Married at First Sight New Zealand groom Haydn Daniels says he wants to end his marriage.

Just as a new season of Married at First Sight is announced, former participant Haydn Daniels has revealed he is fighting to have his marriage ruled void.

The season one participant is warning people not to join the show and says he is in court trying to end his First Sight NZ marriage with Bel Clarke.

He had earlier posted about the show, warning would-be candidates to be wary of applying. He questioned the show's "scientific" match-making process and claimed he met only one expert before filming, who asked him to rate women out of 10 by their looks.

SUPPLIED Bel Clarke and Haydn Daniels on honeymoon in Adelaide.

Daniels told Stuff about his efforts to end his marriage on Thursday night, only hours after MediaWorks announced it would screen a second season of the marriage making show. At the same time, his successful counterparts Angel and Brett said they couldn't be happier with their decisions.



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"Obviously, the producers don't want six blissfully happy couples," Daniels said. "[It] makes for boring TV."

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The show, as its name suggested, paired people who had never met and had them marry at first sight.

It claimed to match people by using scientific methods. Daniels threw doubt on that claim, saying the only time he met one of the experts was when he was asked to rate women based on their attractiveness.

MediaWorks, however, defended the show's processes and said all participants were made fully aware of what to expect. A spokeswoman said the show abided by the "global standards" of the Married at First Sight franchise and searched "extensively" for couples.

THREE Haydn Daniels says he doesn't trust the science behind matching him and Bel Clarke.

"We worked very closely with the format holders around global standards as well as with our experts. A process that we have seen to be successful with the outcome of Brett and Angel's relationship," she said.

"At the very outset, it was made extremely clear to all MAFS NZ participants what they could expect from taking part in the production, including understanding the laws of marriage which state that a dissolution can only happen after a two year separation."

​To end his marriage with ex-bachelorette Clarke, Daniels must prove his marriage should never have happened.

Daniels was going through a special process to end his marriage. For a divorce, the couple must live apart for two years.

To fast track that process, Daniels was understood to be applying to have the marriage deemed "void" in the family court.

Family law and estates lawyer Sharon Chandra said there must be a legal argument to have a marriage deemed void, explaining why it should not have gone ahead in the first place. Arguments could include that the marriage was illegitimate or the couple entered it unwillingly, she said.

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Daniels alleged he never saw the name of his wife when signing the marriage certificate. He said one of the show's producers covered Clarke's name, and therefore he could not make an informed decision.

He also claimed the experts originally matched him with someone else.

"​Warner Bros will tell you it's 100 per cent genuine which you will later discover is not the case," he warned potential applicants.

"You may find out your original match has pulled out. But don't fret, they have backups ready to go to create maximum drama. You then will be asked to sign a paper to obtain a marriage licence with producers covering up the name of your match."

Daniels had been vocal with his complaints about the show.

He raised concerns about channel Three owner MediaWorks' and Warner Brothers' duty of care to contestants. Both companies said they had taken extra measures to protect the show's participants, including giving them access to a psychologist throughout filming and after the show aired.

And he had posted about being charged more than $3000 from lawyers working to end his marriage.