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Not every reality romance is built to last — but some shows do better than others! Join us as we rank the most popular dating shows based on their real relationship success rates, long-term couples, and authentic partnerships still going strong today. Our ranking includes "90 Day Fiancé," "Bachelor in Paradise," "Love Is Blind," "Married at First Sight," and more! Which show surprised you most?
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00:00Georgie, would it be alright if we actually kissed?
00:07Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're ranking the most popular dating shows based on a few factors.
00:13How many long-term couples they've created, the franchise's reputations for authentic relationships,
00:19and successful partnerships that are still together today.
00:30Number 10, Too Hot to Handle.
00:32Alright, so we're gonna play the blindfold game, guys.
00:34There's no rules, just do whatever.
00:36Kiss, feel, touch, smell, we can do whatever, and we gotta figure out who did what.
00:41Why not? Seems like the perfect icebreaker for a bunch of people who met nine hours ago.
00:45This Netflix series takes contestants who think they've been cast on a regular dating show,
00:51and presents them with a shocking twist.
00:54Any sexual contact of any kind will decrease their prize money.
00:58These guys are screwed.
01:01God, this is gonna be hard.
01:02Just not in the way they want to be.
01:05I'm sure I can keep my legs closed for 100k.
01:08If I'm tempted, I'll be like, think of your nan! Think of your nan!
01:14In 2020, the first season became a guilty pleasure sensation,
01:18but the entertainment came more from the hilarious drama than any true couple goals romances.
01:24It has since earned a reputation for fake relationships and creating clout chasers.
01:30Many cast members have gone on to become serial reality TV stars.
01:34From all six seasons, there's only one unlikely partnership that's still going strong.
01:39I really think I love him, just a little bit.
01:44I want you to be part of my life.
01:46I want you to, like, meet my mates, want you to be my mom, my dad, my family.
01:50I think I'd definitely fall in love with a girl, yeah.
01:53Number nine, Farmer Wants a Wife.
01:55Are you excited?
01:57Yeah!
01:58Have you been to a rodeo?
01:59Oh yeah!
02:00A couple of yeses, a lot of noes.
02:02As you might guess from the title, this show pairs Farmers Looking for Love
02:06with a group of women from the city to see if opposites really do attract.
02:10With a strong focus on creating long-term partnerships,
02:13the franchise prides itself on having played matchmaker for more than 200 marriages worldwide.
02:19Amanda, where there has been cold, you have brought warmth.
02:25When there has been dark, you have brought light.
02:30I pledge before this assembled company to be your husband to this day forward.
02:38In 2023, the series was rebooted in the U.S.,
02:42and although there were initially four couples from three seasons,
02:46all of the pairings seem to have since parted ways.
02:49After falling short of the format's expectations,
02:52the American version has a lot of catching up to do.
02:55We'll just go from there.
02:56If I had no girl to go to...
02:59I know I didn't get the fairytale ending that I was hoping for yet,
03:02but I've learned to be more open.
03:04I've learned to be more vulnerable.
03:06I like a better version of myself.
03:07Number 8.
03:08Are You The One?
03:09Even thinking about Dylan being with another girl
03:11or being somebody else's perfect match,
03:14it's like a blow to my stomach.
03:16It would kill me inside if he wasn't my perfect match.
03:19Joining the cast of a reality TV series
03:22often requires an extensive interview process.
03:24But Are You The One? takes it a step further.
03:27It also gathers data to create perfect matches.
03:31This whole experience is just overwhelming.
03:33Steven brought the positive side of me out.
03:35But in the same way, it kind of prevented us from
03:39maybe finding out who our real perfect match is.
03:43Using a series of tests and opinions from a therapist,
03:46a psychologist, and even exes,
03:48the show created its own matchmaking algorithm.
03:51However, since it starred on MTV in 2014,
03:55their system's long-term success rate
03:57isn't much to brag about.
03:58Of the six couples still together today,
04:01only one is with their intended pairing,
04:03proving that data can't always determine love.
04:06Love's not something you can go to the store and pick up.
04:09It happens.
04:10And most often, when you least expect it.
04:13I was not really expecting
04:15to be into this girl this much.
04:17Number 7.
04:18The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
04:19After over 20 years of handing out roses,
04:23The Bachelor and The Bachelorette
04:24are two of the most well-known dating shows worldwide.
04:28However, the on-screen happily ever afters
04:30don't always last.
04:32You've done enough damage.
04:39I'm done.
04:40Here you go.
04:41Here's this.
04:45We're done.
04:47I didn't mean that.
04:48From a combined 50 seasons,
04:51there are only nine couples who are still together.
04:54More often than not,
04:55the pairings part ways shortly after,
04:57end up going through messy public breakups or divorces,
05:01or share that things weren't actually the way they seemed on TV.
05:04I just feel like this experience has been taken away from me
05:09because I didn't know all the details.
05:12I was being told half-truths and lies.
05:14And you were, and you, oh, you wanted me to have clarity.
05:17And clarity means...
05:20Truth.
05:21Truth.
05:21So far, The Golden Bachelor is off to a more promising start
05:25with a 50% success rate from the first two seasons.
05:28But only time will tell if it can help boost
05:30the format's less-than-impressive track record.
05:33I have a ring,
05:34and this represents our commitment to love,
05:39to give us time to figure out together
05:41what our future holds.
05:47What do you think?
05:49I agree.
05:50I think it would be absolutely wonderful.
05:52We're just completely on the same page with that.
05:54Number 6.
05:56Love Island.
05:57I really, like, don't like to put labels on it
06:00because it's so early and things change so quickly.
06:03But things are going as good as you can imagine.
06:07Since originating in the UK,
06:09the rotating number of contestants and couples on Love Island
06:12has provided plenty of opportunities for sparks
06:14and riveting hot people banter.
06:16While the American version initially struggled to gain traction,
06:20the cast of Season 6 helped put it on the map.
06:23First time I laid these blind eyes on you.
06:26I walked into the villa,
06:27and I saw you at the fire pit.
06:29You faced trials and emotional roller coasters.
06:32When I say these words,
06:33I mean them.
06:36This is so much beauty.
06:38I can't handle it.
06:39Today, there are about six pairings
06:41still going strong from the last three years.
06:44But the show's overall success percentage
06:46is only around 10%.
06:47Still, the format doesn't promise proposals.
06:50And since moving to Peacock,
06:52the series is off to a surprisingly hopeful start.
06:55The popular power couples are proof
06:57that it could actually be possible
06:59to find love in the villa.
07:00But only time will tell.
07:02Our first date post-villa.
07:04I guess your birthday.
07:05Oh yeah, that was our first date.
07:06Your birthday.
07:07And now we have a birthday
07:09and an anniversary together.
07:11Number five, love on the spectrum.
07:13Have you ever been on a date before?
07:15No, I haven't.
07:17For the first time.
07:18I've never been on a date before either.
07:20This Netflix show takes an in-depth look
07:22at the romantic lives of young adults
07:24on the autism spectrum.
07:25Taking on more of a documentary style,
07:28producers encourage the cast members
07:30to meet potential partners
07:31and go on a series of set-up dates.
07:34I thought about my first kiss so many times.
07:37I just...
07:52So far, the series has had its fair share
07:54of success stories,
07:56with five couples from the last four years
07:58who stayed together after their seasons.
08:00While love on the spectrum
08:01has been met with some criticisms
08:03for its narrow portrayal
08:04of autistic individuals,
08:06it's also earned praise
08:07for putting a hopeful spin
08:08on the dating show format.
08:10No, sometimes I'm in my head
08:12But when I'm with you,
08:14I'm in the world instead
08:16No one treats me better
08:18We're so good together
08:19Will you be my boyfriend forever?
08:23Number four, married at first sight.
08:25I think my biggest fear right now
08:27is we're overdoing it
08:29and, you know,
08:31because it's not normal.
08:32You know, we never really eased into it.
08:34What are you scared of?
08:35I'm scared it's gonna switch.
08:36I'm gonna like you.
08:38And then you're gonna not like me.
08:40Many dating shows feature
08:41a cast of young singles
08:43who struggle with commitment,
08:44but this series takes
08:45a completely different approach.
08:47Contestants are matched together
08:48by experts before simulating
08:50married life for eight weeks.
08:52And it isn't always smooth sailing.
08:54You can roll your eyes.
08:55That's all I need to see.
08:56I'm rolling my eyes
08:57because you're yelling at me.
08:58But it's okay.
08:59It's okay.
08:59So then we don't need to talk.
09:01Then we don't need to talk.
09:02By the end,
09:02each pairing must decide
09:04if they want to continue
09:05or separate.
09:06And after 19 seasons,
09:08more than half have made
09:09the initial decision
09:10to stay together.
09:11That statistic might seem
09:13surprisingly high,
09:14but the experiment
09:15doesn't always stick.
09:16Between the couples
09:17who end up parting ways
09:18or later getting divorced,
09:19the show's long-term success rate
09:21actually ends up
09:22at around 14%.
09:24It's been a lot of hurt
09:26and I can't ignore that,
09:28you know.
09:29So I don't know
09:30if I can stay in this.
09:33Number three,
09:34Love is Blind.
09:35This literally is the first time
09:36an experiment like this
09:37has ever been done.
09:39We all have to remember
09:40this central question.
09:42Is love truly blind?
09:46We hope so.
09:47Since its debut
09:48on Netflix in 2020,
09:50Love is Blind
09:50has become
09:50an international sensation.
09:52The show tests
09:53how relationships form
09:54when you eliminate
09:55physical appearances
09:56and it's gone viral
09:57for all of the shady,
09:58dramatic,
09:59and hilarious moments
10:00that ensue.
10:01Um,
10:05I never thought
10:06I could care for someone
10:07that would bring me to tears.
10:09However,
10:09even with all of the tears,
10:11both real and fake,
10:12shed along the way,
10:14the show has a surprising
10:15amount of successes
10:16to its name.
10:16From the pods
10:17to proposals
10:18to saying I do,
10:1915 couples
10:20have gotten married
10:21over the course
10:22of nine seasons.
10:2313 of those marriages
10:24lasted more than a year
10:26and eight are still
10:27together today.
10:28I forgot the exact term
10:29for it,
10:30but I just love
10:31people's minds
10:32and how they are
10:33the way they are.
10:35You love my mind.
10:37I love your mind.
10:38I'm like envious.
10:40I'm like,
10:41oh my God,
10:41I love the way you think.
10:42Tell me more.
10:43Number two,
10:44Bachelor in Paradise.
10:45I've never felt
10:47for anyone
10:48the way I feel
10:48for you.
10:49You know,
10:50I just,
10:51I've never felt that way,
10:52so it's hard
10:53to let it go.
10:54With the sheer amount
10:55of scandals
10:55and drama
10:56that this show
10:57has produced
10:57over the last decade,
10:59it might be shocking
10:59to see the Bachelor
11:00spinoff
11:01so high on the list.
11:02However,
11:03with more than
11:04a dozen couples
11:04who have gotten married
11:05or entered
11:06committed partnerships,
11:07the series'
11:08second chance premise
11:09has proved
11:09to be much more successful.
11:11We have so much history
11:12here in Paradise.
11:13We met here,
11:15got engaged here,
11:16and now we're
11:17getting married here.
11:19I love you now
11:20and forever,
11:21and I know that together
11:22we will be the greatest team
11:24the world has ever seen.
11:26The episodes along the way
11:27don't always demonstrate
11:28the healthiest
11:29relationship building,
11:30but around one-third
11:31of the finale pairings
11:32have ended up
11:33staying together.
11:34Though it isn't
11:35always pretty,
11:36Bachelor in Paradise
11:37proves that the franchise
11:38can be more than
11:39just an entertainment hoax.
11:41We're engaged!
11:43Yay!
11:44Look at what I got!
11:45Ah!
11:47We went with our hearts
11:48and we'll figure
11:49the other stuff out later.
11:50The two most logical
11:51people on this beach
11:52just followed their hearts
11:54and got engaged.
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12:10Number one,
12:1290 Day Fiancé.
12:13Eleven months
12:14after I met Thais,
12:15I ended up
12:16proposing to her
12:17and she said yes.
12:20We applied
12:21for the K-1 visa
12:22and she's gonna
12:23be here in five days.
12:25A far cry
12:25from fantasy suites
12:27and villa hideaways,
12:28this documentary-style
12:29series follows
12:30fiancés applying
12:31for an American visa
12:32that requires them
12:33to relocate
12:34and get married
12:35within 90 days.
12:36Since its debut
12:37in 2014,
12:39the show has become
12:39a reality TV fan favorite
12:41and around half
12:42of the couples
12:43are still going strong.
12:58Although starting out
12:59with existing relationships
13:00definitely helps,
13:01the combination
13:02of cameras,
13:03culture shock
13:04and a time crunch
13:05can quickly turn
13:06explosive.
13:07However,
13:07there have still
13:08been some diamonds
13:09in the rough
13:10and even with
13:11all of the high-stakes drama,
13:12the popular franchise
13:13still comes out on top
13:14with more than
13:1530 couples together
13:16to this day.
13:31Which of these statistics
13:34surprised you the most
13:35and which show
13:36do you think
13:37is the best
13:37at matchmaking?
13:38Let us know
13:39in the comments.
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