How long do they spend in the pods on Love Is Blind?

The entire season takes about 38 days to film. According to the show's creator, Chris Coelen, contestants have only ten days to find their future partner in the pods. In the beginning, time spent during dates in the pods is strict, and only lasts about 15 minutes.
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Do contestants get paid on Love Is Blind?

Unlike Married At First Sight, which reportedly pays contestants around £84 per day, the couples on Love Is Blind aren't paid anything. A source told Women's Health in 2020, 'The participants are paid little if anything.
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How long did they talk in the pods?

Altogether the cast spent 10 days in the pods before the proposals and the first looks. There were about 50 people who were part of the initial cast but over the course of the 10 day period some singles were sent home. The show's creator Chris Coelen spoke to ENews about the series.
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How long are contestants in the pods?

Over the 10-day period spent in the pods, several contestants were sent home, narrowing the pool down to about 20 to 25 individuals. “It became evident as the process went on, from that big group of people, that there were some people that more people were gravitating towards than others,” Coelen told E! News.
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Did Love Is Blind pay for weddings?

Yes and no. A production rep on the show told Women's Health that the couples do pay for the majority of their nuptials, saying, “Of course production supplies some of the basics, but because these are their real weddings, it's up to them as to how to spend their money.”
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How much of Love Is Blind is scripted?

According to many viewers, the wild nature of the show meant it almost had to be scripted. Love Is Blind is not scripted, and the show is real — at least to some extent. Everything surrounding the couples and their engagements was completely real, according to the show's producers and contestants.
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How do the pods work on Love Is Blind?

Not wanting to give anything away, the team decided to make the wall fully opaque; they then added shimmer to it to make the wall feel like a “living, breathing presence.” Each pod is soundproofed (“Even if you're yelling in one pod, you can't hear it in another”), so the singles chat via a speaker.
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Are Giannina and Damian still together?

After Giannina and Damian called it quits on camera, they later gave their relationship another chance. In 2021, the twosome once again pulled the plug on their romance. Damian, who was briefly linked to Too Hot To Handle's Francesca Farago, now appears to be enjoying the single life.
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Does Kelly marry Kenny?

Viewers met Kelly and Kenny during the first season of Love Is Blind, which debuted in 2020. The pair got engaged in the pods, but in a shocking twist, Kelly said “I don't” at the altar. Though she didn't get her happily ever after, the Georgia native doesn't have many regrets from the reality show.
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Are Mark and Jessica still together?

Following their time on the hit Netflix series, Jessica and Mark both moved on in their respective love lives. In September 2021, Jessica announced that she was engaged to Benjamin. Mark, for his part, started dating Aubrey Rainey. They got engaged in November 2020 and share two sons.
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Why did Kelly and Kenny break up?

Kelly and Kenny called it quits after the health coach said no to forever together. Kenny has since gotten engaged to Alexandra Garrison. Meanwhile, Kelly has continued to stay focused on her career and is currently single.
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Do they buy their own rings on Love Is Blind?

Love Is Blind creator Chris Coelen told Variety that most of the cast members do *not* come with their own rings (although obviously Kyle did), saying, “If they want to propose and want to have a ring to give, we provide—up to a certain level—a ring for them to do that with.
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Where do they sleep on Love Is Blind?

As "Love Is Blind" creator Chris Coelen told Netflix's official companion site Tudum, the contestants aren't confined to their pods — they're just not allowed to see their potential match. So when they need to go to the bathroom or get a good night's rest, they are allowed to leave.
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Are Natalie and Shayne still together?

During the season 2 finale, which aired in February, Natalie, 29, ended her engagement to Shayne, 32, following an unaired argument the night before their wedding. The duo reconnected after the cameras stopped rolling, but called it quits for good after a few months.
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Are Barnett and Amber still together?

Amber Pike and Matt Barnett

Despite having cold feet on their wedding day, both Amber and Matt (a.k.a. Barnett) chose to say "I do." But how did these two make out IRL? According to the source, they're still together and very happily married.
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Who pays for the Love Is Blind weddings?

Who Pays for the Weddings? Netflix only covers the “basics” for the weddings, with a rep for the streaming service noting, “But because these are their real weddings, it's up to them as to how to spend their money.”
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Who pays for the wedding dress on Love Is Blind?

Amber Pike, who fell in love with and got married to Matt Barnett in Season 1, told the Los Angeles Times in February 2020 that Netflix essentially took over "the financial part of the wedding." She explained that she and Matt were given choices when it came to dresses, food, and other details, but were expected to ...
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Are Deepti and shake still together?

Although she said yes, the former couple didn't make it to the altar, and they called it quits, primarily over differences in their religious beliefs.
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Are Danielle and Rory still together?

Rory Newbrough and Danielle Drouin

Rory and Danielle were another couple that got engaged on the series but weren't shown. Things didn't work out for them either. “They were together for a little while, and then they broke up,” series creator Chris Coelen told Entertainment Weekly.
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Who is still together from Love Is Blind?

Danielle Ruhl and Nick Thompson

The two got married in the finale. Their fate: Nick and Danielle are still together! At the season two reunion, they revealed that their relationship became a lot easier once the pressure of being on the show was gone.
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Did Kelly and Kenny sleep together?

' He continued: “Nobody told anybody they had to sleep together, they did. Ultimately Kenny and Kelly did not. “We really want to see their authentic journey, and I think you see the real emotion from both Kenny and Kelly when you watch the show.
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Is Giannina and Damian married?

Former Love is Blind stars Damian Powers and Giannina Gibelli, appeared on season 1 of the show. The couple made it to the alter on the show but didn't go through with their TV wedding. While the couple dated for at least two years after the show ended, the two never officially tied the knot.
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Who is LC from Love Is Blind?

Lauren Chamblin (LC)

While LC didn't get engaged on Love Is Blind, she was linked to Mark post-show. She claimed in June 2020 that she broke things off because he was seeing someone else.
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Are iyanna and jarrette still together?

Iyanna and Jarrette are happily married (and killing it professionally, too). Months later, Jarrette and Iyanna continue to prove that their bond is strong. “Me and Iyanna are still happily married, and I just started a new job at my company about two months ago,” Jarrette says.
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Did Jessica Batten get married?

Jessica Batten is ready to turn her "I Don't" into an "I Do." The Love Is Blind star — who famously ended her engagement to Mark Cuevas on the Netflix reality show by saying "I don't" — got engaged to her boyfriend of a year-and-a-half, California-based foot and ankle surgeon Benjamin McGrath, on Sept. 10.
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