MAFS UK: It's Official!

From the moment we first laid eyes on Kieran’s teeth - we knew this was going to be a cracking series…  They chose to stay in the last episode - so this time, we’re sticking to our word and making them stay… we have Paul C Brunson and Zeze Mills on the It’s Official sofa to take a nostalgic look back at the series as a whole!   And we’re joined by the man, the myth, the legend… our brilliant groom Luke! We find out all about his time in the experiment - and we workshop some words that might have worked better than ‘terrorise’ in his letter to Amy.  As well as that - it’s showbiz’s most glamorous and anticipated night of the year… The MAFS Awards 2024! Who are going to be the big winners of the night?! And guess what… we even have a *teeny-tiny* trophy for one lucky person…  Thanks for joining us for this series of MAFS UK: It’s Official - actually can someone pass a sick bag? I’m feeling a bit nauseous - probably shouldn’t have tried to write this podcast description on a helicopter ride. 

Two vow renewals and a funeral… that’s actually such a good idea for a movie. Someone should make that.   The experiment is over! Two of our couples have committed to one another at final vows and brace themselves for the reunion… and we also had a lovely dinner party where we reunited all our brides and grooms and there was absolutely NO drama or stress at all :)   Chloe is joined by the legendary Zeze Mills to debrief our last week in the experiment. Did we expect it to end like this? And how do we think our couples are going to fare outside the experiment?   We’ve also invited Lacey and Paul C Brunson to the couch - to regroup on everything we’ve learned from the experiment! Lacey reveals how she and Nathan made yet ANOTHER lifelong commitment to each other and *just* how excited she was for that salsa class…  And we’re bringing back fan-favourite game Luke-y Dip - for a second round… this time - with a vow renewals twist…  Btw - we googled the halfway point between Manchester and Walsall. It’s Stoke-on-Trent. Just FYI! 

Tonight, take a look up at the sky… and if you’re lucky - you might just see Lacey looking down at you. That’s Lacey the star, not Lacey in a helicopter. Something tells me Nathan won’t be getting her another helicopter ride any time soon. It’s the penultimate week of the experiment! We’ve said a sad farewell to one of our couples and we’re heading out on final dates… don’t forget your sick bag!Today - Chloe is joined by the wonderful Mariam Musa so we can regroup on our psychological takes before we head into next week’s vow renewals. Which of our couples will manage to work their way through the challenges of the experiment - and who will thrive on the outside? The clocks are ticking! And we have two VERY special visitors on the sofa - our beautiful bride Sacha and our exceptional expert Mel! We find out how the end of the experiment felt for our self-aware queen Sacha - and everything that the MAFS process has taught her about herself… And it’s nearly the end of the experiment - so we’re bringing out the Memory Box to test how well you’ve all been paying attention…  we hope you’ve been taking notes! 

GOOD MORNING UNIVERSE! How good does it get?! Things are getting towards the serious end of the experiment now - our couples are doing *serious* things like thinking about how to make things work long term, spending time with their families and prancing about a dance studio wearing feather boas. Sooooo serious. Chloe has her iconic bestie Joe Baggs on the sofa with her to discuss everything we’ve seen in Partner Swap Week and Doing DIY For Your In-Laws Week… oh sorry - we mean Homestays Week.  Kieran and Kristina are also here - things have been emotional for them this week so we’re very excited to have a chit chat with them about their time so far in the experiment. And we couldn’t have Kieran and Kristina on the show without having a sing-song, could we? We *may* have just written the next number one hit…And just to let everyone know - from this point onwards we’ll only be accepting apologies in malt loaf form. Thanks! 

Everyone feeling relaxed after their trip to the spa? That was possibly one of the MOST DRAMATIC weeks we have ever seen on MAFS - we had arguments, we had shock exits… and in the biggest shock of all - we even saw Adam moving his hips at the salsa class! We have a lot to chat about this week - so Chloe is joined on the sofa by Gogglebox legends Marcus and Mica. They’ve been married for nearly 20 years so we’re really relying on them to give us their wisdom. Did Sacha need to bring Ross into her argument? Is there hope for Kieran and Kristina? Is it advisable to do pottery whilst topless? And - it’s a big week because we have our groom Orson on the sofa… and boy, do we have a lot to ask him. Did he really have the feels for Richelle? What was it like in that INTENSE commitment ceremony? And… the question we’re all desperate to know - will he be staying in touch with Hannah? We also have decided to test if Orson’s question answering skills have improved since his wedding… in a game of ‘40 Million Questions’ - and get ready, cos the questions cut deep (not). And remember - next time you’re at the dentist and they have a go at you for grinding your teeth… tell them you were freestyling. Thanks for the tip Lacey. 

We need to learn the British Sign Language for ‘YAY!’ because Ross and Sacha are officially in love!!!Can we just pretend *all* our couples are deeply in love and that no drama happened at the retreat? That was… a LOT. Thankfully, we have a real-TREAT for you today on It’s Official - Friday Night Dinner superstar Tom Rosenthal joins Chloe today and he’s brought some very insightful opinions with him (as well as plenty of lols) Fresh off the back of stick-or-twist-gate - our lovely bride Polly is also on the sofa! There’s a lot to break down from Polly’s time on the experiment so far - so we’ve called in the help of our wonderful, fabulous and ever-so-wise expert, Charlene! Polly tells us about the conversation that Adam had with Caspar that reignited the intimacy in her marriage, and Charlene lets us know what she thinks about the whole ‘type’ issue… We also crack on with a game of ‘Polly Wants A Cracker’... to see if we can predict the fortunes of some of our couples… And can we just take a moment to discuss the preview for the next episode? We are SAT waiting for that commitment ceremony. We’ll be back here next week to break it all down for you. In the meantime… anyone for a carvery? 

RIP the sauce that Adam forgot to put in his basket at the supermarket. Gone but never forgotten. Joining Chloe to get stuck into this week’s MAFS gossip is the brilliant Dani Dyer!Our three new couples have officially entered the experiment - and it’s caused a biiiiiiit of a stir. Do we think they’re all going to turtle-y fall in love, or will they be flamin-going at the first opportunity? (if you hadn’t guessed we were *really* inspired by Amy and Luke’s trip to the animal sanctuary) And - our new bride Hannah joins us on the sofa to tell us all about her stunning wedding day, her awkward first kiss and has some tips on how to accidentally turn up to your own wedding in a supercar…. And in honour of our favourite wordsmith - Luke, we play a game of Luke-y Dip! Who knew it was so hard to pick up pieces of paper with chopsticks?! Who’s ready for another week of DRAMA?! We’ll be back here next week for more of the tea, more of the goss and more of the exclusives. And in the meantime… we’ll be thinking about those duck budgie smugglers. 

We are “100% a little bit” obsessed with MAFS!!!Joining Chloe on the sofa today to spill the tea (and the coffee) on everything we’ve seen on MAFS this week is Drag Race royalty - Tia Kofi! Sadly, we’ve said goodbye to the first of our couples :(((((  Charlie and Eve both chose to leave at the commitment ceremony - and Charlie herself is joining us on the sofa to chat about everything went down (and to boast about her throwing skills) In honour of Experts Week - we also play our very own version of Ask Me Anything. We’ve splashed all our budget on the very-highly-technological RANDOM QUESTION GENERATOR (spoiler alert - it’s two bowls) to make us all feel *more emotionally connected* We’re choosing to stay - are you? We’ll be here every week for all of your MAFS debrief needs. Anyone know a good butler in the buff? Asking for a friend.  

Can you believe that Alex wrote leave? Are Sacha and Ross soulmates? Will Caspar and Emma be able to make something work? What on earth did Kieran mean by ‘be where your feet are’? Wait sorry… Richelle asked us not to ask too many questions. We’ll stop.  The honeymoon period is over for our couples and they’ve finally moved into their new apartments (well… most of them have) - so the ICONIC Vicky Pattison has joined Chloe on the sofa today to dissect all the drama from our first dinner party and our first commitment ceremony. And to complete our gorgeous girl gang today - it’s our bride Holly! We are desperate to find out if there’s hope for her and Alex’s relationship - and whether the spark they had on their wedding day will be enough to carry them through the experiment… Rating things on a scale of 1 - 10 caused a weeeeee bit of drama at the dinner party - so we’ve decided to reclaim it and turn it into an actually very fun game that doesn’t end in tears (hopefully) We’ll be here every week for a big old gossip about MAFS - we’re committed… are you?! On a scale of 1 to 10 - how good is this podcast? 10? Knew it. 

Is it too soon to say we’re in love already?! It has been a BIG first week for our brides and grooms, so Chloe has enlisted the help of the ultimate MAFS superfan David Potts to break it all down for us! Everything’s been a bit of a whirlwind - we’ve had a dog as a ringbearer, a bridesmaid mistaken for a bride, a romantic trip to a lizard sanctuary and we’ve even met Miss Birmingham 2018 herself… Chloe and David chat about how things are going so far and what we think the future holds for our brides and grooms. We’re all about the exclusives here on It’s Official - so we’ve also got one of our gorgeous brides Emma on the sofa for you… gather round - because she might treat us to a reading from her journal!! And of course, we all know she’s a crisp connoisseur so we decided to play a game of Married At First Bite (it’s basically like relationship horoscopes with crisps… it will all make sense very soon)We’ll be back here every week for all the chats, all the gossip and all the opinions - so stick around so you don’t miss a thing. Before we record the next episode, we need to retrieve Charlie’s wedding ring. Does anyone have some scuba diving equipment we can borrow?