Love Is Blind announces a new batch of singles ripe for the “experiment”

Love Is Blind, where contestants test the titular theory by courting each other without meeting face to face, returns for season 4 on March 24

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Love Is Blind announces a new batch of singles ripe for the “experiment”
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Love Is Blind, the grand Netflix romantic experiment hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, returns for season 4 later this month, and that means one thing: a new batch of wide-eyed, looking-for-love hopefuls have arrived for our viewing pleasure. This season, there are thirty new singles heading into the show’s hallmark enclosed Pods, where couples foster relationships without ever seeing each other’s faces to test the series’ titular theory.

Although Love Is Blind contestants aren’t afforded as straightforward character introductions as their peers on another, rose-centric series, the new crop of contestants come equipped with personal “bios” highlighting their dating needs, personal interests, and pet peeves. Join us, as we dutifully chronicle them all— you know, for history!

Amber – 34, Flight Attendant. Anyone “messy and selfish” need not apply to be Amber’s next fling; when she cares, she cares “BIG.”

April – 29, Sales & Marketing Coordinator. April doesn’t want to “look back and regret” her choices but definitely does want someone “older, successful and tall.”

Ava – 32, Communications Specialist. Hygiene is her number one, and if cleanliness is close to godliness for a suitor, she’s ready to be “wifey material.”

Bill – 33, Real Estate Investor. Bill wants “unconditional love” not “surface level relationships,” and jokes around a little too much (scary-coded).

Bliss – 33, Senior Program Manager. Sick of dating the “wrong men,” Bliss is over anyone unwilling to bring “emotional support” to a relationship.

Brandie – 39, Real Estate Broker. Brandie can no longer tolerate men who “look good on paper” and “tell you what you want to hear”; she’d prefer a potential lover try a little “honesty.”

Brett – 36, Design Director. Brett’s ready to let someone new into his heart, as long as they’re “financially stable” and a “good listener.”

Chelsea – 31, Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist. Chelsea “isn’t messing around” anymore—which means no more dating “white, hiker, tech dudes.”

Chris – 32, Technical Recruiter. Ever-popular Chris gets “option paralysis” on dating apps; he wants an “emotional connection before a physical one” but still set on someone “athletic.”

Conner – 28, Operations Manager. Conner’s ready for an “old school” romance with a “family oriented” woman who “loves God”—for the lucky devout lady, he’ll bring his “witty and funny” to the mix.

Irina – 26, Business Owner. Irina’s guilty of falling too hard too fast in the search for a “best friend to do life with”—where oh where have all the “driven, creative and passionate” men gone, she wonders?

Jack – 30, Software Sales. Jack is clearly gunning for a fatherhood arc by seeking out someone “nurturing, loyal and genuine” who “would be a great mom.”

Jackelina – 27, Certified Dental Assistant. Jackelina has never been in a relationship and wants to start off strong by finding her “daddy.”

Jimmy – 29, Technical Product Manager. Jimmy wants someone who’s not “afraid to suck at something” (although proceed with caution: he also has a self-professed struggle with being “quick to judge others’ actions.”)

Josh – 31, Project Engineer. Josh is looking for a “down to earth” partner after getting out of a seven-year relationship and deciding it’s “hard to find anything of substance.”

Josh “JP” – 30, Plant Operations Director. JP is open to “all types” of women, as long as they like the Florida Mariners and aren’t “immature.”

Juan – 30, Mortgage Loan Officer. Juan is waiting for the “right woman that’s the full package,” who won’t judge him for being “unorganized with clothing” at home.

Kacia – 31, Family Support Specialist. Kacia is ready to fall for someone “tall, dark and handsome” who she’ll bring along to “every family party and holiday.”

Kendra – 33, Social Worker. Kendra’s in search of a man “thoughtful” enough to pipe down and pay attention to “things that matter to me even if they aren’t a priority to him.”

Kwame – 33, Sales Development Manager. Long over the “meet up, try it out, fail and try again” of dating, Kwame wants to connect with someone who can match his energy. So far, it’s been “tough.”

Marshall – 27, Marketing Manager. Throughout his dating escapades, Marshall still hasn’t found a “deep mental and emotional connection” with a partner (but struggles historically with “perfectionism.”)

Micah – 27, Marketing Manager. Micah is shooting for the moon with a “world-shifting, fairy-tale type of love,” but used to falling among the stars; needless to say, the “old way” of dating “isn’t working” for her anymore.

Molly – 32, Marriage & Family Therapist. Molly is ready to embark on a “new adventure” with an all-too-common and oft-maligned genre of man: the “successful frat guy.”

Monica – 31, Elementary School Teacher. Monica has dated “all types of men,” but going forward she’s unwilling to tolerate a future husband who doesn’t make her feel “safe and accepted.” Frankly, fair!

Paul – 29, Environmental Scientist. Paul feels “unrealistically optimistic” about finding love (that is, of course, blind)—but only expects to strike up a romance if he can push past his habit of “getting bored.”

Quincy – 36, Gym Owner & Fitness Coach. Quincy is ready to “open up and truly let a woman in” as long as she’s not “cocky” (male manipulator coded).

Ryland – 29, Commercial Insurance & Real Estate. A self-professed dating snob, Ryland is “very picky,” so any potential paramours should bring “good food and lovin’” to the table.

Tiffany – 37, Client Lead Recruiter. Tiffany seems fun-forward; she wants to go on “random and unique dates” with someone who doesn’t “crave a lot of time and attention.”

Wendi – 28, Aerospace Engineer. Wendi is the rare LIB contestant who is “too content” to seek out love—but she’s still heading into a pod in an attempt to meet “awesome people and potentially find love.”

Zack – 31, Criminal Defense Attorney. Characteristically given his work, Zack loves “arguing for fun” but get this; he’s also into “steak … and a thoughtful gesture.” Men really can have it all.

Love Is Blind returns on Netflix on March 24.

13 Comments

  • murrychang-av says:
  • thegobhoblin-av says:

    There is never enough eye gouging in these kinds of shows.

  • fireupabove-av says:

    I love this goddamn stupid-ass show. People get to express their love for complete strangers freely and then one of them gets drunk and proposes, the other gets drunk with wedding planning thoughts and says yes, then their doors open and they each get blasted point-blank in the face with a giant cannon full of insecurities, because yes, you are too fat/ugly/short/religious/broke for her/him. It’s amazing.

    • actionactioncut-av says:

      The show is so stupid; I love it. I watch the international versions (with subtitles rather than the shitty Netflix dubs) — the lack of the Lacheys is refreshing. A guy on the second season of Love is Blind: Brazil was so unable to handle the fact that the girl he chose was fat that he started shaking the moment he saw her and then quit the show rather than be with her a minute longer. All while pretending it was because he was intimidated by her strong personality; truly insane. 

      • operasara-av says:

        And in the second season of Brazil we had a guy tell his girl that he didn’t love her and then was shocked when she wouldn’t go thought the wedding.

        And, in the first season of Brazil one of the girls showed up to the reunion pregnant by another contestant.

        Brazil is a hot mess, but oh so fun and the weddings were breathtaking.

        • actionactioncut-av says:

          Both seasons of Brazil were messy as hell. The weddings on Brazil and Japan have been better than US for sure.And in the second season of Brazil we had a guy tell his girl that he didn’t love her and then was shocked when she wouldn’t go thought the wedding. The sheer audacity of Guilherme to ask that of Maíra. Also, you just know gold digger Tiago was kicking himself for not considering her as an option when he saw Maíra’s dad’s big ass house…

    • chris-finch-av says:

      The way they specifically cast people whose idea of Love is “get married and have as many kids as possible,” people who are so immediately clingy and obsessive that they can never hold down a partner in the real world, people who need their partner to reflect their idealized self rather than be a full messy person, is so deeply manipulative. It’s entertaining as hell.

  • hayley23-av says:

    It looks like the majority of the new cast is 30+ which I think is a really good idea. Hopefully these people are more likely at a point in their lives where they actually are looking for marriage and not just a moment in the spotlight. I mean, yeah, it’s trashy reality so I’m sure they’re fame seeking, but it’s just nice seeing an older group.

    • chris-finch-av says:

      Occasionally while watching this show I’ll think to myself there’s a less exploitative version; it’s clear they cast people who aren’t mature enough to go through an experience like this, or at least it’s the super impulsive/messy ones who make it to a proposal (one of my favorite parts of the show is when the contestants are all hanging out together between “dates,” and the super-dramatic person who’s clearly making it past the pods is talking the ear off a very even-keeled-but-bored flight attendant who is too pragmatic to get far in this show), and I get the impression they’re coached and/or pressured to stick with their partner, even when they know things aren’t working. Maybe you’re right, and the age group means we’ll get the less-icky version of this show.But watch as we tune in and it’s several thirty-somethings who are messy and undateable and even more desperate to nail down a partner as they move towards middle age.

  • frankwalkerbarr-av says:

    If this is an experiment, where is the IRB approval? And the experimental protocol? I do not recommend this proposal for funding.

  • whocareswellallbedeadsoon-av says:

    Could be Miami Marlins, could be Seattle Mariners. But there are no Florida Mariners.

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