Love will again invade M6 soon. After the distribution of the portraits of the new farmers of Love is in the meadow 2022the channel will soon kick off Married at first sight 2022. Indeed, it is on March 21 that the public will be able to discover it. A sixth season marked by novelties both in terms of the cast and the ceremony, as we were able to discover during the press conference held on Tuesday March 1.
Following the broadcast of last season, there was a strong enthusiasm from the public, undoubtedly thanks in particular to the beautiful story of Laure and Matthieu, who became parents of a little Lya since last August. Thus, the production received nearly 25,000 applications compared to 10,000 last year. This year, more geographical areas are therefore covered, such as Paris, Marseille or the Alps. And above all, there is a “cast more and more in tune with today’s society“said Virginie Dhers, program director of Studio 89, the show’s production company. 14 singlesthe public will discover different life paths and very diverse themes. As with Axel and Caroline who have adapted their way of life to best preserve the planet. They embody a young people full of convictions who live with their principles and values. The young woman, for example, is vegan. “This is the first time that we have this representative profile of a certain youth of today. And for the first time, parents registered their child for the experience. Parents worried that he was still single“, she continued.
Estelle Dossin and Pascal de Sutter were particularly touched by all the personal stories of the candidates. More than ever, everyone had real reasons for requesting them and therefore more involved and delivered, which allowed the experts to support them even better. “We realized that, sometimes, participants who could have formed a beautiful couple had failures because they were not sufficiently well prepared. That’s why we did a little upstream work with Estelle. We met some of them to bring them some keys so that there was maximum luck with the person with whom they were compatible“, said the Belgian psychologist.
weddings abroad
Finally, the biggest novelty this year is that weddings no longer take place at the town hall of Grans, as had been the case since the first season in 2016. A decision taken by mutual agreement with Mayor Yves Vidal. This is in Gibralter, a British territory located near Spain, which the candidates flew to their union. A choice that was not insignificant, initiated at the start by Estelle Dossin and Pascal de Sutter, for a reason first of all psychological. The experts really wanted to take the participants out of their comfort zone. “They want to participate in the experience to get out of their comfort zone, but we put them back in a comfort zone because the mechanics are always the same. (…) We know as a psychologist that when we are faced with a form of insecurity, a framework that we do not know, we are obliged to trust the other more. It was positive in terms of involvement and investment“, justified the psychologist-clinician. This also promotes favorites.
The production has therefore bet on Gibraltar, first of all because the marriages celebrated there are recognized in France and because the formalities are quite simple. In addition, Covid-19 was quickly brought under control in this “small rock of 6 square kilometers”, which allowed the whole team to organize weddings in the midst of a health crisis. The unions were never stopped there, so it was a guarantee that those on the show could take place. Thus, the official weddings took place in the botanical garden. On the other hand, the evening took place in Spain, a few kilometers away, because there was no place big enough to accommodate everyone in Gibraltar.
To end the season in style, viewers will discover a special episode “What happened to them?” to hear from this season’s participants. They will also discover the new life of Laure and Matthieu since their shoot.