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Did love truly conquer all, or was it just a fleeting TV moment? Join us as we explore the captivating world of reality dating shows, celebrating the couples who found lasting romance and those whose happily ever afters fizzled out much too soon. From villa romances to final rose ceremonies, some connections were built to last, while others couldn't survive the real world. Which couple's journey surprised you the most?
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00:00we just had our emotions in each other so five days felt like five years welcome to miss mojo
00:05and today we're looking at the dating show winners who proved reality tv isn't all fake
00:09and five more winning couples that disappointed everyone this list will spoil some seasons of
00:15various shows i love that you're going with your heart a little bit but this feels good yeah
00:20number five split amaya espinal and brian arenalis love island
00:27some champion couples make it a few years before the romance is shattered these two made it only a
00:36few weeks outside the villa social media was abuzz that love island season 7 winners amaya espinal and
00:42brian arenales had unfollowed each other's social media accounts cheating allegations
00:47dogged the pair after they returned from the show's fijian villa this is something that they could just
00:52really just fix through communication you get pushed to do it i like feel like we should
00:57plan something tonight though they put on a united front at the reunion it was no surprise when espinal
01:03confirmed their breakup a few days later the reasons cited were their different ideas about what they
01:09wanted from a partner could you hear others uh sometimes yeah and we had earplugs but baby those
01:16earplugs were not working number five together olivia buckland and alex bowen love island uk
01:22i'm max cereal beans on toast um cheese and beans on toast cheese and beans on toast with mama
01:29honey that's pretty much that's disgusting though they were not technically the winners this runner-up
01:34couple may have done more to legitimize the love island format than any of its winners olivia buckland
01:40and alex bowen captured the british public's hearts on the show's second season even their
01:45nuptials became a television event great that you've come along but as you know traditionally
01:49the groom does not normally get to see what the bride so are you gonna yeah i'm gonna i'm gonna
01:53vanish they starred in a 2018 limited series olivia and alex said yes covering their wedding
02:01preparations this reality tv power couple have managed to stay in the spotlight as social media
02:06influencers they've dedicated their content to sharing the joys and trials of marriage and family
02:10for their devoted followers no because obviously each year we tried to like outdo each other didn't
02:15we yeah and it just got to a stage now where it's like what was that what say it again no no no
02:23number four split ari lion doug jr and becca kufrin the bachelor oh my god i love you
02:31rebecca jell kufrin lion dyke it's got a ring it's got a ring to it these two couldn't even make it
02:41through the reunion season 22's after the final rose ceremony was not exactly a fairy tale ending
02:46for the winning contestant becca kufrin may have won ari lion dyke jr's heart on set but he confessed
02:51that he still had feelings and more of them for runner-up lauren burnham lion dyke's casual dismissal
02:57of his relationship with kufrin was hard to watch kufrin would later enjoy a brief but failed
03:01relationship with garrett yegoyan who won her hand on season 14 of the bachelorette gary will you
03:07accept this final rose yes it's the last time i'll ever do that you can say many things about how
03:16lion dyke handled things but he and burnham turned out to be the real deal they're now married and have
03:21three children i'm sure some people have some questions for both of you and i do hope that
03:26this engagement lasts a longer time thank you chris number four together jordan rogers and jojo
03:33fletcher the bachelorette so as crazy as this journey is going to be just know that it can happen
03:39i know more than anything absolutely do you believe that absolutely abc's bachelor franchise is
03:43undoubtedly the shining example of the dating show genre that doesn't mean its bachelors and bachelorettes
03:49always find everlasting happiness but season 12 bachelorette jojo fletcher and former nfl pro
03:55jordan rogers have done pretty well since their time on the show ended love doesn't need to have
04:00scripts if there's not one way to draw it up there's moments like this where i'm holding your hand like
04:05most good things it took some time the show's finale proposal didn't compel these two to tie the knot
04:10right away in fact it would be almost six years after their season wrapped and rogers won fletcher's
04:16affections that the two married in august 2025 they announced they were expecting a child
04:23giving out that rose was the easiest thing for me to do and accepting this ring was easily the best
04:28moment that i've ever had and i can't wait to start everything with you number three split gabby
04:33windy and eric schwer the bachelorette i know it's like so hard and i think i've felt it for a while but
04:39i do know that i love you after meeting on the bachelor pals rachel rechia and gabby wendy co-starred
04:46on the 19th season of its sister show rechia and her choice at tino franco broke up while the season
04:52was airing several months later wendy and her choice eric schwer announced their breakup wendy
04:57spoke highly of schwer after the relationship ended and with you standing here right in front of me
05:02you remind me of a love that i've only ever known in my dreams schwer has since been linked to another
05:09woman however wendy's journey since the show has been the most interesting she came out as a lesbian
05:15in 2023 and announced that she was in a relationship with actor writer and host robbie hoffman i have
05:20been seeing someone for a couple months and i've been keeping it a little more private because it is
05:26like a bigger story and a bigger conversation um because i'm dating a girl oh number three together
05:34desiree hartsock and chris secret the bachelorette you know i was torn apart by brooks leaving i loved
05:43him and um you know throughout the journey i was torn between the two of you season nine saw his
05:49bachelorette's heart torn to shreds when desiree hartsock's first choice brooks forrester quit the show
05:54in the final weeks it threw her and the audience for a loop she admitted that he was the one for her
06:04you can see it i don't care i don't care that you just broke my heart i love you
06:09some fans felt that the eventual winner chris siegfried was her second choice many thought
06:13the relationship was doomed others saw the whole situation as fate the two have since joined the
06:18pantheon of bachelor nation success stories married since 2015 the couple are still going strong and have
06:23three sons together yeah you find your wife on television and then you get a dog and then you
06:29get a house and then you have kids and then you have another one number two split peter webber and hannah
06:35ann sluice the bachelor few bachelor pairings ended up with more egg on their faces than season 24's
06:41winning couple and we use both terms loosely
06:48except this for us
06:51pilot peter webber immediately threw aside his original choice of hannah ann sluice
06:56he realized he wanted to be with runner-up madison pruett instead he righted that wrong and all was
07:01well in bachelor nation except it wasn't webber and pruett never actually rekindled the relationship
07:07despite how things appeared on after the final rose i'm just really big on that
07:17but you know what you mean i mean but webber tried again this time he moved on to the show's
07:22fifth place contestant kelly flanagan you can accuse pilot peter of many things but you can't
07:27say he didn't weigh his options i feel betrayed enough you betrayed me
07:36and you know it number two together cameron hamilton and lauren speed hamilton love is blind
07:42the inaugural season of netflix's incredibly popular social experiment was full of drama and chaotic
07:47mismatches cameron hamilton and lauren speed had amazing chemistry in the pod we really haven't had
07:53that that time to you know be alone with each other we're definitely sizing each other up yeah
08:00i like what i see from the moment they met face to face we knew they were the fan favorites
08:05although love is blind has churned out season after season few couples were as lovable and easy
08:10to root for as these two they were married in the season finale
08:13every day that we've spent together has been a blessing to me although they're grateful for the
08:22show they don't seem too interested in being tied to it declining to attend a reunion in 2024
08:28in 2025 the couple had their first child i had an open mind but i can say honestly i did not expect
08:35for things to go this far i mean that was my hope and dream but this is bigger than anything i could have
08:41ever imagined number one split jason mesnick and melissa rycroft the bachelor love isn't a game
08:48and sometimes winning is worse than losing former dallas cowboys cheerleader melissa rycroft found that
08:53out on the bachelor's 13th season jason mesnick gave her his final rose only to take it back just
08:59months later i wish more than anything that last day you would have just let me go instead of doing
09:06this to me i'm so mad at you he broke up with rycroft on the show's reunion special instead
09:13he had feelings for the season's runner-up molly malaney i've never felt before you are that right
09:19person i'm waiting to hear that despite the highly controversial way they reunited jason and molly are
09:28still together having married in 2010 rycroft has since made multiple appearances on tv and gone on to
09:34marry and have a family of her own when ty and i were able to give the relationship another shot i
09:39was different yeah and if i had not gone through that i can completely confidently say that ty and
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10:01number one together trista wren and ryan sutter the bachelorette if bachelor nation had a king
10:09and queen it might be these two trista wren was first introduced on the very first season of the
10:14bachelor she was so popular that she even became the very first bachelorette the whole um living once
10:20and taking chances toast yeah it's because i really really want to kiss you and i've been like
10:25completely scared to do it this whole entire time she chose former pro football player and
10:30firefighter ryan sutter as her winner they married on a televised special in 2003. they've continued
10:36sharing their journey as a couple and parents over the past two decades it really is hard to describe
10:41and hope i mean maybe you guys know what it feels like hopefully you do it's it's amazing and i don't
10:47i don't really worry about it ever seeing that original bachelor couple alex michael and amanda marsh
10:52in last trista and ryan are essentially the kelly clarkson of the entire franchise 13 years later
10:58and ryan as romantic as ever i still have that last rose though you do you can see it oh my gosh
11:06it's very delicate which of these couples were you rooting for the most sound off in the comments
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