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CBS News
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Love is Blind casting "brave, open-minded" singles in Philadelphia
Popular Netflix reality show "Love is Blind" is bringing its casting to Philadelphia, looking for "all single men and women who are brave, open-minded and ready for a committed relationship," the show's production company, Kinetic Content, announced in a post on Instagram. Other casting calls are going out for Austin, Texas; St. Louis, Missouri; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Charleston, South Carolina. Eight seasons of "Love is Blind" have already run on Netflix and a ninth season set in Denver, Colorado, is set to premiere Oct. 1. In the show, contestants "date" for a week without seeing each other, only able to hear the other's voice as they take part in different activities. The contestants can then choose to get engaged and finally see each other. Hosted by real-life celebrity couple Nick and Vanessa Lachey, Love is Blind boasted six couples got married over the show's first three seasons. It's not clear if there's a future "Love is Blind" season set in Philadelphia in the works. The city will certainly be a happening place in 2026 as it celebrates the United States' 250th anniversary. Colonial history trivia pods in front of Independence Hall, anyone? If you want to be on the show, Kinetic's Instagram posts links to this 72-question application with some questions important to anyone looking for a prospective partner — do you want kids? Or if you already have kids, are you open to more? What are your hobbies? What do you bring to the table? There's also this fun one: "Is finding love more important to you than being on television or gaining a following via social media? Be honest." You're also prohibited from applying if you are a candidate for public office.


Axios
29-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
"Love Is Blind" wants Philadelphia singles
Here's your shot to find the love of your life on a reality show with millions of people watching, Philadelphia. Driving the news: Netflix's " Love is Blind" is accepting applications from "single men and women" in Philadelphia, per a social media post from Kinetic Content. Casting calls are also out in New Orleans, Austin, St. Louis and Charleston, South Carolina. Yes, but: Is the show going to produce an upcoming season in Philly? Kinetic declined to say. How it works: Fill out an application on Kinetic's website. Must haves: Applicants should be "brave, open-minded, and READY for a committed relationship!" per the post. Plus: You must be single — not involved in a committed intimate or monogamous dating relationship, married, or in the process of getting a divorce, among other fine print, per the application. No candidates for public office, either. The application also asks: "Do you want children in the future?" "Why do you think you are single?" "What are your deal breakers?" Catch up quick: Contestants on the show date without seeing one another — speakingvia pods separated by a frosted glass wall. If love blossoms, they get engaged — and only then can they meet face to face. Couples then move in and spend time together IRL, plan a wedding and decide on their wedding day whether to tie the knot or call it off.


Mint
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Perfect Match 3 OTT release date confirmed! When and where to watch Nick Lachey's reality show, star cast and more here
Perfect Match 3 OTT release date: The latest season of the most awaited reality show 'Perfect Match' is all set to premiere on digital screens soon. Here are some key dates and details about the highly anticipated television series that welcomes back key favourites like AD Smith, Madison Errichiello and Ollie Sutherland. Joining the screen space will be contestants from The Bachelor, Siesta Key, Love Island USA, Love is Blind UK, The Mole, Dated & Related, Too Hot to Handle and more. The new season of the dating series will include personalities from the Netflix universe with host Nick Lachey. Produced by Kinetic Content, Perfect Match Season 3 is scheduled to release on OTT platform Netflix on August 1. Perfect Match Season 3 episodes will be released next month, every Friday for three weeks. Episodes 1 to 6 will start streaming on the OTT platform from August 1. Episodes 7 to 9 will release on August 8 and the final 'Episode 10' will be available on the streaming giant on August 15. Netflix in a post on X stated, 'These Love Islanders are looking for their Perfect Match. Season 3 premieres August 1!' as it revealed the names of 4 Love Islanders — Justine Ndiba, Scott van-der-Sluis, Carrington Rodriguez and Ray Gantt." Building up the excitement, Netflix in another post stated, 'All the melanin this season" as it revealed other six participating contestants. The cast of Perfect Match Season 3 also includes Alex Zamora, Amber Desiree, Clayton Echard, Cody Wright, Daniel Perfetto , Freddie Powell, Louis Russell, Lucy Syed, Madison Errichiello, Olivia Rae, Ollie Sutherland, Quori-Tyler, Rachel Recchia, Ryan Gantt, Sandy Gallagher, Hannah Burns, Jalen Brown, JR Warren and Juliette Porter, Deadline reported. Set in a tropical villa, the reality show will feature contestants pairing up and competing in challenges.


Business Upturn
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Upturn
Love Is Blind Season 9: Release date rumors, cast updates and what to expect next
The reality TV phenomenon Love Is Blind continues to captivate audiences with its unique social experiment, where singles seek love and get engaged without ever meeting face-to-face. Following the drama-filled Season 8, fans are eager for details about Love Is Blind Season 9. From release date rumors to cast updates and what to expect, here's everything we know so far about the upcoming season. Love Is Blind Season 9 Release Date Rumours Netflix has yet to confirm an official release date for Love Is Blind Season 9, but the show's consistent release pattern offers clues. Since Season 2, Love Is Blind has typically dropped two seasons annually: one in February or March and another in September or October. Based on this trend, Season 9 is widely expected to premiere in late September or early October 2025. Cast Updates for Love Is Blind Season 9 Details about the Love Is Blind Season 9 cast remain under wraps, as Netflix typically reveals contestants closer to the premiere date. However, Kinetic Content, the production company behind the series, issued casting calls in July 2024 for singles from Denver, alongside other cities like New England, Columbus, Ohio, Atlanta, and Miami. Applications for Denver closed months ago, indicating the cast has already been finalized. Unlike the Season 7 reunion, which introduced three Season 8 contestants, the Season 8 reunion on March 9, 2025, did not reveal any Season 9 participants. What to Expect from Love Is Blind Season 9 After Season 8's controversies, including villainous cast members and a lack of diversity, Season 9 has an opportunity to redeem the series' reputation. Here's what fans can anticipate: 1. A Potential Shake-Up in Dynamics Vanessa Lachey suggested that Season 9 could be 'the most shocking' yet, hinting at unexpected twists driven by Denver's distinct culture. The show may explore new ways to test emotional connections, possibly introducing more diverse backgrounds or unique challenges to keep the experiment fresh. 2. More Successful Love Stories Season 8 left some fans disappointed with its heartbreak and drama. Season 9 could focus on fostering deeper connections, aiming for more couples to make it to the altar. The casting team may prioritize contestants genuinely seeking love, learning from past seasons' casting missteps. 3. Classic Love Is Blind Format Expect the signature Love Is Blind structure: 10 days of pod dates, engagements, a honeymoon-style retreat (possibly in a new destination), and four weeks of real-world challenges before the weddings. Nick and Vanessa Lachey will return as hosts, guiding the singles through the emotional rollercoaster. 4. Drama and Romance While the goal is love, drama is inevitable. From pod love triangles to real-world tests like meeting families and navigating social media rumors, Season 9 will likely deliver the emotional highs and lows that keep viewers hooked. Ahmedabad Plane Crash


CBC
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Why Love is Blind and other reality TV shows feature your favourite songs
When a couple decided to take their relationship further on the most recent season of Love Is Blind, the moment was soundtracked with a familiar song: Billie Eilish's Birds of a Feather. It wasn't a flash-in-the-pan musical surprise. The season was stacked with familiar needle drops — Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball, Justin Bieber's Holy, Ariana Grande's Into You, Selena Gomez's Lose You to Love Me — a gesture away from the little-known, sometimes generic pop songs that used to meet the show's most emotional moments. Show creator and Kinetic Content CEO Chris Coelen attributed the pivot to the show's anniversary. "We decided, in this Season 8, to coincide with our fifth anniversary, to really embrace popular music in a big way," he said. "And so, we ended up using — throughout the entire season and in every episode — we used popular music cues." Love Is Blind isn't the only reality show that walks the line between what viewers have labelled "real songs" and unfamiliar music. Who's making the decisions? It's not artificial intelligence, where "nobody controls the copyright," says The Bachelor music supervisor Jody Friedman. "There's too much risk involved with using AI music in these projects." Excluding big-time pop records, the music used on television comes from a number of sources. It can be custom, original music by the show's composers. It can be licensed directly from artists, or from sync agents, production music libraries or a "one stop," what supervisors call a company that has the rights to license both the master recording and the composition rights. Music supervisors might also turn to covers of well-known songs. On the most recent season of The Bachelor, Friedman used a cover of Phil Phillips' Sea of Love, a classic '50s tune. It's more affordable to pay to license a cover than the original recording — "and creatively, it's a modern take on an old song," he says. Love Island USA music supervisor Sara Torres also uses covers. "That can bring in other listeners that may not necessarily be into pop, but if they hear the song in a different genre, it might pull them in, to go back and listen to the original version," she says. Music libraries — companies that represent music catalogues for licensing purposes — are key, too, because if a song is too expensive to license, a supervisor can instead find a song that evokes the feeling of BTS' Butter without having to pay for it. "The indie libraries, let's say, for TV, could be anywhere from $1,000-$1,500 [US] per needle drop use," says Friedman. For TV shows in general, bigger commercial songs can range from $20,000 to upward of $100,000 US, with high-profile songs earning more depending on the use, he says. Top 40s hits in reality TV The use of instantly recognizable pop music differs from program to program. Love Is Blind has used popular music in the past, but sparingly. Coelen points out the use of Lee Ann Womack's I Hope You Dance in Bliss Poureetezadi and Zack Goytowski's story in Season 4. But the frequency of Top 40 hits in the most recent season is new. He says the benefit of using these songs, creatively, is that it "elevates the experience," for the viewer: "Emotions are so connected to certain pieces of music, and they can conjure up feelings that we relate to." Kinetic Content declined The Associated Press' request to speak with the show's music supervisor, Jon Ernst. Love Island USA featured songs like Chappell Roan's Kaleidoscope and Sabrina Carpenter's Please Please Please in its most recent season. Executive producer James Barker points out that the original U.K. show has always used commercial music, and therefore the U.S. version has endeavoured to do the same. "The show is meant to feel like you're on vacation with your best friends. Of course, when you're on vacation, you're sharing music," he says. "I think that translates into how we create the show." Torres agrees. She adds that the show typically uses more commercial music in the beginning of the season, and then again in the finale — when "you want that big impact." Because the show has a quick turnaround time, with six episodes a week — "whatever happens in Fiji on Monday airs Tuesday in America," as Barker describes it — the show team "pre-clears" over a thousand songs, just in case they work for a particular narrative moment. That means requests are sent out to publishers and labels ahead of time, but they're not paid for until the tracks are selected. As a show with more lead time, The Bachelor has long used commercial songs in its programming. This year's season, the show's 29th, had several memorable musical moments, including a Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin needle drop when I Like It played as the cast made their way to Madrid. WATCH | Texas Hold 'Em co-writer Lowell talks about her Juno nomination: Making hits for Beyoncé and fighting for Canadian songwriter recognition 3 days ago Duration 10:23 After picking up Grammy nominations for her contribution to Beyoncé's Texas Hold 'Em, Calgary-born Elizabeth Lowell Boland is also up for the inaugural non-performing songwriter award at this year's Junos — a category she's long wanted to see celebrated in Canada. "This is my first season with The Bachelor, but historically they've used Colbie Caillat, Boyz II Men, Backstreet Boys," lists Friedman. "They used Billie Eilish last season. This season, we used a David Guetta track, Dropkick Murphys for the episode in Boston. There's a Karol G track." He adds The Bachelor does use a lot of recognizable pop songs, typically one or two per episode. "Each episode does have a budget. So, while they may splurge on a pop song, the rest of the budget" is spent on other music that comes at a lower cost, he says. For Love Is Blind, Coelen says simply: "The answer is yes."