‘Are You the One?’ Couples Status Check: Who’s Still Together and Who Broke Up?
usmagazine.comThere may be plenty of reality dating shows with wild premises out there, but MTV’s Are You the One? is in a class by itself.At the beginning of each season, producers secretly pair contestants into couples based on the results from a matchmaking algorithm.
The cast members then move in together and try to identify all of the perfect matches. If they succeed, they share a prize of $1 million, but each time they guess incorrectly, the prize money drops.For the first seven seasons of the series, which debuted in January 2014, the potential matches were exclusively heterosexual.
In season 8, however, the entire cast identified as sexually fluid, meaning that “perfect matches” were no longer limited to couples of the opposite sex.
The change was lauded for improving inclusivity on the show — and the fact that it became exponentially harder was just an added bonus.One of the show’s most successful love connections happened in season 1 between Amber Lee and Ethan Diamond.
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