From a structural standpoint, Love Is Blind has hardly changed since it premiered in February 2020, but the show has long since passed the point where it can be described solely as a dating experiment. Over the past two seasons, in particular, cast members have become more aware of the cameras and the way they're perceived by viewers, with Season 4's Micah Lussier and Irina Solomonova embracing their inner villain in a bid for screen time, and Season 5's Lydia Velez Gonzalez and Uche Okoroha hiding their relationship history from producers and the other participants. Still, it's easy enough for these members of the Pod Squad to maintain plausible deniability: Maybe Micah and Irina are just bullies in real life, and Lydia and Uche truly believed their past relationship was irrelevant because they formed strong connections with other people.
- 2/14/2024
- by Claire Spellberg Lustig
- Primetimer
It was the reality TV scandal to end all scandals. So earth-shaking that it got its own hashtag: #Scandoval.
In early March, just a few episodes into the tenth season of Vanderpump Rules, it was sensationally revealed that Tom Sandoval — the worm-mustached cover-band lead and minority-stake West Hollywood bar owner — and Rachel (formerly Raquel) Leviss had been engaged in a secret months-long affair, all behind the back of Sandoval’s then-girlfriend, Ariana Madix, and their co-stars. Leviss — the retired pageant girl-turned-backstabber — had been recently linked to Sandoval’s best friend and business partner,...
In early March, just a few episodes into the tenth season of Vanderpump Rules, it was sensationally revealed that Tom Sandoval — the worm-mustached cover-band lead and minority-stake West Hollywood bar owner — and Rachel (formerly Raquel) Leviss had been engaged in a secret months-long affair, all behind the back of Sandoval’s then-girlfriend, Ariana Madix, and their co-stars. Leviss — the retired pageant girl-turned-backstabber — had been recently linked to Sandoval’s best friend and business partner,...
- 12/24/2023
- by Louis Staples
- Rollingstone.com
Arguably the messiest season of Netflix’s Love is Blind came to an end on Sunday with its reunion special, bringing key cast members back together for the first time since filming the show to address their storylines and air their grievances. Hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, viewers learn that Lydia and Milton are the only couple who not only got married at the altar but who stayed together after filming Season Five. Izzy and Stacy, who have remained friends, also joined to discuss how their relationship dissolved after the show ended.
- 10/16/2023
- by Krystie Lee Yandoli
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix streamed its Love is Blind reunion special on Sunday night and most of Season Five’s cast members reunited to hash out their drama. Lydia and Milton, this season’s only married couple, are still together and caught viewers up on what they’ve been up to for the last year or so. They also addressed the fallout surrounding Lydia’s situation with Uche and Aaliyah, since Lydia knew Uche outside of filming the show and developed her own friendship with Aaliyah at the time. Jp and Taylor also...
- 10/16/2023
- by Krystie Lee Yandoli
- Rollingstone.com
There have been numerous gasp-worthy moments in the latest season of "Love Is Blind." But from Jp mocking Taylor's makeup and Johnie making a grand entrance with Chris in tow to Stacy's countless euphemisms for a golf stick, there was not a single moment that came close to the shock and horror that came over me when Uche admitted to Aaliyah that he had a romantic history with another contestant on the show and uttered the words: "It's Lydia," aka Aaliyah's closest friend.
To sum up the Uche, Aaliyah, and Lydia drama, it's revealed in episode three that Uche and Lydia had dated before both coming on "Love Is Blind" season five. They reveal their relationship spanned several months, and Lydia says they slept together only a few weeks before coming on the show. Lydia recognizes Uche's voice on their first pod date, and after quite a bit of prodding,...
To sum up the Uche, Aaliyah, and Lydia drama, it's revealed in episode three that Uche and Lydia had dated before both coming on "Love Is Blind" season five. They reveal their relationship spanned several months, and Lydia says they slept together only a few weeks before coming on the show. Lydia recognizes Uche's voice on their first pod date, and after quite a bit of prodding,...
- 10/14/2023
- by Fleurine Tideman
- Popsugar.com
Two couples will head to the altar in the Love Is Blind Season 5 season finale. Will either walk away married? We’ll find out when the episode drops Oct. 13 on Netflix. But what we’re really waiting for is the season 5 reunion, when the Houston cast comes together to rehash all of this season’s juicy drama. Fortunately, there won’t be a long wait for what we expect will be an explosive gathering. And unlike season 4’s bungled reunion, Netflix is promising there won’t be any glitches this time around.
The ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 5 reunion premieres Oct. 15
Fans will have to wait just two days after the finale for the big reunion episode. The Love Is Blind Season 5 reunion will premiere on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt on Netflix.
Love Is Blind hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey will get the dish from season 5 cast members,...
The ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 5 reunion premieres Oct. 15
Fans will have to wait just two days after the finale for the big reunion episode. The Love Is Blind Season 5 reunion will premiere on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt on Netflix.
Love Is Blind hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey will get the dish from season 5 cast members,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Netflix has revealed when the season five reunion will air for Love Is Blind!
The streaming service made the announcement on Tuesday (October 10), just days before the upcoming season finale is set to air on Friday (October 13).
There are only two couples this season heading to the altar - Izzy and Stacy, and Milton and Lydia. We’ll find out on Friday if either couple actually goes through with saying “I do.”
Get more information inside…
This season has definitely had it’s fair share of drama to go through at the reunion, from Uche and Lydia‘s past to Aaliyah leaving the show right before Uche was going to propose to her. Taylor and Jp made it to Mexico, but broke up there and did not make it home together. There was also plenty of drama between Johnnie, Izzy and Stacy.
The reunion announcement teases that it won’t...
The streaming service made the announcement on Tuesday (October 10), just days before the upcoming season finale is set to air on Friday (October 13).
There are only two couples this season heading to the altar - Izzy and Stacy, and Milton and Lydia. We’ll find out on Friday if either couple actually goes through with saying “I do.”
Get more information inside…
This season has definitely had it’s fair share of drama to go through at the reunion, from Uche and Lydia‘s past to Aaliyah leaving the show right before Uche was going to propose to her. Taylor and Jp made it to Mexico, but broke up there and did not make it home together. There was also plenty of drama between Johnnie, Izzy and Stacy.
The reunion announcement teases that it won’t...
- 10/11/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
After the disastrous attempt at a live Love Is Blind Season 4 reunion, Netflix is opting for a standard pre-taped reunion for Season 5. The Love Is Blind Season 5 reunion will debut this Sunday, October 15, at 8/7c on Netflix. The platform pokes fun at its Season 4 technical difficulties in its announcement, saying, “It’s not live, but it’s unmissable!” Love Is Blind Season 5 has featured a series first. Never before have two exes ended up in the pods together, but that became a reality with Uche and Lydia before she got engaged to Milton. Uche and Aaliyah nearly got engaged, but Lydia shared too much information about her ex to her new friend, ruining the experiment for Aaliyah and prompting her to leave without telling Uche. When she tried to reconnect outside of the pods in Episode 7, Uche said it was over between them. They’re not the only couple to split this season.
- 10/10/2023
- TV Insider
We’re getting an update on Love Is Blind’s latest couplings — and hopefully, no glitches this time.
Netflix has announced a reunion special for the current Season 5 of its hit dating show, which will premiere this Sunday, Oct. 15 at 8/7c on the streamer, TVLine has learned. However, the reunion will not be filmed and presented live, as Netflix attempted to do last season, leading to a rash of technical issues that left fans unable to view the special.
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Netflix has announced a reunion special for the current Season 5 of its hit dating show, which will premiere this Sunday, Oct. 15 at 8/7c on the streamer, TVLine has learned. However, the reunion will not be filmed and presented live, as Netflix attempted to do last season, leading to a rash of technical issues that left fans unable to view the special.
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- 10/10/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Watch out! This post contains spoilers.
"Love Is Blind" always manages to throw viewers a curveball, and this season, we have quite a doozy on our hands. The love experiment returned for season five on Sept. 22, starting with four juicy episodes that dig into an unexpected love triangle between contestants Uche, Aaliyah, and Lydia. The next batch, released on Sept. 29, delve even further into the dramatic twist, giving us a better idea of what transpired between the trio.
At the start of the season, Lydia and Aaliyah quickly hit it off and form a tight-knit friendship on their side of the pods. Meanwhile, the latter and Uche spark up a strong romantic connection. However, things sour when the pod couple have their first big argument over their views on cheating. Then, to make matters worse, Uche drops a bomb on Aaliyah in episode three, which changes everything. As season five approaches its Oct.
"Love Is Blind" always manages to throw viewers a curveball, and this season, we have quite a doozy on our hands. The love experiment returned for season five on Sept. 22, starting with four juicy episodes that dig into an unexpected love triangle between contestants Uche, Aaliyah, and Lydia. The next batch, released on Sept. 29, delve even further into the dramatic twist, giving us a better idea of what transpired between the trio.
At the start of the season, Lydia and Aaliyah quickly hit it off and form a tight-knit friendship on their side of the pods. Meanwhile, the latter and Uche spark up a strong romantic connection. However, things sour when the pod couple have their first big argument over their views on cheating. Then, to make matters worse, Uche drops a bomb on Aaliyah in episode three, which changes everything. As season five approaches its Oct.
- 10/10/2023
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
"Love Is Blind" has some explaining to do. The show's latest season only follows three engaged couples to Mexico, one of whom ends up calling it quits before living together, leaving just two rocky pairs ahead of their weddings. But sleuths on Reddit and TikTok quickly discovered there were several other engagements from the pods that weren't followed, and one in particular - between Renee Poche and Carter Wall - was cut even after cameras followed them to the altar.
Poche and Wall are seen individually throughout the season, first in the pods and later at the reunion BBQ, but their relationship doesn't play out on screen. In fact, fans even noticed glimpses of the two in background shots in Mexico that seemed to be edited out. We know it's common for "Love Is Blind" to stop following certain love stories post-pods, but viewers are wondering why these two weren't...
Poche and Wall are seen individually throughout the season, first in the pods and later at the reunion BBQ, but their relationship doesn't play out on screen. In fact, fans even noticed glimpses of the two in background shots in Mexico that seemed to be edited out. We know it's common for "Love Is Blind" to stop following certain love stories post-pods, but viewers are wondering why these two weren't...
- 10/6/2023
- by Yerin Kim
- Popsugar.com
The wildest season of Love Is Blind is drawing to a close. Season 5 of the Netflix reality series has featured some of the most chaotic twists in the show’s history, including the shocking reveal about Uche and Lydia’s past, Aaliyah’s surprise decision to exit the experiment, Jp’s out-of-pocket remarks about Taylor’s makeup, and Izzy’s bizarre behavior at the reunion BBQ, where he went after his ex Johnie for being “sketchy,” much to the delight of his fiancée Stacy.
At this point, there are just two pod couples left standing, and the upcoming weddings almost seem like an afterthought. Still, we know we’ll be tuning in to find out if anyone from this season of Love Is Blind actually says “I do” at the altar.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Love Is Blind Season 5 Episodes 1-9.]
What happened in ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 5 Episodes 8 and 9? (L to R) Izzy Zapata,...
At this point, there are just two pod couples left standing, and the upcoming weddings almost seem like an afterthought. Still, we know we’ll be tuning in to find out if anyone from this season of Love Is Blind actually says “I do” at the altar.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Love Is Blind Season 5 Episodes 1-9.]
What happened in ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 5 Episodes 8 and 9? (L to R) Izzy Zapata,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
With just a few episodes left, we’re nearing the end of Love is Blind Season 5.
As with past seasons, Love is Blind Season 5 sees contestants getting to know each other through conversation only in “pods”. If sparks fly in the pods, couples can propose marriage and then have the chance to lay eyes on each other. This kicks off a few weeks of living together before the couple can decide to break it off or tie the knot.
Already in Season 5, we’ve seen a new kind of drama:...
As with past seasons, Love is Blind Season 5 sees contestants getting to know each other through conversation only in “pods”. If sparks fly in the pods, couples can propose marriage and then have the chance to lay eyes on each other. This kicks off a few weeks of living together before the couple can decide to break it off or tie the knot.
Already in Season 5, we’ve seen a new kind of drama:...
- 10/5/2023
- by Oscar Hartzog
- Rollingstone.com
Love Is Blind isn’t telling the full story, at least according to one season 5 cast member. Renee Poche was featured in the show’s Houston season. She’s been hinting on social media that there’s more to her Love Is Blind journey than what people are seeing on screen.
‘Love Is Blind’ doesn’t follow every couple who gets engaged in the pods (L to R) Renee Poche, Paige Tillman, Linda Obi, Maris Prakonekham, Stacy Snyder, Aaliyah Cosby, Erica Anthony, and Johnie Maraist ‘Love is Blind’ Season 5 | Courtesy of Netflix © 2023
Every season, a few dozen fed-up singles enter the custom-designed Love Is Blind pods in the hopes of finding “the one.” While a few end up getting engaged, most go home alone. Unsurprisingly, those uncoupled participants get little to no screen time in the show’s final edit.
But, it turns out, there’s plenty of Love Is Blind...
‘Love Is Blind’ doesn’t follow every couple who gets engaged in the pods (L to R) Renee Poche, Paige Tillman, Linda Obi, Maris Prakonekham, Stacy Snyder, Aaliyah Cosby, Erica Anthony, and Johnie Maraist ‘Love is Blind’ Season 5 | Courtesy of Netflix © 2023
Every season, a few dozen fed-up singles enter the custom-designed Love Is Blind pods in the hopes of finding “the one.” While a few end up getting engaged, most go home alone. Unsurprisingly, those uncoupled participants get little to no screen time in the show’s final edit.
But, it turns out, there’s plenty of Love Is Blind...
- 10/4/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Stacy Snyder thinks she’s found love with Izzy Zapata on Love Is Blind Season 5. But will financial differences sink this relationship before it really gets off the ground? After they emerged from the pods, the new couple quickly discovered that lifestyle-wise, they weren’t necessarily on the same page. Stacy was ambitious and focused on the finer things in life, while Izzy came from a more modest background.
The differences in their situation were obvious when Stacy visited Izzy’s bachelor pad apartment, where she was horrified to discover his cabinet was filled with paper plates and disposable plastic cups, rather than real dishes. Meanwhile, she’s made it clear that she expected him to pay for dinners out and share in her love of travel and jet-setting lifestyle. In short, Stacy expects a certain level of luxury in her life, and if Izzy can’t keep up, it...
The differences in their situation were obvious when Stacy visited Izzy’s bachelor pad apartment, where she was horrified to discover his cabinet was filled with paper plates and disposable plastic cups, rather than real dishes. Meanwhile, she’s made it clear that she expected him to pay for dinners out and share in her love of travel and jet-setting lifestyle. In short, Stacy expects a certain level of luxury in her life, and if Izzy can’t keep up, it...
- 10/3/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
"Love Is Blind" is in its flop era. The fifth season of the Netflix dating series hasn't even finished airing, and I'm prepared to declare it the worst installment yet. The couples aren't worth rooting for, the gratuitous drama is at an all-time high, several contestants have exhibited problematic behavior, and one key ingredient is missing amid all the chaos: actual romantic chemistry.
This season is a lot to unpack, so let's start by first dissecting the couples, shall we? In the pods, we see three pairs get engaged - Stacy and Izzy, Lydia and Milton, and Taylor and Jp - which is half the amount who typically get engaged. That number gets reduced even more when Taylor and Jp call it quits in Mexico, leaving just two sets of fiancés headed to the altar.
As each situation stands now, it's hard to imagine either couple following through and saying "I do.
This season is a lot to unpack, so let's start by first dissecting the couples, shall we? In the pods, we see three pairs get engaged - Stacy and Izzy, Lydia and Milton, and Taylor and Jp - which is half the amount who typically get engaged. That number gets reduced even more when Taylor and Jp call it quits in Mexico, leaving just two sets of fiancés headed to the altar.
As each situation stands now, it's hard to imagine either couple following through and saying "I do.
- 10/3/2023
- by Victoria Messina
- Popsugar.com
After watching the first four episodes of Love Is Blind Season Five, viewers witnessed a whole new, unprecedented kind of drama when it was revealed that two of the cast members dated each other outside of the pods prior to filming. Not only did Uche and Lydia date each other before filming the hit Netflix reality series, but they also hid this information from the other cast members who they were forming romantic connections and friendships with. In a cliffhanger at the end of Episode Four, Uche is prepared to...
- 9/30/2023
- by Krystie Lee Yandoli
- Rollingstone.com
Love Is Blind Season 5 is bringing the drama. Things got messy early on in the Netflix reality series when it came out that two cast members – Uche and Lydia – had dated prior to entering the pods. Now, we’re learning more about the pair’s relationship, and it’s even crazier than we realized.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Love Is Blind Season 5 Episodes 5-7.]
Two ‘Love Is Blind’ cast members had a history together Lydia in ‘Love is Blind’ | Courtesy of Netflix © 2023
Love Is Blind hinges on a straightforward – albeit weird – premise. Groups of single men and women get to know each other, sight unseen, by dating in the show’s custom-designed pods. But what happens if some of the participants have actually met before the show? We found out in Love Is Blind’s fifth season when Uche and Lydia, who’d previously dated, reconnected in the pods.
When producers discovered Uche and Lydia’s past connection,...
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Love Is Blind Season 5 Episodes 5-7.]
Two ‘Love Is Blind’ cast members had a history together Lydia in ‘Love is Blind’ | Courtesy of Netflix © 2023
Love Is Blind hinges on a straightforward – albeit weird – premise. Groups of single men and women get to know each other, sight unseen, by dating in the show’s custom-designed pods. But what happens if some of the participants have actually met before the show? We found out in Love Is Blind’s fifth season when Uche and Lydia, who’d previously dated, reconnected in the pods.
When producers discovered Uche and Lydia’s past connection,...
- 9/29/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Buried among the deal points in the Writers Guild of America’s new Mba (Minimum Basic Agreement), 148 hard-fought-for days in the making, might be the closest will will ever get to an official definition of “hit streaming series.”
For years, it has been difficult to get a grasp on the “ratings” for streaming series — in part because the streamers have been cagey about trotting out cold, hard and meaningful numbers. Netflix, for one, at first touted viewership as a measure of member accounts that watched “at least two minutes” of a TV series or movie, and we all tittered. Come...
For years, it has been difficult to get a grasp on the “ratings” for streaming series — in part because the streamers have been cagey about trotting out cold, hard and meaningful numbers. Netflix, for one, at first touted viewership as a measure of member accounts that watched “at least two minutes” of a TV series or movie, and we all tittered. Come...
- 9/27/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Love Is Blind wasn’t so blind this season, with two of the singles — Uche and Lydia — actually realizing they had already met and dated before when they first talked in the pods. So did producers know about their past beforehand?
“The fact that Lydia and Uche not only knew each other, but had a prior romantic relationship, was a complete surprise to me,” series creator Chris Coelen tells our sister site Variety, noting that their dating history somehow escaped the Netflix dating show’s vetting process. “I was totally blindsided. It was a complete shock. To be honest, it was like,...
“The fact that Lydia and Uche not only knew each other, but had a prior romantic relationship, was a complete surprise to me,” series creator Chris Coelen tells our sister site Variety, noting that their dating history somehow escaped the Netflix dating show’s vetting process. “I was totally blindsided. It was a complete shock. To be honest, it was like,...
- 9/26/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers from the first four episodes of “Love Is Blind” Season 5, now streaming on Netflix.
The first quarter of “Love Is Blind” ended in quite the twist!
For the first time in the show’s history, the producers cast two singles — Lydia Velez Gonzalez and Uche Okoroha — completely unaware that they’d dated in the past.
“The fact that Lydia and Uche not only knew each other, but had a prior romantic relationship, was a complete surprise to me. I was totally blindsided,” show creator and Kinetic Company CEO Chris Coelen tells Variety of the connection that occured despite the show’s vetting process. “It was a complete shock. To be honest, it was like, ‘What are we gonna do?’ Nobody had any idea.”
The duo realized they knew each other upon meeting in the pods, as she immediately recognized his name and voice. Once producers realized what had happened,...
The first quarter of “Love Is Blind” ended in quite the twist!
For the first time in the show’s history, the producers cast two singles — Lydia Velez Gonzalez and Uche Okoroha — completely unaware that they’d dated in the past.
“The fact that Lydia and Uche not only knew each other, but had a prior romantic relationship, was a complete surprise to me. I was totally blindsided,” show creator and Kinetic Company CEO Chris Coelen tells Variety of the connection that occured despite the show’s vetting process. “It was a complete shock. To be honest, it was like, ‘What are we gonna do?’ Nobody had any idea.”
The duo realized they knew each other upon meeting in the pods, as she immediately recognized his name and voice. Once producers realized what had happened,...
- 9/26/2023
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
The star of a biopic gets a bit too involved in the subject’s provocative love life in the trailer for director Todd Haynes’ May December thriller, which arrives on Netflix this December.
The premise: Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, marrieds Gracie and Joe (played by Academy Award winner Julianne Moore and Riverdale alum Charles Melton) buckle under the pressure when an actress, Elizabeth (Academy Award winner Natalie Portman), arrives to do research for a film about their past.
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The premise: Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, marrieds Gracie and Joe (played by Academy Award winner Julianne Moore and Riverdale alum Charles Melton) buckle under the pressure when an actress, Elizabeth (Academy Award winner Natalie Portman), arrives to do research for a film about their past.
More from TVLineLove Is Blind Boss Claims Uche and Lydia's Past 'Was a Complete Shock,'...
- 9/26/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Houston, TX is the bustling city that gave us Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion and the messy drama at the center of Love Is Blind Season 5.
In the reality dating show’s four-episode premiere on Friday, a new group of singles hit the pods to find love. And while some participants found their potential life partners, others were caught up in sheer chaos.
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In the reality dating show’s four-episode premiere on Friday, a new group of singles hit the pods to find love. And while some participants found their potential life partners, others were caught up in sheer chaos.
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- 9/22/2023
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
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