Love Is Blind: Sweden

Love Is Blind: Sweden
GenreReality
Created byChris Coelen
Presented byJessica Almenäs
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes22
Production
Executive producers
  • Caroline Claesson
  • Andréas Johansson
  • Mattias Olsson
Running time43-75 minutes
Production companyMastiff
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseJanuary 12, 2024 (2024-01-12) –
present
Related
Love Is Blind

Love Is Blind: Sweden (Swedish: Love Is Blind: Sverige) is a Swedish reality television series based on the American show by the same name hosted by Jessica Almenäs, which premiered on Netflix on January 12, 2024, as a three-week event.[1] In March 2024, it was renewed for a second season, which premiered on Netflix on March 14, 2025.

Format

The series follows an equal number of men and women hoping to find love. For 10 days, the men and women date each other in purpose-built "pods", small rooms where they can talk to each other by speaker but not see each other, except through a blue translucent barrier that allows no visual detail.[2][3] The cast members are initially paired in a speed-dating format, but later can choose to have longer dates.[4] The daters may extend a marriage proposal whenever they feel ready.[5] A couple meets face-to-face only after a marriage proposal is accepted. The engaged couples then head to a couples' retreat at a resort for one week.[6] During this trip, they spend time getting to know each other and have their first opportunity to be physically intimate. They also meet the other couples participating in the experiment.[7][8] This format of choosing among suitors without being able to see them has been compared to The Dating Game.[9][10][11]

After the couples' retreat, the engaged couples move together into an apartment complex where they live for the final three weeks of the experiment.[6] At the apartments, they meet their partners' friends and families and learn more about their partners' lives, exploring issues such as finances, recreation, personal habits, and their ultimate primary residence. They also plan weddings to be held at the end of four weeks. During this wedding planning period, the women go wedding dress shopping and the men go suit shopping together, bringing a few friends or family members along. They also make choices such as the design and flavor of their wedding cake. At the altar, each participant decides whether to say "I do" and get legally married.

Each season also has a reunion special released after the final episode.

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
112January 12, 2024 (2024-01-12)March 6, 2025 (2025-03-06)
210March 14, 2025 (2025-03-14)April 3, 2025 (2025-04-03)

Production

The pods used in both seasons are located in Stockholm, Sweden. They have also been used by Love Is Blind: Germany and Love Is Blind: UK.

This is the only Love is Blind spin-off hosted by one person.

See also

  • Sexy Beasts, a dating program on Netflix with a similar premise of disguising contestants' looks with prosthetics and make-up
  • Married at First Sight, a dating program on Peacock where participants marry strangers for a period of eight to ten weeks before they must choose to divorce or stay married.
  • Perfect Match, a dating program where former dating reality television contestants pair up and compete in challenges as they aim to become the most compatible match.

References

  1. ^ Strobaek, Emma (December 7, 2023). "'Love Is Blind Sweden' Reveals the Premiere Date and Jessica Almenäs as Host for the Reality Dating Show". Netflix. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  2. ^ Walsh, Charlotte (February 9, 2024). "No, There Aren't Any Bathrooms in the Love Is Blind Pods". Netflix. Archived from the original on February 12, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  3. ^ Allen, Kelly (October 2, 2024). "11 Shocking Facts About the Love Is Blind Pods". House Beautiful. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "All Your Questions About the 'Love Is Blind' Pods Answered". Netflix. Archived from the original on February 12, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  5. ^ The men receive instructions to propose to the women, but Giannina and Damian proposed to each other in the first season.
  6. ^ a b Chilton, Charlotte (September 28, 2023). "Rules 'Love Is Blind' Cast Has To Follow". Women's Health. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  7. ^ Rosenblatt, Kalhan (February 28, 2020). "Netflix's 'Love Is Blind' brings the reality dating show into 2020". NBC News. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  8. ^ Woerner, Meredith (February 15, 2020). "How Netflix's New Reality Series 'Love Is Blind' Works". Variety. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  9. ^ Jacobs, Julia; Stevens, Matt (April 15, 2023). "Inside the Pods With 'Love Is Blind,' the Reality TV Juggernaut". New York Times. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  10. ^ Perry, Whitney (March 4, 2022). "All the 'Love Is Blind' Couples Who Are Still Together…and the Ones Who Aren't". Glamour. Condé Nast. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  11. ^ Patterson, Troy. "Love Is Blind". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
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