Second ever successful MAFS couple Cam Merchant, Jules Robinson reveal wedding plans

Throughout the season Cam Merchant and Jules Robinson have been accused of being actors and of being in it for fame, but Merchant’s proposal means the two will be getting real life married — and soon.

They have been the shining ray of hope in this season of Married At First Sight and on Sunday night Cam Merchant and Jules Robinson made it official.

Throughout the season they have been accused of being actors, of being in it for fame, of breaking up or just being annoying, but Merchant’s proposal last night means the two will be getting real life married — and soon.

“We will be getting married this year,” Robinson told Confidential.

“We had to kind of pretend it didn’t exist for so long, we couldn’t really start planning, so now we can finally start enjoying it.”

Cam and Jules are only the second successful couple to come out of the Married At First Sight experiment. Picture: Richard Dobson

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The couple are only the second from six seasons and 46 couples to stay together long term in real life, giving the experiment a less than five per cent chance of working.

The only other couple was Erin Bateman and Bryce Mohr from season two.

Moving fast is obviously not an issue for Merchant, 35 and Robinson, 37, who exchanged the L-word, agreed they wanted to have children with each other and moved in together in less than three months.

Cam revealed the decision to propose was “last second”. Picture: Nigel Wright

After a scheduled week of separation, Merchant said the decision to propose was just as rushed.

“It was as genuinely last second as you could think,” he said.

“I went in there with that option in my mind. “I knew I wanted to be with Jules and we had talked about it and decided maybe it was something we could do a little later on.

“The week we were apart I really missed her and when I saw her and she smiled it hit me.

“I had decided literally within minutes.”

The experts Sabina Read, John Aiken and Trisha Stratford have been slammed by viewers for not taking care of contestants’ mental health. But Cam and Jules defended them.

Experts John Aiken, Mel Schilling and Trisha Stratford copping criticism this season for poor matches, only seeing the couples once a week and allowing contestants’ mental health to deteriorate.

Merchant and Robinson thank them and said what people saw on TV was only a small part of the expert’s involvement.

“Some couples were there (on the couch) for an hour and a half at times having a proper session,” Robinson said of the weekly “commitment ceremony”.

“They (the experts) don’t see stuff in between because they see what’s in front of them.”

“It almost became a group session at times,” Merchant added.

“And even if it was someone else on the couch you take lessons from that as well and think ‘I can relate to that’, and you take that advice for yourself.”