Meet Married at First Sight's Season 20 Experts, Paul C. Brunson & Dr. Lisa Paz
The Season 20 relationship experts are ready to make the perfect matches as 14 singles become newlyweds.
Key Takeaways
- Married at First Sight Season 20 introduces matchmakers Paul C. Brunson and Dr. Lisa Paz, who bring extensive experience in relationship counseling and matchmaking.
- They guide sevenRead More
- Married at First Sight Season 20 introduces matchmakers Paul C. Brunson and Dr. Lisa Paz, who bring extensive experience in relationship counseling and matchmaking.
- They guide seven newly matched couples through the challenges of marrying a stranger, addressing compatibility issues, communication problems, and emotional hurdles.
- The season promises high-stakes drama and emotional moments as couples navigate their marriages with expert support, beginning July 12 on Peacock.
Married at First Sight fans will want to save the date for a milestone season set in Seattle. As Season 20 welcomes 14 new singles in a bustling new city, it's only fitting to welcome a new panel of relationship experts: Paul C. Brunson and Dr. Lisa Paz.
Boasting more participants than ever before, seven couples are about to embark on a social experiment of a lifetime after meeting their future spouses for the first time on their wedding day. The high-stakes task of determining which lovelorn singles are the best match for whom falls on Dr. Paz and Brunson as they weigh in on who would make the best newlyweds. After tying the knot, these experts will guide these newlyweds through the varying thrills of marrying a stranger, promising plenty of rollercoaster-like twists on the Seattle skyline before these couples are forced to decide: should they stay or should they go?
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Ahead of the July 12 premiere, get to know the new experts who will guide these Married at First Sight couples toward their hopeful happily-ever-afters.
Paul C. Brunson is a world-famous matchmaker
After hopping the pond from his success as a beloved expert on Married at First Sight UK, Brunson will be heading to Seattle to match up the Season 20 couples. Aside from serving as an expert since Season 6 of the British version of the hit series, Brunson is an acclaimed relationship expert, TV personality, podcast host, and author from London.
After rising to fame as a relationship consultant on Oprah and co-hosting Winfrey's reality series Lovetown, USA, Brunson has gone on to steal hearts as the co-host of the British reality series Celebs Go Dating, and as the host of the podcast We Need to Talk.
Adding to his extensive MAFS-perfect portfolio, Brunson is the Head of Global Research at Tinder, where he spearheads projects centered on dating trends and relationship science. Brunson has long thrived in providing tools to lovelorn singles, publishing the 2012 self-help book Complicated (But It Doesn't Have To Be), 2024's Find Love, and the 2025 sequel Keep Love.
Dr. Lisa Paz is a Miami-based couples counselor and sex therapist
Joining Brunson is Dr. Lisa Paz, a Miami-based board-certified sex therapist and licensed marriage and family therapist. Paz is taking a West Coast getaway to help these 14 Seattleites find forever love, hoping to add to her nearly two decades of experience in guiding couples on the road toward happiness.
"[Dr. Lisa Paz] is committed to helping clients problem-solve, grow, and fulfill all of their personal, parenting, and relationship goals," her website explains. "She helps clients uncover underlying issues, develop effective communication skills, and rediscover intimacy in their relationships and confidence in themselves."
MAFS experts Paul Brunson and Dr. Lisa Paz are here to help the Season 20 couples
In the first look trailer for Season 20, viewers get their first look at Dr. Paz and Brunson in action as they meet up with various couples on their Married at First Sight journeys. After Dr. Paz introduced herself as an accomplished marriage and sex therapist, Brunson gave his credentials to a lovelorn single, "I've been coaching couples my entire career; the goal is to have you find a partner."
Brunson later drops a doozy of a reality check: these Seattle singles are going to be tying the knot with a stranger within weeks of being matched up. Eager to start the next chapter of their lives, the Season 20 cast all walk down the aisle with high hopes, but it's not all sunshine in paradise. As the trailer teases everything from shocking incompatibilities to intense miscommunications, Dr. Paz and Brunson have a tall order ahead of them.
In one scene, we see Brunson and Dr. Paz congregating with the couples in their first "group session," where the group was in no shortage of tears and bold claims. After one participant crossed a line, Brunson schools them: "That's the stuff that we're not gonna do tonight."
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As Brunson aptly reminds the couples, he and Paz are there to help these marriages succeed, but that won't be easy as these newlyweds navigate uncharted waters. From the euphoric highs to the heartbreaking lows, Paz and Brunson are equipped and ready to give these couples the tools for a happy marriage.
How to watch Season 20 of Married at First Sight
Don't miss the Season 20 premiere of Married at First Sight on Sunday, July 12, by streaming episodes exclusively on Peacock. New episodes of Married at First Sight will be available to stream weekly on Thursdays. Beginning Thursday, July 16, new installments will drop weekly in multi-episode batches.
