The two have had a well-documented rollercoaster relationship. They share an undeniable physical chemistry but clash when it comes to overall communication and future plans. Adrian is not keen to leave Sydney and his family, and Awhina is unable to uproot her life in Perth with her young son and move interstate for Adrian.
While MAFS fans have been left wildly confused by the pair’s decision to break-up-but-not-really during Final Vows, Adrian has now taken to TikTok to upload his full Final Vows, and dropped a bit of a bombshell in the process.
MAFS’ Adrian’s Final Vows reveal unknown tidbit about Awhina’s living situation
In his full Final Vows, Adrian touches on the instant connection with Awhina and all the good times they had together, before going into their inability to communicate in a “healthy way”.
After acknowledging he could’ve been a better partner, Adrian then goes into the homestays at Perth, and says although Awhina “opened his eyes” as to what a life together could look like, he had one concern he couldn’t shake.
“There was one significant concern that played on my mind: your living situation. I didn’t know if I would feel comfortable being with someone who lives with their ex-partner,” Adrian wrote. “But my feelings for you were so strong, I chose to set my concerns aside, and you have assured me you’d move out post-experiment.”
Adrian has uploaded his final vows on TikTok. Image: Nine
The full Final Vows were numerous slides long, but some fans definitely picked up on the little tidbit of Awhina still living with her ex.
“Did no one read to the end where Awhina was still living with her ex? Like that’s enough to give anyone doubts or an uncomfortable feeling pursuing a relationship!!” one person commented, with Adrian replying, “Yep. I was surprised they didn’t show that on homestays. But they had a different storyline, I guess.”
Adrian also stipulated in the comments that he said numerous times he never expected Awhina to move interstate. “I said a number of times I would never expect her to move away from the father of her child. They never showed it,” he wrote.
“A lot of this won’t make sense as you guys have seen the narrative they wanted to show. So keep that in mind when reading them,” Adrian then said about his vows.
“I watched your live the other night, you can tell the feelings you had/have for Awhina are genuine. Your face lights up when you mention her. You can’t act that,” one fan commented underneath.
Maybe it isn’t the end for Adrian and Awhina after all? Strap yourselves back in, folks.
Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
Those of you who aren’t up to speed on what went down outside the villa will have a bit of catching up to do. The TLDR is that Dylan broke up with Sophie Mills— who he was coupled up with at the end of the show — and pursued a relationship with her friend, Mimi.
Mimi and Dylan coyly spoke about their budding relationship post-show. Mimi confirmed that they were dating and told 9Nowthat she “adored” him.
However, things went south (to put it lightly), with both Islanders sharing some seriously scorching TikToks detailing a relationship breakdown.
Mimi and Dylan coupled up on Love Island Australia. Image: Nine.
What has Mimi said?
Mimi first started dropping hints about her break up with Dylan on TikTok when she posted a clip captioned “A woman’s intuition never lies, but men do.” In the comments section fans asked if she was talking about Dylan, and she liked their comments.
Then, on March 25 she shared a get ready with me video titled “GRWM PT 1 How I found out I got cheated on”.
Mimi doesn’t mention Dylan’s name in the video. However, she does say she was seeing someone for “a couple of months”.
She explained that she and this person had started hooking up before he went overseas and then stayed in touch while he was away.
“We were texting every day, calling all of that,” she said. “We had a really nice phone call. It was all lovey dovey, and he ended up messaging me, being like, I think I’m in love with you. Like, I love you.”
Mimi said she went to meet the person at the airport but her intuition told her something was wrong.
“As soon as I see them, like, my womanly instincts are, like, something’s wrong. I don’t know what it was that, like, gave it away. It just felt different. I don’t even know how to explain it.”
In a part two video, Mimi said that the person admitted that he’d hooked up with someone else while he was away.
Dylan uploaded a 13 minute video on March 30 and didn’t name the person he is talking about, but said “me and this person started hanging out romantically a bit after the villa.”
He added: “After the villa, she said all her friends dropped her because they said she changed as a person since being on the show. I was there for her.”
Dylan explained a similar story to Mimi’s saying that he and the person dated for a few months before he went home to Ireland.
“Just before Christmas, I visited home and went out and slept with someone,” he said.
Dylan said that he admitted the hook up to the person he was seeing in Sydney and wanted to rekindle things. However, they ended their situationship shortly after.
Dylan stressed that he and the woman he was seeing in Sydney weren’t exclusive, so he doesn’t believe that he cheated.
“We’ve seen each other for eight to ten weeks, and you’re blowing up on social media about this, like, is it even cheating?” he said.
“I fucked up. I hold my hands up. Was this girl my girlfriend? No, was I her boyfriend? No, were we on a serious level? No.”
Dylan finished off by saying that he wishes he never hooked up with the person in Ireland and wishes he’d never met “that girl in the show”.
“If I could take back what I did back home, I’d take it back in the morning. If I could take back meeting that girl in the show, I will take it back right now, trying to ruin my life over this crazy, crazy, crazy work.”
Eesh.
What were the first signs that Dylan and Mimi had broken up?
Mimi and Dylan stayed suspiciously quiet about their relationship on social media after announcing they had started seeing each other. .
On January 16, Mimi shared a message on her Instagram broadcast channel, appearing to show a conversation with Dylan that seemed to confirm that they are no longer together.
“Anyways we have nothing else left to talk about. All the best with your journey. I would wish you the best but you had that.” Yikes!
Mimi shares this message on her Instagram broadcast channel. Image: Instagram.
Mimi first hinted at her and Dylan’s break up on January 14, when she shared a video of her having dinner with some friends and captioned it, “A woman’s intuition never lies, but men do.”
Furthermore, in the comments section of the TikTok, the Love Island star appeared to make some pointed references to her TV ex.
Mimi liked a fan’s comment that read, “Bye Bye Dylan,” and responded to another that said, “You clocked him straight away the first time. Why do we give them second chances?” with a clown face. Eesh.
When a third fan asked Mimi, “What did Dyls do?” she cryptically replied, “Patience, darlings, a whole new series is about to begin.”
Mimi liked a fans comment. Image: TikTok.Mimi responds to a fan. Image; TikTok.Mimi responds to another fan. Image: TikTok.
To add even more fuel to the fire, Mimi shared a follow-up TikTok video miming the lyrics “If you fuck me, then fuck you” from Kendrick Lamar’s 30 for 30 Freestyle. She captioned the post, “Leave the island girl in peace.” Which is… indeed a choice.
It doesn’t sound like Mimi and Dylan were officially official at the beginning. In an interview before Christmas, Mimi was asked about reports that she and Dylan were dating.
“I am single, but I am seeing someone,” Mimi said during an interview on New Zealand’s The Edge.
How did Love Island Australia’s Mimi and Dylan get together?
Mimi and Dylan were coupled up towards the beginning of Love Island Australia, but Mimi decided to pursue Love GodSteph Blackos when Dylan didn’t meet her emotional needs.
The two never rekindled their relationship in the villa, even when they spent a night together at Hotel Amor.
However, following both Islanders’ eliminations, Dylan and Mimi have confirmed that they are dating.
“We were on a night out, and my intrusive thoughts won,” Mimi told 9Now of how the couple rekindled their relationship.
“We were just talking – and then I just kissed him. Then, we ended up having a really deep conversation. He opened up to me and I opened up to him… we learned that he can’t be emotional without physical, and I can’t be physical without emotional, so that’s kind of where that all worked out
“I adore him. I’m obsessed with him, actually. He’s amazing. I’ve literally never been with anyone as caring as him before.”
Dylan said that that fateful night helped him see a “completely different side to Mimi that nobody else knows”.
“After that night happened, we were just always talking and seeing each other on group nights. Then, the last month and a half, we’ve been out and staying at each other’s houses,” he added.
Mimi and Dylan reentering the villa after Hotel Amor. Image: Nine.
What happened to Dylan and Sophie?
Dylan and Sophie split shortly after leaving the Love Island Australia villa.
“Dylan did start acting a little bit funny and he did give me a ring and let me know that there’s somebody from his past that has come back up and that he’s interested in getting to know again,” Sophie cryptically revealed in an interview with 9Now.
“I just decided to remove myself from the equation, and I think it was probably for the best.”
Dylan added that Sophie wasn’t thrilled when she found out he was dating Mimi, who she was close to in the villa.
“Obviously, Sophie caught wind of it, she wasn’t happy, but we went about it as respectfully as we could,” he said.
Starting out as one of MAFS’ strongest couples before hitting some roadblocks, Jamie told Chattr that she had concerns going into Final Vows after Feedback Week and Homestays had the couple’s relationship on “life support”.
MAFS’ Jamie on her and Dave’s relationship status
“I won’t talk about our experience after filming,” Jamie said, when asked by Chattr what happened for the pair post-Final Vows. “But unfortunately Dave and I weren’t like the other couples during homestays where we fully embraced each other’s lives. We were on life support essentially, so we didn’t actually have the opportunity to know what it’s like to be in each other’s lives.”
“[After Final Vows] I was looking forward to having an opportunity to work through things privately and see where they actually land.”
Jamie and Dave left Final Vows hand in hand. Image: Nine
While Jamie didn’t confirm or deny if the two were still together, she did have a laugh about some of the rumours she’s read about herself. When asked if she arrived to the reunion solo, Jamie could only laugh.
“I can’t tell you anything about that. They [the media] also said I was like pregnant weeks back!” she said.
MAFS’ Jamie’s thoughts on some of the cast going rogue: ‘The edits are pretty bang on’
If there’s one thing that’s been very different on this season of MAFS, it’s the amount of people on the cast who have gone against Channel Nine’s usual protocol and started using alternate social media accounts to get their viewpoints across.
From Jacqui Burfoot’sbusiness Instagram account page to Eliot Donovan and Adrian Araouzou‘s rogue TikTok accounts, some cast members have been quick to try to get their version of events across as storylines have played out across our TV screens.
Jamie, who has dealt with all publicity through Channel Nine, says she can understand why people want to go rogue but also believes it has damaged the credibility of some.
“Initially, I understand you want to give context, but the edits are pretty bang on,” she said. “You’re missing context sometimes and I get trying to get your point across but you end up looking worse because you don’t stop.”
MAFS’ Jamie has said people’s edits were pretty “bang on”. Image: Nine
MAFS’ Jamie on the villain edit and what to expect from the reunion: ‘We all passed the baton’
One of the most intriguing things about this season of MAFS was there wasn’t one clear-cut villain the whole series, something Jamie said people asked her about when the series first started airing.
“That’s what I was trying to explain to people, they’d be like ‘oh is he the villain’ and I’m like, ‘Oh surprise, we actually pass around the baton on who could be the worst person each episode!'” she siad.
“Like, I’ve never watched a season of MAFS where everyone has a turn being an asshole,” she continued. “Even myself and Dave. Like Dave, was the notorious good guy who became public enemy number one, and I pissed off all the Karens by barking at Carina; it was just insane. Everyone got backlash at some point.”
As for the upcoming MAFS reunion, Jamie had this to say: “For everyone who’s been watching our entire series, you can see this season’s been wild, like, you can’t trust us. Of course, it’s going to be chaos.”
Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
For the last few weeks, Jacqui and Ryan have been publicly going at each other’s throats on social media, and now Ryan has dropped even more tea on his MAFS bride.
According to Ryan, leading up to the MAFS Final Vows, Jacqui would say anything to try and get Ryan to go all the way.
“She would say anything, no matter how disgraceful, in order to drag me to Final Vows. Including: ‘I want us to stay together, I truly do love you, let’s get an apartment together,’” Ryan wrote on Instagram.
“Nothing about Jacqui is genuine, she’s one of the worst narcissists I’ve ever met and you can’t not notice it from all her cringey content during this broadcast.”
This comes right before Jacqui and Ryan’s final vows air on Monday night, and it seems clear that the couple don’t care about spoilers.
Recently, both Jacqui and Ryan have been going rogue on social media – basically letting the public know that they have split and are on bad terms.
Jacqui and Ryan at the altar. Image: Nine
In a spicy Instagram story, Ryan revealed that “Jacqui was a bitch at Final Vows. I laughed, then I left. Yayy.” Yikes.
Meanwhile Jacqui said to Sky News that she is in the process of filing an Apprehended Personal Violence Order (APVO) against him.
She also spoke to Daily Mail, slamming Channel Nine and Endemol Shine.
“Where is the duty of care? Why are Channel Nine and ESA [Endemol Shine Australia] not helping me protect myself from this man?” she said. “I understand he said he’s going on a MAFS Official podcast this week and I’m just shocked that someone could be behaving like this in public and not be cut-off from media.”
Yikes upon yikes. Let’s hope this all ends soon and we can forget about Jacqui and Ryan once and for all.
Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
For the next 90 minutes, I’ll pretend that the choices made tonight actually count for anything once the cameras stop rolling. Let’s recap Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 Final Vows, shall we?
Beth and Teejay call a spade a spade
Beth has decided to pull the pin and leaveTeejay before Final Vows, saving us from the most boring Final Vows this show has ever seen. She tells him she doesn’t care to feel rejected yet again and he… agrees? “Makes sense,” he tells her. Jesus Christ. (Sorry Carina.)
No one cares. Image: Nine.
Jacqui and Ryan hit a bump
Jacqui tells Ryanshe gave Rory her number and Ryan is not impressed.
“You are the one that I want,” Jacqui tells him like she has morphed into Olivia Newton-John while sitting on her throne of lies.
Jamie and Dave’s MAFS Final Vows
Jamie, Georgia, and their matching bronzer discuss whether or not there is any romance between Jamie and Dave—right before Jamie and Dave reunite to make their decision.
Wow, Jamie really be talking to Dave’s nipples at that height.
If I get any closer I may suffocate in your armpit. Image: Nine.
Dave tells Jamie that when she said she loved him, he found it overwhelming. But he wanted to continue to show up for her.
“You’ve become one of the closest people to me in my life,” he tells her.
“Today, I choose us. Let’s give this a real shot. I want to leave here with you and whatever comes next, I’m ready if you are.”
NOW SAY YOU LOVE ME. Image: Nine.
Jamie says the connection was strong from the get-go and she feels comfortable to be herself with Dave.
”I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t concerned — concerned that your feelings will never match mine,” she tells him.
“I deserve to be loved, Dave, and I just don’t know whether I’m willing to wait to see if you can get there too.”
”But I also know that I’m not ready to walk away from this — or from you.”
“I don’t think it’s the end of our story. In fact, it may just be the beginning.”
Not buying it, soz. Image: Nine.
Adrian and Awhina’s MAFS Final Vows
What a terrible greeting. After Adrian asks her “What’s happening?” like she’s come over at 2am, he asks her how she’s feeling. “Greeeeeat,” she mutters.
Guys I don’t know what he said next. There are no subtitles. I replayed it like five times.
DA FUQ U JUST SAY. Image: Nine.
Luckily I can understand the vows. “You make me laugh, you challenge me, and you make me feel seen,” Adrian tells Awhina.
“Sometimes in this experiment I didn’t feel seen by you. Truly seen,” Awhina tells him, because apparently they’re not taking turns like everyone else.
Is this “build up” meant to make us care about the future of these two? It’s not working, but I’m getting flashbacks from Matt Agnew’s Bachelor finale.
“You’re not my future right now. This is where our journey ends,” Awhina tells him.
“I understand how important it is for you to get back to Perth and be with your son. And that’s the problem,” Adrian responds (but also not really because I’m sure they’re just alternating to make this more interesting).
ALSO A CHILD IS NOT A PROBLEM.
”After everything, I believe these hurdles are too big to overcome. Which is why I’m now deciding that it’s best for both of us that I walk away,” Adrian says. Anyone else reckon he just went off script once he heard her answer?
He is smiling at her like a creep and now she is slapping him with her cards. Why is this flirty after they’ve broken up. Oh hell.
HEHEHE PSYCH. Image: Nine.
She asks him if he wants to spend time with her tonight. Of course he does, he has a penis.
“Adrian, you like me,” she tells him.
What in the world is this.
“I feel like we looked at this decision too black and white,” she says.
She asks if he wants to see how their connection goes outside of the experiment.
“Yes,” he says with the worst enthusiasm I’ve ever seen.
Now they’re kissing. What the hell.
Could you not just agree to have break-up sex off camera? Image: Nine.
Carina prays for Paul
Carina is crying to her mum about how dumb Paul is and how he’s fucked the relationship. She tells her it’s part of their Christian faith to forgive people. If this is religion, I don’t want it. Now she must pray.
We all must pray that they break up and that we never see or hear about Paul and his curiosity again.
THANK YOU BYE.
Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
Teejay and Beth were the last Intruder couple standing on Married at First Sight (MAFS) 2025 — but now that they’ve finished the experiment, are they still together?
Their MAFS intruder counterparts were returneesLauren Hall and Eliot Donovan, who reentered the experiment with new partners and then chose to exit again shortly after.
There were high hopes for the couple, especially after the success of MAFS 2024’s Ridge Barredo and JadePywell, who are still going strong.
So are Teejay and Beth are still together IRL? Let’s final out where the couple are at.
Are MAFS’ Beth and Teejay still together?
Beth and Teejay decided to stay at the last Commitment Ceremony. Image: Nine.
While Beth and Teejay made it to the end of the experiment, Beth decided to leave Teejay before the MAFS 2025 final vows. She told Teejay that she didn’t want to be rejected, yet again, and Teejay didn’t argue her case. “Makes sense,” he told her. Ouch!
Things started looking sour for the pair during Homestays Week when Teejay told Beth that he wasn’t developing romantic feelings for her — after he slept with her. During an interview with Chattr, Teejay said he’d reflected on the timing and regretted his actions.
“Watching it back now, I think it was definitely the wrong decision [to have sex with Beth],” Teejay admits. “I definitely don’t think that I should have even put forward the idea.”
The pair both took part in the Final Challenge, which gives the cast the choice to meet with a backup partner to see if the grass is greener on the other side. While Beth felt like she had better banter with Teejay, it didn’t help Teejay with a decision about his feelings about Beth, as he had hoped.
Teejay and Beth’s pairing
Beth and Teejay seemed like a great pairing at first. Image: Nine.
This isn’t Teejay’s first reality TV rodeo. He was on Big Brother 2023, and his talent agency profile lists him as a model, actor, and creator. So, he’s no stranger to the camera!
As for Beth, the Queensland salon manager describes herself as “brutally honest and someone who will say it how it is,” per her Nine bio.
Teejay’s past with another bride
Teejay reportedly had history with another MAFS bride, Jamie Marinos— a detail Jamie decided to spill at the couple’s TV wedding, no less. However, Jamie’s confession never made it to air.
According to Daily Mail Australia, an insider revealed: “We were all sitting at the main table, enjoying the wedding, and then Jamie just walked over and said, ‘I slept with TJ’.”
Beth and Jamie grew a friendship on the show, so it doesn’t look like the revelation impacted either relationship. As MAFS 2025 expert John Aiken suggested to Teejay, was it just a case of Teejay simply not being that into Beth?
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
Married at First Sight (MAFS) couple JackDunkley and ToriAdams have announced their breakup after more than a year together since the show stopped filming.
Jack and Tori announce breakup
As the Final Vows for MAFS 2025 were approaching, Jack and Tori released a joint Instagram statement announcing their breakup.
“As of a few weeks ago, we have decided to end our romantic relationship,” the post read.
“We remain the best of friends and still care and respect one another deeply.”
The pair posted just a year shy of their own Final Vows airing. Image: Instagram
Jack and Tori’s pairing
Jack, 34, a personal trainer from the Gold Coast, described himself as an “alpha” who likes to “control the situation” when he first came onto our screens.
John Aiken, AlessandraRampolla and Mel Schilling chose the strong and independent Tori, 27, a business development owner from Victoria for his match.
Jack and Tori, Married at First Sight. Nine
Coupled with the fact that he gives off a certain Harrison 2.0 je ne sais quoi and that he didn’t feel a spark with his new wife, we were sure this relo was destined for the bin! But we were all so wrong.
Jack and Tori stayed together post-MAFS
As all of us avid MAFS fans know, Tori and Jack decided to commit to one another at Final Vows and left the ceremony in a relationship.
Following that, Tori moved in with Jack on the Gold Coast and the couple went from strength to strength.
Jack and Tori on MAFS. Nine.
“Part of my backstory was the fact that I never told a woman in my life that I’ve loved her apart from my dad and my mother,” he told PEDESTRIAN.TV.
“Our lives are very in sync and we’re living very humbly, happily and I can definitely see love on the cards in the future.”
Prior to Final Vows, Jack and Tori were dropping signs left, right and centre that they’re absolutely, totally, 100% an item.
Tori took to a private Instagram account on February 14th to share a photo of her holding some flowers, and the note referred to her as “wife”.
Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 has been on our screens since January, and the end is near, friends. The last episode is due to air in early April, which means we have less than two weeks of this shitshow to go.
So when will the MAFS finale air, including Final Vows and the reunion? Let’s do a deep dive.
When will the 2025 Final Vows air?
Part One of Final Vows will kick off on Sunday, March 30 at 7pm and Part Two of Final Vows will air Monday, March 31, at 7:30pm.
When will the 2025 MAFS reunion and finale air?
Mark your calendars because April 6 and 7 look to be the MAFS finale dates, with a source telling Chattr the reunion dinner party will be airing on Sunday, April 6, and the final episode where the cast gathers with the experts one last time, likely airing on Monday, April 7.
Has the MAFS schedule changed for the final two weeks?
Yes! MAFS will only air on Sunday, March 30 and Monday, March 31, with no episodes on Tuesday, April 1 or Wednesday, April 2.
If April 6 and 7 are the MAFS finale dates, there will be no episodes airing on Tuesday and Wednesday that week.
How do I watch the 2025 MAFS finale?
All episodes will air on Channel 9 and be available to stream on 9Now.
Which MAFS 2025 couples are actually still together?
Thank God for these two. Image: Nine
Now we all know just because people commit at Final Vows, it doesn’t mean they’ll last until the reunion.
A source has told Chattr only one couple will walk into the reunion hand-in-hand and it’s no surprise that couple is MAFS’ very own friends-to-lovers arc Rhi Disljenkovic and Jeff Gobbels.
As for what happened between the others? I guess we’ll have to tune in to find out!
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
There’s even more gossip coming out about him though — apparently he was caught messaging former MAFS bride Bronte Schofieldprior to the experiment, and now there are rumours they’re dating.
A source told Chattr that Adrian admitted talking to Bronte prior to the experiment, though they weren’t sure what their conversation entailed.
“He also liked her photos during the experiment and caught up with her straight after,” the insider spilled.
“He was speaking to ex-participants, his vision board had [social media] followers on it,” she said. “Adrian 100 per cent was [on MAFS] to get famous.”
Awhina needs to RUN. Photo: Nine
Daily Mail shared snaps of Adrian and Bronte hanging out at the Cottesloe Beach Club in Perth, and they looked pretty comfortable together during a conversation on a side table.
Adrian previously defended liking Bronte’s bikini pictures on Instagram, saying: “She’s hot. She’s more my type, so of course I’m going to like her photos.”
MAFS’ Bronte Schofield reveals if she’s dating Adrian Araouzou
It would be a betrayal to Awhina if Adrian was shacking up with Bronte, because she lives in Perth. The biggest issue in Awhina and Adrian’s relationship is that Adrian isn’t willing to move away from NSW unless it’s for the right person — so this would cut deep.
Bronte was on Season 12 of MAFS. Photo: Instagram
However, Bronte told Chattr that the rumours are all untrue, so we can take a deep breath. She doesn’t need another walking red flag after all that drama with Harrison Boon.
“I’m not dating Adrian. I was at the Cott [Cottesloe Beach Club] and they were all there,” she said. “[It’s] so ridiculous.”
MAFS is filled with couple swaps, so it wouldn’t be surprising if Adrian did end up with another bride down the track. We’ll have to wait and see what happens!
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‘Going to Rocks’ is almost a mythical term forAustralian Survivor — it has nearly happened a bunch of times, but the castaways have always managed to make a decision before threatening their own games.
But, history may be about to be made, because the trailer for the Australian Survivor 2025 Tribal Council that airs on March 30 has teased that the remaining eight cast members will have their fate decided in a game of Rocks.
“I love Rocks, and I love the threat of Rocks. I love the mechanic as a whole,” MylesKuah told Chattr ahead of the spicy episode.
But what does Going to Rocks mean? We explain exactly how the Survivor gameplay works.
Going to Rocks is a tiebreaker method that is utilised when there’s a gridlock on votes at Tribal Council. So, at the current point in the Australian Survivor 2025 game, it could mean that four votes are placed on one person, and four on another.
If this happens, the two players who received the votes will have their voting power removed, and the other contestants will go to a re-vote.
If a decision can’t be made, and there’s another tie, the contestants who received the votes are automatically safe, and the other contestants are sent to Rocks.
This means that those contestants will all blindly draw a rock out of a bag, and whoever pulls the odd-coloured rock is eliminated from the game.
What does Myles think about Going to Rocks?
Ahead of the upcoming Tribal, Myles — who appears to be the Mastermind behind getting to a Rocks scenario — spoke to Chattr about his thoughts on the gameplay. The financial analyst said that, based on past seasons, the Final 8 is usually where battle lines are drawn between players.
“Final eight is a classic Rocks kind of episode because at that stage, you’re solidifying your idea of what you want as your end game going forward,” he explained.
“I think it’s brilliant, the [dynamic between] the people who are targeted and the people who are safe. Everyone is incentivized to flip, to save their own game; it’s a kind of prisoner’s dilemma situation.”
Logan and Myles on Australian Survivor. Image: Ten.
Myles said that while leaving on Rocks would make history on Australian Survivor, he wouldn’t be happy to leave his fate up to luck.
“Would I like to go home on Rocks? I don’t think I would. It’s a two-sided thing, right? On one hand, it’s nice because it’s like, ‘Oh, you didn’t get voted out, it was pure chance.'”
“But on the other hand, it being pure chance also sucks because it’s all like, ‘Oh, imagine if that percentage chance hadn’t hit?'”
“But generally speaking, I love Rocks as a concept. I love episodes where Rocks are involved and so it’s fun. It’s exciting.”
Has Going to Rocks ever happened on Survivor?
While it hasn’t happened on Australian Survivor yet, it has happened on the US iteration.
It happened during Survivor: Marquesas (Season 4), Survivor: Blood vs. Water (Season 27) and Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X (Season 33).
It *almost*happened in Australian Survivor All Stars, which saw AKKnight, BrookeJowett and ShoneeBowtell flip their votes to Jacqui Patterson, sending her packing.
The 2024 season saw another potential Rocks scenario, with a split vote between Eden Porter and Raymond Chaney, but Jaden Laing flipped his vote and Eden was sent home.
Jaden flipping his vote to Eden to avoid Rocks. Image: Ten.
“Going to Rocks for the first time in Australian Survivor history, it would have been one of the craziest tribal councils of all time,” Eden told Chattr at the time.
Don’t mind us, we’re just here gearing up for what could be one of the best Australian Survivor episodes ever!
Stream Australian Survivor 2025 Sundays – Mondays on Channel 10 and 10Play.
Controversial Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 bride Jacqui Burfoot has ramped up her social media usage as the season comes to an end, and for all those on the Jacqui train, she’s started doing Lives on TikTok.
It’s a bit riskier to go live, because it means there’s more chance of a secret coming out or having a slip of the tongue. But for those heavily invested in Jacqui’s entertaining ways, it’s such a gift!
Jacqui recently chatted to fans while packaging up some jewellery to be sent out to customers, and she dished on her plans with Clint Rice, including marriage and babies.
“When do I want to start having kids? As soon as possible,” she said. “I wanna get married first, we will get married soon. We will definitely get married soon, you guys will all be invited.”
Chattr asked Jacqui if she could spill any extra details about her upcoming wedding, and she confirmed she was ready to walk down the aisle.
“I went on the experiment for a life partner, and I hope that I’ve found that [with Clint]. I’m ready for marriage and babies, yes!” Jacqui said.
Imagine if Clint pops the question during the MAFS Reunion? Now that would be peak reality TV drama!
Jacqui could be walking down the aisle soon… but not towards this guy. Photo: Nine
Jacqui reveals major Clint secret during MAFS live
Jacqui has had quite a few trolls throwing insults her way online, and a bunch of people have called her a “gold digger” for shacking up with Clint. She’s moved into Clint’s luxury Tasmanian home, which has a tennis court, indoor cinema and golf simulator.
However, Jacqui previously worked as a lawyer, and she was Miss New Zealand, okay!! She completely dispelled any “gold digger” rumours by sharing a big secret about Clint.
“I’m actually wealthier than Clint,” she claimed. “A little secret. I’m wealthier than Clint. So money didn’t matter.”
Can’t wait to see what else Jacqui reveals in her next video!
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
We were also blessed with some of Jacqui’s best one-liners this episode — from her monologue about grass to declaring she was going to the grave with Ryan — she was seriously on her A game.
However, body language expert Scott Taylor posted a scathing TikTok where he broke down her possibly deceptive behaviour, and it paints a very different story.
The Combined Communications Specialist trained with the head of the FBI, so he knows a thing or two.
“In no way does Jacqui believe they’re the most successful couple, that was a complete fabrication, 100 per cent,” Scott said. “They used the same indicators that I’ve described before.”
The expert noted that after Jacqui said she and Ryan would “be at each other’s graves”, she paused afterwards and nervously stroked her chest and neck.
“You saw production kept the camera on her and she straight away started touching this part of her neck and looking down. You’ve heard me say before any time we have repeat touching of an area that’s not part of your baseline, it’s self-pacifying,” he explained.
This happens when you’re “stressed”, which Jacqui possibly was in this moment.
“We get that with deception for these sorts of things as well, and you saw because it’s covering that neck power zone as well, it’s self-pacifying and self-touching. So that’s the reason why you saw that for Jacqui.”
@itsscotttaylorofficial @Married At First Sight final dinner party review! It’s going to be an interesting final vows night! ⭕️ No surprises from Adrian in his blunt self centred approach – he just realised on the date the distance is going to be an issue 🤦♂️ ⭕️ Paul using “Just” to minimise his actions X 15 times and “Jacrying” that’s when you try cry but not tears come and you even use the wrong face muscles for sadness 🤣🤣 Enjoy! #mafsaustralia#mafs#mafsau#marriedatfirstsight#bodylanguage♬ original sound – itsscotttaylorofficial
Does Jacqui actually believe Ryan could be her life partner after MAFS?
At the dinner table, Jacqui told the MAFS cast she believed Ryan was one of the “strongest” men she’s met, and said he could be her “life partner”. He looked pretty chuffed with the compliments, so it’s easy to see how she got back on his good side.
“[Jacqui is] overselling,” Scott claimed. “When people are not telling the truth — truth-tellers convey, liars convince.”
“You wanna identify are people selling you, or telling you? When Jacqui’s saying these things, she’s selling not telling. She knows that Ryan’s got an easy pride button, and an easy ego button for things as well, and she continually pushes this.”
Just kidding guys, we’re so solid! Photo: Nine.
Final Vows are right around the corner, and both Ryan and Jacqui turn up to share their true feelings.
The promo shows Jacqui saying she’s “not a rehabilitation centre”, so it seems like she’s going for a big mic drop.
It’s certainly going to be interesting to see what happens!
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
It’s a big jump from his prize money on Australian Survivor All-Stars where he walked away with $500,000.
David was the last person standing on Deal or No Deal Island Season 2, which saw him play the Banker, who was revealed to be Chrissy Teigen, in a classic game of Deal or No Deal.
The Survivor champ turned down $1 million, $2 million, and even $3 million Banker offers and held strong until there were just two cases remaining — one of them holding USD $12,232,001. That’s when he agreed to a deal of $5.8 million USD, which comes in at approximately AUD $9.2 million.
Throughout the Deal or No Deal game, David repeatedly spoke of his family and said he was playing for his wife, Pearl Christensen, and four kids. Now, he’s reflected on how he told his family he’d won the huge amount of money for them.
How did David tell his family about his massive Deal or No Deal Island win?
During a post-win interview on Sunrise, David told hosts Natalie Barr and Matt Shirvington how it felt telling his family he’d won the “staggering” amount of money.
“There was so much joy in that moment,” he said. “I had the best call with all of them when I won. Their little faces were just beaming with light. They were so happy.”
“I think my daughter was like, ‘Dad, does that mean we’re rich?'”
The veteran Australian Survivor player explained that the show was filmed in late 2024, so he’s had to keep his win a secret since then.
“I had to threaten the kids,” he laughed. “I was like, ‘I have an FDA [Financial Disclosure Agreement], so if you tell people, we’re not getting that money.’
“But they’re really good; it’s not the first time they’ve had to keep a secret; when I won Survivor, it was the same thing,” he added.
Will David Genat still compete on Survivor: Australia v The World?
It will make his third time on the Survivor franchise, and clearly, the man is doing it for the love of the game because we all know he doesn’t need to prize money anymore!
Parvati and David headed off to film the new Survivor season straight after Deal or No Deal Island Season 2 finished filming.
David with Parvati and runner-up Lete. Image: Peacock.
Will Parvati use David’s huge win against him in Survivor? We sure hope not because we ship the David and Parvati alliance.
“Adrian 100 per cent wasn’t there for the right reasons,” she tells Chattr. “100 per cent [he] was there to get famous. I mean it’s very telling. You know, the experiment has ended and you know, I feel like those cast members that have gone rogue, they’re the ones that are going, ‘I want more limelight’.
“’I’m not getting the following I wanted from this experiment. I’m going to go out there and build my own platform again.’ So it’s very telling.”
When Awhina first met Adrian, he was apparently talking about how he did TikTok with his best friend Jasmin Weston(also known as JasminsEats) each Saturday and he had supposedly been in touch with ex-MAFS participants.
Awhina and Adrian during MAFS. Photo: Nine
“His vision board had [social media] followers on it… he would really talk production to me, [would] talk about ‘main characters’,” Awhina claims.
“I’d never spoken to an ex-participant. I’d never watched the show before. I don’t have Facebook, I don’t have a huge social media following, I didn’t need to film TikToks. There was so much language being used… that I didn’t understand.”
So why did Awhina stay? Well, apparently she thought Adrian could possibly find fame as well as having a successful relationship with her.
“There’s a few people in here that have these online platforms, and maybe they’re not here for the right reasons, but if you’re open and you guys are a match, then cool. You get what you came in for, but you also get that bonus of building this really beautiful relationship,” she explains.
“But he wasn’t there for the right reasons… [he used to say], ‘I’m the main character. I’m holding the show on my back.’ You know, ‘there is no show without me’.”
Even though Awhina has been through the wringer with Adrian, she doesn’t regret being part of the MAFS 2025 cast.
“It was so disappointing to come into this experiment… [because] I felt like I was giving up a lot to be there, and I never had any emotional support from Adrian,” she says, explaining how she had to leave her young son in Perth.
“At first, there were so many moments where I had so much regret, but when I got home… I reconnected with my son, and we never lost that connection. I’ve got this beautiful community that opened their arms to me when I got home,” she says.
“I am grateful I did this experiment, because Adrian had a huge online platform prior to coming on [MAFS], and everyone thought he was this really amazing, genuine guy. I’m so grateful I did this experiment so people can see themselves in this really harsh mirror that maybe they wouldn’t have seen if he was partnered with someone else.”
The couple has had a tumultuous time. Photo: Nine
Awhina also mentions she has come away with some “beautiful people” in her life, including her best friend Jamie Marinos.
“She’s been this most amazing support person throughout the experiment and afterwards,” Awhina gushes.
Hmm. It doesn’t sound like Awhina and Adrian are on good terms at all now! It’s about time!
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
The Berries — who formed at a Reward meal and consisted of LoganJohannisen, AJAntonios, KaelanLockhart and KristinAlston — chose to target Karin. However, their secret was revealed when Kristin spilled the beans to Karin. Despite knowing about the plan, Karin was unable to twist the rest of the tribe’s votes in her favour, and The Berries succeeded.
Looking back at her last moments on Australian Survivor, Karin told Chattr that she made a mistake by ignoring AJ’s strong relationship with Kaelan and presuming that his number one ally was Myles.
“My biggest failing is not reading the relationship [AJ] had with Kaelan. I thought Myles and AJ were a rock solid two, which is why it really confused and convoluted my thought process,” she explained.
Karin on Australian Survivor. Image: Ten.
Karin said she’d wanted to work with Myles on multiple occasions but thought it would be too risky because of his strong bond with AJ.
“As much as I wanted to work with Myles, I was like, ‘Well, I can’t work with you until I separate you from AJ. If I don’t separate you, I can’t work with you because you’re always going to go back to your buddy.'”
However, as viewers have seen in recent episodes, AJ and Kaelan have a very strong alliance, which perhaps supersedes AJ’s loyalty to Myles.
“I always thought Myles and AJ were that close, whereas my biggest failing was not realizing that Kaelan was actually very, very close to AJ because I thought I had a good working relationship with Kaelan as well because we’d played together from essentially day one.
“I did not see how strong that relationship was. That’s a testament to Kaelan’s game and keeping that relationship under wraps so well, and also a testament to AJ in developing that relationship time and time again, so much so that he had two people that were very loyal to him.”
Myles said Kaelan fed him and AJ information about the other players
“Kaelan had every number in the game to choose from, but for whatever reason — Kaelan decided that AJ was his guy, and I was one of his guys,” Myles told Chattr.
AJ, Myles and Kaelan working together. Image: Ten.
“Kaelan had all the information, so I do genuinely believe that a big part of the reason AJ and I were able to get up to the antics that we were able to do was because of Kaelan,” he said.
“Kaelan was there feeding us little bits of information. He was there stabilising other people and making sure people were okay with us. He had a huge part in mine and AJ’s success moving through the game.”
Kaelan is certainly emerging as a strong strategic player in the latter half of Australian Survivor 2025!
Stream Australian Survivor 2025 Sundays – Mondays on Channel 10 and 10Play.
She tells Chattr she actually wanted to leave early on in the experiment but pushed her feelings aside because she was “scared of retaliation”, which is sad to hear.
“I was shut down quite strongly by even the group, you know, I would say like, ‘I don’t feel like Adrian and I are compatible’ in the first few weeks and I wanted to go home. [But] because there’s grooms like Tim [Gromie], Eliot [Donovan] and Jake [Luik] not giving a chance and leaving early, the language from the group was quite strong against me,” she recalls.
“[The group would say] like, ‘this is unfair to Adrian. You’re robbing Adrian of his opportunity. Adrian here, he’s showing up. You know, give him a chance’,” Awhina says.
Although Adrian has displayed some pretty controversial behaviour — like at Family and Friends week — Awhina claims she started to doubt herself and believe she may be “the bad guy” in the situation, after so much pushback from Adrian and the group.
Awhina was reduced to tears again at the last Dinner Party. Photo: Nine
“I was made to feel like the villain and there was a lot of fear festering when walking into those Dinner Parties when you had this group environment, and you were scrutinised,” she explains.
“[Adrian would also] constantly attack me and my character, so I was left reeling going, ‘Am I the bad guy? Why are you painting a false narrative about me?’”
Awhina’s attitude seemed to completely change after Family and Friends week, and while most fans expected her to leave, she ended up becoming docile and amicable with her husband. She says she did this on purpose, as she was trying to “survive”.
“When I chose to stay when I did, I was like, you know what? I’m not staying to argue with someone every day. I’m gonna reset and essentially brush all my needs and wants under the rug. And I was like, I’m going to try and live in the now, in the moment, and in the lighter times. Because arguing all the time was really unhealthy for me,” she explains.
Awhina tried to convince Adrian to leave MAFS with her ‘amicably’
The bride says she tried to convince Adrian to leave MAFS with her “amicably” off camera, but she believes he wanted to stay for fame.
Seeing as Awhina had to leave her son behind in Perth for eight weeks, she said it was “disappointing” to stick around for a match that didn’t seem to want to make an effort.
Awhina and Adrian during Family and Friends week. Photo: Nine
She tells us about a conversation where she asked him to “leave amicably together”, where they told the cameras they weren’t compatible.
“He’d be like, ‘Oh, I’m giving up a lot to be here too’,” she says. “Like, you know, ‘Maybe give this experiment a shot’. It was always pushed back on me.”
Poor Awhina. She’s definitely been through a lot, and it makes more sense why she ended up sticking around.
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
Australian Survivor 2025 episodes have been beaming into our living rooms on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays, bringing some joy to the start of the work week.
However, now that the season is getting to the pointy end, there’s been a bit of a switch up about when the episodes air.
Read on to find out when each episode will air for the rest of the Australian Survivor 2025 season.
Will Australian Survivor episodes still air on Tuesdays?
No! Unfortunately, we’ll only get a double dose of Australian Survivor moving forward. As of the week commencing March 30, Survivor will air on Sundays at 7pm and Mondays at 7:30pm.
While fewer episodes per week might not be ideal, the upside is that the season will last longer—giving us more time to enjoy all the twists, blindsides, and epic gameplay. Plus, it will land us closer to the upcoming Survivor: Australia v The World, which airs later this year. Yay!
Shocked castaways at Tribal. Image: Ten.
When is the Australian Survivor finale?
We’ve still got a big chunk of the season to go until the finale, and Channel 10 hasn’t dropped the air date just yet.
However, there are eight players left. So, if one player is eliminated per episode and there’s a final two, that means the finale could be on Easter Sunday, which is April 20.
Stay tuned for when the official finale date is released.
This year’s Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 has been a bit incestuous, with so many contestants having known each other prior to the experiment. Turns out there’s ANOTHER connection, with Dave Hand previously dating Sierah Swepstone. At this point, it has to be deliberate!
Jamie Marinos spilled the tea during an interview on Perth’s Robbie and Carly, accidentally exposing her husband live on-air.
After being asked about her history with Teejay Halkias— who she’d slept with in the past — she couldn’t keep her mouth shut.
“There are obviously so many things that get filmed on the show that don’t make it to air. Most of our filming never makes it to air. Considering Dave, Beth [Kelly], myself and Teejay were able to continue forward with no issue, it was the least kind of problematic situation to arise, so there wasn’t much point in including it [on the show],” Jamie said.
“Plus, at that point, I think we were like the 17th couple that knew each other.”
When Carly asked Jamie about any other unseen romances that took place off-screen, the bride dropped the bombshell.
“I’m not gonna say,” she teased, before admitting: “Dave may have been on a date with Sierah six years ago.”
“Dave had told me prior to [the first Dinner Party], because Sierah had been leaked [as a participant]. I was like, I don’t care if you’ve had sex with her upon entry, like I’m cool. And then Sierah came up to me immediately at the first cocktail party and told me but it was just so funny because it’s like how small is the MAFS world?”
Sierah was matched with Billy on MAFS. Photo: Nine
MAFS’ Awhina weighs in on Dave and Sierah’s relationship
Chattr talked to Jamie’s bestie Awhina Rutene about the whole Sierah and Dave scandal, and she said it honestly wasn’t a big deal.
“Dave and I were really close in the experiment, so yes, I did know that [they had a history]. I was so confused, I’m like, is this normal? Does every experiment have so many connections?” Awhina said.
“I didn’t watch reality TV like MAFS before so I’m like, is this a normal thing? How do they have five different people with connections?”
Rhi and Jeff also dated prior to MAFS. Photo: Nine
However, she said there “was never any drama” with their past dating history, which is probably why it wasn’t a juicy storyline.
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
Paul is wallowing in the consequences of his own actions. “I am extremely remorseful and I miss Carina,” he tells producers.
Jacqui is also sad because it is the last Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 Dinner Party. You wouldn’t believe it, but she’s crying over it.
PSYCH! I’m good again! Image: Nine.
Once the final Dinner Party (thank god) starts, Jamie justifies deciding to meet her reject match to Rhi and Jeffby saying she’s a “nosy bitch” 25 more times. Jeff thinks it’s as hilarious as I do that her match never showed up.
Ahead of Adrian and Awhina arriving, Adrian tells her to “snap out of” her “bad mood” and “stop looking so miserable”.
Um, stop making her miserable then? Image: Nine.
They walk in holding hands, which is bloody weird, all things considered? And wearing black for their relationship’s funeral. Awhina is deflated, sad and fed up.
Teejaywould like to address the “elephant in the room” and can someone tell me why this man is still here?
Who are you? Image: Nine
Paul says he had a “donkey brain”. The group basically agrees, dumbfounded that he would do this after Carina’s stance of the couple task challenge just weeks prior.
Honestly, there are many strong opinions about Paul meeting his date, especially considering so many other people at this table did it.
Carina is so fed up with Paul’s shit, she starts to think about the time he disappointed her before the experiment even started.
OMG I JUST remembered how you ghosted me. Image: Nine.
“I’m a catch. Anyone would die to be with me,” she declares. Pretty sure dying would defeat the outcome, but sure.
They’d be with me in spirit!!! Image: Nine
“You just have to try harder, that’s all,” Jacqui tells an upset Paul. As the queen of trying, she would know.
Piss off Jacqui, I was curious. Image: Nine.
Jacqui now sees Ryan as one of the strongest and most physically attractive people she’s ever met. She thinks they’re very resilient! And they are… that. Adrian thinks they’re going to stay together and shock everyone. I love knowing that he’s wrong.
I think they are going to be together 5eva! Image: Nine
Awhina is looking very puffy and also angry that even Jacqui and Ryan are doing well. She urges Adrian to tell everyone that she’s not the right person for him and says she would “absolutely fucking not” move to Sydney for him.
But I’ll come every other weekend for influencer events! Image: Nine
“Do you see any point going to Final Vows?” she asks. He says no.
She says she doesn’t want to be here anymore, wasting her time. “Well, go,” he tells her.
“Fuck Final Vows,” she says on the way out, right before a trailer starts where the pair, in fact, do attend final vows.
These MAFS 2025 recaps also appear on the Talking Schmidt Substack and have been reproduced here with permission.
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
Deal or No Deal Island Season 2 piqued the interest of Aussies nationwide, thanks to the addition of Australian Survivor’sDavid Genat—otherwise known as the Golden God—to the cast.
Put simply, Deal or No Deal Island is a mix of the OG game show and Survivor, which means that David already has a leg up when it comes to gameplay and strategy.
At the end of the episode, one contestant enters a classic game of Deal or No Deal—if they take a deal that’s higher than what’s in their case, they choose to eliminate someone. However, if they take a deal that’s lower than their case, then they are the ones eliminated.
Survivor US’Parvati Shallow was also among the cast, making this season practically unmissable for fans of the long-running reality show. Fun fact: Parvati and David will compete against each other again on Survivor: Australia v The World, which airs on Channel 10 later this year.
David Genat winning big in the Deal or No Deal Island Season 2 finale. Image: Instagram
All season long, patriotic Australians had our fingers crossed that David would take out the win on Deal or No Deal Island Season 2—like he did on Australian Survivor: All Stars. And in the season 2 finale (Episode 12), he did us proud, walking away with a $5.8 million deal — the biggest prize in network TV history. Onya, Dave!
Of course, before David’s win, one contestant had to be sent home each episode. Here’s a recap of who left Deal or No Deal Island Season 2, and when.
Who’s been eliminated from Deal or No Deal Island Season 2?
Episode 12 – Alexis Lete
Alexis Lete. Image: NBC
Alexis Lete made it all the way to the final showdown against David, but her game ended just shy of the win, ultimately losing the final Deal or No Deal game.
Her elimination came after David’s total in the final challenge reached $5.7 million, edging out her $5.5 million case total.
Throughout the game, the 27-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky, dominated the obstacle course and proved herself a fierce competitor all season.
Episode 11 – Parvati Shallow and Courtney ‘CK’ Kim
CK. Image: NBC.Parvati. Image: NBC.
The Black Widow was (sadly) finally squashed when Parvati was eliminated during a game of Deal or No Deal. David put her up after she self-nominated, and while it added $501,000 to the bank, she made a ‘bad deal’ and was sent home.
Meanwhile, Courtney CK Kim was sent through to the final 3, where she, David and Lete had to undertake an obstacle course where some of the past players could choose to help them or hijack them. CK took the longest amount of time to complete the challenge and was eliminated from the game, leaving Lete and David in the finale.
Episode 10 – Phillip Solomon
Phillip. Image: NBC.
A nail-biting episode saw Phillip Soloman sent home, but not empty-handed, after securing $75,000 during the challenge.
However, Phillip’s decision to accept the money handed David the power to both nominate someone to play the banker, and eliminate from the game.
Despite claiming to form an end-game alliance with Phillip earlier in the episode, David secured the fitness instructor’s fate and eliminated him.
Episode 9 – Dickson Wong
Dickson. Image: NBC.
Fan favourite Dickson Wong was sent home after Lete made a ‘good deal’ with the Banker and sought revenge on David, who put her up to play, by sending home his close friend.
Dickson was part of ‘the family’, which was an alliance between himself, David and Parvati. Lete was sometimes included in the group, but she was undoubtedly at the bottom.
Episode 8 – La Shell Wooten
La Shell. Image: NBC.
Parvati chose La Shell Wooten to play the Banker in Episode 8. She made a deal for $1.55 million, even though there was only a 33% chance it would be a ‘good deal’. Unsurprisingly, LaShell had a higher amount in her case and was eliminated from the competition.
Episode 7 – Dr Will Kirby
Dr Will Kirby. Image: NBC.
Australian Survivor winner David reminded viewers why he’s been dubbed the Golden God after he sent Deal or No Deal Island villain Dr Will Kirby home.
David made a deal with Lete (real name Alexis Lete) and Dr Will to send his friend Dickson home if he was chosen to play the Banker. However, after pocketing just under $1 million for the kitty, he backed out on his deal and eliminated Dr Will.
After receiving the news, Dr Will — who has been on two seasons of Big Brother US — declared that he was retiring from reality TV.
Episode 7 – Seychelle Cordero
Seychelle. Image: NBC.
Episode 7 kicked off with Courtney ‘CK’ Kim’s game of Deal or No Deal. She beat the Banker after she made a ‘good deal’ and chose to eliminate Seychelle Cordero.
Episode 6 – No elimination
CK faced the banker at the end of Episode 6, but it wrapped before viewers found out her fate. We’ll have to wait until Episode 7 to see if CK is eliminated, or if she sends someone else packing.
Episode 5 – Maria-Grace Cook
Maria-Grace Cook. Image: NBC.
Maria-Grace Cook didn’t have a chance to face the Banker, but had her game ended in the hands of Dr Will Kirby.
Dr Will controversially took the first deal the Banker offered, but renegaed on the deal shortly after. He explained that he’d studied the rules and discovered that the deal wasn’t official until host Joe Manganiello asked if he’d accepted it.
Dr Will then officially accepted the next deal, which turned out to be a ‘good deal’ and he sent Maria Grace packing.
Episode 4 – Storm Wilson
Storm Wilson. Image: NBC.
Storm Wilson was blindsided when he was eliminated during Episode 4. Storm’s friend Dickson Wong played the Banker. He ended up making a ‘good deal’ and pocketing $5 million for the kitty. However, Storm was shocked that Dickson chose him to be eliminated.
Episode 3 – Rock Carlson
Rock Carlson on Deal or No Deal Island. Image: NBC.
Rock Carlson was the third contestant sent packing on Deal or No Deal Island Season 2. He actually nominated himself to face the Banker, but ended up making a ‘bad deal’–which means the amount he agreed on with the Banker was less than what was in his case—and was eliminated.
Episode 2 – Sydnee Peck
Sydnee left Deal or No Deal Island Season 2 in Episode 2. Image: NBC.
Sydnee Peck was the second person sent home. Shortly after meeting David, she had gaga eyes for him. However, he didn’t pair with Sydnee in the main challenge, and she and Rock were up for elimination.
After C.K. Kim and La Shell made a ‘good deal’ during the Deal or No Deal game, they had to choose between Rock and Sydnee to eliminate, and she was sent packing.
Episode 1 – Luke Olejniczak
Luke left Deal or No Deal Island Season 2 in Episode 1. Image: NBC.
Luke Olejniczak was the first contestant eliminated from Deal or No Deal Island Season 2. He made his first mistake when he received a ‘steal’ case in the initial challenge and swapped it out for an amount that he knew wasn’t the highest available.
Then, in the Deal or No Deal game, he refused to take a deal that would have given him a 66% chance of surviving and instead knocked down cases until he reached the one he was holding. Unfortunately for him, he had $1, and he was sent home.
