The bold social experiment where single people, matched by experts, marry total strangers, who they meet for the very first time on their wedding day

Married at First Sight UK is returning - and a groom from Nottingham is among the hopefuls.

Adam is a barber from Nottingham. He says he's never been in love before but he's in search for a romance that has a 'movie magic' feel.

Adam feels he's ready to settle down but hopes his future wife won’t mind that he sleeps “with a fan on every night”.

He said: "I would love the happily ever after."

Paul C. Brunson, Mel Schilling, and Charlene Douglas are all gracing our screens once again as experts on the show, which will see 16 singletons walk down the aisle.

Among them will also be Sacha Rhianne Jones, a 29-year-old from Birmingham, who has been in beauty pageants since she was just six years old. She was even crowned Miss Birmingham in 2018.

And then there’s Alex - a 28-year-old, from Birmingham who works in aviation and personal training, who apparently wants to rid himself of his ‘man about town’ reputation and find a stable relationship.

Adam is a barber from Nottingham | Channel 4/E4

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Alex, 28, from Birmingham wants to rid himself of his ‘man about town’ reputation and find a stable relationship | E4/Married at First Sight

29-year-old Sacha has been in beauty pageants since she was six, and was crowned Miss Birmingham in 2018 | E4/Channel 4

The upcoming series will also include the shows first deaf contestant.

Sacha has been described as “a daddy's girl who will stop at nothing to impress her father”.

The hopeful bride has only ever had one long term relationship, which lasted three years.

Single for the last nine months, she made the decision to become celibate until the right man comes along.

Sacha is also a dedicated kickboxer and coming from a competitive family, being a go-getter 'runs in her blood and pushes her to be as ambitious as she possibly can be'. Meanwhile, 32-year-old Ross from Manchester is the first deaf contestant to appear on the E4 show.

Sacha, Alex, Adam and Ross will be joined by Emma, Kristina, Caspar, Eve, Kieran, Holly, Nathan, Charlie, Orson, Richelle, Polly, and Lacey.

The first couple matched by the experts to tie the knot have been revealed to be dog walker Kristina, 30, and Kieran, 28, a mechanic from Newcastle.

Channel 4 and E4 have shared more information on social media.

Birmingham’s Sacha, who works as a aesthetics practitioner, added: “ 'A red flag to me is someone not liking cats. I was always told to never trust a man that doesn’t like cats.'

The city’s hopeful Alex said he’s signed up as “maybe the experts can help me work out where I’ve been going wrong”.

An exact date for Married at First Sight UK 2024 hasn't been confirmed, but it usually begins in mid-September.

For more visit Channel 4’s social accounts.