It turns out there were more than seven couples who got engaged on Love Is Blind season 10.
This post includes spoilers for Love Is Blind season 10.
In addition to the seven pairs shown in the newest batch of episodes, Elissa Finley also believed that she found her match in the pods.
“After so much time, I felt more chemistry with Miguel [Lopez] than with Jordan [Faeth], which started to become more of a friend vibe,” Elissa told Tudum in an interview after the Wednesday, February 11, season premiere. “That’s why I went to Miguel.”
Jordan eventually got engaged to Amber Morrison, while Elissa accepted Miguel’s own sight-unseen proposal.
“We got engaged. We did the reveal, and it was awesome,” she gushed to the outlet. “Right away when we saw each other, [there] was chemistry, like I thought it would be.”
Elissa and Miguel’s love story was not chronicled on the show — and allegedly barely made it out of the pods itself. Elissa, 39, claimed that she and Miguel, 32, planned to date when they returned to Ohio, but he abruptly blindsided her with the revelation he was moving away to Florida.
“He stole this experience from me,” Elissa alleged to Tudum. “It was really hard afterward. Since that day, we haven’t talked. That was it.”
Elissa, who now believes she “dodged a bullet” with Miguel, is still searching for that ever-elusive The One.
“[I am] dating with intention. Now, I’m going to ask the harder questions sooner and not waste my time, especially because I’m 39,” she said. “Like, ‘What are your values really? Are you a narcissist?’ Hopefully no. Next time, I’m going to find those red flags real quick.”
For the first time, Love Is Blind season 10 followed seven couples’ engagements: Victor St. John and Christine Hamilton, Brianna McNees and Connor Spies, Emma Betsinger and Mike Gibney, Ashley Carpenter and Alex Henderson, Amber Morrison and Jordan Faeth, Chris Fusco and Jessica Barrett, and Devonta Anderson and Brittany Wicker.
Everyone except for Vic, 34, and Christine, 31, were invited on a post-pod getaway to Mexico.
“We’ve never had the resources to send more than six couples to Mexico,” executive producer Chris Coelen told Tudum. “We felt so good about the couples that for the very first time we chose to follow seven of them, producing the biggest season in Love Is Blind history. In order to make this work, we had to offer one couple the chance to go to Malibu on their own getaway.”
Coelen added, “Christine and Vic had fewer intersecting relationships with the other remaining couples, so we offered them the chance to go to Malibu. We were absolutely thrilled that they accepted. We’re so excited for all of our couples, and are delighted that we can share all of their stories with the world.”
Since the premiere of Love Is Blind in 2020, fans have wondered how effective the concept of speed-dating without seeing the other person actually is. The show, which has aired eight seasons and spawned multiple international iterations, follows singles dating in pods over the course of 10 days. The kicker, of course, is that they […]
Christine and Vic’s relationship will also be featured on the episodes set back in Ohio.
“I believed he was my person regardless. We would’ve had the same connection and the same intimacy even if we were at home,” she said. “This was just such a wild experience. It would’ve been a lot to just be totally submerged in it, and getting to have that alone time with the world turned off was really nice. It was an absolutely beautiful few days. It was hard to leave.”
The first six episodes of Love Is Blind season 10 are now streaming on Netflix. New episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays.
