The Married at first sight Experts may have made the casting choices of season 18 with ulterior motives. Married at first sight Season 18 premiered on October 15, 2024, and introduced viewers to five couples from the Chicago area. Emem and Ikechi, Allen and Madison, Karla and Juan, David and Michelle, and Camille and Thomas are the five couples highlighted this season. The Married at first sight Experts, Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Pastor Cal Roberson, and Dr. Pia Holek, have been working together as “expert” therapists and counselors since season 15.
The experts have the task of making the matches between those who applied, and guide them through the eight-week long experiment. However, the experts have done a poor job over the past few years, and have a poor success rate of 18.75%. The experts have a bad reputation of not matching people based on their non-negotiables, leading to troubled waters early on for the couples. Moreover, they are often absent or off-based with their advice and late in their approach to the couples’ problems. In season 18, the experts already have plenty of red flags with their casting choices.
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The MAFS experts should not have chosen some Season 18 cast
Red flags are ignored
Lives Married at first sight Season 18 has a “Matchmaking Special,” which lets viewers in on the experts’ deep dive into what they will choose and their justifications for pairing people together. There was also a “Kickoff Special” episode that featured host Kevin Frazier, a panel of reality TV experts, and former MAFS Cast members dish on which couples are mismatched and which will have the biggest issues. With Allen and Madison, although both are tough individuals, the panel felt that Allen wasn’t tough enough for Madison, and that Her attraction to him would not be there.
David and Michelle are the other problem couple. The panel thought that David living in his parents’ basement was a red flag and a sign that he wasn’t ready for marriage. Moreover, they thought Carla may be too whimsical for JuanDespite their love of dancing being at the heart of their common interests. Many of the matched people look good on paper, but their relationship histories, different personalities, and life goals likely won’t translate well into the matches they’ve been placed in.
MAFS season 18 scandals prove experts don’t care about caste
Did they hope for dissent?
To add to the red flag behavior of MAFS Season 18 and its poor casting choices by the experts, there will be two major scandals. A situation surrounding cheating will occur. It’s not yet known who it involves, but judging by the trailer it seems to be on Ikechi’s front. What’s more, a couples swap will occur, indicating that the experts paired the wrong people together. The experts are not considered when choosing the cast and pairing peopleAs evidenced by the discontent that will occur this season.
The lack of care of the experts when matching and their decision to combine people who are not as compatible as they should be, proves that the experts do not care about the cast. It seems like with these casting mistakes, the experts are less concerned about their genuine dating hopes and more concerned with slapping people together to make reality TV.
If the experts were to care, they would change their process and do deeper dives on the participants because their terrible success rate speaks for itself and demonstrates their lack of ability.
The MAFS experts want to produce drama
They didn’t delve deep enough into compatibility
with these Married at first sight season 8 casting choices, The experts seem more concerned with the potential to produce drama. In the early seasons of the show, there were more compatible couples and less focus was placed on the negativity of the relationships and more emphasis was placed on how to make the marriages last.
The experts on the show appear to be unprofessionally stirring the pot with the hopes of creating chaotic situations due to their mismatches.
What direction is MAFS headed in?
Will the experts remain the same?
The Married at first sight Franchise is not in a good state of perception After many seasons of failures with the casting, and the onus is on the experts. MAFS Seems to be headed in a direction that cares more about facilitating drama than caring about the show’s premise. If Married at first sight Keeping the same experts after this season, it would speak to the network’s desire to have a more chaotic show and its acceptance of a poor success rate coupled with high drama.
Married at first sight Airs Tuesdays at 8pm EDT on Live.
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