# Love Is Blind (2020)

> Single men and women get engaged to near strangers in pods before meeting in person, and the Lacheys host the experiment.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 11
- Episodes: 147
- Episode runtime: 54 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: reality
- Created by: Chris Coelen
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Nick Lachey, Vanessa Lachey, Kelly Chase, Kenny Barnes, Carlton Morton, Diamond Jack, Deepti Vempati, Mallory Zapata
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11704040/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: giddy, awkward, emotionally raw, breezy, voyeuristic

## What critics say

Audiences broadly rate the series well across most seasons, though the most recent season is sharply criticized, giving an overall negative audience reception.

## Synopsis

Love Is Blind (2020-present) is a United States Netflix reality dating series created by Chris Coelen and produced by Kinetic Content. Hosts Nick Lachey and Vanessa Lachey guide a cast of single men and women who look for love in a social experiment where couples form emotional bonds through walls in isolated pods without seeing each other. Contestants such as Kelly Chase, Kenny Barnes, Deepti Vempati, Mallory Zapata and Salvador Pérez move from proposal to engagement before any in-person meeting, and the engine of each season is whether those early commitments can survive physical attraction, family pressure, and the realities of living together. The format runs as a long-running unscripted run of episodes, with each season built around pods, dinner-table confrontations, altar moments and a reunion-style reckoning rather than a single narrative thread. The tone blends giddy romance with awkward, sometimes uncomfortable confrontations, and the overall mood is breezy but emotionally raw. Fans of The Bachelor, Married at First Sight and Love Island will find resonance in its blend of matchmaking, heightened emotion and voyeuristic social experiment. Its reception among audiences has been mixed, with strong ratings for several seasons and a sharp drop in the most recent run.

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