Emma Barnes says MAFS UK came from a Love Is Blind audition

Emma Barnes, a 2024 bride on the United Kingdom edition of Married at First Sight, said in a recent interview that she originally applied to appear on Love is Blind and that producers discovered her through that application. Barnes said she would likely have been willing to participate even if the marriages were legally binding, but added that knowing she would have been paired with Caspar, whose on‑screen union with her did not develop into a romance, might have changed her mind.

Barnes described how her time on Married at First Sight felt immediate and intense. "I originally applied for Love is Blind, that's how the MAFS people found me," she said. "And Love is Blind's legally binding at the end of it, so if I was willing to sign up to LIB then I probably would." She later qualified that remark, saying, "I think now I know I'd have been paired with Caspar and it didn't end well I probably wouldn't." Barnes said she still thinks she would have applied even if a marriage had been legally binding.

On the show, Barnes and her on‑screen husband met at the altar and then spent about eight weeks together almost constantly. "It moves super quick," she said. "You form deeper...