# An Update On The Investigation And “All Stars” Spin Off

An episode of [MAFS Funny Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1791455504), 24 May 2026, 12 min.

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As the claims from several brides from Married At First Sight UK continues to dominate the news cycle, here’s some new updates about the future of the show over there and in Australia. Plus, I also have an update on the Second Marriage At First Sight “all stars” spin-off series which is now in pre-production. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to the Maths Funny Podcast, and today, guys,
[0:03] Speaker 1: I have an update on the situation in the UK,
[0:07] Speaker 1: what that means for the future of our Australian season,
[0:10] Speaker 1: and what's now happening with the upcoming second Marriage at
[0:14] Speaker 1: First Site spinoff series which I've briefly mentioned on here before,
[0:18] Speaker 1: where former UK brides and Grooms and former Australian brides
[0:21] Speaker 1: and grooms were gonna come together and get match with
[0:26] Speaker 1: new people. Is that still happening. I've got the answers. Firstly,
[0:34] Speaker 1: is Married at First at UK getting canceled as of
[0:37] Speaker 1: right now, No, it is not, and there is currently
[0:39] Speaker 1: no plans for this to happen, Following everything I discussed
[0:43] Speaker 1: in the last episode on here, where two anonymous former
[0:46] Speaker 1: brides from the UK version of the show came forward
[0:49] Speaker 1: claiming they were raped by their on screen husbands while
[0:52] Speaker 1: filming the show, and a third bride then claimed she
[0:55] Speaker 1: was the victim of a non consensual sexual act which
[0:59] Speaker 1: her husband and has since denied. The boss of the
[1:02] Speaker 1: network which airs Married at First at UK over there
[1:05] Speaker 1: Channel four. She has now spoken out publicly about all
[1:08] Speaker 1: of this. Priya Dogra, that's her name. She only recently
[1:12] Speaker 1: became the boss of the network and she wasn't in
[1:14] Speaker 1: the role over there when these alleged incidents occurred, but
[1:18] Speaker 1: a few days ago now she said this, I have
[1:21] Speaker 1: watched the investigation program where all these claims are made,
[1:24] Speaker 1: and I heard the women's accounts which are very troubling
[1:28] Speaker 1: and their distress is clear, and for that, I am,
[1:30] Speaker 1: of course deeply sorry. Priya then addressed the speculation that
[1:35] Speaker 1: the show over there has been canceled, and she said
[1:38] Speaker 1: this was wholly inaccurate, but she has now commissioned an
[1:42] Speaker 1: external review into the welfare of the show over there,
[1:45] Speaker 1: and any decision about the future of MATHS UK will
[1:49] Speaker 1: be made after this investigation has been concluded. When Priya
[1:54] Speaker 1: was then asked why all previous seasons of Married at
[1:57] Speaker 1: First at UK have been pulled from streaming services, she
[2:00] Speaker 1: said this was done to prevent people going back and
[2:03] Speaker 1: essentially watching every past season trying to figure out which
[2:08] Speaker 1: brides may have made these claims against their husbands. She
[2:12] Speaker 1: also added that the network will not be individually investigating
[2:16] Speaker 1: those incidents, and I quote her here when she said,
[2:20] Speaker 1: we are a broadcaster, not an adjudicator, and it is
[2:23] Speaker 1: worth pointing out here briefly, just because that quote from
[2:26] Speaker 1: her does read a bit off that the brides who
[2:30] Speaker 1: have come out and claim they were raped, they have
[2:32] Speaker 1: not reported this to the police. That's their choice. So
[2:35] Speaker 1: when the boss of the network is saying we aren't
[2:38] Speaker 1: going to investigate them because we're a broadcast, they're not
[2:40] Speaker 1: an adjudicator, I kind of get that because if they
[2:44] Speaker 1: were to be investigated, it would be by the police.
[2:47] Speaker 1: Going on to discuss the network's investigation into the welfare
[2:50] Speaker 1: a little more in depth, Priya added that our job
[2:53] Speaker 1: is to look at our actions. Our job is to
[2:55] Speaker 1: look at our protocols and how we apply them. It
[2:57] Speaker 1: is for other people to look into allegation that the
[3:00] Speaker 1: women have made. Our job is to look at the
[3:02] Speaker 1: allegations of a duty of care failure. That's the distinction
[3:06] Speaker 1: between the two. So, now you've heard what she said,
[3:09] Speaker 1: what I suspect will happen is they'll take a few
[3:12] Speaker 1: months to again just look at how the show has
[3:15] Speaker 1: made everything they do behind the scenes. They'll make some changes.
[3:18] Speaker 1: They'll bring in more safety measures during filming. Maybe they'll
[3:22] Speaker 1: follow some of the ideas I said in the previous
[3:24] Speaker 1: episode about like cast members, the default being that they
[3:29] Speaker 1: don't share a room until they choose to share a room,
[3:32] Speaker 1: whereas previously it's always been they're pushed together to share
[3:35] Speaker 1: a room from day one until one of them says, hey,
[3:38] Speaker 1: I want my own room, you know what I mean,
[3:40] Speaker 1: like reversing it so there's not that pressure to be
[3:43] Speaker 1: alone and sharing a bed literally hours after meeting on
[3:46] Speaker 1: their wedding day. And now, for any of you who
[3:49] Speaker 1: are wondering if these UK allegations investigations will impact our
[3:53] Speaker 1: Australian version of the show, as far as I'm told
[3:55] Speaker 1: for multiple sources know they will not, and that's because
[3:58] Speaker 1: the UK version is produced by a completely different production
[4:02] Speaker 1: company on the other side of the world. It's commissioned
[4:05] Speaker 1: by an entirely different network. There's no association with like
[4:09] Speaker 1: our version Channel nine. And yes, although it is the
[4:13] Speaker 1: same franchise and same show, that's basically where the connection
[4:17] Speaker 1: starts and ends. And the Marriad at first franchise is
[4:23] Speaker 1: actually Danish too, which I don't know if many of
[4:26] Speaker 1: you actually know that it was a production company in
[4:28] Speaker 1: Denmark who came up with the concept in twenty thirteen.
[4:32] Speaker 1: As it kind of worked there other countries slowly started
[4:35] Speaker 1: buying the rights to make their own version. As time passed,
[4:38] Speaker 1: each country like slowly tweaked the format just slightly, and
[4:43] Speaker 1: the Australian version made like the biggest changes where they
[4:46] Speaker 1: introduced dinner parties and dramas and affairs and all that,
[4:49] Speaker 1: and then our version became like the most successful. So
[4:53] Speaker 1: then all the countries started slowly copying our version because
[4:56] Speaker 1: it was rating best. And yeah again in terms of
[5:00] Speaker 1: the show being pulled off air in the UK and
[5:02] Speaker 1: then here and everywhere because of what has sadly happened
[5:05] Speaker 1: in the UK, it just won't happen because every country
[5:11] Speaker 1: again uses different production companies. They all have different processes,
[5:14] Speaker 1: different duties of care. And even if the UK stuff
[5:17] Speaker 1: right now and the investigation the UK network are doing
[5:20] Speaker 1: into their duty of care does lead to the UK
[5:23] Speaker 1: version being canceled again, as far as I'm told, that
[5:27] Speaker 1: won't impact or stop the Australian version. And even with
[5:31] Speaker 1: the amount of our former Australian cast members now speaking
[5:34] Speaker 1: out against Animal Shine, who are the Australian production company
[5:38] Speaker 1: making our version again, I'm told this just won't change
[5:42] Speaker 1: anything because although like what they're all saying about their
[5:45] Speaker 1: experiences shocking, yes, and again makes you question why do
[5:49] Speaker 1: people still go on this show so far? Like everything
[5:53] Speaker 1: being said over on this side of what it's nothing new,
[5:56] Speaker 1: like we've kind of hid it all before. And these
[5:59] Speaker 1: posts right now from the Australian cast members, they will
[6:03] Speaker 1: soon be forgotten and as next season comes around, brands
[6:07] Speaker 1: will still be lining up to pay by the million
[6:09] Speaker 1: to advertise on that season. And until that fact changes,
[6:13] Speaker 1: trust me when I say Married at First Sight, Australia
[6:16] Speaker 1: will never be pulled off the air. And I know
[6:19] Speaker 1: that sounds brutal, but it's sadly just the truth, because
[6:22] Speaker 1: at the end of the day, this show is a
[6:24] Speaker 1: commercial product that generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
[6:31] Speaker 1: And that's why I often say on this podcast, and
[6:33] Speaker 1: I'll say it again now, that's why I don't think
[6:35] Speaker 1: the collective aim should be this petition to try and
[6:40] Speaker 1: cancel the show forever, because at the end of the day,
[6:42] Speaker 1: this show is created for entertainment, and it still does
[6:46] Speaker 1: entertain millions of people who watch it. But things like
[6:50] Speaker 1: this now, like these conversations about the people making the show,
[6:53] Speaker 1: whether it's here or in the UK, or Denmark or
[6:56] Speaker 1: wherever like those producers those different production but is they
[7:00] Speaker 1: should be listening to these complaints from cast members, and
[7:03] Speaker 1: they should be listening to people like me who highlight
[7:06] Speaker 1: when I personally see lines being crossed from my involvement
[7:09] Speaker 1: on the side of the show, and they should be
[7:12] Speaker 1: listening to even like you guys, the viewers at home
[7:14] Speaker 1: listening to me now, because when you say storylines go
[7:18] Speaker 1: too far and they make you feel uncomfortable, you are
[7:20] Speaker 1: the audience. And without you the audience, there's no product
[7:24] Speaker 1: to sell. And again I don't understand why every year
[7:27] Speaker 1: we kind of have these conversations where it's gone too far.
[7:31] Speaker 1: They need to stop, but they just don't. And again,
[7:33] Speaker 1: all they need to do, in my eyes is listen
[7:36] Speaker 1: and take this feedback and then go and reassess how
[7:39] Speaker 1: they create the show and how they produce scenes and
[7:41] Speaker 1: how they will push people to get what they want
[7:45] Speaker 1: from them. And trust me, if any of you producers
[7:47] Speaker 1: are listening, you don't have to go to such extremes
[7:50] Speaker 1: for the sake of entertainment. The audience is there, they
[7:53] Speaker 1: want to watch the show. You don't have to keep
[7:55] Speaker 1: trying to one up peace Olf and go harder and
[7:58] Speaker 1: harder and harder to the debt of the people on
[8:01] Speaker 1: the show. Sorry, I've kind of not really got a
[8:03] Speaker 1: script here today, so I'm just going to round off
[8:05] Speaker 1: this part of the podcast by saying again the idea
[8:08] Speaker 1: of the show being canceled all around the world is
[8:11] Speaker 1: unrealistic and extreme, especially when you factor in how the
[8:14] Speaker 1: show does make millions and how networks will do anything
[8:18] Speaker 1: to protect an asset with such commercial value. But I
[8:21] Speaker 1: do believe and hope that some kind of positive change
[8:25] Speaker 1: behind the scenes could come from all these voices across
[8:28] Speaker 1: the different countries right now speaking out like they are
[8:32] Speaker 1: and with that united goal of them saying hey, production
[8:35] Speaker 1: companies out there like listen to us, do better. And lastly,
[8:42] Speaker 1: to round off today's little podcast, for those wondering what's
[8:45] Speaker 1: going to happen with the second Marriage at First Sight
[8:47] Speaker 1: spin off series, I've done some digging, spoke to a
[8:50] Speaker 1: few people, and it is currently still in pre production
[8:53] Speaker 1: in the UK and it's meant to start filming in
[8:55] Speaker 1: the UK in August. It will be produced by the
[8:58] Speaker 1: Maths UK Reduction company. But it's been produced like not
[9:03] Speaker 1: as a season of Married at First Site. It's almost
[9:05] Speaker 1: being looked at as a whole new show, which is
[9:07] Speaker 1: why they could be like, yeah, we're investigating what happens
[9:10] Speaker 1: on set of Married at First Site UK, but this
[9:13] Speaker 1: isn't Married at First Sight UK. This is second Marriage
[9:16] Speaker 1: at First Sight, which is kind of done. But yeah,
[9:18] Speaker 1: as far as i'm told, it is still going to
[9:21] Speaker 1: start filming in August. Filming he's going to last for
[9:24] Speaker 1: eight weeks, with the last week or two of the
[9:27] Speaker 1: eight week period being here in Australia. And yes, it
[9:30] Speaker 1: will feature former Australian cast members and a few former
[9:34] Speaker 1: UK cast members, and they will be matched with regular
[9:38] Speaker 1: people who have never been on the show before, so
[9:40] Speaker 1: it's not going to be like one of our former
[9:42] Speaker 1: mask rooms match with a former maths UK bride. Now
[9:45] Speaker 1: every former participant i'm told he's going to be matched
[9:48] Speaker 1: with a new random person. The season will also be
[9:53] Speaker 1: like a mini one, it won't be as long as
[9:55] Speaker 1: the regular seasons. And a moment ago when I said
[9:58] Speaker 1: they will be filming the last part of the season
[10:00] Speaker 1: here in Australia, that's because i'm told instead of like
[10:02] Speaker 1: the usual homestay, they'll be doing a country state where
[10:06] Speaker 1: the Aussies bring their new partners over here, because I'm
[10:09] Speaker 1: told at least like the twist on this season is
[10:12] Speaker 1: going to be spoiler alert stop listening now if you
[10:15] Speaker 1: don't want to know, but apparently all our former Oussie
[10:18] Speaker 1: cast members are going to be matched with only UK people,
[10:23] Speaker 1: and all our regular Ossie applicants who are applying right
[10:27] Speaker 1: now and going through that process, they're going to be
[10:30] Speaker 1: matched with the former UK brides and grooms. So, like
[10:35] Speaker 1: you know, in the regular seasons of this show, when
[10:37] Speaker 1: like people fight about potentially having to move from Sydney
[10:40] Speaker 1: to Melbourne and the interstate long distance, this spin off
[10:44] Speaker 1: season is going to see couples fighting about moving halfway
[10:48] Speaker 1: around the world together, which yeah, is a choice, isn't it.
[10:52] Speaker 1: And maybe I'm being told incorrectly, or maybe it'll just
[10:55] Speaker 1: be one or two of the couples who get like
[10:58] Speaker 1: an international match, but yeah, that's the information I'm hearing
[11:01] Speaker 1: that that's going to be the twist. And just to
[11:05] Speaker 1: put that twist into perspective, the whole show is being
[11:09] Speaker 1: filmed across eight weeks, so imagine you're matched, You're like,
[11:13] Speaker 1: what a random trade in Australia who's never been a
[11:15] Speaker 1: maths before You're then flown to the UK and you're
[11:17] Speaker 1: matched with a UK bride who's previously been on maths
[11:20] Speaker 1: in the UK before, and you're like, oh, this is
[11:22] Speaker 1: going all right. Then six weeks into knowing each other,
[11:25] Speaker 1: you then bring that UK bride to Australia to visit
[11:29] Speaker 1: your house, and then you face this decision, Hey, so
[11:32] Speaker 1: do you want to move to Australia and live with
[11:34] Speaker 1: me forever? And I'm going to predict right now, I'd
[11:37] Speaker 1: even put money on this that there is not going
[11:38] Speaker 1: to be one single successful couple coming from this spinoff series.
[11:45] Speaker 1: But time will tell, say yeah,

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