It was love at first (0) sight for Joel Emerson and Lisa Bunyan, which was lucky (1) they met for the first time on their (2) day.

As a publicity trick, a local Australian radio ran a seven-week (3) which they called “Marrying Strangers”. The radio station voted Joel Emerson, 24 and a marketing consultant, the ‘most eligible bachelor’ (that is, the most suitable unmarried partner). Lisa Bunyan, (4) works at a management training centre, was one of the 300 (5) women who rushed to the phone to offer (6) as his bride.

The only direct contact they had (7) they met for the first time was when Joel proposed over the telephone on the radio. An estimated 50 000 (8) witnessed the romantic (but not particularly intimate) moment Lisa said ‘yes’.

The groom’s mother was not amused and (9) a local newspaper that she was truly shocked. As the couple left (10) their honeymoon in Paris, they told the same newspaper, ‘We know that we’re doing the right thing.’