'Netflix reveals fate of hit show' - just days after Holly Willoughby's Celebrity Bear Hunt was given the AXE
Netflix has reportedly commissioned a third season of the hit reality dating show Love Is Blind - just days after Holly Willoughby 's big-budget show Celebrity Bear Hunt was cancelled.
According to The Sun, the streaming giant is eager to press ahead with another instalment of the dating series, even before the second season has aired.
The reality show invites singles to fall in love without ever seeing each other, let alone kissing.
Married couple Emma, 49, and Matt Willis, 42, host the UK version of the global format, which sees contestants date from either side of a wall, aiming to reach a marriage proposal.
Only once they have become engaged are the couples allowed to meet face-to-face.
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The series then follows them as they decide whether to go through with the wedding and prove that love truly can be blind.
The first season was a massive success, attracting 40.9 million views in its first month.
Discussing the future of the show, a source told the publication: 'Everyone at Netflix was thrilled when the UK took to Love Is Blind as passionately as its global counterparts.
'The second series will air this summer, but Netflix has begun work on series three as it's such a no-brainer.'
MailOnline has contacted Netflix for comment.
The news follows the cancellation of Celebrity Bear Hunt, which has been axed after just one season.
The programme, which was set in Costa Rica and was hosted by Holly, 44, alongside Bear Grylls, 50, will not return for another series despite Bear hoping it would.
Sources close to the show, which aired in February, say that while the ratings did well, it was expensive to make, and Netflix is now planning to do more live events rather than pre-recorded shows.
A source told MailOnline: 'Everyone was very proud of the show, but when it came to it, it was just so expensive to make.
'You had to have a whole set in Costa Rica, loads of staff and loads of celebrities. The overheads were eyewatering.'
It is understood that cheaper locations were looked at, but nothing appeared to be suitable.
Celebrity Bear Hunt had an impressive lineup of celebrities, including Spice Girl Mel B and tennis player Boris Becker, who would not have been cheap to hire, according to sources.
Other celebrities that took part included Lottie Moss, Danny Cipriani, Big Zuu, Joe Thomas, Kola Bokinni, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Leomie Anderson, Shirley Ballas, Steph McGovern and Una Healy.
The show, which was Holly's first programme with Netflix, featured twelve celebrities who are sent to a jungle in Costa Rica, where they were forced to avoid being hunted down by Grylls.
Along the way, the celebrities faced various challenges and had to solve puzzles.
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