
Yeah, I'm addressing it.
GIA: Hey. (TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
How many people have had sex?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
Wow.
I mean, we've talked before
about couples using whether or not they've had sex
as a scorecard... ALESSANDRA: Mm-hm.
..in this experiment,
but I've never seen this.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
Two of us.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
Oh!
She did! I got it out of her!
You did? OK. Three of us. Just once.
I was surprised. They just slept together once.
And, I mean, they don't even look like two people that have had sex.
Maybe it wasn't good. It wasn't good sex.
Just once.
Oh, we've done it probably 12 times.
Like, good on you. I love that for you.
Darling, you've got to remember,
sometimes what's good for the hole is not good for the soul, you know.
Sometimes the ones that are a slow burn
are the ones that are a very, very, very good match
and a long-lasting match.
And then the ones that start it... starts off so strong
actually crumbles... REBECCA: Fizzles out.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
You can't say that people that have rushed into it
are also, like, gonna fizzle out.
That's not true. Like...
I'm not saying that. I'm not... I'm not saying that.
'Cause didn't you guys (BLEEP)? We... We had sex once.
Yeah.
So are you saying that you guys are gonna fizzle out?
No, not at all.
'Cause we had sex and I don't see us fizzling out.
But hang on a minute. Hang on a minute.
Hey, you can't generalise. Hang on, hang on.
I'm coming back. I just want to go sit next to Danny quickly.
(LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION)
I think you took that the wrong way, though.
I think I more said that
because the people that aren't intimate right now
are probably really worried about their relationships
and that's probably really stressful.
DANNY: Comparison is the thief of joy, yeah?
Do you know what I mean?
GIA: Bec is backtracking a bit.
It's very obvious that she doesn't like me.
She's just too chicken shit to come at me.
So...she's...she's ready for it
but she's too scared to say something.
By no means mean that just because you guys are into each other
that it's going to fizzle.
STEVE: Yeah.
But, you know, for the ones that are struggling right now...
There can be a sexual connection at the start for some
and then they realise that there's nothing else
beyond the sexual chemistry.
Yeah. And that can happen.
Everybody in that room noticed the friction between Bec and Gia.
There's so much competition.
It doesn't matter whether you've been intimate or not.
I was going to say, you know,
everyone has to go at their own pace in this experiment.
And don't compare your relationship to what's happening
to these guys or these guys.
Like, there's no rush.
Like, you just do you and just stay on your own bloody journey.
Yeah? No judgement, guys.
ALISSA: Oh, well, cheers, everybody.
Yeah! WOMAN: Yeah!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
NARRATOR: Coming up...
What are the icks? WOMAN: Yeah.
What is the ick?
..Mel's brutal confession about Luke
Oh, my god, babe!
I actually feel really bad for him.
I think she needs to give him a chance.
And...
Can I ask a question?
..Bec and Danny put on the spot.
Do you feel like maybe...
Do you regret that you had sex early on?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
BEC: Literally.
Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure that's what he said.
Yeah, right. OK. WOMAN: OK, well, that makes sense.
Look at her hair.
Yeah! (LAUGHS)
Same. Same.
Yeah. It's... Yeah.
Yeah, like, it's... Yeah.
That's called hairspray.
(LAUGHS)
Isn't it encouraging to see a lot of our couples tonight
having a lovely time? (LAUGHS)
STEVE: Good on you. (LAUGHTER)
It's a $300 (BLEEP) shirt. Yeah.
ALESSANDRA: They've all been nice and touchy-feely with one another,
like, really validating each other. MEL: Yeah.
DAVID: I've got a little pocket rocket right here.
(CHEERING)
She's very spicy, but, you know, I'm a bit of the calm guy.
Like, I'm the hurricane. She is the hurricane.
The hypo... In a real way.
David is the calm to my storm. Yeah, 100%.
It's really nice to hear everyone's stories.
Oh, my god, what's going on down there?
You know, there are some couples bonking.
There are some couples that are in a love bubble.
There are some couples that are taking it slow.
We just hit it off from day one.
Look, there's no negatives. We're very, very happy.
Yeah. Are you gonna cry?
Yeah, probably. Oh, my god!
WOMAN: You're making me cry. No, they're happy tears.
I just got lucky, yeah? This is what I do now.
(LAUGHS)
But it really was like for me "Oh, my god.
"I actually got exactly what I wanted
"and I actually get my happy ever after."
ALESSANDRA: I love that. MEL: That's gorgeous.
(APPLAUSE) JOHN: That's a nice thing to say.
Yeah.
Everybody praising one another, it's amazing.
I think we have the entire gamut of relationship progress, don't we,
in the room... Mmm.
..from people who are really showing strong promise of falling in love
and starting to really connect on that deeper level
all the way through to Mel and Luke, who are just not connecting at all.
You are on fire tonight.
What do you mean?
With dropping things.
Dropping things?
Oh. (HALF-LAUGHS)
It was a joke, but anyway...
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
Wow.
JOHN: Eye rolling.
It's just so hard for Mel to disguis the fact
that she does not rate Luke.
You guys...
GIA: Oh, my god.
And even if she hasn't said that to him,
it's the feel that he's getting, the way she looks at him.
'Cause we see it.
The way she looks at him or doesn't look at him...
MEL: Yeah. ..and literally her body language...
her facial expressions are all saying, "Get away.
"I do not want to be around you."
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
But, like, what's tipped you? Like, what's annoyed me?
WOMEN: Yeah.
So something has tipped you? No, to be honest, like...
Like, you're not what he pictured? He's already...
Sorry, he's not... He's the opposite of what she wants.
But is it always about... This is the thing.
But is it the personality you're not vibing with?
Also, yes, we're not vibing. Personality-wise, like, we don't.
But do you think that's just because you wrote him off
'cause of how he looks and he wasn't what you expected physically?
Mmm...
You're, like, not giving him a chance.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
I actually feel really bad for him.
I think she needs to give him a chance.
Mel's body language is very, like, back towards him.
Like, not even facing him, not looking his way,
just not even engaging with him.
I think she spoke more to my husband than she did to her husband
the whole night.
There's no vulnerability, you know what I mean?
Yeah, that's not good.
Mel absolutely has her walls up. She's just so shut down.
Like, she can't give kindness and grace.
What are the icks?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) What is the ick?
There is an ick and I can smell it. It stinks.
There's an ick. I can smell it.
What is the ick?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
But does he turn it down when you say that?
I didn't... I don't say it.
Why? Oh, my god, babe!
(LAUGHS)
You're, like, not giving him a chance.
Do you know what I mean? (LAUGHTER)
I know. I know, I'm overreacting at little things.
I know I shouldn't get annoyed.
Like, I know it's not a big deal. But, yeah...
But I just can't help it.
I mean, every day I'm, like,
"What is this monster inside my body?"
So she is living 24/7 inside her head,
ruminating about how wrong this guy is for her...
MEL: Mmm. ..and he has no chance right now.
The thing that's, like, rocked me is, like...
always been able to get along with girls super well.
With three sisters, like, it's never been an issue for me.
Just the fact that I still am struggling to get along with Mel
is just pretty alarming to me
'cause, like, I'm just... I'm genuinely trying
and, like, doing all the right things
and, like...
So you don't feel like you're doing anything wrong?
No, I know I'm not. I know I'm not.
I know... I know that she's, like, trying not to like me.
(LAUGHS)
Being cold to me and then being, like,
really friendly with everyone else.
I'm trying to be friends
and we're not even that, like, to be honest.
Like, we're not even, like, bouncing off each other
and, like, you know, like, I can see the energy
in how she talks to other people in the room...
(LAUGHS)
..but it's completely different to how she talks to me.
GIA: Oh, my god. And my interaction...
I'm, like, "Who wants to kiss?"
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
WOMAN: She's friend-zoned her man. (LAUGHS)
LUKE: I'm kind of getting to the point where I'm just, like...
I'm losing the motivation to try.
Oh. (LAUGHTER)
Babe, you're, like, "Give me someone!"
(LAUGHTER)
Can't be positive forever, like, especially when you look around
and you see a lot of the other couples
are getting along really well.
Like, you can't keep going if nothing changes.
You've actually put up a full block. Yeah.
I know. It's cement. "Don't breathe on me."
LUKE: Like, it gets to a time where you just...
It's like flogging a dead horse.
Ah! Help me! Help me! I still feel single!
(LAUGHTER)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
So let's talk to beautiful Mel. MAN: Yeah.
How are you going? You can start with...
I can start. Alright. OK.
Um... I feel like it's pretty uncomfortable to say.
Yeah, I'd be lying if I'd say it wasn't tough for us two so far.
Um... We haven't gotten along massively well so far.
It's pretty disheartening
'cause, like, I'm here genuinely, like, invested.
At the same time, I'm not saying anything bad about you because I...
Yeah, I know. I know. ..I wouldn't, so, like...
Yeah, it's been tough 'cause like, you know, I've been trying.
I'm sure you've been trying too.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
My expectations of this experiment were so different,
so maybe I was a bit naive, like, going into it.
Like, I thought I was going to go into this experiment
and really meet my person immediately
and feel that vibe immediately.
It's OK, though. It might take some time.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
The way she's talking about this in front of Luke,
it's got a finality about it.
Right from the word go, "You're not the one for me."
Yeah.
The problem is that she's got so man unrelenting standards
and expectations.
And the more you listen to Mel talk about this,
the more you get a sense
that this guy is simply not good enough for her.
I think if you just relax and just start to find the qualities in him
that do light you up and lean more into them, like...
Create a friendship at least.
Yeah, I know, but...
And that's what sucks for me.
'Cause, like, it's been me that's always been trying.
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)
He's a beautiful guy. He's got a heart of gold.
And all I want to say is, Mel, like, if you're closed off from day one,
it's going to be really hard to pull her back
from being closed off and opening up
so that concerns me a bit
'cause I think she's going to miss out on someone amazing.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
GIA: You guys were matched for a reason. You need to remember that.
They see something that you don't see yet
and you need to really, like, try and let some walls down
and, like, let him in and let him see who you really are
and, like...like, try and see the good in him.
To be honest, you guys, like, I want to say, like,
I know, like, Luke is definitely trying harder than I am.
It's a little bit weird to me that she was so happy to just say
that she hasn't been giving it a go.
You know, not only does it suck that you don't...
you're not giving it a go, but it also sucks that I'm here
and, you know, I'm trying.
'Cause I know, like, I'm not being the nicest person.
And it's really hard for me
because I feel like you're seeing the side of me which is like this...
BEC: Not you. Yeah.
It's not fair for me, like, just to try and just to have to kind of,
like, sit through it.
I know I could try harder.
And I'm just like, "Well, why are we even here?"
OK, Bec, you're up, sweetheart.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
I'm not buying their relationship right now, Bec and Danny.
Me and Scott, when we slept together once,
it was, like, more touchy-feely, more connected,
more, like, all over each other.
Bec and Danny just slept together once
and I don't see chemistry between them.
They seem distant as.
The honeymoon was amazing.
We just had, like, one little rough patch.
Oh, OK.
But, look, we learned a lot about each other during that patch,
do you know what I mean?
Like... (TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
You learned that I'm a legend.
Can we ask what the rough patch was or...?
Maybe you talk about that when you talk.
(LAUGHTER) I'm putting it to you.
Yeah. Handball.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
The rough patch was...
was that we had an amazing day
and then we woke up the next day, and I was in my head
and I was, like, "How are we going to go
"from, like, friends to lovers?"
I can read through the bullshit.
I can see immediately that it's bullshit.
There's too many disconnects for me.
I think he's leading her on.
STEVE: Can I ask, though, like,
you're one of the three couples that have had sex, yeah?
So, because you've had sex, does affection then get easier
or has it become more difficult now?
That's like... We've gotten closer from it.
But some people are different. Some people are different.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
(SIGHS)
STELLA: I think Danny and Bec peaked too early.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
Can I ask a question? Yeah.
Do you feel like maybe...
Do you regret that you had sex early on?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
STELLA: Can I ask a question?
Do you feel like maybe...
Do you regret that you had sex early on?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
Not at all. Are you joking? OK. OK.
(LAUGHTER) MAN: OK.
Not at all.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
We had an amazing day on, like, this island beach club in Fiji
and then we got into bed
and we were, like, and had a cuddle and had a great day.
It's so weird but, like, I don't really know when you...
Like, I can't really remember when you weren't there now.
REBECCA: That was beautiful. You're getting emotional.
You loved that, didn't you? (LAUGHS) Getting emotional!
STEVE: No, but you are. Yeah, it was nice.
With the intimacy side of things, I have been, like...
in the past I've probably been the type of guy
to rush into things
and I didn't want to do that on this experiment.
I'd probably rather, like, you know, take it slow, sort of thing.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
So, like, I probably haven't been the most intimate with you, have I?
Like, probably Bec was looking for a bit more
on that kind of side of things,
but we've had a couple of chats about it, but, um...
Are you talking about sex-wise
or are you talking about, like... like affection?
Because intimacy is so many different levels.
Both. Really?
We've had sex once.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
Yeah. I don't reckon he's into her.
Tell me... Tell everyone you, like, think I'm amazing.
(LAUGHTER)
WOMAN: I love you.
Of course. I don't have to say that. Say it.
Don't tell him what to say about you.
Like, if he's into you, he'll say it.
Obviously I think the world of her.
We've got such a good friendship, haven't we?
Like, we have...
(LAUGHS)
ALESSANDRA: Friendship? JOHN: Yeah.
That's not what she wants to hear.
Her facial expression dropped immediately.
But I think she feels rejected... Yeah.
..and very insecure about the relationship
and his feelings for her. Yeah.
BEC: I'm, like, I found, like, a best friend
that I didn't know I was missing in my life,
who I can't imagine not having in my life now.
MAN: Aw. You know, like...
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
I'm happy. OTHERS: Yeah.
DANNY: I'm happy too.
Bec and Danny just doesn't just sound genuine at all.
Like, they're sitting there going, "Oh, it's just so nice.
"This is so happy. We're all good." I don't buy it at all.
I feel like they're definitely not meant for each other.
ALISSA: Cheers, everybody.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, I think Bec and Danny are very much selling this, like,
relationship that's perfect
and that we get along and we're doing so well.
I'm not buying it.
Danny, he was the only groom that kind of, like,
looked me up and down a few times.
Maybe he's not so happy with Mrs Grinchy
and he's looking at me a bit too much.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
I think she's very basic
and he's probably used to, like, a bit more, like, of a baddie...
..and she's not, so...
NARRATOR: Tomorrow night...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
..in its 13th season...
What's this? DANNY: Oh, no.
Oh, I'm nervous.
..the experiment launches a brand-new phase.
Revelations week. Revelations week.
Revelations? That's the last book in the Bible.
That's the end game.
Over two massive nights,
revelations week will expose our couples' deepest secrets.
Oh, I feel a bit sick. Eugh.
I feel like I want to tell you something.
If I saw that at the beginning, I would not even give you a chance.
I'm a little icked.
MAN: What is going on here?
Never-before-seen tasks...
I'll start with green flags.
Right. Red flags. There's not many.
..will test group dynamics.
(PEOPLE GASP)
I don't believe you. WOMAN: What?
I don't believe you. I just think she's full of...
The photo ranking returns...
DANNY: Stuffy in here. Sorry.
..with mixed results.
That just knocks me down even further, to be honest.
(STELLA LAUGHS) And as connections deepen...
I really like you. Like, a lot.
RACHEL: I'm so happy. (LAUGHS)
..cracks form for the self-proclaimed power couple
BEC: I didn't think anything could shake us.
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