Dave Hand is the first Married at First Sight (MAFS) Australia participant to make it into the Netflix reality universe, starring on Perfect Match Season 4, and he’s certainly made an impression so far.
Within hours of entering the Perfect Match villa, Dave made out with both Ally Lewber and Nat Cruz, before partnering up with Mackenzie Bellows. Then, when Sophie Willett entered in episode four, Dave quickly struck up a connection with the former Love Is Blind villain, and, with just one episode left to be released, the couple’s relationship is still going strong.
Filming of Perfect Match took place in November 2025, so six months have passed since the final was filmed. Did Sophie and Dave’s relationship survive outside the villa (or even the final episode)? Read on to find out everything we know about Perfect Match‘s Sophie and Dave’s relationship status.
What’s happened between Dave Hand and Sophie Willett on Perfect Match Season 4?
Sophie was a latecomer and only arrived at the villa in episode 4 after she was picked in the boardroom by challenge winners Demari Davis and Marissa George.
She arrived alongside Katherine Laprell, Kassy Castillo and chose Dave for a date by default after Jimmy Presnell and Jimmy Sotos were both picked by her fellow intruders. However, Dave and Sophie hit it off on their date and went ahead and matched that night.
While they initially kept things fairly casual — even kissing other contestants at the singles mixer — their connection has started to blossom, with Dave telling Sophie in Episode 7 that he isn’t interested in anyone else.
“Watching everyone tonight, I realise we’re still drawn to each other, and there’s no one else that I’m interested in in this place,” Dave told her.
Dave reveals what Perfect Match’s Sophie is really like
Sophie’s first reality show was Love Is Blind UK Season 2 and she built a strong connection with Kieran Holmes-Darby, but when it became clear that he was also very interested in his now-wife Megan Jupp, she made it clear she wasn’t willing to be a second choice and walked out of the show.
Sophie’s assertive nature on Love Is Blind managed to help her score the title of the season’s villain from fans, but Dave told Chattr that that perception couldn’t be further from the truth.
“She is such a sweet soul, her and her dad have a really good bond, her and her family. She’s got a cute little dog. She lives a little simple life. She’s not a villain, she’s just speaks her mind. She might say something that people don’t agree with, but she’s not, she’s not a villain. She’s, she’s a lovely, lovely, sweet person. She’s a good support, she builds you up as well,” he gushed.
Dave added that he and Sophie bonded over being able to share more of their real personalities than was shown on their initial reality TV shows.
“I feel like we both get to show our personality a lot more on Perfect Match. Especially me, you hardly ever got to see me show any emotion, I was very quiet on MAFS, and same with Sophie. I feel like she’s come out of her shell completely on this show on Perfect Match, and I’m so glad that she got that.
“We had conversations about her villain edit, and the way she was portrayed, and the way that sort of the people treated her, so I knew that it was special to her to have fun on this show and sort of express herself.”
Are Perfect Match’s Sophie and Dave still together after the show?
Dave and Sophie haven’t revealed their current relationship status — and they likely won’t until after the finale airs, as are the rules of the show.
However, Dave has been posting plenty of cute couple content on social media while the show has been airing. Combined with the sweet things he had to say about the Love Is Blind alum, we think it’s safe to say the pair are certainly on good terms — and there’s every chance they’re still together.
But, Sophie did throw a spanner in the works with her post on May 20 showing a giant new walk in wardrobe and captioning the video “Because maybe my perfect match is my new walk in wardrobe!” Is that a sign that her and Dave didn’t end up together after all? We’ll just have to wait until the Perfect Match finale to find out.
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