Love Is Blind season 1
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The first season of Love Is Blind premiered on Netflix on February 13, 2020, and concluded on February 27, 2020.{{cite magazine |last1=Snierson |first1=Dan |title=Watch singles get engaged without meeting in person in trailer for Netflix reality series |url=https://ew.com/tv/2020/01/30/love-is-blind-netflix-trailer/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=February 1, 2020|date=January 30, 2020 }} A reunion episode was released on March 5, 2020, and a three-part companion piece entitled After the Altar was released on July 28, 2021. The season followed singles from Atlanta, Georgia.
Season summary
Participants
All the participants lived in Atlanta at the time of filming.
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! scope="col"|Age ! scope="col"|Occupation ! scope="col"|Hometown ! scope="col"|Relationship Status |
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| Lauren Speed
| 32 | Content Creator | rowspan="4" |Married, November 2018 |
| Cameron Hamilton
| 28 | Data Scientist |
| Amber Pike
| 27 | Ex-Tank Mechanic |
| Matthew Barnett
| 27 | Engineer |
| Giannina Gibelli
| 25 | Business Owner | rowspan="2"|Split at the wedding; broke up again at the beginning of 2021 |
| Damian Powers
| 27 | Ex-General Manager |
| Jessica Batten
| 34 | Regional Manager | rowspan="4" |Split at the wedding |
| Mark Cuevas
| 24 | Fitness Trainer |
| Kelly Chase
| 33 | Holistic Health and Empowerment Coach |
| Kenny Barnes
| 27 | Sales |
| Diamond Jack
| 28 | Former NBA Dancer | rowspan="2"|Split before the wedding |
| Carlton Morton
| 34 | Social Media Marketer |
| Danielle Drouin
| 27 | Yoga Instructor | rowspan="4" |Split before the wedding{{efn|name=Did not air|This relationship and engagement was not aired in the final cut, but was confirmed by the series creator, Chris Coelen.{{cite magazine |last1=Kinane |first1=Ruth |date=February 14, 2020 |title=Love Is Blind creator on what they didn't show — including even more proposals |url=https://ew.com/tv/2020/02/14/love-is-blind-netflix-dating-show-creator-what-you-didnt-see/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=February 16, 2020}}}} |
| Rory Newbrough
| 28 | Senior Consultant and Content Creator |
| Lexie Skipper
| 26 | Sales Manager |
| Westley Baer
| 27 | Sales Manager and Life Coach | Georgia |
| Lauren "LC" Chamblin
| 26 | Recruiter and Account Executive | rowspan="14"| Not engaged |
| Alyson Costa
| 36 | Pediatric Nurse Client Relations Director | |
| Andy Rickert
| 30 | Welder | |
| Briana Holmes
| 24 | CEO | |
| Ebony Alexis
| 30 | Journalist | |
| India Bridgeforth
| 29 | Project Manager | |
| Jon Smith
| 38 | CEO | |
| Kay Mitchell
| 30 | Administrative Director | |
| Kenneth Smith
| 36 | Master Barber and Shop Owner | |
| Lillie Williams
| 36 | CEO | |
| Matt Thomas
| 28 | Director | |
| Mikey Cobb
| 31 | Business Analyst | |
| Ryan Martin
| 29 | Automotive Sales | |
| Taylor Lupton
| 31 | Creative Director | |
Episodes
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| Title = Is Love Blind?
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| Title = Will You Marry Me?
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| Title = First Night Together
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| Title = Couples Retreat
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| Title = Last Night in Paradise
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| Title = Moving in Together
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| Title = Meet the Parents
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| Title = Countdown to I Do's
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| Title = Bachelor & Bachelorette Parties
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| Title = The Weddings
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| Title = The Reunion
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| Title = Two Years Later
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| Title = Married, Single, and It's Complicated
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| Title = Celebrations and Confrontations
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Unaired engagements
During season 1, a total of eight couples got engaged among the participants.
In addition to the six couples shown on the series, couples Westley Baer and Lexie Skipper and Rory Newbrough and Danielle Drouin also got engaged in the show. Newbrough told People, "As we were preparing to go to the Mexico trip, the leads of the show came in and said, 'Hey, we were expecting maybe one or two [engagements]. The shows we've done before, we've never had this much success. We prepared for five. Then we got eight engagements, so we had to pick who we were going to follow.' We got our phones back. They thanked us graciously and said, 'Sorry, we just don’t have enough to cover everybody.'"{{cite web |last1=Falcone |first1=Dana |title=Love Is Blind Helped 2 More Couples Get Engaged: Why Netflix Didn't Show Their Stories |url=https://people.com/tv/love-is-blind-helped-2-more-couples-get-engaged-why-netflix-didnt-show-their-stories/ |website=people.com |publisher=People |access-date=February 27, 2020 |language=en |date=February 27, 2020 }}
After getting engaged in the pods, Baer and Skipper continued to date for three months before breaking up. Newbrough and Drouin took a week-long trip to Miami together after getting engaged. They broke up after returning from the trip and Drouin decided to pursue a relationship with another participant on the show, Matt Thomas. Thomas and Drouin later split as well.
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