МАRRIЕD АТ FIRSТ SIGНТ АUSТRАLIА S10Е36 (2023)
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00:00:00 (dramatic music)
00:00:03 - Welcome everyone.
00:00:03 - Hello, come on in. - Hi.
00:00:06 - Settle in, great to see you.
00:00:08 - Hello, come on in guys.
00:00:11 (dramatic music)
00:00:13 - Welcome back everybody for the final reunion.
00:00:24 (dramatic music)
00:00:27 Now over three months ago,
00:00:29 this experiment began and 12 very brave couples
00:00:34 put their hands up and threw themselves in,
00:00:38 looking for the fairy tale.
00:00:40 (dramatic music)
00:00:42 Some of you were able to achieve that.
00:00:45 You fell in love, you found your someone special.
00:00:48 While others went away, not getting what they hoped for.
00:00:52 The important thing from the experts
00:00:57 is that we hoped that you were all able
00:01:00 to learn something through this experiment.
00:01:03 That you could take stock
00:01:06 and have a look at yourselves as individuals,
00:01:09 as well as how you are in romantic relationships.
00:01:12 - So on that note,
00:01:17 let's all go back to where it all began
00:01:19 on your wedding days.
00:01:20 (group chattering)
00:01:23 - Please hold my hand.
00:01:25 Holy crap, oh my God.
00:01:27 (dramatic music)
00:01:30 - I'm about to get married.
00:01:41 (group laughing)
00:01:44 - I'm marrying a stranger, I mean,
00:01:48 wow, isn't that crazy?
00:01:50 (group laughing)
00:01:53 - I feel like my nerves have literally
00:01:54 just manifested themselves into sweat.
00:01:56 (group laughing)
00:01:59 - So nervous now, I don't wanna do this anymore.
00:02:08 - Do you have a copy of the wedding vows or something?
00:02:13 - Just about to shit myself then,
00:02:15 sorry that was great.
00:02:16 (group laughing)
00:02:19 - Hi.
00:02:24 - Hello.
00:02:25 - Hi, I'm Tanya, nice to meet you.
00:02:28 - Nice to meet you, Tanya.
00:02:29 (group laughing)
00:02:31 - I'm crying already.
00:02:33 (group laughing)
00:02:35 - I'm Dan.
00:02:36 - Nice to meet you Dan, I'm Sandy.
00:02:37 - Wow.
00:02:38 - I'm Lydon.
00:02:41 - Nice to meet you, Mel.
00:02:43 - You look fantastic.
00:02:43 - Do we hold hands or?
00:02:45 - Yes, we do.
00:02:46 (group laughing)
00:02:48 - But you literally took my breath away.
00:02:50 - Oh, stop it.
00:02:53 - I'm Hugo.
00:02:54 - My goat was called Hugo.
00:02:56 (group laughing)
00:02:58 - How you feeling?
00:03:01 - Like I might throw up, I'm good, I'm good though.
00:03:03 - Nice throw up, I'll help you.
00:03:04 - I'll try.
00:03:05 (group laughing)
00:03:06 - You have great teeth.
00:03:07 - Thank you, so do you.
00:03:08 (group laughing)
00:03:10 - Evelyn.
00:03:11 - Evelyn.
00:03:12 (group laughing)
00:03:15 (Evelyn screaming)
00:03:17 (group laughing)
00:03:19 (group laughing)
00:03:22 - My wife, my partner and my new best friend.
00:03:28 - You're probably wondering what's with the getup,
00:03:32 but please don't take this as a giant red flag.
00:03:34 (group laughing)
00:03:38 - I believe marriage is built on trust
00:03:40 and nothing worth having comes easy.
00:03:42 - Today I'm pulling all my walls down.
00:03:48 Because I've learnt that a life lived in fear
00:03:50 is a life half lived.
00:03:51 - And I don't know what more I can do
00:03:54 to make my life any easier, if I love to fight.
00:03:57 - Big rewards require big risks.
00:04:03 What better reward is there than love?
00:04:05 - I want someone who hugs the tightest,
00:04:11 who waves goodbye from the driveway
00:04:13 and cheers the ladders from the sidelines.
00:04:16 - We will find comfort in each other
00:04:18 and I hope you fall in love too.
00:04:20 (group awing)
00:04:23 - I would say that you have found yourself a unicorn.
00:04:25 (group laughing)
00:04:28 - You may now kiss the bride.
00:04:30 (group cheering)
00:04:33 (group cheering)
00:04:35 - It was such a beautiful day.
00:04:54 Like, I'd do that again and again and again.
00:05:01 (group cheering)
00:05:04 - I should have brought a box of tissues.
00:05:10 - Well, let's get our first couple up on the couch.
00:05:17 Tani and Oli.
00:05:21 - Hello. - Hello.
00:05:27 - Hello. - Hello.
00:05:28 - How are you two?
00:05:29 - Hello. - How are you going?
00:05:30 - Aw.
00:05:31 - Should we ask, are we curious?
00:05:32 What's the status of this relationship?
00:05:34 - The status?
00:05:37 We are very happy.
00:05:39 Yeah, incredibly happy.
00:05:42 - How do you feel about Tani?
00:05:46 - After that final vow,
00:05:52 yeah, we did say that we love each other.
00:05:54 - So you're in love with Tani?
00:05:57 - Yeah, yeah I am.
00:05:58 - You're in love.
00:06:00 (group cheering)
00:06:02 - Can I do a happy dance?
00:06:04 - And Tani, how do you see the future?
00:06:09 - Yeah, I'm excited for the future.
00:06:12 You know, after this,
00:06:15 we're going on a little holiday together.
00:06:17 I'm gonna go to Perth for a couple of weeks.
00:06:20 We've kind of just been planning everything
00:06:22 and letting things just flow nice and naturally.
00:06:25 - Obviously the long distance thing can be a challenge.
00:06:29 Is there a move on the cards?
00:06:31 - Yeah, there is, yeah.
00:06:34 I'm gonna be moving to New South Wales, Sydney.
00:06:37 - Wow, there it is people.
00:06:40 - Making the move.
00:06:42 Got a couple of friends that are in the area.
00:06:44 So yeah.
00:06:45 - Okay, amazing.
00:06:47 - Yeah, so it's daunting as hell,
00:06:50 but there's a part of me definitely in Sydney now
00:06:52 and that's Tani.
00:06:53 So yeah, you wanna pursue that.
00:06:57 - We have so much confidence looking at you now
00:06:59 and that your future is so incredibly bright,
00:07:04 that you both have this attitude that means
00:07:07 when you do come up against challenges,
00:07:09 you're gonna be open to it.
00:07:10 You're gonna tackle it together
00:07:12 because you are this unbeatable team.
00:07:15 And please stay in touch
00:07:16 because we wanna hear about all the babies in the future.
00:07:19 Right?
00:07:20 - Of course.
00:07:21 - We loved having you in this experiment.
00:07:23 Thank you so much.
00:07:24 - Thank you guys.
00:07:25 - Thank you so much.
00:07:25 - Appreciate it. - Well done.
00:07:26 - Thank you.
00:07:27 - Thanks guys.
00:07:28 (group applauding)
00:07:31 - That's so cute.
00:07:35 - Our next couple.
00:07:38 Sandy and Dan.
00:07:43 (group applauding)
00:07:46 - Hello.
00:07:53 - Hi.
00:07:54 - Hi. - Are you two?
00:07:56 - Well, the three of us are incredibly disappointed,
00:08:00 aren't we?
00:08:01 About where this has landed for you guys.
00:08:04 Things got pretty heated between you two
00:08:07 during this experiment.
00:08:08 - In the beginning, there was potential.
00:08:13 And you know what?
00:08:15 When we matched you and we thought long and hard
00:08:17 about the two of you,
00:08:18 there were a lot that we liked about it.
00:08:20 We were excited.
00:08:21 - Yeah.
00:08:23 - Sandy, why do you think this relationship broke down?
00:08:26 Because it was so strong in the beginning.
00:08:28 - Dan never came here with the right intentions.
00:08:36 I feel he never gave me...
00:08:37 Look, I never said to him he has to love me.
00:08:41 I didn't say that.
00:08:42 I didn't say, "I might not even be his type, that's fine."
00:08:45 At least give me a chance.
00:08:46 And then...
00:08:48 - I disagree with that.
00:08:49 I did come into the experiment with the right reasons.
00:08:52 I categorically can say that hand on heart that I did.
00:08:55 - I don't believe that 'cause I never felt it.
00:09:00 'Cause if I thought you did,
00:09:01 you would have actually given it a chance.
00:09:04 You would have spent time with him.
00:09:06 You would have done all those things a person would do
00:09:08 to try and make a relationship work.
00:09:10 I felt quite isolated because to everyone else,
00:09:15 Dan seemed amazing.
00:09:17 But I was getting someone else behind closed doors.
00:09:21 - See, I disagree with that.
00:09:23 Sandy, we've got a lot of differences, okay?
00:09:25 And I think that's the ultimate reason
00:09:28 why the wheels fell off.
00:09:29 - Well, look, there is one pivotal moment
00:09:33 in this experiment for the both of you
00:09:36 that is important to examine right now.
00:09:39 And it involved a night out with the boys
00:09:44 when there was an unintentional phone call made
00:09:48 that Evelyn received.
00:09:51 And she was privy to certain information
00:09:55 on that boys' night.
00:09:57 It implicated two grooms in the situation.
00:10:02 And it has carried on throughout the experiment.
00:10:06 Let's take a moment now to examine that in greater depth.
00:10:13 - God damn it.
00:10:18 (dramatic music)
00:10:21 - Last night, the boys went out
00:10:28 and I got a butt dial from Rupert.
00:10:32 I did listen in and-
00:10:34 - Right.
00:10:35 - I unfortunately heard what two of the husbands
00:10:40 were saying about their wives.
00:10:43 - Who?
00:10:44 - Hugo.
00:10:46 - Yeah.
00:10:47 - And Dan.
00:10:49 Specifically Dan.
00:10:51 I heard it so clear.
00:10:52 I know you haven't been saying
00:11:02 some very nice things about your wife.
00:11:04 I want you now to own up to it
00:11:08 before I have to take it further.
00:11:10 - I've got no problems with being honest.
00:11:16 Did I see Dan showing me pictures of his ex?
00:11:20 I did.
00:11:21 - Dan, did you hold up your phone
00:11:25 and show your ex-girlfriends?
00:11:27 - I'm not, no, no, don't.
00:11:28 Don't (beep) say shit like that to me.
00:11:30 - Don't swear, no one's swearing here.
00:11:32 - There was nothing at all that was said
00:11:34 with any kind of ill intent, right?
00:11:36 Or any kind of, any that was like malicious
00:11:39 or anything like that.
00:11:40 - I heard the entire conversation.
00:11:42 - No, no, no, no.
00:11:42 We were talking about career and lifestyle.
00:11:45 - That's all you spoke about, career and lifestyle.
00:11:48 - Absolutely.
00:11:48 - Okay, you're lying.
00:11:50 - The fact that you even showed photos
00:11:51 of your ex-girlfriends, that's pretty disrespectful to me.
00:11:54 Why would you do that?
00:11:55 - Why?
00:11:56 Why, why?
00:11:57 - What did you say?
00:11:58 You haven't said it.
00:11:59 - This whole thing is (beep)
00:12:09 Like I don't, I don't wanna throw
00:12:11 any of the boys under the bus.
00:12:12 (dramatic music)
00:12:16 You had, you know, like Dan being like,
00:12:19 I can't stand her, but we just say yes
00:12:22 to try and make it to the end.
00:12:24 You know, like she is the last person
00:12:32 that I'd be attracted to.
00:12:34 Like she's a hundred percent not my type.
00:12:39 All like, dude, all that kind of stuff.
00:12:41 (dramatic music)
00:12:44 - (beep) me.
00:12:47 (dramatic music)
00:12:49 - Oh my God.
00:12:53 Holy shit.
00:13:03 (dramatic music)
00:13:06 - You're not allowed.
00:13:08 (dramatic music)
00:13:11 - You had, you know, like Dan being like,
00:13:30 I can't stand her, but we just say yes
00:13:33 to try and make it to the end.
00:13:35 (dramatic music)
00:13:38 - You know, like she is the last person
00:13:48 that I'd be attracted to.
00:13:50 Like she's a hundred percent not my type.
00:13:53 All like, dude, all that kind of stuff.
00:13:55 (beep) me.
00:13:58 (dramatic music)
00:14:00 - Holy shit.
00:14:02 (dramatic music)
00:14:04 Stop looking at Hugo.
00:14:12 I know what you're doing.
00:14:13 Stop intimidating him.
00:14:16 - No, I'm not.
00:14:17 - Okay? - I'm just, no, I'm not.
00:14:18 - I see it in your eyes, Dan.
00:14:20 I've dealt with you for two months full time.
00:14:22 I know exactly what you do.
00:14:23 You're doing it to me right now.
00:14:26 You're giving me those eyes.
00:14:27 Stop trying to intimidate me
00:14:29 and stop me from speaking as well.
00:14:31 Nothing he does surprises me anymore.
00:14:32 I've spent enough time with him.
00:14:34 That honestly didn't surprise me.
00:14:35 To be honest, there's probably much worse things
00:14:37 that have happened during the experiment
00:14:39 that I don't know about.
00:14:40 - Hugo.
00:14:44 - Yeah.
00:14:46 - When did Dan say these things to you?
00:14:48 - Look, this was,
00:14:52 we were down at opera bar and,
00:14:57 (dramatic music)
00:15:00 to be honest, I kind of led the charge
00:15:02 with having my big rant and my big vent.
00:15:06 And, you know, the guys kind of, you know, supported me.
00:15:12 And Dan, you mentioned that it's friends at first sight,
00:15:18 it's, you know, stuff like that.
00:15:21 And you might've felt a bit hard done by it.
00:15:25 (dramatic music)
00:15:27 - Did you say the things at the boys' night
00:15:37 that Hugo is suggesting he heard from you?
00:15:41 - I don't recall saying them.
00:15:46 So I don't remember-
00:15:50 - Dan, when you say,
00:15:53 when you say you don't recall-
00:15:55 - Word for word?
00:15:56 - That suggests that it absolutely could have happened.
00:16:00 (dramatic music)
00:16:03 - Yep.
00:16:12 - What upsets me is, like I said,
00:16:19 the manipulation, like to my face,
00:16:21 everything's fine, I'm all in, this is amazing.
00:16:25 But then behind my back, he's doing something else.
00:16:27 That's the issue.
00:16:28 Even the sleeping with me, I still don't understand that
00:16:34 because you said you weren't sexually attracted to me.
00:16:35 So when I pulled away, you reeled me back in.
00:16:39 - No, we both agreed that we both felt connected,
00:16:42 you know, and we were two consenting adults that had sex.
00:16:46 - You knew exactly what that meant for me in that moment.
00:16:49 I thought that you could see a future there.
00:16:51 And then you completely pulled away after that.
00:16:54 You made me feel like shit.
00:16:55 The night before, before we went to bed,
00:16:58 he was saying things like,
00:16:59 "I don't understand why you only wanna get intimate
00:17:02 in the dark, I'm not vibing with this, Sandy."
00:17:05 I date girls who walk around in skimpy clothes.
00:17:08 Saying those sorts of things to me
00:17:10 is not gonna make me feel comfortable in your presence.
00:17:11 - Absolutely not, I absolutely-
00:17:13 - You said all those things.
00:17:14 - No way I did not say those things.
00:17:15 - You said all those things.
00:17:16 - No, I did not.
00:17:16 - Dan, just say sorry, take some accountability.
00:17:20 You're a grown ass 48 year old man, act like it.
00:17:23 - Claire, this is our time on the couch, please.
00:17:26 - She is entitled to speak.
00:17:28 - Sandy, I absolutely was attracted to you
00:17:36 at the beginning, okay?
00:17:37 And as we continued to get to know each other,
00:17:40 that attraction plateaued and the wheels fell off
00:17:43 and it sort of ended pretty quickly and brutally.
00:17:49 - I still don't understand why did you continue
00:17:52 the relationship, why did you sleep with me?
00:17:55 Why did you stay every week?
00:17:56 I just-
00:17:57 - Because this-
00:17:58 - Just to lead me on, because you just wanted to stay.
00:18:00 - No, no.
00:18:01 - And then-
00:18:02 - I disagree with that.
00:18:03 No.
00:18:06 Dan, I've sat here tonight
00:18:16 and been counting the amount of times
00:18:19 no comes out of your mouth.
00:18:21 And it is a lot.
00:18:25 It means as a result of anything she says,
00:18:34 the first reaction from you is no.
00:18:41 It dismisses her, it invalidates her opinion,
00:18:46 her feelings, and it makes her feel small and insignificant.
00:18:51 I thought I better tell you that
00:18:55 because I don't know whether you know that.
00:18:58 It's gotta stop.
00:19:00 - I didn't realize.
00:19:04 - This is a pretty hard watch tonight, Dan.
00:19:09 - Mm.
00:19:10 I want it to be a wake up call for you.
00:19:15 It's much better off taking a different approach
00:19:20 rather than trying to protect yourself,
00:19:24 lower the walls and be more vulnerable.
00:19:26 - Sandy, you came into this experiment
00:19:39 without the blessing of your parents.
00:19:42 - Mm-hmm.
00:19:43 - Any regrets in joining us?
00:19:46 - No, I mean, I wish things went differently, obviously.
00:19:52 Again, if you learn something from an experience,
00:19:56 I think that's important, and I certainly did.
00:19:59 I think one of the biggest takeaways,
00:20:02 as much as my parents don't always support my decisions
00:20:06 because they don't understand,
00:20:08 and it comes from a place of love,
00:20:10 but going back to them and seeing the love
00:20:14 that they poured back into me
00:20:16 to help me build myself back up
00:20:19 just reminded me how important it is
00:20:21 to have your family and their support,
00:20:23 and how truly blessed I am that I have that.
00:20:26 - Sandy, this experiment is absolutely
00:20:35 for someone like you, who literally says,
00:20:39 "I don't care how many people I might disappoint
00:20:42 "or the risks I take to come onto it.
00:20:46 "I'm gonna do it anyway because I wanna find love."
00:20:49 And you had zero relationship experience,
00:20:53 but you took the risk.
00:20:56 We absolutely love that about you.
00:21:00 - Thank you.
00:21:05 - All right, well, the two of you,
00:21:07 we do wish you both all the best
00:21:09 for your future relationships,
00:21:11 and thank you so much both for being here.
00:21:14 - Thank you guys. - Thank you.
00:21:16 (audience applauding)
00:21:19 - Coming up.
00:21:32 - I didn't mean to say that.
00:21:34 - A slip of the tongue puts Taylor and Cam
00:21:37 under the spotlight.
00:21:39 (beep)
00:21:41 - Our next couple up.
00:21:52 - Melinda and Leighton.
00:21:58 (audience applauding)
00:22:02 - Yeah.
00:22:03 - How are you?
00:22:05 - Well, if it's not the power couple.
00:22:07 I was about to ask how things are going,
00:22:12 but it kinda looks self-explanatory.
00:22:15 - Really good, really good.
00:22:16 - Things are really good.
00:22:18 - So Mel, you went from not really liking him,
00:22:23 maybe judging him a little bit, just a little bit,
00:22:27 to liking him, to like liking him, to loving him.
00:22:31 - Yeah.
00:22:32 Before I did come in here, my guy didn't really exist.
00:22:39 That's why my expectations were so high.
00:22:41 And even though I came in for that spark,
00:22:43 I kind of thought, well, it's not gonna be there,
00:22:47 because my guy doesn't exist.
00:22:49 But he does. - He does.
00:22:52 - He does.
00:22:53 Here he is. - Well said.
00:22:54 - Well, why don't we take a look at that very journey.
00:23:00 - Jesus Christ. - Together.
00:23:01 - You can do it.
00:23:05 - They say that when you find your soulmate, you just know.
00:23:14 So I feel like I'm just gonna know instantly.
00:23:16 He better be damn good.
00:23:21 - Oh, (beep)
00:23:22 - Just come in for one more kiss there.
00:23:25 Kiss on the lips there.
00:23:27 He was trying to like stick some tongue in there.
00:23:29 (group cheering)
00:23:34 I told you he did that.
00:23:36 - What is that?
00:23:37 - I can't, I'm so uncomfortable.
00:23:39 I was like, not there yet.
00:23:41 Feel a little flex.
00:23:43 So late night, I actually like bonding.
00:23:47 - This is called relationship struggles.
00:23:51 Problem for me is that I'm an analytical thinker
00:23:56 and a logical thinker and Mel's quite emotional.
00:23:58 There's gonna be situations that'll come up
00:23:59 when I really will disagree with something
00:24:01 that Mel might say.
00:24:02 - Leighton, Leighton, you're taking me back
00:24:03 to the boardroom.
00:24:04 You're getting into a lot of analysis here.
00:24:08 You've gotta go to a vulnerable place.
00:24:11 - I don't feel comfortable moving
00:24:15 into a different apartment with someone else's wife.
00:24:18 And you're sitting here with Harrison,
00:24:19 the person you said is your most hated person.
00:24:21 - Yeah.
00:24:22 - And you're not supporting me, your partner.
00:24:24 - I don't feel comfortable guys.
00:24:26 - Oh (beep)
00:24:27 - I don't feel comfortable doing that.
00:24:28 And now I feel like I'm being put on the spot
00:24:31 and I feel like I'm being challenged on it.
00:24:32 - You're impossible.
00:24:34 You're actually acting like a Harrison right now.
00:24:36 (all laughing)
00:24:39 (dramatic music)
00:24:42 - Mel, there were moments when you needed me
00:24:48 and I wasn't there to support you.
00:24:51 And so I'm sorry for all those times.
00:24:53 (dramatic music)
00:24:55 Our relationship is hard and us being together is a risk.
00:24:58 So I'm ready to take that risk with you today.
00:25:04 And I am falling in love with you Mel.
00:25:07 (dramatic music)
00:25:22 I miss you.
00:25:23 (all clapping)
00:25:27 - Oh my God.
00:25:29 - Ah, Farrah.
00:25:34 - How did it feel watching that?
00:25:36 - It's a lot.
00:25:38 - Yeah.
00:25:38 - It's a lot.
00:25:39 - Yeah.
00:25:40 - It's not a linear journey for you guys, is it?
00:25:42 It's been tough.
00:25:45 - Yeah.
00:25:46 - Could you have ever imagined that this was the journey
00:25:50 that you were about to embark on?
00:25:52 - Absolutely not.
00:25:53 What did you expect?
00:25:55 I was looking for a soulmate
00:25:58 and I thought from everything I'd learned growing up
00:26:01 that a soulmate is like instant.
00:26:04 I just thought I was gonna walk down and be like,
00:26:07 that's my man, this is the guy I've been waiting for.
00:26:09 And when I didn't feel that initial spark,
00:26:12 I was really kind of let down.
00:26:14 Like I felt like this isn't gonna be my person.
00:26:18 And I was like hoping it was.
00:26:21 - You know, we talk a lot in this experiment
00:26:23 about the slow burn.
00:26:25 - Yeah.
00:26:25 - And we meet so many people like you
00:26:27 who come into the experiment expecting that,
00:26:29 that initial spark and you know, that Hollywood moment.
00:26:34 But I think the two of you are such a great example
00:26:39 that although that initial bam moment might not be there,
00:26:44 if you persevere and do the work,
00:26:48 and you guys really have done the work,
00:26:51 then you can actually get that happy ending.
00:26:53 - Yeah. - Yeah.
00:26:53 - Leighton, what have you learned
00:26:58 from being in this experiment?
00:27:00 - I think I'm very logical in terms of the way I think.
00:27:06 John, you've pointed that out many a time.
00:27:08 - Yeah, I mean, I went hard at you several times.
00:27:12 You bounce back, you pick yourself up and you went for it.
00:27:15 You changed and that was really impressive.
00:27:18 - I've got to ask, what happened with that gridlock
00:27:21 being two CEOs stuck in a boardroom together?
00:27:24 What did you do with that?
00:27:25 - It's still somewhat there,
00:27:28 but we're sort of getting better at navigating it.
00:27:31 Through agendas which we set and sat down at a table
00:27:34 and took some meeting minutes afterwards.
00:27:35 - Yeah.
00:27:36 - I love that.
00:27:38 - It's just so amazing to see you two together
00:27:43 and the fact that you were able to fight
00:27:45 through your communication style
00:27:48 that frankly was so rigid for so long.
00:27:52 It's just inspiring.
00:27:53 - It's nice, thanks John.
00:27:57 Certainly pushed us.
00:27:58 John in particular.
00:28:01 - Mel, in your mind, what does the future look like
00:28:07 for you and Leighton?
00:28:08 - Whatever happens, like I just want Leighton there.
00:28:14 So I mean, hopefully children, hopefully marriage,
00:28:18 hopefully all of that, five children.
00:28:19 But I just see him always with me, wherever we go.
00:28:25 - You guys, I have to say, we are collectively so thrilled.
00:28:34 We wish you the very best, all the love,
00:28:38 all the sparkles and magic and everything.
00:28:41 - Thank you.
00:28:42 - And lots of happiness and just lots of love
00:28:45 that you came here searching for.
00:28:48 So very happy for you.
00:28:50 Congratulations.
00:28:51 - Well done. - Thank you so much.
00:28:52 - Well done, girls.
00:28:53 - Thank you guys for all the help.
00:28:54 (audience applauding)
00:29:12 - All right, let's get our next couple up.
00:29:15 Lyndal and Cam.
00:29:19 - Oh, great.
00:29:20 (audience applauding)
00:29:23 Here we go.
00:29:25 - Well guys, I've got to say, we had such high hopes.
00:29:34 There was so much riding on this.
00:29:41 We didn't expect the way it turned out.
00:29:45 And we saw last night, particularly for the both of you,
00:29:49 there's some open wounds.
00:29:51 There's a lot of pain still there.
00:29:54 Lyndal, how do you feel sitting here next to Cam right now?
00:30:00 - It's pretty hard.
00:30:06 Yeah.
00:30:08 (dramatic music)
00:30:11 I think so much has happened and I've been home
00:30:16 and I've felt so grounded and happy and big and like,
00:30:21 my life is so good.
00:30:26 And so it's just really weird being back in this place
00:30:29 where all this stuff is coming back up
00:30:32 and reminding me of how not good things feel.
00:30:38 I don't know, it's painful, yeah.
00:30:41 - What about for you, Cam, sitting right next to Lyndal now?
00:30:47 - How do I feel?
00:30:49 We're doing this again, are we?
00:30:51 - It never stops, Cam.
00:30:54 - Yeah, no.
00:30:55 - No surprises here, mate.
00:30:56 - How does it feel?
00:30:57 Being out of the experiment felt good.
00:31:02 I've loved being back home and loved having,
00:31:06 getting back into the routine,
00:31:07 but being here now,
00:31:08 yeah, obviously things left on a really bad, bad terms.
00:31:13 It wasn't a, wasn't really a good feeling.
00:31:16 - But it didn't start off this way.
00:31:19 You guys were one of our strongest couples to begin with.
00:31:24 I think now's a great time to take a look back
00:31:28 on how your relationship began.
00:31:32 - Oh my God.
00:31:35 (beep)
00:31:37 - Hi.
00:31:52 - Cam.
00:31:53 - Good night, bud.
00:31:54 - Lyndal.
00:31:55 - Lyndal, nice to meet you.
00:31:56 You're gorgeous, very gorgeous.
00:31:58 - Let's do this, hey?
00:31:59 - Let's do it.
00:32:01 Yeah, I can't smile off my face, this is ridiculous.
00:32:04 (laughing)
00:32:06 - I have a chronic illness called cystic fibrosis.
00:32:11 - I know about it.
00:32:14 - You know about it?
00:32:14 - Yeah, I've got you.
00:32:16 - Oh my God, I got you.
00:32:20 Every day we're getting closer, for sure.
00:32:33 - Oh.
00:32:34 - That was such a good kiss.
00:32:37 - That's a good kiss.
00:32:38 - Wedding, amazing.
00:32:43 Honeymoon, amazing.
00:32:44 - So Cameron, this is your first relationship.
00:32:46 How serious is this getting?
00:32:48 - Yeah, it's getting very serious,
00:32:49 like how we're going at the moment.
00:32:52 I feel very comfortable in this relationship.
00:32:54 - Yeah.
00:32:58 - Are you a country man?
00:33:00 I'm interested now.
00:33:02 (gasping)
00:33:04 - What's your star sign?
00:33:05 - Virgo.
00:33:05 - Oh, Virgo.
00:33:07 - Taylor, she seemed very lovely.
00:33:09 - What type of music, what type of music are you listening?
00:33:12 - Yeah, Shania Twain, love Shania Twain.
00:33:16 - What's going on?
00:33:22 - So my mum, I think she just said,
00:33:29 "Oh, come on, Cam, like give her a hug."
00:33:32 Cam was like, "No, I feel uncomfortable,"
00:33:34 and kind of got up and left.
00:33:35 - I felt uncomfortable, I felt awkward.
00:33:40 It was really weird, I found that weird.
00:33:44 - It wasn't natural.
00:33:44 - Hugging me shouldn't feel unnatural,
00:33:46 not a month in here, not a month into this.
00:33:49 - So mum did say,
00:33:53 the affection and then wanting the cuddles
00:33:57 could be insecurity.
00:33:59 (dramatic music)
00:34:01 - For me?
00:34:02 - Yeah.
00:34:05 - I'm not asking for a hundred, I'm asking for like one.
00:34:10 It's not that much.
00:34:12 I ask for pretty much less than bare minimum,
00:34:19 and I'm sitting here having to justify
00:34:21 that I'm not insecure.
00:34:27 Like I did not wait my whole life
00:34:29 to be begging someone for hugs and kisses.
00:34:34 - You want me to be this all affectionate,
00:34:42 and I honestly don't think that I'm the right person for you.
00:34:47 That's where I'm at.
00:34:49 - I just feel like I've been dumped
00:34:51 for the third (beep) time in a week.
00:34:53 (dramatic music)
00:34:56 - I've been thinking about when I first met you.
00:35:00 On our wedding day, you were warm, welcoming,
00:35:03 funny and sweet.
00:35:04 Unfortunately, at one point or another,
00:35:09 the man I met at our wedding started fading away.
00:35:12 Over the last few weeks,
00:35:14 I've realised that there was never anything I could do
00:35:15 to be the partner you wanted
00:35:16 because you simply don't want one.
00:35:22 This entire relationship has been on your terms
00:35:25 and yours alone.
00:35:25 I wanna build a life I'm proud of,
00:35:29 and that life does not include you.
00:35:30 - Well said.
00:35:36 - Thank you.
00:35:37 Before you start.
00:35:38 - Yeah.
00:35:39 - Just on that.
00:35:40 I just feel like no matter what you say today,
00:35:45 it's only gonna disappoint me again.
00:35:52 - I think I'm just dumped.
00:35:54 So am I.
00:35:55 - I think you can have them then.
00:35:56 - Okay.
00:35:59 (dramatic music)
00:36:02 Wow.
00:36:09 - Happy birthday.
00:36:12 - Oh.
00:36:14 - Jesus Christ.
00:36:21 - How was that for you, Lyndal,
00:36:22 reliving your relationship?
00:36:24 - I mean, the worst part was like watching the start.
00:36:28 All the affection stuff.
00:36:32 Like it was there.
00:36:35 And then when it wasn't, it felt really obvious.
00:36:40 And when I asked for it,
00:36:44 it was like, no, it was never there,
00:36:46 never gonna be there.
00:36:47 And,
00:36:49 I had a lot of hope for us.
00:36:51 I had a lot of,
00:36:51 I don't know, it was like we met
00:36:54 and I was just like, yeah, I get it.
00:36:56 I get why we're put together.
00:36:58 Yeah.
00:36:59 So.
00:36:59 - Was that how it was for you, Kam?
00:37:08 - I felt like the pressure of the experiment was,
00:37:11 I don't know,
00:37:13 maybe I was being someone who,
00:37:14 that I wasn't.
00:37:16 I felt,
00:37:16 pressured to be this affectionate person
00:37:19 all this and that.
00:37:21 Which I think we all know by now,
00:37:22 which I'm not really that affectionate person.
00:37:24 No, I think affection and intimacy,
00:37:28 especially affection,
00:37:29 it all flows naturally when you're going down the path
00:37:30 of falling in love with someone.
00:37:32 And I'm sorry to say it, but,
00:37:37 I wasn't.
00:37:39 - If you felt that,
00:37:46 if you felt pressured,
00:37:48 you should have told me.
00:37:49 - Yeah, I should have.
00:37:50 - Because all that stuff at the honeymoon
00:37:52 did not feel pressured at all to me.
00:37:55 I thought we had the best time
00:37:56 and it's actually incredibly hurtful
00:37:59 to hear that a lot of that affection
00:38:01 was because you felt pressured.
00:38:02 It had nothing to do with wanting to be close to me
00:38:05 or wanting to be with me.
00:38:07 And there is a part of me
00:38:10 that really doesn't believe that.
00:38:11 Because that is not how my experience went.
00:38:15 (dramatic music)
00:38:18 It's incredibly hard to hear.
00:38:21 - Guys, we were watching you last night,
00:38:30 of course, at the dinner party.
00:38:31 And there was something that came up
00:38:33 that we'd like a little bit of clarification on.
00:38:37 Particularly from you, Cam.
00:38:38 - I got me dick out at a nightclub.
00:38:43 - Oh, wow.
00:38:44 (laughs)
00:38:46 - That is disgusting.
00:38:47 - Yes, so we understand.
00:38:52 That wasn't my question.
00:38:54 But thanks for sharing.
00:38:55 (dramatic music)
00:38:58 What I'm actually interested in
00:39:03 is the nature of your relationship with Taylor.
00:39:07 (dramatic music)
00:39:10 - Yeah, there's nothing going on there.
00:39:13 It was a piss-take.
00:39:14 A piss-take after the final vows.
00:39:17 I got naked in the nightclub
00:39:20 whilst my phone was on FaceTime to Taylor
00:39:24 and one of the boys was holding it.
00:39:26 - So just so we can understand the context,
00:39:30 why were you on FaceTime to Taylor?
00:39:32 - Because I'm mates with Taylor.
00:39:37 I think you're just trying to dig up,
00:39:41 there's nothing, nothing there.
00:39:43 - Hot.
00:39:44 (dramatic music)
00:39:47 - Taylor, how would you describe your relationship with Cam?
00:39:53 (sighs)
00:39:57 - I really like Cam as a friend.
00:39:58 We get along really, really well.
00:40:02 Yeah, there's not much to it.
00:40:06 Like he's up in Darwin, I'm down in Tassie.
00:40:13 - It hasn't been explored yet.
00:40:14 Not that it is going to be explored.
00:40:18 (dramatic music)
00:40:21 (beep)
00:40:24 (sobs)
00:40:29 (dramatic music)
00:40:42 - Taylor, how would you describe your relationship with Cam?
00:40:45 - I really like Cam as a friend.
00:40:50 We get along really, really well.
00:40:55 Yeah, there's not much to it.
00:40:59 Like he's up in Darwin, I'm down in Tassie.
00:41:02 It hasn't been explored yet.
00:41:06 Not that it is going to be explored.
00:41:10 (dramatic music)
00:41:12 (beep)
00:41:16 (sobs)
00:41:21 (dramatic music)
00:41:24 - I didn't mean to say that.
00:41:26 I am.
00:41:27 - But you did.
00:41:29 - Shut up, Rupert.
00:41:35 - I said that if Cam was in Tassie, then perhaps.
00:41:40 But he's not.
00:41:45 He's on the other side of Australia,
00:41:50 which makes it really hard, so.
00:41:53 (beep)
00:42:05 - I think that's where it ends there.
00:42:07 Now in the coffin.
00:42:08 - Listening to you last night, Lyndall,
00:42:13 it seemed you were under the impression
00:42:15 that perhaps something had happened
00:42:17 between Cam and Taylor.
00:42:18 - It just, it was something,
00:42:22 like it was this little missing piece.
00:42:24 That just made the whole thing make sense to me.
00:42:30 A lot of what I experienced,
00:42:33 a lot of what I witnessed from both of them
00:42:35 throughout the experiment,
00:42:36 lots of little moments that never really made sense before
00:42:38 started to make sense.
00:42:40 Yeah.
00:42:42 I just, it was something that,
00:42:44 when I heard it was like, yeah,
00:42:47 look, my gut's telling me there's something in that,
00:42:49 for sure.
00:42:50 - Yeah, I just obviously wasn't ready
00:42:54 to be in a relationship.
00:42:56 That's the core of the issue right there.
00:43:00 (dramatic music)
00:43:03 - I so wish we'd all known that
00:43:05 before going down this road for Lyndall.
00:43:10 So why did you stay as long as you did?
00:43:16 - See, there were times where I did wanna go home
00:43:23 and I wanted to stay.
00:43:24 The part where the final vows,
00:43:28 where I didn't get my say is really said a lot.
00:43:30 - That's at the end.
00:43:33 - That's why, sorry?
00:43:35 - That was at the end.
00:43:36 We're talking about why did you stay as long as you did?
00:43:38 If you had left earlier because you weren't falling for me,
00:43:41 we wouldn't have had to go through
00:43:42 the entire final vow situation.
00:43:42 - Yeah, but there was parts of it that I wanted to stay
00:43:45 and parts where I didn't.
00:43:46 And when I got to the final vows,
00:43:48 I just knew I should have left when I did.
00:43:50 - Mate.
00:43:51 None of this makes any sense to me.
00:43:56 (dramatic music)
00:43:58 - It's incredibly hurtful.
00:44:00 And I went through so much crap
00:44:04 thinking that you were in this
00:44:06 or that eventually you'd be in this.
00:44:08 - I think not falling in love with someone
00:44:12 is perfectly fine.
00:44:12 - It is perfectly fine, but your behavior wasn't fine.
00:44:16 - Sitting here watching the two of you tonight
00:44:22 and listening to the depth of experience
00:44:26 that you've described, Lindell,
00:44:28 and watching your response here, Cam,
00:44:32 I can't help but feel you have a very casual reaction
00:44:37 to something that is quite deep
00:44:40 and meaningful here for Lindell.
00:44:43 And it just, it feels a little bit dismissive.
00:44:46 - About how I'm sitting?
00:44:51 - No, not the way you're sitting, mate.
00:44:53 You're saying things like, could have done better.
00:44:58 Maybe I wasn't ready.
00:44:59 Felt a bit of pressure.
00:45:02 Pretty low key, casual reactions
00:45:05 to something that Lindell has described
00:45:08 as really quite significant in her life.
00:45:12 There was a lot of pain here.
00:45:14 - Well, I'm sorry for the way that I acted, but I, yeah.
00:45:20 It's just- - Are you?
00:45:21 - Well, I can sit here and say sorry.
00:45:24 - You can say whatever you want.
00:45:26 You have never once acted like you have much care at all
00:45:30 for how much you hurt me.
00:45:31 - So where does that leave me?
00:45:33 What do I say?
00:45:35 I can sit here and apologize, but it's not-
00:45:37 - I'm not saying say anything, Cam.
00:45:39 I'm telling you, do better.
00:45:41 And you should have done that, the whole experiment.
00:45:45 Be better.
00:45:51 - Well done.
00:45:52 - Have some (beep) integrity.
00:45:53 - Righto.
00:45:55 Gotcha.
00:45:56 - Cam, Lindell's just given you a gift.
00:46:02 You know, it's not often that we see a couple
00:46:06 that have broken up sit on this couch
00:46:08 and have one partner give the other some real advice
00:46:12 for their next relationship.
00:46:14 So I'd really heed that.
00:46:16 It's good advice.
00:46:20 If you can take that advice on board,
00:46:23 you'll be in a much better place next time around.
00:46:25 What I want to say to you, Lindell,
00:46:30 is you are at a significant turning point in your life.
00:46:35 You know, you've been given this incredible new lease
00:46:39 on life.
00:46:41 You've had this experience with Cam,
00:46:43 but you've got this amazing future now laid out
00:46:48 in front of you.
00:46:48 And I think you're a person who's gonna make
00:46:51 an incredible difference in this world.
00:46:53 I cannot wait to observe that.
00:46:57 - Thank you.
00:46:59 - Thank you both.
00:47:00 We've really enjoyed having you here
00:47:02 and wish you both all the best.
00:47:05 - Cheers guys.
00:47:05 - Thank you.
00:47:06 - Appreciate it.
00:47:07 - Thank you.
00:47:08 (clapping)
00:47:10 (soft music)
00:47:13 - All right, let's get our next couple up.
00:47:22 Alyssa and Duncan.
00:47:26 (clapping)
00:47:30 - Hi.
00:47:34 - Hi.
00:47:39 - Well, last night was a huge night for you both,
00:47:41 wasn't it?
00:47:42 - Yeah.
00:47:45 - A lot of emotion in the air.
00:47:46 - You were very angry last night.
00:47:51 - I was very angry.
00:47:52 - And had a lot of hurtful things to say about Duncan.
00:47:56 Have you had a chance to reflect on what happened last night
00:48:02 and process all of that emotion?
00:48:04 (soft music)
00:48:07 - Well, last night was a huge night for you both,
00:48:24 wasn't it?
00:48:25 - Yeah.
00:48:27 - A lot of emotion in the air.
00:48:29 Alyssa, you seemed to have a lot to get off your chest
00:48:31 last night.
00:48:33 - Um, yeah, I definitely did.
00:48:36 I'm clearly shocked of our ending
00:48:40 and, you know, really heartbroken.
00:48:42 - You were very angry last night.
00:48:44 - I was very angry.
00:48:46 - Duncan, last night, was that confronting for you?
00:48:52 - I don't hold anything against Alyssa for wanting to vent
00:48:58 or to explain, I guess, how she felt about the end
00:49:03 of the experiment.
00:49:04 I still think there was some things said last night
00:49:09 that was around like my character
00:49:11 and not around the relationship,
00:49:14 which I don't think is fair.
00:49:16 - What kind of things specifically?
00:49:19 - Alyssa said, "Take your mask off."
00:49:25 (dramatic music)
00:49:28 - Why did you say that, Alyssa?
00:49:37 - I feel like Duncan led me through this experiment
00:49:41 saying, "I wanna work through this together with you."
00:49:45 And then at the end for him to say, "No, it's not for me."
00:49:50 I just didn't expect it.
00:49:53 So I feel like, yeah, I feel like I didn't know who he was.
00:49:58 (dramatic music)
00:50:00 - I don't think that that's right.
00:50:07 And I'm just, that is not fair.
00:50:11 Relationships are not black and white.
00:50:16 Like my heart was in it.
00:50:20 I wanted it to work.
00:50:22 I didn't come here to go to the end
00:50:23 and then not be in love.
00:50:25 And it sucks, right?
00:50:29 That it didn't work out.
00:50:31 - Well, there's no question that the two of you
00:50:36 started off very strong
00:50:38 and for the most part really remained stable.
00:50:44 But then in the experiment later on,
00:50:46 there was a real shift.
00:50:50 So let's take a look at your relationship
00:50:54 throughout this experiment.
00:50:56 (dramatic music)
00:51:02 - Hi, I'm Alyssa.
00:51:03 - I'm Duncan.
00:51:04 - Duncan, nice to meet you.
00:51:06 Let's get married.
00:51:07 (laughing)
00:51:09 - I think it's pretty clear that I'm falling for Duncan.
00:51:15 (laughing)
00:51:17 - It's our wedding anniversary.
00:51:18 - One week.
00:51:20 - Yeah.
00:51:21 - Made it.
00:51:23 - So how are things going with you guys?
00:51:25 - Why would somebody like Duncan
00:51:29 want to date a single mom?
00:51:31 Like when there's other women that don't have kids.
00:51:34 - I just have like a lot of baggage with like,
00:51:38 I guess it's like a bit of self-sabotage.
00:51:40 I just like have a really hard time
00:51:42 of like feeling deserving of it.
00:51:44 - What not?
00:51:47 Let's talk about it.
00:51:50 - Give me attention.
00:51:51 I need attention because I haven't had any.
00:51:53 - Can I argue?
00:51:56 - No.
00:51:57 - I need a lot from Duncan.
00:52:01 I need to be checked in on all the time.
00:52:03 - Hey, I need attention.
00:52:06 - Do feel like I'm banging my head against the wall.
00:52:08 Feels like a bit of self-sabotage.
00:52:13 - Because I have a child.
00:52:14 - I'm available every other weekend and on every Wednesday.
00:52:19 - Yeah.
00:52:20 I guess the reality of it all will really come
00:52:22 when we're spending time with each other outside of these.
00:52:25 - You can say that you're okay with it,
00:52:26 but then like you really don't know.
00:52:28 - Yeah.
00:52:29 - I think it's a deeper seeded issue
00:52:35 that sort of manifests itself
00:52:37 into picking apart my behavior, which is not fair.
00:52:41 - So what do you think about that, Alisa?
00:52:43 - I have a child.
00:52:48 (dramatic music)
00:52:51 - Oh, babe.
00:52:52 - I just need a minute.
00:52:55 - I wanna be there for you.
00:52:57 (phone beeps)
00:52:59 - I'm gone.
00:53:00 I really wanna go.
00:53:00 I just wanna go.
00:53:02 - Do you not want me to come?
00:53:05 - No.
00:53:06 - Huh?
00:53:07 (dramatic music)
00:53:09 I feel more rejected in this relationship
00:53:17 than any relationship I've been in.
00:53:19 - I can't believe this (beep)
00:53:22 - Right?
00:53:23 I realize that relationships aren't always easy,
00:53:32 but I'm just not used to this much conflict
00:53:35 in a relationship.
00:53:36 I don't wanna hurt you
00:53:39 and I don't wanna continue getting hurt.
00:53:41 So I have to say goodbye.
00:53:45 (dramatic music)
00:53:48 (beep)
00:53:52 - So (beep)
00:54:00 This is (beep)
00:54:02 I should've known.
00:54:03 I should've (beep) known.
00:54:07 (dramatic music)
00:54:10 - Oh, that was hot.
00:54:13 (dramatic music)
00:54:16 - Alyssa, when you watch that back,
00:54:25 what goes through your mind?
00:54:26 - It's hard, right?
00:54:29 Not every day you can watch a whole relationship
00:54:35 kind of crumble in front of your face.
00:54:37 In the beginning,
00:54:43 we just had like such a connection.
00:54:46 I was so ready to share everything with him,
00:54:52 but watching it back,
00:54:55 I should've seen it coming.
00:54:58 Absolutely should've seen it coming.
00:55:00 Yeah, there were a lot of times where
00:55:03 I probably shouldn't have just walked away
00:55:09 and I shouldn't have been emotionally charged
00:55:12 and been able to sit in a conversation
00:55:13 and really hash things out with Duncan
00:55:15 and give him what he needed.
00:55:16 And I think I am very emotional.
00:55:22 I do regret a lot of things through this experiment
00:55:30 and I never wanted to hurt Duncan
00:55:32 and so I'm really, I'm sorry.
00:55:33 I'm sorry.
00:55:37 I'm sorry.
00:55:38 - Duncan, any final words for Alyssa?
00:55:44 - I'm sorry that it didn't work out.
00:55:52 I truly am.
00:55:54 You know, we're broken up,
00:55:58 but I still wanna say like,
00:55:59 I think that you're an amazing woman
00:56:00 and I think that you should like hold yourself
00:56:04 with the confidence that you should have about yourself.
00:56:07 - What would you like to say to Duncan now, in parting?
00:56:22 - I hope you do, you know, find that person.
00:56:32 (gentle music)
00:56:35 And yeah, I'm sorry.
00:56:39 - All right guys, well,
00:56:42 this has been an incredibly difficult time for you.
00:56:45 It wasn't the outcome that either of you wanted
00:56:47 when you first started.
00:56:49 Try to take some learnings away from it.
00:56:53 In a strange way, sitting on a couch,
00:56:58 discussing and unpacking your breakup with us,
00:57:02 while it is hard, you can get a lot out of it.
00:57:06 And I'm hoping tonight, it's gonna send you on your way,
00:57:10 much better equipped to cope with your next relationship.
00:57:13 So with that guys, we wish you all the best.
00:57:18 - Thank you. - Thank you.
00:57:19 - Good luck guys. - Thanks.
00:57:21 - All the best guys.
00:57:22 (audience applauding)
00:57:27 (gentle music)
00:57:29 - Well, let's get our last couple up on the couch.
00:57:38 Jessie and Claire.
00:57:40 (audience applauding)
00:57:45 - Hello, you two.
00:57:50 - Hi. - Hello.
00:57:51 - I'm so nervous.
00:57:55 - All right.
00:57:56 - Let's do this.
00:57:57 - I have to say that for a couple of the parted ways
00:58:08 in this experiment, it's so refreshing and so lovely
00:58:11 to feel and see the energy and the respect.
00:58:17 I don't wanna say love
00:58:19 because it's not like being in love, but the love.
00:58:22 - Yeah, it's big love.
00:58:24 - Absolutely.
00:58:25 - Tell us how you've come to this place
00:58:29 in your relationship.
00:58:31 You've gone through so much.
00:58:33 Help us understand how you got here.
00:58:36 - Well, to credit Jessie,
00:58:38 I think he said, "Forgiveness is a choice."
00:58:42 And even though I disrespected Jessie in the betrayal,
00:58:48 I think it was clear that I was not the one
00:58:54 that he respected me enough back to try
00:58:58 and rebuild and move forward.
00:58:59 And I guess I'm so grateful
00:59:04 that I was matched with someone like Jessie.
00:59:06 Yeah.
00:59:11 - Jessie, you seem to be a different guy
00:59:19 sitting on the couch here tonight
00:59:22 to what you were like in the beginning.
00:59:24 Sometimes words landed quite hard on Claire.
00:59:29 How do you think you've changed now
00:59:31 in terms of moving forward into a next relationship?
00:59:35 - I think I could have thought a bit more before speaking.
00:59:40 You know, I'm not perfect either.
00:59:47 I know I upset Claire a couple of times on the honeymoon.
00:59:51 I had this silly mindset coming in
00:59:53 when I look back in hindsight
00:59:54 with all these fricking standards, you know.
00:59:58 How's anyone supposed to like get through that, you know?
01:00:05 - That's really cool that you picked up on that
01:00:08 and brought it to yourself.
01:00:10 It's definitely been a rollercoaster ride, your relationship.
01:00:15 I think we should take a look.
01:00:17 Let's do this.
01:00:19 (Claire gasps)
01:00:22 - I'm so nervous.
01:00:23 - Oh my God.
01:00:32 She's ungodly hot.
01:00:36 (all laughing)
01:00:39 - Oh my God, we are so weird.
01:00:42 I love it. - That is crazy.
01:00:43 - We are so cute.
01:00:45 - I don't know where love has been hiding all these years.
01:00:50 I swear I'm shining so brightly.
01:00:52 - (beep) you are.
01:00:53 (all laughing)
01:00:56 - Oh my God, look at the water.
01:00:59 Oh my God, amazing.
01:01:01 - Yeah, no, you're not my person.
01:01:02 (Claire laughs)
01:01:03 I'm (beep) done here.
01:01:04 - A bunch of us decided to go out to a pub.
01:01:10 (crowd gasps)
01:01:11 - What's up, Tessie?
01:01:14 - And throughout the night,
01:01:15 I'm noticing like the leaning in from Claire to Adam
01:01:20 and the touching of his arms.
01:01:22 The point where it became a problem for me
01:01:25 was when the two of them left the table to be alone.
01:01:30 Claire goes missing.
01:01:32 I'm thinking, this (beep) Adam dog.
01:01:35 - What do you want from me?
01:01:37 To stroke your ego and tell you,
01:01:39 "Oh, you have nothing to worry about, Tessie.
01:01:42 "Oh, I wasn't on the phone to anybody."
01:01:44 What do you want from me?
01:01:45 - Bang out of order from him coming in here
01:01:47 trying to see my phone.
01:01:48 - Do you think that's normal behavior?
01:01:50 You're out of line.
01:01:52 - You're paranoid, mate.
01:01:54 You come through my door and you said,
01:01:56 "Show me your phone," 'cause your own insecurities.
01:01:59 Like what you did on Saturday night was not on.
01:02:02 - Would Jesse have any reason to think
01:02:06 that you might go home with?
01:02:07 - No, absolutely not.
01:02:09 - What I did was wrong.
01:02:13 - I need to win back the trust.
01:02:15 I like this one.
01:02:16 - I feel so guilty.
01:02:18 - Yeah, it's true.
01:02:19 - How hot you look.
01:02:20 - I doesn't know the truth.
01:02:22 - All right, stay.
01:02:25 - I'm carrying this big secret.
01:02:28 - Cute.
01:02:29 - I just can't hold it in.
01:02:31 - I can't hold it in.
01:02:33 - That night that we all went out,
01:02:40 Adam and I, we kissed.
01:02:42 (dramatic music)
01:02:45 I just, I knew it, you know?
01:02:47 And Adam, bro, what a dog.
01:02:49 I thought you were bringing me out here
01:02:52 to like, to call it off, to break up with me.
01:02:55 Yeah.
01:02:58 I couldn't imagine anything worse than that.
01:03:03 And then you actually said something worse than that.
01:03:06 (dramatic music)
01:03:09 (beep)
01:03:15 You're a (beep) idiot, Claire.
01:03:18 Oh, (beep)
01:03:20 (dramatic music)
01:03:22 Oh, (beep)
01:03:24 I can feel the adrenaline already starting to move
01:03:32 through my body when I think of Adam.
01:03:34 (dramatic music)
01:03:37 He is an absolute dog of dogs.
01:03:40 - How did it happen?
01:03:41 - What do you mean, how did it happen?
01:03:43 - How did it happen, Adam?
01:03:44 - Do you even know?
01:03:45 - Tell me.
01:03:48 All I know is that you hooked up with her.
01:03:50 - Yeah, okay.
01:03:51 But there's a lot more to it than that, isn't there?
01:03:53 - Holy shit.
01:03:54 I feel really awful for hurting Danelle.
01:04:04 And for hurting Jessie.
01:04:05 - I've chosen to leave.
01:04:12 - I chose to stay and try and earn back
01:04:17 Jessie's trust and forgiveness.
01:04:19 - This is a very different couple.
01:04:26 - Oh, yeah, you.
01:04:30 - What has allowed us to take us from where we were
01:04:33 last week to where we are this week?
01:04:35 - With Jessie and I moving forward, anything is possible.
01:04:39 - Claire, Bronte said that you're only here
01:04:45 to repair your image after what you did to Jessie.
01:04:48 - Bro, shut the (beep) up, Harrison.
01:04:50 Seriously, shut the (beep) up.
01:04:52 Do you know what you need to do?
01:04:53 You need to take off that shirt and stick it on a pole
01:04:56 and wave it around because you're a giant red (beep) flag.
01:04:59 - Bro.
01:05:03 - I'm sorry, Claire.
01:05:05 I'm sorry to say this.
01:05:06 How can I trust that the reason you wanted to stay
01:05:10 was to build a connection with me
01:05:11 and not to repair your image?
01:05:13 And this is the problem that cheating does.
01:05:18 - I chose to leave.
01:05:22 - I also will leave.
01:05:31 - I'm talking to all of you, but particularly Harrison.
01:05:34 You throw grenades like that, they can do untold damage.
01:06:00 - How was that to watch back, Claire?
01:06:03 - It was really hard to watch.
01:06:07 I feel really disgusted in myself
01:06:15 and embarrassed by some of my behavior, by lying,
01:06:18 by gaslighting Jessie and telling him
01:06:23 he has nothing to worry about when I knew that he did.
01:06:29 Yeah, it's pretty shit.
01:06:30 - Jessie, where are you right now?
01:06:39 - Yeah, just, you know, like,
01:06:40 going back through it all mentally.
01:06:44 - It's a tough watch.
01:06:48 - Yeah.
01:06:50 - This has been really difficult for us to watch as well
01:06:59 because you two were a very, very exciting couple
01:07:04 that we put together and just the potential
01:07:08 that you both had.
01:07:09 And so to see it unravel the way that it did
01:07:14 was heartbreaking.
01:07:17 What sort of feelings did you develop, Jessie,
01:07:20 for Claire during the experiment?
01:07:22 - Well, yeah, you know.
01:07:29 I liked her.
01:07:30 I liked her enough to get jealous.
01:07:40 - Yeah.
01:07:41 - I liked her enough to, you know, cry over the bad news.
01:07:44 I liked her enough to, you know,
01:07:49 I guess forgive her to the point in which I did.
01:07:53 - Yeah.
01:07:54 Adam.
01:08:00 - Oh, no.
01:08:04 - When you watch that back,
01:08:06 the betrayal, the deceit, what does that do to you?
01:08:11 (dramatic music)
01:08:13 (dramatic music)
01:08:16 (dramatic music)
01:08:19 Adam.
01:08:32 - Oh, no.
01:08:35 - When you watch that back,
01:08:38 the betrayal, the deceit, what does that do to you?
01:08:44 (dramatic music)
01:08:47 - Yeah, like, yeah, sorry about the whole thing.
01:08:54 Like I've had time to think about it all.
01:08:57 And the fact of the matter is, man, I did you wrong.
01:09:01 Did you dirty, same with Janelle.
01:09:03 And yeah, I really like understood it all now.
01:09:07 And it's definitely hit home.
01:09:09 - Accept the apology, Jessie.
01:09:12 (dramatic music)
01:09:15 - I do.
01:09:27 - Appreciate it.
01:09:30 - I would also like to say to Adam
01:09:34 that I wish you the best, you know.
01:09:39 And I'm not gonna let what happened
01:09:43 hang over my head like a dark cloud
01:09:45 and take this, you know, drag it around like an anchor.
01:09:48 Yeah, like we might not be full buds going forward.
01:09:54 - Fair enough.
01:09:55 - But I wish you the best.
01:09:57 - Same, bro.
01:09:58 Cheers, man.
01:10:00 - Jessie, this experience I know has not been easy,
01:10:05 the journey for you.
01:10:08 What have you learned from being in this experiment?
01:10:11 - Well, what have I learned?
01:10:13 Oh my God, I've learned so many things.
01:10:16 Wish I had something prepared for ya.
01:10:19 - Whatever comes to mind.
01:10:21 - I have learned to trust my intuition.
01:10:27 I've also learned to know that I can be better.
01:10:36 Better.
01:10:37 To know that there's more of myself to realize
01:10:43 and grow into.
01:10:44 'Cause I thought coming into this
01:10:51 that I was like a good guy, you know.
01:10:54 But now I feel like I'm an even better guy.
01:10:57 (laughing)
01:10:59 - I love that.
01:11:04 - What about you, Claire, any regrets?
01:11:06 - Oh, just one.
01:11:07 One particular night.
01:11:09 But I think that it's shone a light on me
01:11:16 and my behaviors.
01:11:19 Seeking validation from outside sources
01:11:24 when I'm not happy in myself.
01:11:27 Maybe that's not the way to go about it.
01:11:29 I regret hurting Jessie.
01:11:34 And I'm so grateful for the respect
01:11:36 that he's given back to me.
01:11:38 You know that, you know how sorry I obviously am
01:11:44 for everything and I feel like this,
01:11:48 the end of the experiment was the beginning of a new leaf
01:11:52 and I wanna be able to continue that.
01:11:54 - Yeah, well said.
01:11:55 - Yeah.
01:11:56 - Yes, indeed.
01:11:59 How do you feel about Jessie
01:12:00 when you sit here now with him?
01:12:02 - Oh, I don't know if it's weird to say,
01:12:04 but I really like, I love who Jessie is as a person.
01:12:08 I love his uniqueness, his quirkiness, his stay metal.
01:12:13 You know, I have a lot of kind, happy,
01:12:19 great feelings about Jessie.
01:12:30 - Jessie, have you got any parting words for Claire?
01:12:32 - No, I don't.
01:12:37 Because she's coming to Perth.
01:12:43 - What?
01:12:46 - Whoa.
01:12:48 Yeah.
01:12:51 - So my parting words now are, see you in Perth.
01:12:57 (laughing)
01:12:59 - Watch this space, I love it.
01:13:11 I'm gonna cry.
01:13:12 - Good luck and we look forward to seeing
01:13:15 what happens to you in the future.
01:13:17 - Thank you so much.
01:13:18 - Thank you, love you.
01:13:20 (clapping)
01:13:22 (soft music)
01:13:25 - Well, that brings our reunion to an end.
01:13:34 Thank you so much for being brave enough
01:13:36 to come into this experiment
01:13:39 and try and find the fairy tale.
01:13:41 For a number of you, you were able to find true love.
01:13:45 For others, you didn't get what you came for,
01:13:52 however, this has been an incredible process.
01:13:56 You've faced challenges that most couples
01:14:00 typically get over several years
01:14:03 in a very short, intense space of time.
01:14:07 You've embraced the experiment,
01:14:09 you've come through it, you've been raw
01:14:13 and we are so grateful for that.
01:14:16 And for those of you that are still searching for love,
01:14:19 we hope that you find that special someone in the future.
01:14:23 For now, good luck and thank you.
01:14:26 - Thanks everyone.
01:14:27 - Thank you so much.
01:14:29 (clapping)
01:14:31 (soft music)
01:14:35 (crowd murmuring)
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