Sarah, a 38-year-old beauty specialist has been matched with Telv, a 34-year-old machinery technician, by a panel of ‘experts’ on Married at First Sight, and something about them is sparking a feeling within us that is… unfamiliar.
We think it might be warmth. But also maybe… joy.
You see, I’m more invested in Sarah and Telv’s relationship than my own and I only feel mild shame about that.
We debrief on the greatest moment in Sarah and Telv’s relationship, on our MAFS recap podcast. Post continues after.
When they were matched, I had little to no hope given the track record of the panel of experts. In all of Married at First Sight history, they’ve matched precisely 23 couples.
Of those 23 couples, 22 have failed.
Goodness.
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, if Married at First Sight was a dating app, I would have deleted it years ago.
Sarah and Telv were the first match of the season. We were given an insight into Sarah’s backstory, a clearly kind and emotionally intelligent woman, whose fiance left her a few years ago.
Soon after, Sarah miscarried twins.
It was incredibly tragic for a show that we watch primarily to laugh at, but there was something about Sarah that we fell in love with at that moment.
And then along came Telv with his ridiculously kind face.