The Background Of Love Is Blind
The reality series Love Is Blind originally aired in the United States on February 13, 2020, on the streaming giant Netflix. The new reality series became a huge hit for Netflix, becoming its number one trending program, reaching a viewership of up to 1,5 million.
The subsequent seasons of Love Is Blind have only kept on increasing the viewership each time, with every new season delivering new biggest numbers in the reality series franchise history, making it one of the most viewed programs in the whole country.
Unsurprisingly, the success of Love Is Blind has spanned multiple national series adaptations around the world, including Japan, Mexico, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Argentina, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. France, Italy, Poland, and the Netherlands are set to become the next to have their own version of Love Is Blind.
The Format Of Love Is Blind
Every season follows an equal number of men and women participants who date each other over the course of the show. At the heart of the series is pods - small rooms where the participants talk to each other through speakers but do not see each other in visual detail. Following the initial speed dating format, the love-seeking hopefuls can have longer dates if they choose to, until ultimately they propose to the other half.
The first time the couple can actually meet each other in full is only after the proposal and its acceptance. Following the engagement, they head to a retreat for couples for one week, where they finally get the chance to get to know each other better, including physically. All engaged participant couples also meet others during their time at the resort.
Following the week at the resort, the couples can move together to an apartment, where they will have to live for three weeks. This is when the participant's friends and relatives also appear to meet the bride or the groom, respectively. During this period of time also each other's personal lives are explored in detail, all while planning their wedding for the finale of the season. Finally, the show culminates at the altar, where each participant has to opt whether to actually get legally married to one another.
After the couples' retreat, the engaged couples move together into an apartment complex where they live for the final three weeks of the experiment. At the apartments, they meet their partners' friends and families and learn more about their partners' lives, exploring issues such as finances, recreation, personal habits, and their ultimate primary residence. They also plan weddings to be held at the end of four weeks. During this wedding planning period, the women go wedding dress shopping and the men go suit shopping together, bringing a few friends or family members along. They also make choices such as the design and flavor of their wedding cake. At the altar, each participant decides whether to say "I do" and get legally married.
As of August 2025, globally across all of the shows, 120 couples have made it to the altar, with 48 actually getting married. Current statistics show that 58% of them remain together following the end of the show. This also gets explored in special reunion episodes of Love Is Blind, which have proven to be a huge hit with the fans of the series.
How To Get Cast For The Next Season Of Love Is Blind
In summer 2025, new casting calls were announced for Love Is Blind's upcoming season. Those who wish to become a part of the reality television series from the get-go have to fit two important criteria: all applicants must be at least 21 years of age at the time of application, as well as all applicants must be legal residents of the United States.
One of the more unusual criteria that participation hopefuls must fit is being officially single. This includes not presently being involved in a committed intimate or monogamous dating relationship or living with anyone with whom they have an intimate or monogamous dating relationship, and not being married or in the process of obtaining a divorce or annulment of a marriage.
The rest will include more personal information, and giving answers to various application questions, as well as photos of the candidate and a 15-second-long video where the candidate tells why they think they are ready to find love on the show.
Once all of the information has been filled out, submit it and keep fingers crossed for the good news. There are also open castings happening across the cities of the United States, including Austin, Texas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Missouri, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Charleston, South Carolina.
