So how do the girls repay the boys for all their help?
“I guess we help them with just cracking jokes and just making their lives so much fun on site,” Eliza laughs. “If you ask them, I was like their annoying little sister, but I feel like I always made them laugh, well, we always still make them laugh. ”Mikaela and Eliza both have long-term partners. “I am in a long-term relationship with my boyfriend [Kristopher],” Mikaela shares.
“My relationship’s really weird and so is Eliza’s, I suppose, but I met my boyfriend on the last day of me being in Florida, when I was competing, and he’s from Florida."
“We just clicked straight away and were in a relationship within a couple of months. So we’ve been doing long distance, especially while I’ve been filming the show, but I’ve been shooting across to America in between our shoots. Making long-distance work has been tough throughout the show, but it’s definitely worth it.”
Back home, Tim, 32, is married to Kate and they share 1-year-old daughter Isabella. Mat, 27, is dating partner Maddy who he’s been with
for five years.
Tim says Kate is very supportive of his appearance on the show. “She saw that it was a good opportunity and something unique. I didn’t expect to get on and then when it started eventuating, I got a bit nervous.”
Mat hopes that the pair can win so he can help out Tim and his family.
“Isabella deserves to live in a nice house and a good environment. We’ve always grown up with a strong emphasis on family and looking out for each other.”
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