Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to the Maths Funny Podcast, and today, guys,
Speaker 1: I have an update on the situation in the UK,
Speaker 1: what that means for the future of our Australian season,
Speaker 1: and what's now happening with the upcoming second Marriage at
Speaker 1: First Site spinoff series which I've briefly mentioned on here before,
Speaker 1: where former UK brides and Grooms and former Australian brides
Speaker 1: and grooms were gonna come together and get match with
Speaker 1: new people. Is that still happening. I've got the answers. Firstly,
Speaker 1: is Married at First at UK getting canceled as of
Speaker 1: right now, No, it is not, and there is currently
Speaker 1: no plans for this to happen, Following everything I discussed
Speaker 1: in the last episode on here, where two anonymous former
Speaker 1: brides from the UK version of the show came forward
Speaker 1: claiming they were raped by their on screen husbands while
Speaker 1: filming the show, and a third bride then claimed she
Speaker 1: was the victim of a non consensual sexual act which
Speaker 1: her husband and has since denied. The boss of the
Speaker 1: network which airs Married at First at UK over there
Speaker 1: Channel four. She has now spoken out publicly about all
Speaker 1: of this. Priya Dogra, that's her name. She only recently
Speaker 1: became the boss of the network and she wasn't in
Speaker 1: the role over there when these alleged incidents occurred, but
Speaker 1: a few days ago now she said this, I have
Speaker 1: watched the investigation program where all these claims are made,
Speaker 1: and I heard the women's accounts which are very troubling
Speaker 1: and their distress is clear, and for that, I am,
Speaker 1: of course deeply sorry. Priya then addressed the speculation that
Speaker 1: the show over there has been canceled, and she said
Speaker 1: this was wholly inaccurate, but she has now commissioned an
Speaker 1: external review into the welfare of the show over there,
Speaker 1: and any decision about the future of MATHS UK will
Speaker 1: be made after this investigation has been concluded. When Priya
Speaker 1: was then asked why all previous seasons of Married at
Speaker 1: First at UK have been pulled from streaming services, she
Speaker 1: said this was done to prevent people going back and
Speaker 1: essentially watching every past season trying to figure out which
Speaker 1: brides may have made these claims against their husbands. She
Speaker 1: also added that the network will not be individually investigating
Speaker 1: those incidents, and I quote her here when she said,
Speaker 1: we are a broadcaster, not an adjudicator, and it is
Speaker 1: worth pointing out here briefly, just because that quote from
Speaker 1: her does read a bit off that the brides who
Speaker 1: have come out and claim they were raped, they have
Speaker 1: not reported this to the police. That's their choice. So
Speaker 1: when the boss of the network is saying we aren't
Speaker 1: going to investigate them because we're a broadcast, they're not
Speaker 1: an adjudicator, I kind of get that because if they
Speaker 1: were to be investigated, it would be by the police.
Speaker 1: Going on to discuss the network's investigation into the welfare
Speaker 1: a little more in depth, Priya added that our job
Speaker 1: is to look at our actions. Our job is to
Speaker 1: look at our protocols and how we apply them. It
Speaker 1: is for other people to look into allegation that the
Speaker 1: women have made. Our job is to look at the
Speaker 1: allegations of a duty of care failure. That's the distinction
Speaker 1: between the two. So, now you've heard what she said,
Speaker 1: what I suspect will happen is they'll take a few
Speaker 1: months to again just look at how the show has
Speaker 1: made everything they do behind the scenes. They'll make some changes.
Speaker 1: They'll bring in more safety measures during filming. Maybe they'll
Speaker 1: follow some of the ideas I said in the previous
Speaker 1: episode about like cast members, the default being that they
Speaker 1: don't share a room until they choose to share a room,
Speaker 1: whereas previously it's always been they're pushed together to share
Speaker 1: a room from day one until one of them says, hey,
Speaker 1: I want my own room, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: like reversing it so there's not that pressure to be
Speaker 1: alone and sharing a bed literally hours after meeting on
Speaker 1: their wedding day. And now, for any of you who
Speaker 1: are wondering if these UK allegations investigations will impact our
Speaker 1: Australian version of the show, as far as I'm told
Speaker 1: for multiple sources know they will not, and that's because
Speaker 1: the UK version is produced by a completely different production
Speaker 1: company on the other side of the world. It's commissioned
Speaker 1: by an entirely different network. There's no association with like
Speaker 1: our version Channel nine. And yes, although it is the
Speaker 1: same franchise and same show, that's basically where the connection
Speaker 1: starts and ends. And the Marriad at first franchise is
Speaker 1: actually Danish too, which I don't know if many of
Speaker 1: you actually know that it was a production company in
Speaker 1: Denmark who came up with the concept in twenty thirteen.
Speaker 1: As it kind of worked there other countries slowly started
Speaker 1: buying the rights to make their own version. As time passed,
Speaker 1: each country like slowly tweaked the format just slightly, and
Speaker 1: the Australian version made like the biggest changes where they
Speaker 1: introduced dinner parties and dramas and affairs and all that,
Speaker 1: and then our version became like the most successful. So
Speaker 1: then all the countries started slowly copying our version because
Speaker 1: it was rating best. And yeah again in terms of
Speaker 1: the show being pulled off air in the UK and
Speaker 1: then here and everywhere because of what has sadly happened
Speaker 1: in the UK, it just won't happen because every country
Speaker 1: again uses different production companies. They all have different processes,
Speaker 1: different duties of care. And even if the UK stuff
Speaker 1: right now and the investigation the UK network are doing
Speaker 1: into their duty of care does lead to the UK
Speaker 1: version being canceled again, as far as I'm told, that
Speaker 1: won't impact or stop the Australian version. And even with
Speaker 1: the amount of our former Australian cast members now speaking
Speaker 1: out against Animal Shine, who are the Australian production company
Speaker 1: making our version again, I'm told this just won't change
Speaker 1: anything because although like what they're all saying about their
Speaker 1: experiences shocking, yes, and again makes you question why do
Speaker 1: people still go on this show so far? Like everything
Speaker 1: being said over on this side of what it's nothing new,
Speaker 1: like we've kind of hid it all before. And these
Speaker 1: posts right now from the Australian cast members, they will
Speaker 1: soon be forgotten and as next season comes around, brands
Speaker 1: will still be lining up to pay by the million
Speaker 1: to advertise on that season. And until that fact changes,
Speaker 1: trust me when I say Married at First Sight, Australia
Speaker 1: will never be pulled off the air. And I know
Speaker 1: that sounds brutal, but it's sadly just the truth, because
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, this show is a
Speaker 1: commercial product that generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
Speaker 1: And that's why I often say on this podcast, and
Speaker 1: I'll say it again now, that's why I don't think
Speaker 1: the collective aim should be this petition to try and
Speaker 1: cancel the show forever, because at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: this show is created for entertainment, and it still does
Speaker 1: entertain millions of people who watch it. But things like
Speaker 1: this now, like these conversations about the people making the show,
Speaker 1: whether it's here or in the UK, or Denmark or
Speaker 1: wherever like those producers those different production but is they
Speaker 1: should be listening to these complaints from cast members, and
Speaker 1: they should be listening to people like me who highlight
Speaker 1: when I personally see lines being crossed from my involvement
Speaker 1: on the side of the show, and they should be
Speaker 1: listening to even like you guys, the viewers at home
Speaker 1: listening to me now, because when you say storylines go
Speaker 1: too far and they make you feel uncomfortable, you are
Speaker 1: the audience. And without you the audience, there's no product
Speaker 1: to sell. And again I don't understand why every year
Speaker 1: we kind of have these conversations where it's gone too far.
Speaker 1: They need to stop, but they just don't. And again,
Speaker 1: all they need to do, in my eyes is listen
Speaker 1: and take this feedback and then go and reassess how
Speaker 1: they create the show and how they produce scenes and
Speaker 1: how they will push people to get what they want
Speaker 1: from them. And trust me, if any of you producers
Speaker 1: are listening, you don't have to go to such extremes
Speaker 1: for the sake of entertainment. The audience is there, they
Speaker 1: want to watch the show. You don't have to keep
Speaker 1: trying to one up peace Olf and go harder and
Speaker 1: harder and harder to the debt of the people on
Speaker 1: the show. Sorry, I've kind of not really got a
Speaker 1: script here today, so I'm just going to round off
Speaker 1: this part of the podcast by saying again the idea
Speaker 1: of the show being canceled all around the world is
Speaker 1: unrealistic and extreme, especially when you factor in how the
Speaker 1: show does make millions and how networks will do anything
Speaker 1: to protect an asset with such commercial value. But I
Speaker 1: do believe and hope that some kind of positive change
Speaker 1: behind the scenes could come from all these voices across
Speaker 1: the different countries right now speaking out like they are
Speaker 1: and with that united goal of them saying hey, production
Speaker 1: companies out there like listen to us, do better. And lastly,
Speaker 1: to round off today's little podcast, for those wondering what's
Speaker 1: going to happen with the second Marriage at First Sight
Speaker 1: spin off series, I've done some digging, spoke to a
Speaker 1: few people, and it is currently still in pre production
Speaker 1: in the UK and it's meant to start filming in
Speaker 1: the UK in August. It will be produced by the
Speaker 1: Maths UK Reduction company. But it's been produced like not
Speaker 1: as a season of Married at First Site. It's almost
Speaker 1: being looked at as a whole new show, which is
Speaker 1: why they could be like, yeah, we're investigating what happens
Speaker 1: on set of Married at First Site UK, but this
Speaker 1: isn't Married at First Sight UK. This is second Marriage
Speaker 1: at First Sight, which is kind of done. But yeah,
Speaker 1: as far as i'm told, it is still going to
Speaker 1: start filming in August. Filming he's going to last for
Speaker 1: eight weeks, with the last week or two of the
Speaker 1: eight week period being here in Australia. And yes, it
Speaker 1: will feature former Australian cast members and a few former
Speaker 1: UK cast members, and they will be matched with regular
Speaker 1: people who have never been on the show before, so
Speaker 1: it's not going to be like one of our former
Speaker 1: mask rooms match with a former maths UK bride. Now
Speaker 1: every former participant i'm told he's going to be matched
Speaker 1: with a new random person. The season will also be
Speaker 1: like a mini one, it won't be as long as
Speaker 1: the regular seasons. And a moment ago when I said
Speaker 1: they will be filming the last part of the season
Speaker 1: here in Australia, that's because i'm told instead of like
Speaker 1: the usual homestay, they'll be doing a country state where
Speaker 1: the Aussies bring their new partners over here, because I'm
Speaker 1: told at least like the twist on this season is
Speaker 1: going to be spoiler alert stop listening now if you
Speaker 1: don't want to know, but apparently all our former Oussie
Speaker 1: cast members are going to be matched with only UK people,
Speaker 1: and all our regular Ossie applicants who are applying right
Speaker 1: now and going through that process, they're going to be
Speaker 1: matched with the former UK brides and grooms. So, like
Speaker 1: you know, in the regular seasons of this show, when
Speaker 1: like people fight about potentially having to move from Sydney
Speaker 1: to Melbourne and the interstate long distance, this spin off
Speaker 1: season is going to see couples fighting about moving halfway
Speaker 1: around the world together, which yeah, is a choice, isn't it.
Speaker 1: And maybe I'm being told incorrectly, or maybe it'll just
Speaker 1: be one or two of the couples who get like
Speaker 1: an international match, but yeah, that's the information I'm hearing
Speaker 1: that that's going to be the twist. And just to
Speaker 1: put that twist into perspective, the whole show is being
Speaker 1: filmed across eight weeks, so imagine you're matched, You're like,
Speaker 1: what a random trade in Australia who's never been a
Speaker 1: maths before You're then flown to the UK and you're
Speaker 1: matched with a UK bride who's previously been on maths
Speaker 1: in the UK before, and you're like, oh, this is
Speaker 1: going all right. Then six weeks into knowing each other,
Speaker 1: you then bring that UK bride to Australia to visit
Speaker 1: your house, and then you face this decision, Hey, so
Speaker 1: do you want to move to Australia and live with
Speaker 1: me forever? And I'm going to predict right now, I'd
Speaker 1: even put money on this that there is not going
Speaker 1: to be one single successful couple coming from this spinoff series.
Speaker 1: But time will tell, say yeah,