Married At First Sight Has Made A Noticeable Editing Mistake Amid Season 18’s Poor Reception (It’s Affecting Viewers’ Experiences)

Married at First Sight season 18 has made an obvious editing mistake that has fans annoyed amid the season’s poor reception. The Married at First Sight season 18 cast have already made it to the end of the season, although only two couples were still together come decision day. Camille Parsons and Thomas McDonald opted to stay married, while Karla Juarez and Juan Franco sought a divorce. Ikechi Ojoré and Emem Obot split on bad terms around their one-month anniversary, but something even more drama-filled between the couples took place.

A cheating and couples swap scandal rocked season 18, as Madison Myers and David Trimble were cheating on their partners, Allen Slovick and Michelle Tomblin. They lied about the illicit relationship throughout the season, but admitted their connection during the couples retreat. They’ve subsequently confessed their love for each other and have become the villains of the season. However, despite the on-screen drama, a new editing tactic in recent episodes is what’s been driving viewers wild.

MAFS Season 18 Has Had Many Pitfalls

While the cheating scandal between Madison and David has been the biggest pitfall of Married at First Sight season 18, there have been other situations that have been detrimental to the season’s perception. Ikechi has been thought to be a poor casting choice, as his red flag relationship history, clout-chasing ambitions, inability to communicate effectively, and disrespectful treatment of Emem have shown. Moreover, the experts clearly matched David and Michelle, and Allen and Madison, incorrectly.

This season has followed suit with the more recent seasons, and focused a lot on group interactions among the couples and participants. There have been several pivotal off-camera incidents that took place that have shaped the outcome of the seasons. Like when Allen, Madison, David, and Karla went out clubbing, which led to David mistakenly sending the “You’re so damn fine I just wanna eat YOU up,” text meant for Madison, to his wife, Michelle, which was the catalyst for the scandal. More of David and Madison’s gym-love genesis were also not captured.

It’s a shame these inciteful moments weren’t caught on camera, but a similar editing blunder is now haunting the show. With only one couple remaining married out of the eight-week-long experiment, season 18’s sucess rate is only 20%. That ties into the lackluster success rate of the show as a whole, which stood at 18.75% before season 18. Lack of effort and accountability on the experts’ part has also contributed to the season’s negative reception from viewers, but it’s really production that’s dropped the ball for optics.

The MAFS Background Music Editing Has Been Unnerving

In the last two episodes of Married at First Sight season 18, a noticeable editing mistake has been present with the audio. During scenes where cast members are talking one on one, background music takes over as the cast becomes hard to hear. The music drowns out what is being said, and subtitles are near-necessary to pick up the conversation. It’s happened during several poignant situations, causing disdain among viewers. Not only has it been a distraction from the scene, but the audio edit has also made viewers question the production value.

Redditor u/nortyflatz started a thread on the topic, with a title that read, “What’s with the overly LOUD “ background” music that is so overbearing that it drowns out the verbal audio?” Other disgruntled viewers chimed into the comments to share their concern.

“Yeah, the post production is equal to the ‘experts’ talent at picking potential mates!”

“I can’t believe they released the episode like that. The loudness, the odd transitions between music. Totally amateur hour at MAFS post-production.”

The audio editing has diminished the viewing quality, and fans are not here for it.

Married at First Sight is a renowned show in the reality TV industry, and making a noticeable error with the production value is something that will certainly irritate viewers. It’s strange that the mistake has only happened in the last two episodes, and there’s no insight into whether this will become a new trend, although it shouldn’t, because the elementary audio work looks bad for show standards. With the season already putting viewers on edge, the audio interruption is another strike against it.

Will MAFS Production Keep Awkward Audio?

As Married at First Sight viewers have pointed out, the choice of overbearing music is not doing the show any favors.

Production, especially the audio sector, should take heed of the negative feedback and endeavor to fix the music background mistake, as it detracts from the drama on the show.

The mistake has taken away viewer engagement with the actual content, and is diminishing the show’s reception as a whole. Married at First Sight has not had this problem before, so it may be an isolated issue over the last few episodes. Either way, it should not continue. Since the last episode was the finale, it’s unlikely the reunion will run into the audio mistake, but it’s possible. It’s more likely the “Where Are They Now?” episode, shot in more episodic form, could have the music mistake present.