Gay couple set for ‘NZ wedding’ in third Married at First Sight series
Exclusive: A same sex couple will be cast in a third season of Nine reality series, and "married" in New Zealand.
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EXCLUSIVE: A same sex couple is set appear in Married at First Sight on Nine.
“We are casting at the moment for a same sex couple and we’re going to take them to New Zealand to get married, because that’s how it works in that country,” Nine’s Director of Programming and Production, Andrew Backwell revealed today.
While the marriage will not be legal, Nine is keen to highlight the differences in marriage equality.
“There is no same-sex marriage (in Australia) at the moment. Personally I hope it’s going to change,” he said.
“So we will make a point to illustrate that you do have to leave the country to get married.
“I think it will be fascinating,” he said.
Nine is currently filming a second season, currently being filmed, with the gay couple to appear in a third season for either 2016 or 2017.
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Hopefully by the time this goes to air they won’t have to go to NZ to be married.
Or alternatively it serves to trivialise the issue of Gay marriage the same way the show serves to trivialise Straight marriage…..
Not a show I would watch but good on them for doing this. I think it’s an issue worth making a point about.
They are already planing a season 3???? Look the format is somthing that will work once. Time to move along.
I think Nine might be jumping ahead of themselves here. Seeing how badly the UK series is doing in the ratings, the second season might falter too.
But if the couples (straight or gay) aren’t legally married anyway then whats the point in taking them to New Zealand..? Meh.
As noted, it’s to highlight the differences with Australia. Happy for the country to make change and save the airfare though!