Who’s Still Together From MAFS Australia 2024?
13 June 2024, 16:04
Married at First Sight Australia 2024 was the most dramatic season yet, but which couples are still together now? Here are all the MAFS couples who are still going strong and who has sadly split
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Married At First Sight Australia has truly delivered on the drama front for 2024 but with huge characters including Lucinda Light, Jack Dunkley and Ridge Barredo - can any of them be successful in love and romance?
The experts, featuring John Aiken, Mel Schilling and Alessandra Rampolla, have made some brilliant couples for this season, however, there have been eye-opening lows as well as some heart-filling highs.
So as we grow closer and closer to those important commitment ceremonies and the final episodes, which MAFS 2024 couples have managed to beat the odds and stay together? And who crumbled under the pressure and split?
- Read more: Here’s Why Madeleine Wasn’t At The MAFS Australia Reunion
- Read more: MAFS Australia's Tim: How He Became A Secret Millionaire, Age, Ex-Girlfriend And More
- Read more: When Did MAFS Australia’s Jono And Ellie Really Start Their Relationship?
Here's a look at what happened for each MAFS Australia couple - be warned, there are HUGE spoilers ahead.
Are Tristan and Cassandra still together?
MAFS couple Cassandra and Tristan are not together, not only do neither contestant follow each other on Instagram, the pair didn't even make it through the experiment.
They couple seemed to try their best but during an emotional Commitment Ceremony towards the end of the show, Cass and Tristan call time on their relationship.
Whilst Tristan told Cass he was falling for her, she couldn't share the sentiment, speaking to 9entertainment, she said "By the time it got the arguing and the combat outweighing the fun that we had, then I was like 'No, we're not meant to be'."
But Tristan has managed to walk away from the experiment with his head held high, telling the publication, "When I was on the show with Cass, it was 50 per cent working on myself and 50 per cent working on my relationship with Cass. Now I do 100 per cent working on myself."
Are Collins and Natalie still together?
MAFS couple Natalie and Collins are not together, after famously quitting the experiment about two weeks in.
Natalie wrote leave in the couple’s first commitment ceremony, and despite being forced to stay another week after Collins wrote ‘Stay’. Natalie walked out on her on-screen husband early because she felt he was fake.
“I can’t listen to you without hearing ‘orchestra’," Natalie says in the episode, “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."
A source speaking to The Tab revealed that Natalie and Collins are “no longer on speaking terms” and according to them, the pair even fought at the reunion.
The source claimed that the pair had a huge argument, saying “Collins is still spiteful and keeps blaming her for robbing him of his opportunity. Things got really nasty quickly and they both just went their separate ways. Collins didn’t even want to be friends with Natalie afterwards, it’s really sh*tty.”
Are Sara and Tim still together?
MAFS couple Sara and Tim are not together as they’ve both been photographed on dates with other people since filming the show.
As the show ended in Australia, the cast have opened up about the status of their relationship, with Sara having confirmed to 9Entertainment that she and Tim have split.
"We broke up a month after the Reunion," Sara told the publication.
"We didn't speak for a little while after, it was hard for us both but a few months down the track we started talking again."
"We're definitely friends now, we are very amicable. It's been good to be on good terms because we went through this crazy ride together."
Sara revealed that the drama in the show was never really left behind in their relationship as Tim found it difficult to move on from it, "It was a constant battle, he would tell me 'I forgive you' and then it would come out that he wasn't 100 per cent moving on," Sara said.
"I was like we either do this or we don't we just can't keep rehashing things." But both Sara and Tim have also been photographed on dates with other people after filming.
Tim was papped kissing a mystery woman on the Gold Coast early in February, and according to Australia’s The Kyle & Jackie O Show, there were rumours everywhere that the reality star was now in a relationship with that same woman.
Are Tori and Jack still together?
They may not be your favourite couple, but yes, Tori and Jack have defied the odds and are still together to this day... for now.
They’re so confident and happy in their relationship that they even got matching tattoos, which they shared on Tori's Instagram as she captioned, "Night 1 we joked about matching tattoos... and now we are here" next to a picture of her and Jack getting the new ink.
Despite the pair being the focus of a number of jaw-dropping scandals this season, most of which revolved around Jack's bombshells, they've managed to beat the odds.
However most recently, Jack's ex-girlfriend has come forward again revealing that the personal trainer was living with his ex-fiancée before, during and after the experiment, you can read all about it here.
Are Andrea and Richard still together?
Fan favourite couple, Andrea and Richard are not together!
The pair broke up at the end of the experiment. Andrea recently spoke to The Daily Mail about the real reason the pair called it quits.
"I never said I wasn't into Richie. I'd always said ''I like you, I'm here, I'm trying''. But of course, I would pull back when boundaries were crossed time and time again," she told the publication.
"I've just never had anyone be so bold and open like Richie, and Richie's very open and I'm talking like even the toilet door I had to ask him to shut the toilet door," she said.
However, when it came down to it, it was a personality clash where Richard was brash, argumentative and unable to communicate or listen to Andrea properly.
When asked whether they've remained friends, "We're good with each other...I still care about him, and I know he still cares about me," she explained.
It was reported that Andrea was dating fellow contestant Timothy who was originally paired with Lucinda.
A video has circulated, that was taken by Andrea and then posted on a Married At First Sight gossip Instagram page.
In the video, Andrea was on the couch with her daughter watching the Final Vows episodes that had just aired in Australia.
“We’re watching Jack and Tori’s final vows, Indi and I,” Andrea said before she panned the camera to reveal Timothy asleep on her couch. “With Timmy,” she said, “And, he’s so into it he’s fallen asleep. He’s that bored.”
Andrea has since spoken out to put any rumours to rest, she clarified to New Idea, that she and Timothy are just “beautiful friends.”
"There's nothing romantic there,” she said. “I adore him, and he adores me." According to Andrea, Timothy had been “a rock” and making friends had been “the best part of the experiment.”
“The people with kind hearts found each other in the experiment which has been really special,” she finalised.
Are Lauren and Jonathan still together?
Unfortunately, Jonathan and Lauren are definitely not together.
The groom was photographed kissing a fellow bride from this season, Ellie Dixie, on a beach in Sydney early in March.
Ellie Dix was paired with Ben Walters by the experts but according to the Daily Mail, she and Jonathan kept in contact after Married At First Sight finished filming and got together after the show.
"Jono and Ellie maintained contact after she left the show, but the romance only escalated once Jono ended things with Lauren at the Final Vows. Their real-life meeting a few days later revealed an undeniable chemistry."
Are Ellie and Ben still together?
Ellie and Ben are not together, surprise surprise. As we mentioned above, Ellie was papped kissing Jonathan in March and Ben’s already spoken to The Daily Mail about his new girlfriend Aileen.
“Just hitting the beach a lot, getting my regular coffee by Nobby's Beach when I heard an accent in there and I had to approach her," he told the publication about how they met.
It sounds like things are going great and moving fast because they’ve already moved in with one another, “Mate, love her to bits, and she's moved in," Ben told the publication.
Ben's even begun posting Aileen on his social media, posting an adorable collage video in early March of the two of them.
Are Madeleine and Ash still together?
MAFS Madeleine and Ash are not together, the pair didn’t even make it to the end of the social experiment.
They only entered halfway through the season as intruders, but Madeleine chose to write ‘leave’ at her first Commitment Ceremony whilst Ash wrote to stay.
It’s unprecedented to allow the couples to change their minds after the Commitment Ceremony and because one half wrote ‘stay’ the couple would normally have had to stay in the experiment for another week.
However, Yahoo! Lifestyle revealed there “was a lot more” going on but due to the nature of what was happening, claiming the producers of MAFS Australia “did not want to dramatise it, and felt it was easier to let them go quickly and quietly".
Speaking with Behind The Edit Podcast, Ash revealed the true chaos that went down behind the cameras.“There was a lot of chaos that didn't make it to TV,” he said. “You only got a taste of what went on, it was crazy.”
“You didn't see jumping on tables, screaming at the universe, rolling around on the floor, not participating in any activity that we did. We went on a boat and she hated it, we did clay [pottery] and she hated it, didn't participate, just wild antics.”
Ash also revealed on the podcast that he had not spoken to or stayed in touch with Madeleine since their filming ended, in fact it was reported to the tabloids that no one had heard from Madeleine since she walked out of the show at all.
Are Eden and Jayden still together?
MAFS couple Jayden and Eden are not together, Eden announced the split in mid-April 2024 in a surprise Instagram post.
The reality star shared a carousel of photos and videos of her on-screen husband with a long caption that read, "When I made the decision at Final Vows to be with Jayden, I really did that with long-term intentions."
"Jayden and I spent many months together after the experiment, during which Cub gained a dad and I gained a second family who I'm truly grateful for.”
"I'm saddened to share that toward the end of the show airing, our relationship came to an unexpected end. The 'reality' is, the person I chose didn't choose me."
"Whilst I'm disappointed, I will never regret the experiment, the people I met, the lessons I learnt and the growth this process has had on me.”
"Thank you for supporting us and for also wishing for the same fairytale that I had hoped for."
Jayden posted his own Instagram post just hours later, with a caption that read, "Sometimes in life, things don’t always go the way you had hoped for."
"After the experiment, Eden and I went back to the Gold Coast and continued to enjoy living our lives together and getting to know each other every day."
"However, unfortunately, our relationship ended not long before the end of the experiment airing. As sad as it is, I’m so glad I got to go through this with such an amazing woman and a beautiful son. You will both always have a second family on the Gold Coast."
Are Lucinda and Timothy still together?
Lucinda and Timothy are not together. Thought their relationship status since the show has seemed unclear. At the reunion show – which aired in the UK on 30th April – they confirmed they were still in each other's lives and had only grown closer since the experiment ended.
Timothy explained: "We still talk every couple of days. We are pretty on track. It's amazing. So there's hope, yes for sure. I always said it wasn't an ending of something, but the beginning of something."
Lucinda added: "I've got the perfect husband for me. This fella is a total spunk."
However, as of June 2024, it seems like the pair have blocked one another on Instagram.
Timothy shared a TikTok with his followers where he's shown saying, “ If people don’t respect your time - and respect is a big word - if they don’t appreciate or respect the time that you give people, cut them out. Get rid of them,”
“ Don’t let anyone waste one minute of your life and time because if they don’t respect it, they don’t deserve to have it," and fans have speculated it's about Lucinda.
Especially after an inside source claiming to be one fo the cast members spoke to Yahoo!Lifestyle and claimed it was a possibility that with Lucinda's professional success, she was just "too busy" for her friends.
Are Stephen and Michael still together?
The world was rooting for Michael after his first groom dramatically fled the experiment before their wedding, but unfortunately, his second groom Stephen didn’t work out either.
The So Dramatic! podcast, reported that Michael has moved on after the show finished filming, with one of the gossip podcast’s sources claiming they saw him partying in a Melbourne nightclub in 2023.
“I met Michael from MAFS in the upstairs bathrooms of Revs back in Nov/Dec,” they said. “He was pashing two of my friends throughout the night."
According to another source, there was never really much hope for things to work out between the two grooms, “Stephen was very open about having no connection with Michael from the second he laid eyes on him.” they said.
“They aren’t on the show for that long. They only last two to three weeks.”
Are Jade and Ridge still together?
Yes, intruders Jade and Ridge are still together! The couple made it through final vows and have been going from strength to strength since the experiment.
Ridge has begun looking for jobs in the Gold Coast, the pair spent Christmas together, they took an international trip to Bali together and they've even met each other's extended friends and family.
Neither of the pair have confirmed whether Ridge has made the final move, however, Jade made her way down to New South Wales to attend a wedding with Ridge earlier in the year.
Whilst Ridge has been making his way up north to the Gold Coast to spend time with Jade and her daughter Victoria.
In a recent video Jade uploaded, the three of them can be seen frolicking on the beach alongside both their dogs, and the serenity and domesticity of the video makes us think maybe Ridge has taken the plunge and moved once and for all.
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