Married At First Sight Season 18 Premiere Date Leaks Amid Major Red Flags About Reality Show’s Future
Brand-new spoilers revealed the Married At First Sight season 18 premiere date. This comes at an important time for the Lifetime reality dating series. Married At First Sight season 17 was a disaster. Out of the five featured couples, only Becca Haley and Austin Reed said yes on Decision Day, but then their relationship quickly fell apart after she accused him of lying to her. Michael Shiakallis and Chloe Brown were split on their decision, with the latter wanting to stay married and the former ending the relationship. Every other couple chose to get divorced on Decision Day.
Married At First Sight season 18 will reportedly premiere in October, according to a recent leaked spoiler.
According to fan account @mafsfan, which claimed to have “insider information,” the Married At First Sight season 18 premiere date is scheduled for Wednesday, October 2, though Lifetime has not made it official just yet. An October return, if confirmed by the network, makes sense and is in line with the timeframe for Married At First Sight season 17, which debuted October 18, 2023. The fan account also claimed that MAFS season 18, which was filmed in Chicago, Illinois, will continue the “train wreck” that viewers have been used to lately.
What Can MAFS Season 18 Do To Improve The Show?
The outcomes of the MAFS season 17 relationships left a sour taste in fans’ mouths. In the end, not a single couple from that season stayed together, not even the two cast members who initially wanted to stay together on Decision Day. Clearly, the MAFS experiment is failing and falling apart for all to see on national TV and social media. In the comments section of @mafsfan’s premiere date post, several fans left complaints. @Bqueeny misses the “good old days” when potential cast members signed up for MAFS because they actually wanted to get married instead of to gain fame.
A lot of fans want Married At First Sight to make changes to the format of the show itself. As @Laurasullyb13 said, “Back to the old days of MAFS.” @Mandi_o_ agreed with that sentiment, adding that they miss the early days of the reality show when “it was real.” Other fans, like @Michb67, claimed MAFS has become “unbearable” in recent years, and the show needs to be fixed.
The format has been a point of contention since MAFS season 17 aired. The casting team and experts Pastor Cal Roberson, Dr. Pia Holec and Dr. Pepper Schwartz have come under fire over their inability to play matchmaker, since they’re pairing up cast members whose relationships are clearly not going to last. It gets frustrating to watch week after week when the inevitable (multiple breakups) ends up coming to fruition. While Married At First Sight season 18 might not make major changes, hopefully, Lifetime will take fans’ criticisms into account when planning MAFS season 19 and beyond.
