’s John Aiken has taken a subtle swipe at the participants on the Australian version of the reality show in comparison to the brides and grooms on the New Zealand series. While the 54-year-old has starred on Australia since season one in 2015, he which has a slightly different format. Not only are there just two relationship experts on the Kiwi series, with John appearing alongside sex therapist Jo Robertson, but this year’s season only featured 10 participants hoping to find love across four weeks.
Viewers also took to social media earlier this year to for being more “genuine” than a majority of the Australian stars, and it appears John Aiken might agree. Speaking with at the on Sunday, John admitted that he thinks the contestants’ personalities are very different between the two reality shows. “I think probably the Australia version, the participants are very rowdy, they're combative, they speak their minds,” he detailed.
“In New Zealand, they're a little bit more modest and a little bit more down to earth. So quite a difference there.” John went on to say that viewers will be surprised by the brides and grooms in the upcoming twelfth season of Australia, adding: “I would say our cast has been as loud as we've ever had.
” His co-star Alessandra Rampolla also shared: “Right off the bat, they're very comfortable saying what they think, and that doesn't always happen immediately when you begin filming.” While Alessandra and John made their mark on the .