Married At First Sight Season 18 Refuses To Fix Past Mistakes After Bringing Denver Cast Back To Give Advice

Married At First Sight is about to return to Lifetime, but fans have already noticed red flags after watching the pre-season specials. Married At First Sight season 17 ended in April, but the experts failed to find compatible couples. Every single relationship from that season ended. Initially, Becca Haley and Austin Reed said yes on Decision Day, but then they got divorced. Chloe Brown wanted to stay married, but Michael Shiakallis said no, and their relationship came to an end. This has become a pattern with Married At First Sight; there are very few couples that have managed to stay together.

One week before the Married At First Sight season 18 premiere, Lifetime aired two specials, “Matchmaking In Chicago” and “Kicking Off Chicago,” to get fans excited for the new season. Unfortunately, the negative reactions were swift. After Lifetime posted a clip from one of the specials that featured some MAFS season 17 stars giving advice to the new cast members, fans took to the comments section to express their disbelief that anybody from the Denver season would be asked to give advice.

As @Her_2024__ put it, “It should be know[n] as the Forgotten Season from how horrible and fake it was!” @Terrismithjones bluntly said, “We DO NOT want to see them.” In particular, several fans found it shocking that Michael and Lauren were giving advice. “That’s ridiculous,” @Reerae1 exclaimed, with a crying-laughing emoji. @Mybeautifulpoms admitted they’re “out” after seeing Lauren giving advice. Meanwhile, some fans are really hoping MAFS season 18 redeems the series. As @Missjowebb put it, “Please Chicago…redeem MAFS!!! We miss a good REAL love story!!!“

What Bringing Denver Cast Back Means For MAFS Season 18

MAFS Producers Haven’t Learned The Lessons Of The Past

The clip that Lifetime posted from the pre-Married At First Sight season 18 specials showed Lauren and Michael remaining hopeful that one particular couple would stay together. Lauren admitted she’s optimistic and hopes she doesn’t have to eat her words later. Michael plans to take one of the new cast members at her word regarding a comment she made about attraction. The fans pointed out that it doesn’t make any sense to bring back cast members who had failed relationships.

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Unfortunately, Lauren will more than likely have to eat her words after the season is complete because of the terrible track record Married At First Sight has. This show has been on the air for 17 seasons and the success rate is less than 20%. That should be a huge warning sign to not only the new couples that fans are about to see on their screens but also a warning to alums like Lauren and Michael, who should know better, especially since their own MAFS marriages failed.

Our Take On Denver Cast Giving Advice For MAFS Season 18 Cast

MAFS Season 18 Cast Should Be Hearing From Successful Couples Instead

The fans in the Instagram comments section are right. Having people like Lauren and Michael come back to talk about the new MAFS cast members doesn’t make any sense because newlyweds shouldn’t be taking advice from past reality stars whose relationships crashed and burned on national TV. It makes for great TV to see Lauren and Michael on our screens again, but the new cast would be better served by hearing from the successful couples, despite the fact that there are very few of them.

Sources: Married At First Sight/Instagram, @Her_2024__/Instagram, @Terrismithjones/Instagram, @Reerae1/Instagram, @Mybeautifulpoms/Instagram, @Missjowebb/Instagram

Based on the Danish version of the series, Married at First Sight is a reality show/social experiment that gives singles a chance to find a lifelong partnership with one particular caveat: they must agree to marry a stranger arranged the moment they meet. Experts provide counseling and guidance as they help couples navigate their new marriage with their unknown partner and highlight the journey of the newlyweds from wedding to honeymoon to beginning their new lives together. At the end of eight weeks, couples will decide to stay married or divorce.

Cast

Pepper Schwartz , Calvin Roberson , Viviana Coles , Jessica Griffin , John Aiken , Mel Schilling , Alessandra Rampolla , Logan Levkoff , Joseph Cilona , Greg Epstein , Rachel DeAlto , DeVon Franklin , Pia Holec

Release Date

July 8, 2014

Seasons

17

Writers

Lotte Offenberg Bergqvist , Razor Rizzotti

Directors

Charlie Mysak , Michael Fitzpatrick Lawrence Jr. , Nick Petrie

Showrunner

Sam Dean

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