First Dates Australia - Season 5

First Dates Australia is the heart-warming, heart-breaking and occasionally heart-stopping fly-on-the-wall dating series, that takes viewers inside the intimate world of genuine first dates.

First in the restaurant is 52-year-old Sophie and 50-year-old Paul. Neither have been on many dates in recent years. Is this going to be the most awkward date of their lives?

Tonight in the First Dates Restaurant, will Brett and Gee find that they have more in common than their kids? And will a dater's jokes leave a lasting impression on their first date?

Come along for the ride as singles settle in for genuine blind dates. Everyone can relate to the promise of potential love when it goes well and the hilariously awkward moments if it crashes and burns

Father and son Stephen and Luke are best friends and about to go on the double date of a lifetime. Will they find a special connection with their respective dates?

Eloise orders a fancy cocktail and salmon dish, while Lachlan simply wants a XXXX and steak. Will these opposing worlds get on?

Active and chatty Angela, has been single for over ten years and wants companionship as she enters her 60s. Bus driver Michael is equally chatty but will these two talkers find a connection?

Come along for the ride that plays like a real-life romantic comedy, and witness the promise of potential love when it goes well, and the hilariously awkward moments when it crashes and burns.

Come along for the ride when Erin and Con, two people who are usually picky when it comes to partners, put themselves our of their comfort zone to find love.

Is Liam the nice guy that Mary is looking for and will there be a second date? Will Manan find his other half in the First Dates restaurant despite being single all his life?

The Sydney dating scene is small and Emily and Onye have actually matched with each other before on a dating app, but never met up. There's a connection, but will their prior history be off putting?

Nicole is done with the disposable nature of Tinder but worries her eyebrows, tattooed sleeves and resting bitch face can put off men. Will she find chemistry with charming English man, Richard?