Who Has Left MAFS Australia 2024 So Far?

16 April 2024, 13:53 | Updated: 16 April 2024, 13:54

Married At First Sight Australia has brought together some interesting couples but who has already split and left the experiment?

The MAFS Australia cast for 2024 have brought the drama, love triangles, romance and epic splits and we're only half way through.

After being described as 'abhorrent' by expert Mel Schilling, we knew we were in for a good series and couples like Tori and Jack, Eden and Jayden and Lucinda and Tim have certainly been interesting to watch on our TV screens.

However, for some contestants, the experiment has brought them no joy in the world of love, with a select few 2024 Married At First Sight couples already leaving their marriages and the show.

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So who has left so far? And what was their reasons? Here's the full list.

Simon Flocco

Known as the runaway groom, Simon was set to marry Michael during the first round of weddings.

He joined the rest of the male cast on their bucks night, but following meetings with producers about their contracts and life on MAFS, it's thought Simon made his choice to leave.

Explaining his choice to Daily Mail Australia, he said: "MAFS wasn't what I thought I wanted at this point in my life, that's all."

"I just felt bad for whoever they set me up with. I did initially leave, but they managed to coax me back... I gotta look out for myself."

Since the show Simon has kept a relatively low profile.

Natalie and Collins

Natalie and Collins were the first couple to call it quits after the initial spark on their wedding day quickly turned to awkwardness and confusion.

Natalie quit the show during the first dinner party before making a return to give it another go. However, her worries about a future with Collins continued leaving her to write 'leave' at the first commitment ceremony.

Despite Collins writing 'stay', Natalie went on with her departure. She said: "I can’t listen to you without hearing ‘orchestra’. I cannot communicate with someone who talks to me like we are on the set of Neighbours or Home & Away. It just feels so manufactured.

“If this is genuinely you, that’s you, but it is not someone that gives me energy, it drains me. I don’t feel I can build a romantic connection with you; I can’t see a future. It is time for me to go.”

Since the show, Natalie has returned to her physiotherapist job and Collins is also back to his position at the Australian government as an executive assistant.

Madeleine and Ash

It was a very brief time on MAFS for this couple as they entered and exited within one week.

They entered as one of the halfway couples but after a 'crazy' honeymoon and the former Home and Away actress's eccentric behaviour, it was not meant to be for these two.

Despite Ash choosing to 'stay' at the first commitment ceremony, Madeleine wrote 'leave.' The couples are expected to work through their problems by staying another week when this happens. Yet for some reason, the day following the Commitment Ceremony, Ash revealed that he had changed his mind and wanted to leave the experiment after all, and for some reason, they were both allowed to.

It’s unprecedented for the social experiment to allow couples to change their minds and leave when they want.

But there was more going on behind the scenes than the show let on, which you can read about here.

Ben and Ellie

Ben and Ellie left the social experiment roughly halfway through the show, right before the couple's retreat.

Whilst the pair seemed like a good match at the beginning of the season, it quickly became apparent that they were very wrong for one another.

With Ellie's desire to start a family at the top of her priority list, Ben's wishy-washy behaviour towards what he wanted from life made her lose any confidence in him.

When Ben was put through the fire with the experts in his penultimate week, instead of rising to the occasion to be the best husband Ellie could have asked for, as expert John Aiken requested. Ben abandoned Ellie, went MIA, then returned with a list of ways she could improve herself, down to things like 'wear less make-up.'

It's no wonder the pair never found common ground and left just one week later.

Cassandra and Tristan

Possibly a story of the right person, wrong time. The two never managed to be in the same place at the same time, with Cass falling for Tristan first, but Tristan falling harder.

When Cass was interested and ready to open her heart to Tristan, he had his walls up and by the time he had dropped them, Cass's feelings had changed.

But there was never going to be a world where these two didn't end things peacefully and respectfully, considering just how nice the two of them were. After Cass wrote leave the week prior, the pair spent the week conversing about their relationship.

Whilst sad and disappointed, Cass needed to be true to her heart, "We spent this week reflecting on our relationship. And last night we decided we're ready to accept that we're just gonna be friends," she explained to the experts.

"We just kind of had a chat about it. It's like where are we actually at? We talked about it. It felt like a bit like closure to me. Like it's like we both kind of were on the same page. If that makes sense,' Tristan added.

Cass then wished Tristan all the best in the future and reminded him that his future partner would be a lucky person, to which Tristan responded, "Cass, you broke my heart, but I'm glad you were the one who broke my heart. You know, you're the first person I've told I've fallen in love for."

"And either way, it didn't work out, you're stuck in my life forever. And maybe a little bit longer I can work on myself, and maybe we can reconnect in the future."

Andrea and Richard

Andrea and Richard finally called it quits and their relationship was like a shooting star, it was so quick to burn but ultimately it burnt out.

The pair weren't able to re-spark their passion for one another after Andrea seemed to get the 'ick' from Richard and the crass way he spoke.

She opened up to Daily Mail Australia after the show and revealed that fights with Richard made her “feel crazy,” which is no surprise because the pair have very different fighting styles, as well as very different impressions on how events went down.

Andrea revealed she found their final episodes tricky to watch, "Last week was very traumatic for me watching that. Your body actually feels everything you’re feeling again, so it’s been a lot and it’s been sad,” she said.“Seeing our fight air out. It was pretty hard. I actually felt like I was going crazy at the end."

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