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Reality Dating Shows to Binge After Love Is Blind: UK
By Jordan A. · · 4 min read
Love Is Blind: UK closed out August at number ten on the Netflix English TV chart, which is a quiet kind of hit for a show that lives entirely on people talking through a glowing wall. Hosted by Emma and Matt Willis, the British spin on the pods sends singles into blind engagements before they ever lay eyes on each other, and the third season gave us the usual mix of sweet, chaotic and genuinely unhinged. If you have finished it and the couches feel empty, these reality dating shows will keep you fed.
The pull of Love Is Blind is the experiment at its center, the promise that connection can outrun looks, money and every other filter we usually swipe on. The best follow-ups either run their own bold social experiment or just deliver the same messy, addictive human drama. Here is where to aim the remote.
Married at First Sight goes one step further
If the blind engagements are your favorite part, Married at First Sight raises the stakes to their logical extreme. Experts match total strangers, and those strangers meet for the first time at the altar, legally marry, then try to build a real relationship on camera. The long-running series sits on Netflix and Prime Video in the States, and there are enough international versions to lose a month in. It scratches the same nerve as Love Is Blind, the thrill and terror of committing to someone before you truly know them.
The wider Love Is Blind universe keeps the format alive
Netflix has quietly turned the pods into a franchise, with the flagship American series plus editions shot around the world. If you liked the UK cast, the original United States run gives you the same structure with a bigger, brasher tone, and the various country versions let you watch the exact same experiment collide with wildly different dating cultures. It is the easiest possible jump, since you already know the rules, and you can go straight from one finale into another proposal.
The Ultimatum forces a decision
For viewers who come to Love Is Blind for the arguments as much as the romance, The Ultimatum is built on pure pressure. Couples on the brink, where one partner wants marriage and the other is stalling, break up on purpose and move in with someone new for a few weeks before deciding whether to commit or walk. It is a Netflix experiment in the same family, and it produces the kind of confrontations that end up clipped and shared for days. Watch it when you want the drama dialed higher than the sweetness.
Indian Matchmaking brings in the families
Love Is Blind mostly keeps the outside world at arm's length, but Indian Matchmaking does the opposite and it is fascinating for it. It follows a professional matchmaker setting up singles across India and the diaspora, with parents, aunties and astrologers all weighing in on every potential match. If you want reality dating with real cultural texture and a whole support system crowding into every decision, this Netflix series offers a warmer, more grounded version of the search for a partner.
Love Island brings pure summer chaos
When you want reality dating with the volume cranked and the stakes lower, Love Island is the ultimate hangout. A group of singles shares a sunny villa for weeks, coupling up and recoupling as new arrivals shake things up and the public votes on who stays. It has none of the marriage pressure of Love Is Blind, but it more than makes up for it in sheer volume of drama, with new twists dropping almost daily during a season. The various international editions each carry their own flavor, and the format is engineered to be impossible to stop watching once you know the cast. If Love Is Blind is the emotional experiment, Love Island is the party next door, and plenty of reality fans keep both in rotation. Put it on when you want something light, chaotic and endlessly bingeable, the kind of show that quietly turns a lazy week into a full obsession. It also makes a great group watch, since half the fun is arguing with friends over who is actually there for the right reasons.
How to pick your next dating binge
The choice really comes down to the feeling you are after. If you want the hopeful, romantic core of Love Is Blind, lean toward the pods and the softer matchmaking shows. If you are here for the blowups, point yourself at the pressure-cooker formats instead. Reality this bingeable also makes for a great shared watch, which is something we get into in what to watch with your partner, and if British casts are your thing, our guide to the best British shows of all time reaches well beyond reality. For a smarter way to line up your next couch marathon, our couple mode is built for exactly this.
There is a lot of reality dating out there, and most of it is spread across services that never talk to each other. That is the annoying part, since the perfect next show for a Love Is Blind fan might be sitting on an app you forgot you had. BingeNext reads across all of them and hands you the reality series that matches your taste, whether you want romance, chaos or both. Get TV recommendations and keep the party going.
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About the author
Jordan A., Founder, BingeNext
Jordan A. is the founder of BingeNext and writes every guide on this site. He built the recommendation engine after one too many nights lost to the streaming menu, and he still tests every pick the hard way: by watching it.