'Married at First Sight': Which Couples Are Still Together?
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Jamie Otis & Doug Hehner, Season 1
Status: Married
Nurse (and former Bachelor contender) Jamie and Doug, a salesman, took it slow on the show, and it paid off: They renewed their wedding vows on their first anniversary.
Sadly, the couple lost their first baby in the fourth month of Jamie's pregnancy, but recently announced that they are expecting again later this year: "I'd be lying if I didn't add that we are also a bit fearful of losing our sweet little peanut," Jamie says, "but we are choosing happiness and excitement over fear."
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Cortney Hendrix & Jason Carrion, Season 1
Status: Married
Cortney, a makeup artist, and Jason, an aspiring fireman, seemed made for each other from the start, but, as seen on Married at First Sight: The First Year, real life intruded after the show: Jason's mother died; Cortney lost her job; and the couple argued over money. But they stuck together and are still going strong.
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Monet Bell & Vaughn Copeland, Season 1
Status: Divorced
Despite doing the deed the same night they tied the knot, Monet, a product developer, and Vaughn, a field service technician who now runs an organic food business, were the only couple not to go the distance the first season. Though the sex was, in Monet's words, "awesome," they just weren't a match.
Monet parlayed MAFS into a spot on FYI's dating show Blacklove, while Vaughn found a new love with whom he welcomed a son, Zaire, last year.
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Davina Kullar & Sean Varricchio, Season 2
Status: Divorced
Davina Kullar is now Davina Davis, and eagle-eyed viewers will note that is not Sean's last name. It clearly wasn't meant to be between Sean, a trauma nurse, and Davina, a pharmaceutical saleswoman. They never really jelled and couldn’t even live full-time together. But less than two years post-MAFS, Davina tied the knot with beau Donald Davis. No word on Sean’s status.
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Jaclyn Methuen & Ryan Ranellone, Season 2
Status: Divorced
After a rocky start, Jaclyn, a vodka sales rep, and Ryan, a real estate agent, became a MAFS fan favorite, and they elected to stay together on Decision Day despite their cultural differences — she’s from Jersey, he’s from Long Island.
They had split up by the reunion show, and though they agreed to give it another go, they never hooked up again on any level.
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Jessica Castro & Ryan DeNino, Season 2
Status: Divorced
They had the most tempestuous relationship of Season 2, but the fighting didn’t stop Jessica, a receptionist, and businessman Ryan from deciding to stick it out on Decision Day. We didn’t have high hopes for the marriage, but we certainly didn’t expect Jessica to file for a restraining order against Nick, who allegedly threatened to kill her and "disappear" her family. Needless to say, they are dunzo. Jessica now bills herself as an actress and appears to be single, while Ryan's new love, judging from his highly political Twitter account, is Donald Trump.
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Vanessa Nelson & Tres Russell, Season 3
Status: Divorced
The physical chemistry wasn’t an issue for Vanessa, a corporate events manager, and Tres, a luxury car salesman, but that couldn’t help them overcome serious trust issues and miscommunication.
Though they were the only couple in their season to stay together after Decision Day, the dup announced they had called it quits at the reunion. But Vanessa didn’t blame MAFS: She signed up to co-star on the spinoff Married at First Sight: Second Chances, in which she and a fellow Season 3 alum will date multiple suitors selected by the show’s experts. Second Chances premieres April 27 at 10:15/9:15c on Lifetime.
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Ashley Doherty & David Norton, Season 3
Status: Divorced
Ashley, a nursing student, and David, an IT project manager, had a rough go right from the start. He felt her heart wasn’t in it, and she felt betrayed when he reached out to another woman on social media. She ultimately opted for divorce — and only later found out that David pleaded guilty years earlier to disorderly conduct following an argument with his then-girlfriend. That hasn’t stopped Lifetime from casting him alongside Vanessa Nelson in Married at First Sight: Second Chances.
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Samantha Role & Neil Bowlus, Season 3
Status: Divorced
Though Samantha, now a client services manager for ADP, was initially cool on Neil, a laboratory manager, it was Neil who pulled the plug on their marriage on Decision Day, devastating Samantha. They split up, but their social media feeds show they’re still friendly, so perhaps fans shouldn’t give up hope for a reunion.
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Lillian Vilchez & Tom Wilson, Season 4
Status: Married
Tom, a peripatetic surfer who outfits yacht interiors, decided Lillian, a high-end real estate agent, was worth settling down for. At the reunion, they confirmed they had moved in to a new place together and that their sex life is "very healthy." Alas, this love was not meant to last. In May 2017, the couple announced their split after 14 months of marriage.
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Sonia Granados & Nick Pendergrast, Season 4
Status: Filed for Divorce
The most up-and-down couple of the season, social worker Sonia and Nick, a vacation rentals manager, seemed committed to making it work on the reunion show. But in March 2017, the couple revealed that they had filed for divorce, though they also appeared to have few regrets: "We look forward to growing and continuing to learn about ourselves from what we still consider to be a meaningful experience with MAFS."
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Heather Seidel & Derek Schwartz, Season 4
Status: Divorced
The magic was gone by the second day of the honeymoon, and the couple agreed to split after only two weeks—the soonest of any couple so far in the series. Heather, a flight attendant, blamed his smoking, but Derek, an account executive, says it was clear that she was just not that into him. He’s still a fan of the show, posting on Facebook that he’s hoping for three successful marriages on the upcoming fifth season.
Remember when Fox's reality special Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire blew our nation's collective moral gasket? Fast-forward 17 years later, and Lifetime (taking over from FYI) is about to air the fifth season of Married at First Sight, in which moralizers can at least take comfort in the fact that the couples are paired up by relationship experts (and that, unlike Multi-Millionaire, there is no swimsuit competition).
But is this a formula for wedded bliss? The results are mixed—one couple has a baby on the way while another bride felt compelled to file a restraining order against her insta-groom. In advance of the Season 5 premiere on April 20, let's see how arranged matrimony has treated these 12 couples.
Click through the gallery above to find out what happened to all of the Marries at First Sight couples.
Married at First Sight, Season Premiere, Thursday, April 20, 9/8c, Lifetime
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