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January 23, 2025 • 6 mins

The divine Mel Schilling joins Jonesy & Amanda ahead of the new season of Married At First Sight.

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
And Amanda jam Nation.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Good morning guys. Great to be with you.

Speaker 1 (00:05):
It looks so cuddly and snugly. What have you got on?

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Oh, I'm cozy. This is my udie, my daughter, Maddie
and I have matching uddies and these are actually glow
in the dark stars. So we're already for bed.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
So you can't be lost in the night.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
No, I'll never be lost.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
You look fantastic and we've all been well aware of
your health journey. How are you going?

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah, thanks for asking. I'm doing really well. Thank you
that the cancers in remissia that I'm feeling strong. It's
about six months post chemo now, so I'm starting to
feel like me again, which is great.

Speaker 4 (00:40):
Long, luxuriant hair that didn't take long to happen again.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
It's called extensions, Amanda.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
It looks great.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Thanks.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
So the new season, make it?

Speaker 4 (00:53):
The new season's about to kick off. Every year it
gets more and more extreme. There's a new twist or something.
Where are we going to go into AI sex robots?

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Where we go to where are you leading us this time?

Speaker 2 (01:06):
There's an idea? Is that your ip?

Speaker 3 (01:08):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (01:08):
Actually yes, copyright me. I'm just signing my own name
on it stamp.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
No. There actually is something quite new this year that
we've never done before. We've thrown in I guess you'd
call it a spanner towards the end of the experiment
where when we really get to the you know, the
last sort of group of couples who are really serious
about each other, and we throw this challenge to them.
That is another step closer, we think to emulating real life,

(01:38):
where we actually dangle some temptation in front of them,
which you know, as we know happens in real life.
You meet other couples, you know there are times perhaps
when someone else is there and maybe you know, I
start to wander. So we put them to the test,
and you'll find us presenting other people to our couples

(02:02):
and really throwing the question is the grass greener on
the other side, And you're going to see in some
couples both of them decide to go and explore follow
their curiosity. In other couples they both say no. And
then in other couples, one partner says yes and the
other says no. So you can imagine relationships.

Speaker 3 (02:23):
It's quite it's quite extreme when you look at it.
And I've been watching the show since it started. But
you know, things like the honesty box and ranking how
the other how the other participants look on the scale.
And I would just do that with my bunch of friends.
And I should imagine if we sat down and had
to rank how good looking we were to all our friends.

(02:43):
How bad would that be?

Speaker 2 (02:44):
You know?

Speaker 4 (02:45):
Even just mentioning that, even mentioning it makes it scratch
everyone's eyes out.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
It's tough friendship. I guess what you're doing.

Speaker 4 (02:54):
It's doing a twenty year relationship trunk hating into a
couple of months.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
That's it. That's it, and all of the pressure that
comes with you know, that long term relationship condensed down
as well, So it's incredibly intense for a couple.

Speaker 4 (03:09):
You also play the same expert position for the English version.
How different are we culturally from the English? Or is
it all the stuff is the same?

Speaker 2 (03:21):
Do you know? I think when I came over here,
I've done four seasons here in the UK now, and
I think initially I came over with a lot of
preconceived ideas. Really, I guess just playing into those stereotypes
of the British, you know, the stiff upper lip, And
I did expect them to be a lot more reserved
and to have to work a lot harder to get
their stories out. And I guess it was that way

(03:41):
a little bit initially, But I really think now if
you were to play the two shows side by side
and heard the sound off, you probably couldn't tell the difference.
They're just as open as the Aussie although the Brits
think the Aussies are a lot looser.

Speaker 5 (03:54):
They're often say to me, oh, the other Aussie one,
it's so loose, And I guess compared with the Brits
we are. We're probably a bit less filtered, a little
bit more open, but they're still very much prepared, you know,
to open up and be vulnerable and throw themselves into
the experiment.

Speaker 3 (04:11):
There's been a lot of chat about this Bonnie Blue
and this conquest of having a thousand guys and stuff
is married at first sight part of this. You know this,
I don't sound like a big preacher breakdown and morality.

Speaker 2 (04:25):
I really hope not. I certainly don't see it that way,
and I don't think our audience sees it that way either.
I think our audience, whilst they're there for the confrontation
and they love the drama. They really do get. I
believe that underneath all of this is the quest for
love and that, you know, the heart and soul of

(04:46):
this show or this experiment really is if you put
two people together without them ever having that, can a
relationship work? You know? So that's really, you know, the
underlying premise. I don't think it's about salaciousness or you know, exploitation.
I really don't. I don't think the show would have
lasted this long, and I certainly wouldn't have been involved

(05:07):
in fifteen seasons across two countries if I thought that
it was. I think, you know, I think I think
we're talking about two very different things there.

Speaker 1 (05:16):
And you've lasted this long without getting a neck tattoos. Congratulations.

Speaker 3 (05:20):
And I haven't heard I haven't heard you say one
hundred percent. I haven't heard you say one hundred percent.
They love one hundred percent?

Speaker 2 (05:28):
I lovey.

Speaker 3 (05:32):
What about this lady two thousand percent? Well, it's been
going on for a long time. You look at Adam,
and that's how it started.

Speaker 1 (05:41):
You've got to get the percentage.

Speaker 3 (05:42):
Maybe God was the first God was the first expert.

Speaker 1 (05:46):
And said, go you to the fourth one.

Speaker 3 (05:49):
Just don't eat the fruit.

Speaker 1 (05:50):
Maybe that's what you do. You ten people with fruit
and see how you go.

Speaker 2 (05:54):
Well, it's great season.

Speaker 3 (05:56):
It's great to see that you're on the mend and
you look fantastic. Thank you for joining us. Then you
Season and Meridith First Sight kicks off on Monday at
seven thirty on Channel nine. Melchilling.

Speaker 1 (06:04):
Thank you, Thanks guys, nice to see you. You take care.
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