Netflix has renewed reality dating series “Love Is Blind” for its sixth and seventh seasons, with Season 6 set for a Valentine’s Day premiere.
The series follows singles who want to be loved for who they are, who have signed up for a less conventional approach to modern dating, and will choose someone to marry without ever seeing them based on a series of conversations through a wall. Over several weeks, the newly engaged couples will move in together, plan their weddings and find out if their physical connections match the strong emotional bonds developed in the pods. The arrival of their wedding dates tests whether the realities of external factors will push them apart or they’ll marry the person they fell blindly in love with.
Nick and Vanessa Lachey host the series, which hails from Kinetic Content. Executive producers include creator Chris Coelen, Ally Simpson, Brent Gauches, Eric Detwiler and Brian Smith.
“Love Is Blind” is a major hit for Netflix, with all five previous seasons having charted on the Netflix Top 10. Season 5 peaked in third place with 5.3 million views from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1 and its live reunion episode reached 6.5 million viewers.
The series is not without its controversies: In 2022, Jeremy Hartwell sued Netflix and Kinetic citing “inhumane working conditions” during his experience on Season 2. Earlier this year, Danielle Ruhl, Nick Thompson and other Season 2 contestants alleged a lack of mental health support in an Insider report. Kinetic has denied all of the allegations, which Coelen addressed in an exclusive interview with PvNew.
“It might sound hokey, but people we want people to walk away from this with personal growth, and I’d say the vast majority of people who participate, walk away talking about the transformational qualities of having been in the experiment,” he said.
See a teaser for Season 6 of “Love Is Blind” below.
