{"id":522310,"date":"2026-03-06T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522310\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:36:14","slug":"mafs-2026-exclusive-audition-tape-steven-opens-up-about-his-secret-past-in-unseen-audition-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522310\/","title":{"rendered":"MAFS 2026 Exclusive Audition Tape: Steven opens up about his secret past in unseen audition tape"},"content":{"rendered":"

EXCLUSIVE: Steven<\/a> may be a self-described “goofball” but there’s more to the Married At First Sight<\/a> groom than people know.<\/p>\n

In his MAFS audition tape<\/a>, the 34-year-old revealed he once looked very different \u2013 a side to him even wife Rachel<\/a> wasn’t lucky enough to know.<\/p>\n

Want the official inside scoop on MAFS, unfiltered and unseen? Watch After The Dinner Party here.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"MAFSGroom Steven once rocked a totally different look! (Instagram @steviestixx)<\/p>\n

“When I was a teenager I was too busy trying to be a rockstar, I was a drummer,” the now marine technician revealed.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to picture the groom with “long hair” and “makeup” but Steven did confirm he was very much a “metal head”.<\/p>\n

EXCLUSIVE: Alissa makes tearful confession about ex in unseen audition tape<\/a><\/p>\n

“I can’t \ufeffrock it anymore,” he said of his long hair. “I’m out of it now and getting old.”<\/p>\n

And while his “metal head” phase seems like a lifetime ago, so does his last relationship.<\/p>\n

“\ufeffI’ve been officially properly single for at least 10-12 years, but I’ve been dating on and off since then and nothing has really stuck,” Steven revealed in his audition.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\ufeff Unseen footage reveals Juliette’s ‘bone-chilling’ plan to villainise Joel<\/a><\/p>\n

\"MAFSSteven in his long hair era. (Instagram \/ @steviestixx)<\/p>\n

The groom quickly learned “there’s no compromises in the dating world”.<\/p>\n

“I’m a little bit sour on the fact that when I was bigger,\ufeff I just got no attention,” he admitted.<\/p>\n

He said he worked his “butt off” to “turn myself into something that I really \ufeffdidn’t believe mattered”.<\/p>\n

\"EMBARGOThe groom still wears black, but with a much sharper look. (Nine)<\/p>\n

\ufeff”You either have to be Prince Charming or nothing,” he sadly found. “You uncheck just one [trait] and it might be small… and that is enough to end it.”<\/p>\n

Steven said he “could vouch” from experience, although that’s a story that needs to be heard.<\/p>\n

Hear everything Steven said in his unseen audition tape above.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Want more exclusives? Catch Alissa, Luke and Chris’ extended audition tapes right here: \ufeff<\/p>\n

\ufeffWant the official inside scoop on MAFS, unfiltered and unseen? Watch After The Dinner Party here<\/a>. Episodes stream weekly, immediately following the explosive Married at First Sight Dinner Party episode on Channel 9 and 9Now.<\/p>\n

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