- The higher the hair, the closer to jesus, honey.
- I'm a nervous wreck.
What if it does go right?
What if it does go wrong?
- There ain't no turning back.
- 10 singles are about to meet for the very first time.
- Cheers to your happily ever after.
- Cheers! - Clink, clink, clink, clink.
- They will legally marry
And commit their lives to a complete stranger.
- [laughs] look at her. - Oh, my god!
- Once the couples say I do...
- You got this.
- There's only one way out,
And that's divorce.
♪ ♪
- The jitters are coming.
- We're in nashville.
- I prayed for this.
- And this is the most intense season
Of "married at first sight" yet.
- This is not something that you have to do.
We can walk up outta here right now.
- We, the experts, use
Rigorous interviews,
Data collection,
And social science
To match five couples
Who will be married at first sight.
- I'm actually getting married in two weeks.
- Nicole, stop it.
- And tonight, our singles
Will prepare for their wedding...
- Feelin' like a wifey.
[laughter] - ah!
- Celebrate their bachelor and bachelorette parties...
- Look out! Whoo!
- Prepare to walk down the aisle...
- He's waitin' on you, girl.
He's already standing there waiting on you.
- To meet the spouse they have never seen before.
- Here we go.
- My heart might jump out of my chest.
I'm putting myself on the line.
There's a lot at risk.
What if things don't work out?
[dramatic music]
- My mind is just going so many different ways.
I'm scared as hell right now.
♪ ♪
- Disappointed.
♪ ♪
- ♪ it's all or nothing ♪
- This is "married at first sight."
- ♪ there's no other way ♪
♪ ♪
♪ it's all or nothing ♪
[upbeat country music]
- ♪ don't feel no ♪
♪ 'cause I've been down so long ♪
♪ maybe tomorrow ♪
♪ I'll sing a sweeter song ♪
- We use social science to match 10 singles
And reveal to them that they'll be getting
Legally married in just two weeks.
- Hello, ladies. - Hi.
- Hi, how are you?
- Hello, mama.
- Now it's time to break the news
To their family and friends.
- ♪ I wish that they could all be country girls ♪
♪ because there ain't nothing finer ♪
♪ in the whole damn world ♪
- The first couple is kirsten and shaquille.
- Thank y'all so much for coming.
- This is gorgeous. I hope y'all love my setup.
- My mom and my family and friends are here.
And with the close relationship that me and my family have,
They're gonna be very protective about a man
Coming into my life out of nowhere, honestly.
My mom has been the biggest support system
That I have in my life.
She was a single mother.
She had three children, trying to always be strong.
So I'm hoping that she's going to be
Supportive of this decision that I'm making.
♪ ♪
You guys all know that I wanna be married
And I wanna have children.
I mean, my parents are getting a little older.
I wanna have kids so they can be around
So I can call my mom and tell her,
"come pick up my child" or whatever.
So with that being said...
[tense music]
I'm getting married in two weeks!
- Oh, my gosh! Both: What?
- Congratulations. - Thank you so much.
Thank you. [laughter]
[upbeat music]
- ♪ oh, go, never slow ♪
♪ I got it going on ♪
- Sometimes it bothers me
If some people don't do things my way.
And sometimes I have to let it go
Because everything cannot always be my way.
But some things can.
- ♪ it's all about me ♪
♪ all about me ♪
- I've been picky all my life.
I've been picky about my food, picky about my hair,
Picky about the clothes my mom used to buy me.
Or my dad would get so upset
Because I would literally pick over supreme pizza
Or pick over chicken wings.
So not only do I pick over my food and my clothes.
I definitely pick over men too.
Who has time to keep dating
And talking and not talking to people?
So I'll allow the experts to find me
This man that I dream of.
I think I have a high standard for men
Because of the standard that I put on myself.
I have a master's degree in business education.
And I also have a bachelor's degree
In health service administration.
And I'm a real estate agent.
So I want someone just as educated as I am,
Just as good-looking as I am.
♪ ♪
Physically fit, tall, handsome,
Hardworking, well-dressed,
Nice teeth, faith-based.
I want him to come to church with me.
I want him to have a positive mind-set, be ambitious,
I mean, because I'm all of that.
[upbeat music]
I just am allowing this process to guide me.
And I'm opening up my heart and my mind
To allow something good to happen.
♪ ♪
It was kinda hard for me when I see other people,
You know, happy and married,
Especially, like, a lot of colleagues,
A lot of family members. - Can be tough.
- [tearfully] I'm like, "I want that."
♪ ♪
So yeah.
- You will have love.
You will be loved.
You are worthy of love.
And I know how I feel, so I can only imagine
How he'll feel to get such a prize.
Oh...
[sighs]
My hopes are that
Love has found her.
She's definitely very worthy of it, has tons to give.
Ball of fire.
Has been since she's been in this world.
So I'm wishing that she gets everything she's hoping for.
[sighs]
- Mm-hmm. [sniffles]
♪ ♪
- I'm hoping for all great things.
♪ ♪
[upbeat country music]
- I'm about to walk in and tell my friends
That I'm getting married in two weeks.
I'm really nervous.
I've been acting weird lately,
And they've been asking me, like, "you okay?
Like, you good?"
And I think they gonna be like,
"this is why he was acting weird."
I really don't know what they're gonna say.
And I don't know how they're gonna feel about this journey.
So we shall see how this goes.
So, like, I brought y'all here today
To tell y'all that I'm getting married.
- [laughing] - to who?
It takes another person to get married.
- I am getting married at first sight.
[tense music]
- What is happening? - What is happening right now?
[laughter]
- ♪ uh, okay, a man's gotta do ♪
♪ what a man's gotta do ♪
♪ I'ma suit up and show up ♪
♪ baby, I'ma man up ♪
- I think god has put me on this planet to do a lot.
Everything that I've done in my life he's provided.
But I had to go through those trials and tribulations
To understand that.
- ♪ I tell her, jump on a wave with me, yeah ♪
♪ come get away with me, yeah ♪
- I was seven years old when I was involved in a car accident.
It was my entire family.
My mother, my two sisters, and my brother,
We were all thrown from the car.
I woke up wrapped around a barbed-wire fence.
And that incident changed my life forever.
- ♪ can't steal my joy ♪
♪ today I'm living the faith ♪
- The doctor wouldn't allow me to play sports
From first grade all the way up until eighth grade.
So I had to focus my life on something else.
I focused my life on academics.
I serve as executive director of enrollment services
At tennessee state university,
And I'm currently getting my doctorate.
Being in higher education, you work in institutions,
And you may have to take a job opportunity somewhere else.
So dating has been very challenging for me
Simply because I've always found myself
In long-distance relationships.
And coming home and no one's there,
It hits different.
- ♪ hey, I do it like no other ♪
♪ do what I wanna ♪
My life has always just been busy.
And you know, with this opportunity,
I'm being thrown in the commitment first
And adjust it later,
And I'm psyched.
Maybe this is what I need.
[laughs]
Maybe I need someone to slip a ring on my finger
To say, "hey, you're in a marriage now.
"hey, you're in a relationship now.
What are you gonna do? Make it happen."
♪ ♪
- I can't believe you did this.
- This is what I pray for. Like--
- You pray to marry
Somebody you don't know? - Yeah.
- I've prayed on this many times,
And god has shown me so many signs.
Like, I don't think--
It was never about coming to nashville for the job.
Honestly... - Oh, my god.
- You think it was about this?
- I think it was about honestly finding true love.
- Are you ready?
Like, forget day one.
Forget day 10, 20.
Year five, do you still--
You ready to-- - yeah.
I honestly, truly feel like I'm ready.
I'm really tired of being alone.
♪ ♪
- Shaquille is looking for a wife
Who is as ambitious and as passionate as he is,
Who also shares his faith in god.
Meanwhile, kirsten has high expectations
For what she wants in a husband.
And driven and accomplished shaquille
Will certainly meet and exceed those expectations.
Additionally, it's important to both of them
That they marry someone educated.
Together, kirsten and shaquille
Will be the ultimate power couple.
[upbeat music]
- The second couple is domynique and mackinley.
- I feel like I haven't talked to you in so long.
What's been new?
- Well, you guys know
That I have been going through this process.
- Correct.
- So if I were to get married,
Obviously, that means
That I would have to, more than likely,
Limit my girls' night outs.
- It's our time.
Like, we have to have designated girl time.
Like, he has to and he better allow you
To have girls' nights out.
- Period. - If not,
Then I'm gonna make you divorce him.
- I will definitely have to check with my future husband.
- Like, actually?
Like, actually? - Wait, what?
- I'm getting married in two weeks.
[laughter] - shut up!
- Oh, my god!
- No, like, tears in my eyes!
[overlapping chatter]
Shut the [bleep] up!
- I swear.
- You're gonna be a hot wife.
- ♪ way, way down ♪
♪ I wanna feel you deep ♪
- I would describe myself as an old soul.
I'm more mature than most people my age.
I would like to say that I probably get a lot of that
From being single mom, only child.
- ♪ oh, no, it's not me ♪
♪ it's somebody ♪
♪ 'cause I got it from my mama ♪
♪ I got it from my mama, yeah ♪
- My mom's very independent, like, strong woman.
And watching her, like, work to support me growing up,
It just--it made me not want her to have to worry about me.
My mom is my best friend.
We talk multiple times a day.
I call my mom on my way to work in the morning.
If I get a lunch break,
I call my mom on my lunch break.
I call her when I'm on my way home.
Hey, ma.
- How's it going? - Good.
If you would like to give some insight
On how you felt about the previous people
That I have dated?
- I feel like you were ready for a relationship,
But they completely weren't.
I think you guys would do better
About picking a person for her outside of her box.
- I am here initially
Because my mom did sign me up for this.
But ultimately, I did make the decision
That this is something that I wanted to go through with.
♪ ♪
I just don't feel like I have had the best luck.
I don't feel like I have picked the right people.
It just seems like there's a lack of commitment
Or maybe fear of commitment.
And so what better way to avoid that
Than to go into a process, like,
Knowing you're gonna get married?
- ♪ push it right around the corner ♪
- I am just looking for, like, my full time,
Permanent cuddle buddy.
[laughs]
- I am so happy for you because I know that you deserve
Somebody that also wants to be married,
Somebody that has, you know, their life together,
'cause you already do.
- Adios, [bleep] boys.
[laughter] - adios, [bleep] boys!
- I'll toast. - Bye. Hasta luego.
- Bye. [laughter]
Do you guys have any concerns about me marrying a stranger?
- I feel like you've done worse things with a stranger.
So... - [laughing]
[laughter]
- ♪ love ain't far away ♪
- We've matched five couples to be married at first sight.
The second couple is domynique and mackinley.
[upbeat country music]
- ♪ maybe tomorrow ♪
♪ I'll sing a sweeter song ♪
♪ 'cause I'm moving on ♪
♪ yeah, moving on ♪
- That's a winner.
- I moved down here from flint, michigan,
Four months ago to try to find love in nashville.
I'm currently staying with the donnellys.
I have known them since I was in fifth grade.
They're like a second family to me.
Oh, he has it.
- It's a little difficult coming in,
Knowing if people will be on board with what you're doing,
Because marrying a stranger is so unconventional.
But having support is obviously a big deal to me,
And their stamp of approval means the world to me.
I couldn't be happier to be here in nashville.
And I'm so grateful for you guys
Allowing me to, you know, stay here
While I made this transition.
- Well, you're like our second son,
Other than this kid. - That's right.
- I appreciate it.
I plan to not be here too much longer.
♪ ♪
I'm getting married in two weeks.
- You-- - hey, congratulations!
I think I'm gonna cry. [laughter]
- ♪ la-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da ♪
♪ oh, you drive me out of line ♪
- I would consider myself a sleeper.
I'm, like, introverted and somewhat shy,
And then after a week of really getting to know me,
I'm fun, outgoing, and sassy.
[bleep] talker.
I have an older brother and sister.
We're all a little bit different.
They both have their master's and both very successful,
And I dropped out of college
And started my own business in the cannabis industry.
You know, I'm definitely the dreamer and entrepreneur.
[soft music]
My parents have been married for 45 years,
And that's something I aspire to have.
I did think I had it with my ex.
We were together for a couple years.
And we were on the verge of marriage
And getting engaged and all those things,
And then I get a text one day from her
Of a picture of her wearing a ring,
And I'm like, "oh, nice. This is the ring you want."
She's like, "no, I just got engaged."
[somber music]
So I was heartbroken when all this happened.
And you know, no one knows how to act or what to do.
♪ ♪
[laughs tearfully]
- ♪ Friday night when I come home ♪
Heartbreak's tough.
You know, it wasn't meant to be.
So here I am now.
And I think maybe this is meant to be.
- ♪ can't stop this feeling ♪
♪ can't help what's real ♪
♪ you made my little old heart stand still ♪
- I'm 34 years old.
I'm looking for love.
I'm ready to settle down.
I strive to have what my parents have
And my brother has and my sister has.
And I'm tired of dating.
I wanna get married.
I want a long-term life partner,
Somebody to bring me out of my shell.
And I'm ready to marry a stranger.
♪ ♪
- Are you nervous? - I am nervous.
I'm nervous that, like,
I wanna be everything she wants me to be.
Like, I want-- I hope I'm as good-looking,
As savvy, as educated--
- You be who you are. - Yeah.
I want her to be happy, and I hope--
You know, I want a long-lasting marriage.
- Well, you already won.
You want her to be happy. - Yeah.
- That's what marriage is.
- Absolutely.
- In high school, they had this talent show.
And mack, for his talent,
Wrote a love poem to his ex-girlfriend at the time.
He poured his heart out to everybody,
You know, in the audience,
Talking about their relationship.
I mean, when he falls, he falls hard.
- I wanna settle down.
I wanna get married, have a family.
And I wanna find love.
♪ ♪
- Domynique and mackinley are a great match
Because they possess similar attachment styles
In relationships.
While they each have an understanding
Of needing to be supportive, involved,
And caring with their partner,
They like independence and don't want
A spouse who is overly needy.
Additionally, domynique is looking
For an older and more emotionally mature partner,
Which she will find in mackinley.
And mackinley is looking for an optimistic
And outgoing partner like domynique,
Who can help bring him out of his shell
And expand his horizons.
[country rock music]
- The third couple is nicole and chris.
- So I just got to the restaurant,
Where I'm about to tell a few of my friends
That I'm getting married at first sight in two weeks.
Hello, everyone. All: Hi.
- Two of them don't even know
That I've been going through this process,
So I think they're really gonna be just, like, mind blown.
I'm really nervous because if they're not excited
Or supportive, then I think that's gonna
Be really hard for me.
- Oof.
- So I've wrangled to my support group
Because, you know, jackie and I are from new york,
So she knows the new york dating scene.
And I thought this would be better, and it has not been.
Like, I wish I had met the love of my life at 22
And just had this done and over with,
But everything has happened in my life for a reason.
And I really believe that now is the time,
Because I'm actually getting married in two weeks.
♪ ♪
- Nicole, stop it.
[tense music]
- Oh, my god.
- I need more details. - I know.
- Who is this person?
- Um, he's a stranger.
- What?
- I've been working with "married at first sight,"
With matchmakers, expert matchmakers,
Who have been putting me through
This rigorous interview process.
And they have found me a husband.
- Oh, my gosh.
- I was not ready for you to say you're getting married.
- I'm getting married.
Holy moly.
- ♪ why you gotta be such a basic bitch? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ who you gonna put in the next heartbreak ♪
- I'm a bitch that has too big of a heart.
Even when I'm super loving and compassionate,
There's always a side of sass, because that's just who I am.
I'm always serving it up.
[upbeat music]
I grew up in queens.
I grew up with my brother, my mom, and my dad
Until they got divorced.
My mom is full italian.
She will tell you she's fbi, full-blooded italian.
That's her thing.
And my dad is jewish.
I might be half italian,
But I have the full italian blood.
Whenever we're in a situation that's upsetting,
I'll say, I'm about to go fbi on him.
Doesn't come out that often, but when it does,
You might have to call the real fbi.
I'm just kidding.
♪ ♪
I have a dog named charlie,
And he is not just a pet.
He's my baby.
He's a fellow libra like me.
I do a lot of ridiculous things for my dog.
[playful music]
I call it piggy puppet theater.
And we have a lot of squeaky pig toys.
♪ ♪
So it'll be like, "squeak, squeak.
I went to the market today."
And it'll be like, "squeak, squeak,
What did you get at the market today?"
"squeak, squeak, I got some fruits and veggies."
"squeak, squeak."
And then he will take the piggy
That's resonating with him the most in that moment,
And then we'll play with it.
So I have the dog,
And I'm looking for the husband.
- ♪ baby, I'm a gold rush ♪
♪ yeah, if you want to be with me ♪
♪ you better step it up ♪
- I have not been successful dating in nashville.
I paint every single red flag green.
So if I'm in a relationship that isn't going well
Or just isn't right for me,
Instead of acknowledging that
And saying, "okay, thank you. Let's try again,"
I push too hard to make it work.
And then it doesn't work, and I'm horribly disappointed
Because I've given everything I have.
And that's definitely a me thing,
But it's also the guys I'm picking.
♪ ♪
I know the end result I want.
And dating the way I have
Has not gotten me to that end result.
And I'm ready to be a wife.
And I do have too much left to give.
I mean, it's exploding out of me,
Which I think is why I'm so animated,
Because there's just so much love
In this little, petite body
That needs to come out.
- ♪ yeah, let's take a ride ♪
- I'm really looking forward to the little things
With my husband, like having my husband there
In the morning, or we eat dinner together,
Walk our dog--our dog, wow.
We walk charlie together.
I just said our dog. I didn't even think.
That just came out of my mouth--wow.
'cause I'm getting married...
To charlie's dad.
Wow, okay.
Sorry. Ooh.
- You've never met this guy?
- I will not meet him
Until we are officially getting married.
- And that doesn't make you nervous at all?
- Uh, of course it makes me nervous.
I mean, every day I wake up,
I'm like, "what are you doing?"
- Like, I wouldn't buy a car without test driving it.
Like, what if--I'm just saying.
What if he, like--
- Oh, he's not good in bed? - Yeah.
[laughs] - I'm gonna have to teach him.
- I'm so worried.
- You know, do I want to? No.
But that's not grounds for divorce.
♪ ♪
This is a last resort for me
Because I've tried everything else,
And it hasn't worked.
And I feel hopeful about this.
And I haven't felt hope like this in such a long time.
♪ ♪
- ♪ come along ♪
- We've matched five couples to be married at first sight.
The third couple is nicole and chris.
- ♪ come along ♪
♪ for some supersonic rock and roll ♪
♪ ♪
- Big part of why I wanted you to meet me here--
I have some big news.
I'm getting--I'm engaged.
I'm getting married in two weeks.
[tense music]
- Are you serious?
- Yeah, swear to god, dude.
- Actually, you're engaged
And getting married in two weeks?
- Yeah. Like,
I've literally never even lived with a girl before,
Never been engaged.
And now I'm just taking that plunge,
Taking that step.
♪ ♪
- ♪ good nights ♪
♪ fellas by the fireside ♪
♪ sippin' on that old line ♪
♪ pour me up one more ♪
- I've never been able to be, like,
That type of mean person.
It's just not in my dna.
They always say nice guys finish last.
In this experiment, I hope I finish first.
And I like to make people laugh,
So I like to be the comedic relief when possible.
I do like impersonations and stuff.
[as schwarzenegger] "oh, get to the chopper!"
"hey, do it now! What are you waiting for?"
[as stallone] hey, what are you guys doing?
I'm sylvester stallone. What'd I do?
[normal voice] they're actually not that horrible.
[laughs] so...
[upbeat music]
I'm very kind of, like, a hopeless romantic.
I do not believe that chivalry's dead.
- ♪ baby, give me those, don't stop ♪
- Walking on the side of the street
Closest to the cars instead of her,
Opening doors, giving flowers for no reason.
♪ ♪
Like, I'm definitely selfless,
And so I put people before me.
And I think at times, that can kinda burn me,
And people take advantage of that.
- ♪ heart up on a sleeve ♪
♪ wear my heart up on a sleeve for you ♪
- My heart has been broken,
And it is a little tough to say, but like,
I'm the typical person where literally
All my friends are like,
"I can't believe you haven't found anybody yet.
I can't believe you're not with anybody yet."
And I'm even kinda baffled by myself.
So I'm hoping that that's what this experiment will bring
Because I've been absolutely horrible
At picking my own partners.
- ♪ oh, I don't wanna lose myself again ♪
- Divorce to me means failure.
My parents were divorced when I was very young.
And so, like, there is that fear.
I want my forever person.
So, like, hoping that, you know, I can find someone
Who's similar as me, who's nice, a giver,
Caring, and will, like, put me before themselves
Just as much as I'll put them before myself.
♪ ♪
- You really are, like,
One of the nicest people I've ever met.
Do you ever feel like sometimes girls think
That you're too nice?
- Dude, I mean,
The nice guys finish last thing,
Everybody talks about that.
Like, I get tired of hearing it.
And it's so much true, but like--at times.
But I'm like, "I'm not gonna change who I am for anybody."
I think she's at a point in her life
Where she's looking for someone genuine and real.
And so am I, and it's one of those things
That I feel like I'm gonna do everything I can
To, like, make her proud that, like, I'm her husband.
♪ ♪
- Nicole and chris are a natural match
Because they're both big-hearted
And deeply committed individuals
Whose biggest fear in life
Is that they will not find their other half.
Nicole has a history of dating men
Who treated her poorly,
And nice guy chris will be a safe space for nicole,
Providing her with the love and support that she deserves.
Meanwhile, chris is dreaming of a marriage
That's full of laughter and goofiness,
And quirky nicole never takes herself too seriously.
And with nicole and chris
Equally obsessed with their dog children,
This pairing is sure to lead to puppy love
And a marriage that lasts a lifetime.
[soft music]
- The fourth couple is jasmine and airris.
- I have not told my family and friends
That I'm about to get married.
I think they're gonna be shocked.
Hopefully, everyone's gonna be super supportive.
But my cousin fallina,
She's not gonna hide how she's really feeling,
So she's gonna keep it, like, all the way real.
So yeah, I'm pretty nervous.
♪ ♪
- So why are we here?
- Uh, you probably think
We celebrating my new job, probably.
But...
[suspenseful music]
You know, I've kinda been going through the process,
Getting married at first sight, you know?
Uh, well, two days ago,
While I was at the sneaker store,
Like, they officially told me they found me a match.
They found me a wife.
So I'm getting married in two weeks.
♪ ♪
[laughter]
- To who?
- I don't know her yet.
- Wait, who--wait. Wait, wait, wait. Wait.
- Two weeks? - Two weeks.
- I don't know how they found anybody.
You're so picky. [laughter]
- I mean, I am picky, but they know that, though.
- They actually found you somebody?
- Yes, they found me a match.
- They must've found you over the last hour.
[laughter]
He was the last one they picked.
- ♪ I'ma do it right ♪
♪ and I ain't never turning back again ♪
- The one time that I did make myself emotionally available,
It backfired on me, and I got hurt.
- ♪ making moves while they try to steal my energy ♪
- It happened to me at, like, 28.
Like, she just kinda, like, ghosted me.
And I've ghosted before, but I've never been ghosted.
So it was like she pulled a me on me.
My male ego was, like, very, very fragile.
So I literally spent, like, almost the next decade
Just having my guard up.
- ♪ I'll go around the fire ♪
- Marriage, it almost seems like a fairy tale, right?
'cause it's, like, something I didn't see,
Like, tangibly in front of me.
My mom, she had me when she was 19.
Unfortunately, in '94, my father was murdered.
And I never even had, like, a solid stepdad
Or somebody that stuck around.
So that has been, like, a void, you know, that's been missing.
- ♪ I get paid for my good vibes ♪
♪ but I've been upset ♪
- For a while, I was looking for the perfect person.
And, like, the older I've gotten,
I've slowly come to the realization
That that perfect person doesn't exist.
I just had to, like, take a long look
In the mirror, you know?
Like, I'm not perfect, right?
So it sounds kinda crazy when, like,
You're looking for the perfect person
And you have all these flaws.
- ♪ ooh ♪
- When I met my ex's parents, and I seen,
Like, her dad being superman, I was like,
"wow, like, this is what it could be.
This is what it's supposed to look like."
I can only imagine, like, what it would be like
To have a family of my own.
You know, I'm ready for that.
And so, you know, I'm trusting the experts.
I'm looking forward to seeing the person
That they matched me with.
- ♪ light my fire ♪
- Hopefully, that's someone who can, like, elevate me,
Uplift me.
I'm still a work in progress.
And hopefully, you know, she can join me
In that journey of helping me become better
And to do this thing called love,
Be married at first sight.
♪ ♪
- I don't know. This is a little over the top
For someone who I feel like
You lack a lot of experiences
In traditional--
What we'll call traditional relationships.
You never shared a space with anyone.
He's never been in a truly committed relationship.
And, like, to just go from...
Playing the field out here
To be getting married in two weeks with someone
That you absolutely know nothing about, like,
You're planning to do this for the rest of your life.
Like, it just seems really extreme to me.
Airris should walk away now.
I just don't personally think that he's ready
For everything that comes with a marriage.
I would like to see him, like, really take the time
To get to know someone and try, first,
Commitment through traditional dating,
Versus just going to the extreme.
- I like dating.
You know, I've had fun, but it hasn't worked.
It hasn't brought me, like, ultimate fulfillment and joy.
So maybe, like, this is my, like, seismic shift
That's happening, putting me in this moment, right here,
Right now, to meet my wife.
♪ ♪
- Don't do this.
♪ ♪
- The fourth couple is jasmine and airris.
- I'm just glad to have everybody here today.
And we gonna play some games and have
Our little typical cousins' night.
- Oh, let me go get the drinks.
- Oh, I said we need a shot, girl.
- Okay, okay. - While I pour a shot.
I have been raised with a extremely close family.
We do everything together.
We have our family trips.
We have our family reunions every single year.
So it's super important to me for them to support me.
But my auntie pat,
She has had a lot to say about my previous relationships.
She's very direct, very straightforward,
And there's no question about how she feels
Or what she feels.
So I'm a little nervous at this point.
- What games we finna play?
- We're gonna play never have I ever.
- Oh, I came for karaoke, not no never have I ever.
- Well, we gonna play never have I ever first,
And then we'll do karaoke. - Mm-hmm.
- Okay. - Okay.
- All right.
- Never have I ever...
[suspenseful music]
Married a stranger.
[music winds down, stops]
Because the experts told me
That I'm getting married at first sight.
[all shrieking] [laughter]
- What?
[laughter]
- Yes! - Congratulations!
- Okay. All right, girl. - Cheers.
All: Clink, clink, clink, clink, clink.
- ♪ I'm the queen of hearts ♪
♪ but don't call my bluff ♪
- I'm a beauty queen looking for my king.
Yes, give me a black king, for sure.
♪ ♪
I was miss virgin islands.
I won miss tennessee.
And then I went to the national pageant,
And I won the national titles.
And then I won another miss tennessee
In the united states of america's ms.,
And I ended up winning united states of america's ms. 2021.
♪ ♪
When I'm not in the pageant world...
- ♪ ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta ♪
♪ we're feeling like this ♪
- Cheerleading is my life.
I coach six days a week.
I coach 10 competitive teams.
So cheerleading is, like, my passion.
It's my love.
- ♪ I'm feeling like, whoa ♪
- I feel like I'm in a good space in life.
And the only thing I'm truly missing, in my opinion,
Would be a husband and children of my own.
- ♪ I don't know what it is ♪
♪ but I keep dreaming, keep dreaming ♪
- I wanna be married at first sight
Because I've just been with too many men
Who don't really know what they want.
So I wanna be with someone who's committed,
Ready to be a husband, and you know,
Wants to be married just as much as I do.
- ♪ ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
- I feel like I'm single because I can be stubborn
And not put time aside for, you know, my relationship.
My family says the same thing, like, "you're always working.
You're always gone."
But I'm definitely a relationship girl.
All my relationships have been four, five years.
I feel like we get to the next step of,
"okay, it's time for engagement.
It's time for marriage."
But they would never, like, basically man up.
- ♪ I'm dreaming ♪
♪ ♪
- You're beautiful.
You're talented.
- That's a fact.
- You make your own money.
These guys that you've been dating have been bull[bleep].
And I wanna make sure that you find that person
That's gonna make you happy.
You deserve to be happy. - It's true.
- And that's a fact. That's a fact. You do.
- So why these guys that you have been with in the past
Did not respect you enough to see what you had to offer,
[bleep] them!
- Whoa! - All right!
That's what I'm talkin' about!
- Jasmine and airris are a solid match.
Airris is looking for a beautiful black queen,
And pageant queen jasmine is literally that.
Meanwhile, this queen is looking for her own king,
And suave and thoughtful airris fits the bill.
Airris has done a lot of self-healing
And is ready to open his heart to a woman like jasmine
Who is accepting and devoted.
So we're confident that these two
Like-minded individuals will come together
To create a long-lasting marriage.
- ♪ jump in and let's find a good time ♪
♪ getting wound up, so let's unwind ♪
- The fifth couple is gina and clint.
- Super cute.
- Looks so nice.
Do you wanna just sit here? - Yeah.
- Thank you.
- Do you guys see anything that you wanna try?
- Yeah, the brownie. It's coming.
- I wanna try some vegan cheese.
- Pass me some salami.
[laughter]
- It's really weird because
There's champagne coming around.
So I feel like it's probably a good reason to celebrate.
- Oh, what's that mean?
- That means...
- What's it say on the front?
"married at first sight."
- That I do have a man. - [gasps] you do?
- And I'm getting married in two weeks.
- How do you know that?
- They've already told me. - I have goosebumps.
[gasps] - they did?
You didn't tell me that! Oh, my god!
Give me a hug.
Oh, I'm so excited.
- ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪
- I think that my spontaneity is definitely a blessing.
I'm a firm believer that great reward always comes with risk.
- ♪ I'm gonna let my hair down ♪
- So I am a salon owner here in town and a hairstylist.
I now am in the process of construction
For a brick-and-mortar salon,
And we should be completing construction
In about three months.
I'm the type of person that the world is your oyster.
- ♪ the world is yours ♪
- I booked a trip to Italy literally the month
Before I went, which I would say
Is pretty adventurous and spontaneous.
So I think that life's super short.
And so if you're not spontaneous,
There's a lot of things that you could miss out on.
So that's part of the reason that I honestly decided
To get married at first sight.
♪ ♪
I came from a family where I grew up with a single mom.
I had a dad that wasn't super, super involved in my life.
I didn't grow up visually seeing
A super successful marriage work.
My last relationship was the first one
That was really long term.
He was definitely that person that I thought was the one.
It was the first relationship I'd really been in
That opened my eyes to the fact that I could be a wife,
And that I could be a really good one.
It was really just that our lifestyles didn't align.
I'm just really career driven,
And I was working two jobs at the time.
And so we broke up.
He actually broke up with me just on the sheer fact
That he wasn't happy.
- ♪ I will love you to the end ♪
- I took a lot of that heartbreak
And just started pouring it into my business.
And so I've put not even just relational goals,
But just a lot of goals on the backburner.
I've been told that I'm intimidating, I guess,
Just because I'm, like, a woman that owns her own business.
- ♪ now I gotta rock, then I'm gonna roll ♪
- I don't know if that's considered
A fault in a relationship.
But yeah, I don't know, these guys in nashville,
They are not ready to commit.
[laughs]
- ♪ green light, green light ♪
♪ yeah, give me that green light ♪
- Wow, my daughter is getting married in two weeks.
With this business coming, this new business,
You're gonna put all your time in it.
So are you gonna have time, do you think?
I hope.
- I definitely think it's necessary
For me to make time for it. - Yes, it is.
- I don't even take the time to realize
How much I do long for it
Until I'm around, like, friends getting engaged
Or going to weddings, and then I see those things,
And I'm like, "oh, wait, like, I do want that."
- You want a partner for life? - Yeah.
My forever person.
♪ ♪
- ♪ maybe it's your hand that's on the wheel ♪
♪ maybe it comes because you call it ♪
- I am about to drive over to my buddy's house
And break the news that I'm gonna be getting married.
And it's a little bit frightening.
Somebody's gonna absolutely freak out,
Run around, and throw things.
Who knows?
All right, gentlemen, happy Sunday.
Cheers. All: Happy Sunday.
- To my boys. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
- So what's your next travel adventure?
- Looking at maybe doing a regatta up in switzerland,
But, you know, things can change.
I've been kinda going through this journey
With "married at first sight,"
And I got a little bit of an announcement.
- Oh, jeez.
- They found the person that I will be marrying.
And I'm gonna be getting married
In about two weeks' time.
- What?
- Give me the top gun.
- Oh, wow! What? - Are you kidding me?
- Oh, my god! - Awesome, man.
- This is wild. - Congratulations.
- ♪ it's accidental love ♪
♪ I can't believe it ♪
♪ didn't know that I need it now ♪
- Captain clint. [laughs]
I'm the captain of my own journey.
I quantify myself as a professional life liver.
I really like exploring new things,
New cultures, new foods.
I'm just an adventurer at heart, really,
In all things, all matters.
♪ ♪
Sailing to me is a lifestyle.
I come from generations of sailors.
My grandfathers were commodores.
And racing was one of those things that I really got into.
My mom, she was also a sailing instructor.
That's my dream, to get my significant other
Out on the water and just enjoy each other.
♪ ♪
I lived with somebody for about four years.
It really proved to myself
That I was, you know, able to be a family man
And could do a long-term commitment.
But I think she had this self-realization.
She was like, "I think that, you know,
"I have been curtailing who I am
To be the person that I think you wanna be with."
♪ ♪
- ♪ that's how we do around here ♪
♪ this is how we break through around here ♪
- I've done a lot of things.
I've experienced a lot of things.
A lot of--most people haven't.
I started flying planes
Because "top gun" was my favorite movie
Growing up as a kid.
Regrettably, I am not in the mile-high club.
- ♪ you could find a thing or two around here ♪
- I've had a unique existence on this earth,
But I feel like there's more.
And I think that missing component
Is being married and having that true love.
That's the apex.
That's the mount everest.
And I'm willing to go through extreme measures
To find the right person, to find the love of my life.
♪ ♪
- I mean, marrying somebody that you've never met before
Is kinda crazy.
- Marrying somebody you think you know is even kinda crazy.
- Well, one of my mantras is embrace the crazy
Or embrace the different.
I mean, I've only got one speed,
And it's full-throttle me.
I mean, I'm just me all the time.
I mean, I think you guys know that.
- That's pretty true.
I mean, you can reel it in when you need to.
- In certain situations, for sure.
But, I mean, ultimately,
You can't cage the tiger for too long.
[laughter]
- Gina and clint both come from humble beginnings
And have found great success in their careers.
However, with all the success,
They're missing someone to share it with.
Clint is looking for a wife
Who shares his hunger for adventure,
Whether by sea or air,
And we know spontaneous gina
Will be his enthusiastic yes girl.
And while in the past, gina's been afraid
That men will be intimidated by her financial
And career success, we foresee clint
Will value her and celebrate her successes.
- Am I crazy for even, like, rolling the dice?
- Frankly, I'm a little bit more scared for her.
[laughter] - yeah.
- ♪ what about we, what about us? ♪
♪ what about dancing in the dust? ♪
♪ what about fireflies ♪
♪ and what about old porch swings? ♪
- Our 10 singles are less than two weeks away
From taking the biggest risk of their lives,
But they won't be doing it alone.
- Hey, man, how are you? - Good.
How's it going? - Doing well.
- Shaquille. - Shaquille.
Mackinley. - Mackinley, nice to meet you.
- How are you feeling?
- Honestly, I'm super excited. - Me too.
- The soon-to-be brides and grooms will be
Meeting each other for the very first time.
- I think we're gonna have to lean on each other a lot
'cause we're gonna be going through the same
Experience together. - There you go.
- Cheers, guys. - Cheers, boys.
- We're in this together, boys.
- We are in this together.
♪ ♪
- Where are you originally from?
- I'm actually from here. I'm from nashville.
- Yeah. - You're from here too?
- Yeah. - I'm from memphis too.
I heard a little accent. Where are you from?
- I'm from new york. - I knew it.
- But I've been here two years, so I say y'all a lot now.
So that makes me fit in, right?
- I can't wait to pick you guys's brains
On, like, what makes you super anxious during this process.
- I've never even lived with a woman before.
So, like, that's brand-new territory for me.
So... - Dude, I'm in the same boat.
Never lived with a girl.
- With this opportunity, I was like, "why not?
Like, what do you have to lose?"
Like, I've been going through hell.
[laughter]
- I'm 32 years old.
Today's actually my birthday.
All: Happy birthday!
- Thank you.
- I am 32. - Okay.
And I'm not-- - I'm 32.
That's why I got so excited.
- I'll be 26 in August.
[laughter] - okay.
♪ ♪
- Like, that is young.
At 25, I was not ready for marriage.
So I wish her the best
And think she'll accomplish her goals,
But I could not have done this at 25.
- I'm 35, so I'll be the mother.
[laughter]
- The pizza smells good. - Yeah.
- Meeting you guys, I feel like
It's like my anxiety went from a 10 to a 2
'cause I'm like, "okay, cool."
Like, no one didn't, like, turn me off, like, to be like,
"nah, I ain't gon' mess with him."
Like, I think everybody's really cool.
- I was told to dress for beer and pizza,
And you've obviously upped the pizza wear.
- I just feel like brunch.
Yeah. - Yeah.
- My, like, alias name was, like, dapper dillon.
Like, I'm always gon', like, try to be,
Like, dapper, even, like, walking
Up to work or whatever.
- Next time I eat pizza, I'm gonna be
Sport-coating it up, man.
- I mean, honestly,
Like, you look like an outdoorsman.
- I'm a big outdoor guy,
But I mean anything outdoors, man.
Like, I love surfing.
I love snowboarding and skiing.
And I sail here.
I sail all around the world, really.
- My boy, he looked like the brawny dude.
He had a big beard, like, you know, full head of hair.
But he like the outdoors, so I feel like his wife's gon'
Be outside, getting bit up by mosquitoes and all that,
So I hope that she's cool with that.
- I mean, that's a big part of me.
So if she's like, "nope, hate it.
"hate your friends. Hate sailing.
Hate water."
I'm gonna be like, "I don't know."
- So what are you guys looking for then in a husband?
Like, what are you hoping for at the end of the aisle?
- I'm honestly hoping that he's handsome.
I'm hoping that he's genuine
And he's ready to go all in with this process
And with this relationship.
Like, we're getting married,
So I hope that he's serious.
- My initial reaction to kirsten,
She is absolutely stunning.
Like, she is beautiful.
She's confident.
And so kirsten definitely needs
A confident man, for sure.
She needs someone that can hold his own,
That has a little swag,
Someone that is able to balance that out.
- How particular were you guys when they asked you,
Like, I mean, you know, "what's your type?"
- Obviously, you want an attraction there,
And you want her to look good.
But give me, like, you know,
A solid seven that's funny, and I'm--
- 7 out of 10? I'm going a 10 out of 10.
- Obviously, I wanna get a 10 out of 10,
But I'm just saying as, you know, the woman I get--
- I said, like, you know, athletic, hunger to do things,
Like, wanna get out there.
But I also like a girl that's, like, goofy
And likes to joke around and stuff like that.
- I need someone who has a personality
And can match mine, but can also keep me in check.
Someone who's not afraid to be like,
"hey, calm down a little bit."
Also, can we eat while we talk?
Because I am starving. - Yes, yes, yes.
- And I feel like I can talk for hours.
So also, you know, you can practice for my husband
And tell me when I'm being too much.
I keep joking that I'm gonna give him a safe word.
The safe word is pineapple,
And I'm drinking something pineapple.
- Oh, that's a great safe word.
- But if he feels like I'm being too much
But doesn't wanna get into a fight, he can just be like,
"pineapple," and I'll be like, "okay."
You need a little quiet time?
I'm gonna go take my dog out for a walk
And let you simmer, so...
- [laughs] that pineapple word
Is gonna be said so many times.
[laughs]
- What are you looking for?
- I'm hoping that he definitely has a sense of humor.
Like, I'm the type of person
That doesn't take life too seriously.
So just that we're able to adventure together.
Like, I love to travel.
- If she doesn't have a hunger and a thirst for life...
- Yeah. - It's just not gonna work.
- What if her thing is, like, she's, like,
A partier or, like, she lives in the club?
- Obviously, I'm more introverted,
But I like being brought out of my comfort zone.
I don't know, there's compromise there.
- I do thoroughly enjoy a good gno,
Girls' night out, you know? - Mm-hmm.
- As you should. - That's okay.
- I agree, you know?
I think the thing I look forward to the most
Is, like, bachelorette parties, birthday parties, like,
When I go out with my girls, you know?
- When you're a wife, you need to be at home, cooking,
Rubbing your man's feet, catering to him,
Enjoying the marriage.
So if she's always with her girls,
Then she might not have a husband.
♪ ♪
- Like, I want kids.
That's at the top of my list.
I love being an uncle.
Definitely wanna be a father.
- My niece called me last night.
She's like, "hey, when you get married,
Can I come to your wedding? 'cause I wanna dance with you."
I was like, "I wanna be like the father."
I wanna be like, "this is my seed.
Like, this is my child."
- I want two to three kids.
I wish that I can have a boy first and then a girl
And we can be done.
But I want two to three children, for sure.
- I've had a lot of baby fever.
So every time I want a kid, I just get a dog.
I have four. - Oh, no.
Oh, no, wait.
- Wait, what kind of dogs?
- You and the dogs--
- Do they all shed?
- I have two goldendoodles and a poodle.
- Okay. - My biological clock
Is ticking, so whatever life can give me, you know?
- So when was the last time you all had sex?
- For me, it's, like, about a year ago.
♪ ♪
- Oh, god.
- The other guy who ain't got it in in a year,
I'ma call him 40-year-old virgin.
Hopefully, like, he still remembers
How to use the tools in his tool belt
'cause his wife might wanna be active.
- I'm not about, like, the hookups anymore.
Like, the older I get, like, I'm just not about that.
Does that make me a little nervous?
Potentially, 'cause it's been a while.
And now on this, she's gonna potentially
Talk on camera, your performance.
Just like--so you just, like--
You know, it does, it makes me nervous.
- What about, like, what he's got going on down there?
Like, any thoughts?
- I was very clear with that.
They need to roll out the tape. I mean, they asked me--
- Uh-uh. - What?
They asked me my body type.
I'm like, "I'm curvy. I look good.
So I need him to be, like, 6 or 7 inches."
[laughter] - and know how to use it.
- Know how to use it.
- What if you get, like, a super quality guy,
You know, like, maybe not all the way there, but, like,
He's got good mouth game? - That's what I said.
That's what I said.
- He needs to compensate for it in other ways.
- Absolutely, in other ways.
- I am fine to admit that I have not had sex
Since I moved to nashville.
And I will say, I wanna be in a relationship
Before I jump in sexually with someone.
So I've been wound up pretty tight.
- You're ready for the honeymoon.
- I'm ready.
- Nicole is having sex the first night, for sure.
It's happening. It's going down.
I can't wait to get the text message.
- What about you?
- About two weeks.
♪ ♪
I'm engaged now, but two weeks ago,
I was a single man. - No, it's fair.
- You know, I was doing what some single men do.
- So was it before or after
You found out you was gettin' married?
- It was before I found out I was gettin' married.
- Like, the night before? - Like, the night before.
- Oh, [bleep]. - Yeah, same boat.
So I don't feel so bad.
[laughter] I'm glad you went first.
- All right. - Yeah, so, I mean,
Sex is--it's important to me.
- I got numbers from some girls,
But I didn't pursue anything
Knowing that this was around the corner.
I think I was kinda taking those girls' feelings
Into account.
So it was very surprising to hear
That two of the guys had sex as little as two weeks ago
When they found out.
Is that out of your system now, though?
You think you're ready to settle down?
- Yeah. So ultimately,
I wanna find the right person.
So all this leads up to finding the right person.
- I haven't gotten, like, that--like,
As I've gotten older, there's just more of
An emotional tie to sex than, like--
- So when was the last time you had sex?
- I've had sex--I'm like, I feel bad saying,
Like, once this year, but there's more to it
Than just sex, so... - Right.
- I have taken matters into my own hands.
[laughter] - she's like,
"I got toys." - yeah.
No man is necessarily needed.
Like, I want you, but I don't, like, need you.
There's a difference.
- What about, like, the first night?
Like, I mean, are you guys planning
To consummate the marriage?
- Typically, back in my dating days,
It was like, you know, we hook up the first day,
Probably not gonna be, like, a lasting relationship.
- Right. Right.
- But then it's like we go into this thing,
And it's a little bit different.
You know, we're getting married.
Obviously, there's a different standard there, so...
- I'm optimistic enough to know that it may happen.
But if it don't happen, then I won't be mad.
Like, we got a lifetime together.
- I'm gonna accept whatever the first night.
Like, if this is sleeping on the couch
And this is going three rounds,
Like, I'm like--I'm with it all, you know, so...
- We're clicking on all cylinders
And we're jiving with each other
And just, like, we're finishing each other's thoughts,
Like, it's game time.
- I don't really agree with that,
Simply because you just got married.
You just met each other for the first time,
And you have sex? What if it's good?
What if it's bad? You never know.
I don't want that to be the trajectory of my relationship,
Like, "hey, it wasn't so good."
You just become, like, a nympho to having sex.
- I mean, I'm projecting positivity, right?
And I'm putting that out into the ether.
- You gotta manifest it.
- And so hopefully, the universe says, "yup,
She's gonna be feeling the same way."
I mean, it's gonna be wedding night.
There's no rules for this.
- I'm bringing a board game.
- I'm gonna be too tired.
I go to bed very early.
And I will imagine that after a day of getting married,
I'm gonna be like, "sir."
- I'm not saying I won't make out with him.
It might not be some other things in play,
But I'm not having sex.
- Cheers to having sex with our brides.
♪ ♪
- ♪ it's my life and I do it my way ♪
♪ my way, my way ♪
- Our singles are getting married at first sight
In just eight days.
So shopping for the wedding dresses
And tuxedos to wear on that day is extremely important...
- Hello, ladies. - Hi.
- Because they'll never get another chance
To make a first impression.
- ♪ I want it all, all ♪
♪ I don't need to talk about it ♪
♪ if I see it and I want it that's all ♪
- Hello.
- Are you my bride? - I am your bride.
- Nice to meet you.
- This is so beautiful.
- How do you feel? - I'm so excited
About looking for a dress
And trying on some dresses today.
- You are?
- This day is beyond important to me.
I've dreamed about this day for years.
And this is a risky task,
So I hope that this man is everything that I dreamed of.
I definitely wanna try this one on.
- Maybe you should just turn it into a fashion show.
- It's so many good options.
I don't know.
It's gonna be a hard decision to choose one.
♪ ♪
- Hi. How are you?
- Doing great. - Candace.
- Shaquille. Both: Nice to meet you.
- I'm nervous because no matter what
You do in life, you have one chance
To make a great first impression.
This will be the first time I'm meeting my wife,
First time me meeting her family, her friends.
And everybody know me as dapper dillon,
So I gotta make sure when I walk down the aisle,
They'll be like, "yeah, yeah, that's the guy."
I brought my mentees in.
They have a great sense of style.
So they can help me pick out something.
- He's like, "look at me back here.
I mean, come on, the drip."
- I just moved here recently.
And I have no family here in nashville.
However, at the institution I work at, I mentor, you know,
A great group of students.
But these guys are really like my sons.
Like, I approve so much in their life,
Just making sure they, you know,
Keep their grades up, internships,
Job opportunities.
And this is a big step in my life,
So I wanted to get their approval
Of what I will be wearing to my wedding.
♪ ♪
- ♪ pull up to the club when you're vip ♪
♪ no fighting, all you gotta do is bring I'd ♪
♪ know what you're talkin' 'bout like it's nobody ♪
- We see you. We see you.
- Mr. Dillon, don't kill me.
I'm bored.
- Yeah. - Bored with this suit?
- Yeah, the suit.
- What about this that's just like, "it's a no"?
- It's not like this is wrong, but it's also nothing
Just that's gon' show you right.
- Like you say, if someone's seen it on a mannequin
And just put it on, you know?
- Honestly, this doesn't give me dapper.
This just gives me prom.
Prom.
- Man, I see where this is going.
You finna try on 15 more suits.
- And if it takes 20 suits, I'm gon' try on 20 more suits.
I don't want it to get basic.
♪ ♪
- ♪ set the city on fire ♪
- Aww, she's so pretty.
Look at you.
- That is definitely giving cinderella.
- Oh, my goodness. That...
- ♪ light it up, up ♪
♪ ♪
- How are you feeling right now?
- Mm.
- This is beautiful, but this is not the dress.
Both: Okay. - Back to the drawing board.
- When I was a little girl,
I dreamed about getting married,
Having a beautiful dress,
Having my family and friends there.
And now is a chance for it to become a reality.
♪ ♪
- That's beautiful.
- This is the one with the long train.
I know what I want,
And I definitely want to impress my husband.
This is more plain. - Yes.
- Like, I think it's beautiful,
But I don't think it's the one.
- It's not the one? - Yeah.
I want him to say, "oh, my gosh,
I am such a blessed man to be here today."
- What do you think?
- I like it, but I don't think
That I like the flowers on the skirt.
Both: Okay.
- Let's keep it moving, shawty.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- Oh, yeah, I like that.
- ♪ uh-huh, uh-huh ♪
- That's the one.
- It says dapper.
- It definitely says dapper.
And I love the peak collar,
Especially with, like, the hunter green.
- And it's not like a green. It's like...
All: [softly] green. [laughter]
- I think this is it.
I think this is the look that I'm going for.
Me wearing the suit's like, "this moment is real."
I went from being single to engaged
To now I will be a married man, which is crazy.
But it's been very lonely.
I really want someone to live this life with,
So I'm praying that it all works out.
You never know where life is going to take you,
So I'm trusting the process.
And I'm believing that everything is gonna work out.
- I hope she thinkin' the same way.
[laughter]
- Me too.
[soft music]
- Oh, my god.
- ♪ I could tell by looking at you ♪
♪ that you just my type, so let's go ♪
- Oh, my goodness. - What do y'all think?
- Oh, my goodness.
♪ ♪
- That is absolutely amazing.
- This is beautiful. I'm feeling sexy.
- Yes. - Mm-hmm.
- I'm feeling like a bride.
All: Yes.
- I'm feeling like a wifey.
[laughter] - I'm loving it.
- This is pretty. I'm sold.
Oh, my god, this is getting real!
I'm thinking about my husband as I try on this dress.
I'm thinking about us saying our vows to each other
On our wedding day.
And I hope that it's everything that I dreamed of.
- This is totally unconventional,
But that in no way means it can't be everything
You have desired and needed.
- I can't believe that I'm taking this risk
And, like, putting my trust in other people.
So now things are really starting to settle in.
Like, this is one of the biggest decisions
In my life.
- ♪ oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ oh, oh, oh ♪
- ♪ so many beauties, y'all ♪
♪ he's a cute, y'all ♪
♪ it's been a while, getting singles out ♪
♪ 'cause it's all coming back to me ♪
- Tonight, on the eve of their big day,
Our 10 singles will have one last chance
To get together and celebrate
Before leaving their single life for good.
- I'm engaged!
I'm getting married! - Whoo!
- Because tomorrow, our couples
Will enter into legally binding marriages
With complete strangers.
- ♪ hands down, we the last ♪
♪ people in this whole town ♪
♪ ♪
- Nashville is the capital of the bachelorette parties.
And I actually fell in love with nashville
When I was here for a bachelorette party.
And the fact that I am having a bachelorette party
Because I'm getting married at first sight--
Explosions in my brain.
This is amazing.
♪ ♪
- ♪ crazy, wild, wild ♪
- Oh, my goodness!
- Oh, whoo! - Hey!
- I volunteer as tribute.
- ♪ ice on my wrist, I'm drippin' ♪
♪ got champagne I'm sippin' ♪
♪ I walk and I strut through ♪
- Look at nicole!
[laughter]
- ♪ fools gold, you trippin' ♪
[cheers, laughter]
- Nicole, you know, I mean, she is ready for a good time.
Like, I hope her husband's ready just to get down
And have fun, because homegirl's ready.
[upbeat country music]
- Ahh! Ahh!
♪ ♪
- I licked a stripper's abs.
But honestly, I'm not sorry, because I'm still single.
- You can have all my money.
You can have everything I have.
I'm honestly shocked that I've made it to 35 years
Without seeing a male stripper.
[cheers]
It was my first male stripper experience,
And it did not disappoint.
I'm just, like, hoping my husband
Can give the same energy, you know?
♪ ♪
- Oh, all right, girl.
- There we go! Whoo!
- ♪ and the cops don't call your mom ♪
♪ if you're fine, I ain't listening ♪
♪ you can stop talking, 'cause these boots ♪
♪ were made for kickin' some ♪
- [as clint] hi, I'm clint. I'm the nashville cowboy.
I'm here to find love.
I do think clint's a ladies' man.
Like, the guy's got so much energy, so much to give.
And he's very confident in himself.
And I think that's very important
And women find that sexy.
- Come on! Yeah!
- ♪ headin' to the city ♪
♪ what you think of that? ♪
♪ I'm gonna leave this town ♪
♪ but keep this hat ♪
- Which one would be yours, though?
- Oh, probably the one in the yellow, hopefully.
- Okay.
- I'm just hoping they don't come over here.
♪ ♪
[cheers]
- Ow, ow! Damn!
- What y'all gon' do?
Which one is ours?
- I gotta take a body shot, baby.
- Off of me? - Off of you, baby.
- Okay.
If I had to nominate anyone
For spending too much time with the strippers,
It would probably be myself.
[laughs]
[cheers]
- Yes!
- [indistinct singing under cheers]
♪ ♪
- [laughs]
- This is cute, but I'm ready to meet my husband.
I am definitely, like, shy in the bedroom,
So the strippers-- wasn't my cup of tea.
- When are you gonna consummate the marriage?
- I'm ready.
Dapper dillon ready.
- He ready! [laughter]
Yeah, he's ready.
- But honestly, I think it's, like, on the girl,
Like, when she's ready,
Because she may not have the same feeling as you.
So I have to respect her wishes because men,
We ready at any point in time.
I have to be respectful enough to say,
Like, "this is a woman, the mother of my children."
[all shrieking]
♪ ♪
- I think I'm going to allow her
To make that initial decision if that happens.
- Oh, let's talk about the first night.
- Yes, let's talk about that one, friend.
Are you gonna bust it wide open?
- Ahh! And tell him to break the back?
- And tell him break your back.
- On the bed, the floor, the shower.
- Ooh! - The balcony. Ooh!
- What if he's dominant in the bedroom?
- I like that.
Sometimes I like to be the receiver.
- Okay. - Give it all to me.
- Okay. - [laughs]
[playful music]
- Everybody's in this because they want it to work
Because, like, we've exhausted all these options.
Nothing's working.
So, like, you want it to work.
The day I found out that I was picked,
I deleted the apps.
And honestly, it felt good.
It did, because it was one of those things
Where I'm like, "we're in it now.
We're in it now."
- See, I put mine on snooze.
I ain't delete it.
It's asleep. - Chris ready, man.
- He is ready.
- Chris is ready.
- He is ready.
I hope chris's wife is ready to fall in love
Day one, 'cause he's ready.
If his wife is watching this, like, you are very lucky.
Like, chris loves you already.
Chris ain't even met you, and chris is in love.
- What are you nervous about? What's keeping you--
- I'm nervous that I have to make a marriage work.
So that's the craziest concept to me.
- Well, that's the thing.
You don't have to make it work.
It might not work. - It's working.
- When it's working. - Yeah. But like--
- It's working.
He doesn't have a choice.
I will chain him to the chair and say,
"you stay here on decision day.
"I'm gonna say you're sick
And you said you wanna stay married."
- Y'all ready to settle jow-- down with just one vagina?
♪ ♪
- I feel like one vagina forever can be fun.
Like, I can just literally focus
On mastering this one vagina.
You know what I mean?
Like, if you like me to come in from the left,
From the right, at 6:00,
Like, I will [bleep] master it. [laughter]
Yeah, I'm ready for that.
- Same. You know,
I've had my fair share of hookups
And plenty of beautiful women.
And I'm ready to settle down.
- I don't drink a lot, so, like, all the girls
I, like, hang out with-- - I felt like you drank
A lot tonight. - It's the most I've drank
Probably in, like, six months.
Not even kidding. Not even kidding.
- Yeah. Yeah. - Like, for real.
- If it makes you feel better,
I'm not, like, a big shot person.
Like, I like, like, mix shots.
- Well, I can tell. I can tell.
- Oh, I'm putting on a brave face tonight.
- I struggled hard to get that out of your tits.
I was like, "come on." - [laughing]
"come on, omni. Come on, you got this."
♪ ♪
- That's not her husband, unless dr. Pepper
Is matching people with strippers now.
- Actually, this is, like, my "pocketbook."
Have you ever heard that term, a "pocketbook"?
Yeah. - If I had titties, be like,
"I got a b-cup over here. I have a b-cup."
- See, look--yeah, we got more than the b-cup over here.
♪ ♪
- Okay, you're about to be a wife.
Don't. Don't do it.
Don't give him your number. Don't do it.
- Wait. Wait, you spilled tequila.
I forgot my vape was down there.
[laughs] - listen, girl.
I can give you something else to suck on.
Oh, yeah!
- ♪ I'll never be alone again ♪
- It's wedding day!
- Whoo! Wedding day! - Whoo!
- For our couples, the life-changing day
Is finally here.
- Heart stuff, it's going on, you know?
It's--the nerves are at an all-time high.
But I finally get to meet my wife,
And I'm gonna be married.
Putting a ring on this. Yup.
- It honestly feels like christmas morning.
It's crazy when you, like, feel like santa's coming.
I feel, like, an insane feeling.
- There's gonna be a mrs. Webb here in several hours.
♪ ♪
That's something else.
- Just got to the room. This is it.
- Yeah, yeah. - No turning back.
I'm never gonna be the same after today.
- This is the biggest leap of faith of their lives...
- Couple more hours. - Yup.
- You're really about to have a ring on your finger, like...
- Yay. - A whole wifey.
- Right, yeah.
- Goodbye to the streets.
[laughter]
- As they prepare to say I do to a total stranger.
- Cheers to jas getting married.
- Yay!
All: Clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, clink.
- The first couple to get married at first sight
Is kirsten and shaquille.
- Good morning!
- Get up, kirsten, girl!
- It is wedding day! - Wedding day!
Get up! Get up!
It's time to be a wife!
- When I was a little girl, I definitely imagined myself
Knowing a man forever
And then getting married to him.
I never thought that I would marry a stranger,
And here I am.
- Are you ready?
- I have no choice. Today is the day.
- Today is the day.
- I'm really hoping too, like, he's kind
And, like, he's a great man and he knows how to, like,
Lead, you know, and make me feel comfortable.
I am excited, but I'm also nervous.
I mean, I know it's the craziest thing,
But I'm very particular and picky.
I have a very hard time going out
Finding a black guy that I'm attracted to.
So I put it all in the experts' hands,
And just hoping that the chemistry is there.
I hope that we're compatible for each other.
And I pray that I like him a lot.
I pray that I'm attracted to him too.
Okay, I think I just need just a little more.
- Or a lot. - One more.
- Pour it up. Pour it up. Pour it up.
- I don't wanna--
- You wanna drink it from the bottle?
You need a keg stand, like 2009?
- No! Ahh! [laughter]
- Kirsten! Take it to the head.
- Oh, my. - Take it to the head.
♪ ♪
- Hey.
- What's going on?
- It's really nice.
Suits over here.
Today's the big day, the wedding.
Really excited.
Like, this is the start of a new journey.
- Oops. Ooh. [laughter]
- I feel like becoming somebody's husband
Is like me becoming a uncle for the first time.
Like, my siblings had children,
And I was, like, their proud uncle.
But now I'm, like, about to be that proud husband.
Like, being optimistic, I prayed,
Knowing what I wanted out of life,
And it actually happened.
So, like, I planted the seeds.
Now I'm watching the fruit of my labor grow.
And I'm ready.
I never imagined being here, like, this quick.
- Yeah. - And it's just--
It's been a lot of moments by myself
Through this journey that I had time to think about,
"am I doing the right thing?"
I finally came to terms after I prayed
And got confirmation from god, like, this is for me.
- Yeah. - And no matter
How I got to this point, I'm here.
- It's a big role, but I have no doubt
That you will be a good husband,
Eventually, a good father in the near future.
Cheers to--cheers to shaq.
- To the dillons, man.
- To the dillons. - To the dillons.
♪ ♪
- To the dillons. Wow, that's crazy.
- Mm-hmm.
- My mom is not here.
I'm gonna have to give her a call.
- She probably be gettin' some beauty rest.
- She's probably just turned up.
- You gon' give her a call now?
- Okay, let's give miss vonda a call.
I'm sure she's probably not with her--
- The person you are calling
Cannot accept calls at this time.
We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
[line beeping] - a major inconvenience.
- Right.
- That's odd. That's definitely not like her.
[tense music]
- My mom is so important to me.
And I would really feel heartbroken
If she misses the wedding.
I have so much to worry about right now,
So there's no way that she can miss my wedding day.
♪ ♪
- How you feeling, bro man?
- I said at the beginning of this year
That this year's gonna be the year of transition, you know,
Finishing up my doctorate degree
And, you know, school and moving to a new job,
New city, and now, getting married.
Like, it's just crazy that we here.
Y'all good? - As long as you good, we good.
That's all that matters. - But that's the thing.
I'm like, "I don't know if I'm good."
I'm excited, but also, I'm scared as hell right now.
Like, I'm nervous to say
I painted the perfect picture
Of what I ideally thought the day would look like.
And what if it don't look like that?
What if it do a whole 360
And it's everything that you didn't imagine?
But that's my life motto. Do what scare you.
So in this very moment, ah, your boy gettin' married,
And I'm doing it scared, but I'm doing it.
- You're definitely on time today, right?
[laughter]
- Y'all know I have a problem with time management.
I was up at 6:00 this morning.
I can't be late to my own wedding.
[rock/pop music]
- ♪ bringin' hell like fools ♪
♪ where lipstick ain't new ♪
♪ it's a thing, it's a vibe ♪
♪ gonna give it all tonight ♪
- What do you think you're gonna
Say when you get to the altar?
Like, are you gonna say, "hi, I'm kirsten"?
- I'ma say, "good afternoon."
- You know, I didn't have to think about any of this stuff.
- Right. - You gotta think about
Everything--your name, his name, his last name,
If you're gonna kiss him or not.
What kind of kiss is it going to be?
Is it gonna be a kiss on the cheek, on the lips?
- It's definitely not gonna be a tongue kiss.
- Yeah, don't let him do that. - No.
- We don't know you like that. - Mm-mm.
- Are there any non-negotiables
As far as his physical appearance?
Like, when you come down the aisle,
Anything that you can see and immediately be like--no?
- What if he's bald? What you gon' do about it?
- If he's bald, I mean--
- You gon' brush his bald head, gurl?
- I like guys with low haircuts and, like, a nice beard.
- What kinda beard? - I don't know
If I wanna baldheaded head.
- So williams gonna walk you down.
- Yeah. My dad called him and told him that he was
Gonna have to walk me down.
- So he like passed it on over to him--that's so sweet.
- He gave him the honor. - Gave him--that's an honor.
- I'm disappointed my dad's not here.
I am close to my dad.
Like, I'm his firstborn.
But he's a strong-minded person
And didn't wanna get covid tested.
And that's that.
♪ ♪
- Kirsten, did your mom call you back?
- I don't know. I don't know what she's doing.
This is my day.
Like, I need at least one of my parents to be here, you know?
Because, like, if his family's here,
He would probably be alarmed like, "where's her family?"
Like, where's her mother and father?
- It would almost look like a red flag
If you don't have your family supporting you.
- The person you are calling
Cannot accept calls at this time.
We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
[beep beep beep]
- We need a explanation, lady.
- I just want her to answer the phone,
'cause that's gonna get my blood boiling.
[tense music]
[edgy music]
♪ ♪
[beep beep]
- It just hangs up automatically.
That's odd. - Yeah, that's odd.
- Come on, mom. Jesus lord.
- She just run a little late sometimes.
- This is a lot late. It's my wedding day.
- If she misses, I know that, like,
She won't hear the end of it,
For sure. - Yeah.
♪ ♪
[knock on door]
♪ ♪
- Please be vonda. Please be vonda.
Yay! All: Whoo!
- You made it!
- Girl, where have you been?
- Oh, my god!
- Oh, my gosh.
- Hello, love. - Hey.
All: Aww.
- I've been calling you all morning.
I was getting a little flustered and annoyed,
So I'm a little better now.
- Your hair looks fabulous. - Thank you.
Jasmine is about to do it.
My mom's finally here.
She made it here safely.
That was just all I needed to see
Was her face and her here safely.
No matter how late she was running, she showed up.
- So, shaq, the time is ticking.
So how are you feeling now?
- I think in this very moment,
I can only be thankful and grateful that I'm here.
I fought so many silent battles
That I, like, really didn't share with the world or,
You know, my family, and I always been
Just trying to always be the strong person.
- Yeah. - And...I'm tearing up.
- It's okay. Get it out. I mean, but that's why
We here, though, that's why we here.
Get it out here, versus holding it in,
Because you need the release.
- We got ya. - Yeah.
- We all deal with silent battles.
- Yep. - All of us.
- But honestly, I'm happy, like, I'm in this moment, um...
- And it shows.
- [sniffling] - right, and we know this.
- Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- ♪ breathe ♪
♪ breathe in deep... ♪
- It's gon' be all right. - Yeah.
- It's gon' be good.
- ♪ say what you mean... ♪
- This journey has just been, like...
I prayed for this.
And it may not have happened the way
Other people expected it to happen,
But this is what I want.
For a while, it's just been, like, just a lonely slope
That I just been going up.
And I think at this point in my life, I needed someone.
I don't wanna feel alone anymore.
But I'm scared.
My life is about to change forever.
♪ ♪
I'm alone.
And I don't wanna continue to live this life...
Alone.
I don't know what I would do if it doesn't work out.
- ♪ don't ever know what I'd do ♪
♪ so hold on ♪
[mellow music]
- You made an amazing choice.
- It's so pretty. - I know, isn't it beautiful?
- When you see the hair and the dress together,
It's everything.
- I'm ready to meet him.
I'm excited. - Yeah.
♪ ♪
- I really hope that when I walk down the aisle,
We meet eye to eye
And we really see it.
Like, at first sight, we know that this was ordained.
This is our day. Like, it's everything.
It's everything.
So after this, I'm gonna go get a mint because I do need to do
A little breath check so I can be nice and fresh
And smell good and have a fresh breath,
Because I want my husband to be able to kiss me
If I allow him to.
I'm ready.
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready.
This is gonna be a wonderful day.
[lightly edgy music]
♪ ♪
- Come on, baby.
- [sniffling] - it's gon' be all right.
It's gon' be all right. - I love you. Ok?
- Love you.
- [sniffling]
- Okay.
It's gonna be all right.
You all right, baby?
- Oh... - You sure?
- I'm good. - Mm-hmm, okay.
[both murmuring]
It's gon' be all right. Be strong.
- Oh, lord. I didn't expect to see you.
- I know you didn't.
- Oh, I love you. - I love you too, baby.
You surprised me. - Ha ha. I know.
I surprised myself.
- I love you, baby.
And I'm so glad that you're making your step.
Keep god first, everything else will fall in place.
Everything else.
If it's for you, it's for you.
- All right, I'll see you in there.
To actually see my grandmother here today,
You know, someone who have seen you since birth
And all of my graduations and all of my award ceremonies
That I've been to, just so many different
Life challenges, from the car accident, to school, to work.
But this is a different...
This is a different journey for us.
I'm just ready for it to happen.
Oh, lord.
- It's turn-up time. - Let's do it.
- It's wedding time. 1, 2, 3...
All: Classmates!
[laughter]
- Let's go, girl. - Come on.
♪ ♪
- [whispering] wow, you look good.
- We are down to the minute, girl.
- I don't know how this is gonna work out.
And my mind is just going so many different ways
'cause it's the what ifs.
What if it does go right?
What if it does go wrong?
I'm just scared as hell right now.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, my goodness.
- [whispering] this is real.
- Oh, my gosh. - The final countdown.
- The jitters are coming back.
[giggling, chatter]
♪ ♪
- Hey.
♪ ♪
- Breathe in and out slowly. Deep breaths.
He's waitin' on you girl.
He's already standing there waiting for you.
What's the signal if it's a yes, if it's a no?
Are we doing the eyebrows? Are we doing--
- I'll possibly just go, like...
- Crank it up. - Yeah.
- Yes. Yes.
If he's a no, what's the--
- If he's a no, I'll be like--
- Yikes!
Yikes-a-roni. - Just blink your eyes.
- Or I just may have him kiss me on the cheek.
- Oh, gosh, please don't be
One of those. - I know.
- Let that man kiss you on the lips.
- Hmm.
Hopefully, he'll ask me if he can kiss me,
Because that will be kind of him
And that will make me feel more comfortable.
I mean, we're just now meeting at the altar,
So I will tell him, "yes, you can kiss me,"
Or, "yes, on the cheek."
♪ ♪
- Breathe, sir.
- You got it, bestie.
See you out there. See you as a wife.
- Love y'all too.
♪ ♪
Feeling a little scared.
And I'm hoping that I can get through this.
And I hope that he's everything
That I expected and prayed for.
And I hope that the experts did a good job
Picking out my husband.
- Please stand.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- I am very particular in what I like.
And if he's not the man that I was expecting,
I'll be...
[sighs] disappointed.
[intense, dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Next time on "married at first sight"...
- I'm so excited, I have sweat dripping down my legs.
Like, that can't be normal.
- Game time, fellas.
About to marry a complete stranger.
This [bleep] is nuts.
- Deep breath. Take a deep breath.
- I'm putting myself on the line.
There's a lot at risk.
- I vow to take you as my lovely little wife.
I'm a little nervous, to be honest.
The last thing you wanna do is throw up on the bride, right?
That's horrible.
- I wanna stop thinking about it and just do it.
I'm not using my one and only marriage on a failure.
- This just does not make any sense.
And this is not something that you have to do.
We could walk up outta here right now.
- A lot of thoughts are going through my head, like,
"oh, [bleep], like, this is real."
- Please stand.
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- Once I go through those doors, I'm gonna know.
- Just deep breaths.
- Ready? - Let's go.
- My heart might jump out of my chest.
What if she doesn't get along with my family?
What if she doesn't get along with my friends?
What if we're not attracted to each other?
- You may kiss your bride.
- Oh, oh...