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“Married at First Sight” is coming to the Windy City, with six new singles hoping to find true love by legally marrying a stranger whom they first meet at the altar.
For Season 5, the reality TV show is moving from FYI to Lifetime, which on Wednesday announced the latest Chicago-based participants to be paired by the show’s returning team of matchmakers: sociologist Pepper Schwartz, relationship expert Rachel DeAlto and Pastor Calvin Roberson.
The couples will spend eight weeks together (compared to six in previous seasons) before deciding whether to stay married or get divorced at the end of the social experiment. Meet the future brides and grooms — and guess who will be matched in the April 20 premiere — below.
Anthony D’Amico, 33
Occupation: Sales and marketing professional
Family history: Grew up in Detroit in a traditional Italian family; parents divorced and got back together three separate times.
Ideal mate: Outgoing, intelligent, funny and generous, not pessimistic
Ashley Petta, 30
Occupation: Restaurant manager
Family history: Parents happily married for more than 30 years.
Ideal mate: Wants a family, confident, charismatic, thoughtful, ambitious.
Cody Knapek, 26
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Family history: Grew up in a small town; parents divorced when he was 16.
Ideal mate: Great personality, loves to laugh, empathetic, has a positive outlook on life
Danielle DeGroot, 30
Occupation: Registered dietitian
Family history: Raised in Chicago suburbs; parents are still married.
Ideal mate: Intelligent, great sense of humor, lover of sports, masculine
Nate Duhon, 26
Occupation: Business Manager
Family history: Born in Michigan; raised by his mother.
Ideal mate: Religious and churchgoing, intelligent, ambitious, wants children
Sheila Downs, 31
Occupation: School district director of operations
Family history: Raised in the South Chicago suburbs; youngest of four girls; parents have been married for more than 40 years.
Ideal mate: Christian, career-focused, family-oriented
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