MAFS star Belinda Vickers shares huge personal announcement

A former MAFS star has revealed some huge personal news after splitting from her on-screen husband.

Married At First Sight star Belinda Vickers is getting married – for real.

The 31-year-old, who shot to fame on season 8 of Nine’s reality series in 2021, told the Herald Sun that her boyfriend, Melbourne pub owner Hayden Burbank, had popped the question with a romantic treasure hunt at the Botanical Gardens on Valentine’s Day.

Hayden Burbank and Belinda Vickers are engaged. Picture: Instagram

“It was always yes. It was 12 months after MAFS that we met and it really led me to him and opened up new people for me to meet,” Vickers told the publication.

Burbank also praised his bride-to-be, describing her as his “saviour.”

“She’s been phenomenal for me, the most beautiful, kind soul I’ve ever met. I had tears rolling down my face as I got down on one knee,” he recalled.

Burbank proposed on Valentine’s Day. Picture: Instagram

In footage later posted on Instagram by Vickers, he’s seen down on one knee. Picture: Instagram

Vickers also posted an Instagram Reel of the surprise proposal, documenting all the clues along the way.

“I love playing games, this is so much fun!” she gushed in the selfie video, as she walked between checkpoints.

In the footage, once the pair met up, Burbank was seen choking up with emotion as he proposed to his girlfriend.

“I’m madly in love with you, you’re the love of my life, and I’d like you to spend the rest of your life with me … Will you marry me?” he asked, while down on one knee.

Once Vickers happily accepted, nearby members of the public can be heard breaking into applause.Vickers previously dated her on-screen MAFS “husband”, Patrick Dwyer, but the pair split nine months after the show ended.

Vickers previously dated her MAFS co-star Patrick Dwyer. Picture: Nine

They confirmed the sad news in a joint Instagram post in 2021.

“We do not want the same things in love and life. We appreciate all the love and support we have received through our journey,” they wrote at the time.

Meanwhile, before meeting Vickers, Burbank – who owns the Morris Jones bar in Windsor – experienced his own brush with the spotlight, albeit unwanted.

He was jailed in 2021 after breaking strict covid rules during the height of the pandemic, crossing the border from Victoria into the Northern Territory before heading to Western Australia to watch the AFL Grand Final.

He spent three months behind bars, telling the Saturday Herald Sun the following year that he was forced to “form alliances” and “not do anything stupid” in order to “get through each day.”