By Daily Mail Australia Reporter
Published: 23:01 GMT, 14 February 2019 | Updated: 00:34 GMT, 15 February 2019
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The participants on the new series of Married At First Sight were forced to live like 'prisoners' during filming, Daily Mail Australia can reveal.
After last year's couples ran riot once the cameras stopped rolling each night, engaging in secret parties and hook-ups, producers went to extreme measures to avoid similar incidents.
'When the talent weren't required on set they were basically on lockdown and had a long list of restrictions they must abide by,' revealed an insider.
Married At First Sight EXCLUSIVE: Contestants' prison-like conditions are revealed as it's claimed the brides and grooms were banned from socialising during filming 'lockdown'
Throughout filming, all the couples moved into apartments in Meriton Suites North Sydney - but there was no socialising during downtime.
Even the building's communal gym was off-limits from being used freely, with each cast member given a brief allotted timeslot to work out
