A Complete Guide to Every Dating Show Premiering in 2023: ‘Farmer Wants a Wife’ and More

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The queue never ends. While The Bachelor will remain an eternal staple of the dating show genre, networks and streaming services have plenty of new series coming in 2023 to keep viewers entertained after the final rose.After the success of Love Is Blind and Too Hot to Handle, Netflix added Perfect Match to its repertoire in February.

The reality series follows singles from other Netflix unscripted titles — The Circle, The Ultimatum and more — as they pair up into potential matches and compete to see which twosome has the best connection.“This is like The Hunger Games for dating,” Chase DeMoor, an alum of Too Hot to Handle, quipped in a trailer for the series, which — like Love Is Blind — will drop episodes multiple times per season.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesPerfect Match started making headlines weeks before it even premiered, with Love Is Blind season 2 alum Natalie Lee claiming that ex-fiancé Shayne Jansen was auditioning for the newer show while they were still dating.“He was casting for the show in Nov 2021 while we were in a relationship (obviously behind my back),” the consulting manager claimed in a TikTok comment posted in January. “So HELL YES I WILL BE WATCHING lol.”Shayne, however, disputed his ex’s version of events, sharing text messages via Instagram that he claimed were from Natalie.

In one message, Natalie allegedly encouraged Shayne to join Perfect Match, writing: “I really want you to enjoy life because this show for you is a once in a lifetime opportunity.”Natalie then hit back again, claiming that Netflix’s casting team approached her and Shayne to be on the show in September 2021 without realizing the pair had rekindled their romance after splitting during Love Is Blind.