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Netflix guilty pleasure “Love is Blind” has been renewed through its fifth season — with Season 3 set to premiere later this year, the streamer confirmed Thursday in a press release sent to the Daily News.
The show last month premiered its long-awaited second season, with the tension-filled reunion dropping earlier this month. The platform on Thursday announced the Season 2 cast will return later this year for a new installment of “Love is Blind: After The Altar,” a more in-depth look at the couples after they exchanged vows or split up.
The series, which according to the release spent five straight weeks atop the streamer’s global top 10 list for English-language shows, sees several couples fall in love — though to what extent is debatable — through a wall and get engaged sight unseen.
They then embark on an expedited period of wedding prep, including meeting the families and living together, before they head to the aisle.
Both seasons of the show, hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, thus far have featured surprise “I do’s” and “I don’ts.”
The news was announced in part through a mock boy band music video, featuring cast mates from both “Love is Blind” and “Too Hot To Handle.”
“Love is Blind” has also made waves internationally, with both a Japanese and Brazilian incarnation.
Netflix on Thursday noted that due to the exponential popularity of the service’s amorous unscripted programs, the streamer will now offer new reality romance shows year-round. The music video even incorporating the slogan, “Love has no offseason” — which former 98 Degrees member Nick Lachey quipped he’d “give ... a solid 97 degrees,” before asking if he could host another of the shows.
The Lacheys will also host “The Ultimatum,” which tests the limits of couples at different places in their relationships — one person wants to get married, the other has cold feet.
In the release, Netflix confirmed an upcoming, currently untitled series which will bring together singles from Netflix reality shows who are still hoping to find love. That show will in fact be hosted by Lachey. Whether Vanessa will join at some point is unclear.
Netflix did not immediately respond to The News’ request for additional information about the untitled show and whether all “Love is Blind 2″ castmates will take part in “After the Altar,” or controversial figures like Abhishek “Shake” Chatterjee might take a pass.
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