MAFS Australia 2023 Premiere: Married At First Sight’s Richest Stars
They may be ‘looking for love,’ but some of the stars of Married At First Sight have also made a lot of money from the show.
From endorsements to modeling to media outings, these savvy brides and grooms have managed to turn their fleeting notoriety into millions of dollars.
As the new season kicks off Monday night at 7:30pm on Channel Nine, Daily Mail Australia takes a look at MAFS’ top earners.
They may be ‘looking for love’, but some of the MAFS stars have also made a lot of money from the show, including podcasters Ella Ding (right) and Domenica Calarco (left)
Ella Ding and Domenica Calarco
She, 28, and Domenica, 29, starred in last year’s season of MAFS and their careers, and friendship, have gone from strength to strength.
Even though they didn’t find love, they made the most of a bad situation by signing a $250,000 podcast deal after the show and launching a variety of merchandise.
Additionally, Ella has become a brand ambassador for online retailer Pretty Little Thing and had a guest role on the British reality series Made in Chelsea.
Domenica has also launched a capsule collection with Showpo and hosted her own web series for Nine.com.au.
Olivia Frazer (pictured) is another big earner from last year’s buzzed-about season, but she attributes her financial success to the adult website OnlyFans.
Olivia Frazer
Olivia is another big earner from last year’s buzzed-about season, but she attributes her financial success to the adult website OnlyFans.
At her peak, the 29-year-old former student teacher had 7,000 subscribers and raked in $500,000 in just four months.
He recently admitted that he doesn’t want to be OnlyFans forever and will invest his earnings in property to secure his financial future.
“I won’t do this forever, but I plan to kill him while I’m still in the game,” he said.
Jules Robinson (left) and Cameron Merchant (right) are one of the most successful couples on the show and are among the small handful of MAFS stars who can be called “household names.”
Jules Robinson and Cameron Merchant
Jules, 40, and Cameron, 39, are one of the most successful couples on the show and are among the small handful of MAFS stars who can be called ‘household names’.
Since meeting in season six in 2019, the couple have been the face of various brands and their Instagram accounts are full of sponsored content.
They were also blessed with their first baby in late 2020, son Oliver Chase Merchant.
Since meeting in season six in 2019, the couple have been the face of various brands and their Instagram accounts are full of sponsored content.
Jules’ main meal ticket these days is her line of Figur shapewear.
Meanwhile, Cameron has reinvented himself as an advocate for men’s mental health, drawing on his own experience with depression following his retirement from professional cricket.
While their exact net worth is unclear, they are clearly doing well, having spent $3.65 million on their second home in March.
Like Jules and Cam, Martha Kalifatidis (left) and Michael Brunelli (right) have also done very well after being paired up in the 2019 MAFS cycle.
Martha Kalifatidis and Michael Brunelli
Like Jules and Cam, Martha and Michael have also done extremely well after being paired up in the 2019 MAFS cycle.
Martha, 34, a former makeup artist, deftly distanced herself from the drama of her season and established herself as one of Australia’s top beauty influencers.
Meanwhile, her fiancé of 32 years runs a successful fitness program called Tru Fit, which was inspired by his love of exercise and his earlier career as a gym teacher.
The engaged couple is expecting their first child in March of this year, which will no doubt lead to more baby product endorsement opportunities.
hayley vernon
Hayley left behind a successful career in finance to join MAFS in 2020 and found herself working as a laborer on construction sites after the season ended.
But she turned things around by joining OnlyFans, and soon earned a reputation for pulling off tough scenes that most reality stars aren’t cut out for.
This decision paid off, though, as Hayley revealed last year that she was making up to $1.3 million as an award-winning porn star.
He also worked as a $1,000-an-hour escort last year, but has since moved away from in-person meetings with clients and now sticks to OnlyFans.
Hayley Vernon (pictured) left behind a successful career in finance to join MAFS in 2020, and is now one of the highest earning Australian porn stars on OnlyFans.