Calling all single Denverites: If you ever dreamed of getting engaged sight unseen, now is your chance.
Netflix’s reality dating show “Love is Blind” is currently casting locals who are tired of looking for love based solely on physical attraction. Production company Kinetic Content, which reality TV fans can thank for gems like “Married at First Sight and “Claim to Fame,” posted on social media that it’s now casting singles “who are brave, open-minded and ready for a committed relationship” for seasons based in the Mile High City, Washington, D.C. and St. Paul.
Billed as a “social experiment,” the premise of the show is to see if couples can build an emotional connection so strong that their feelings supersede any physical attributes. In fact, participants don’t even get to meet their potential partners face-to-face unless they get engaged first.
Season four, based in Seattle, is currently airing with new episodes added to Netflix on Fridays through April 14.
“Love is Blind” works like a hybrid of speed dating and blind dating. Over the course of a week or so, 30 men and women get to know each other by talking through the walls of individual “pods.” The couples that vibe reconnect day after day and learn more about each other through conversation, games and listening to music.
And when two people think they’ve met their match, they get engaged from opposites sides of the same wall. Only then do they get the opportunity to see one another during a big reveal.
From there, couples have a matter of weeks to live and travel together — alongside other show participants who they may or may not have been dating in the pods — before meeting at the altar to decide if they want to stay together. Or, as hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey often say, to see “if love is truly blind.”
It’s hugely popular, if not totally successful. According to Axios, the three prior seasons have yielded 17 couples and just four remain together.
Enticed? Head over to loveisblind.castingcrane.com to fill out a 78-question survey about your relationship history and why on Earth you think you’re still single.
