Itâs been five years since Love Is Blind first premiered!
Though the Netflix hit was filmed in 2018, it wasnât until Feb. 13, 2020, that fans were introduced to the dating show that begs the question, âIs love blind?â A counter to the regular dating show format, Love Is Blind allowed singles to meet within the confines of a âpodâ where they got to talk, form a connection and get engaged before meeting face to face.
Now, ahead of the showâs season 8 premiere on Valentineâs Day, take a look back at how the couples from season 1 are doing half a decade later.
Lauren and Cameron
Instant fan-favorites Lauren Speed-Hamilton and Cameron Hamilton, who also got married on the show, recently celebrated âsix years of love, laughter and building a beautiful life togetherâ in November 2024.
âEvery day with you is a reminder that love truly is the best adventure. Thank you for being my partner, my rock and my greatest joy,â the couple wrote in a joint Instagram post. âHereâs to forever, my love. đâš Happy Anniversary to us!â
Following their time on the show, the two released a book together titled Leap of Faith: Finding Love the Modern Way in June 2021 and documented their lives on their YouTube Channel, Hanging with the Hamiltons. They launched The Love Seatpodcast in October 2024 and have recently shared about their difficult fertility journey with fans.
Giannina and Damian
Though Giannina Gibelli and Damian Powers did not get married at the end of their season, they did continue dating after the show wrapped in 2018. But by August 2021, Gibelli confirmed the end of their relationship.
Gibelli later found love with another reality star and went Instagram official with The Bacheloretteâs Blake Horstmann in June 2022 after the pair met while filming the Paramount+ competition series All Star Shore.
In March 2024, Gibelli and Horstmann welcomed their first child together and were engaged by November.
âOur love story has been everything Iâve always dreamt it would be and more,â Gibelli told PEOPLE exclusively. âAs soon as I met Blake, I knew he was my soulmate and I know the universe was always leading me to him. Being together forever and creating our family is literally the joy of my life.â
Gibelliâs Love Is Blind match Damian Powers also continued his reality TV career, later appearing on Perfect Match where he briefly had a fling with Too Hot To Handleâs Francesca Farago, though that relationship fizzled. More recently, heâs been dating fellow reality star Kariselle Snow on and off.
Kenny and Kelly
When it came time for Kelly Chase and Kenny Barnesâ wedding during season 1 of the dating show, Chase inevitably said that though she did love him, she couldnât marry him.
The former couple later shared that they always knew they werenât going to end the show married, but rather keep dating once the cameras turned off. While Chase maintained thatâs what they agreed on, thatâs not how things ultimately panned out.
âI thought that we were going to continue dating because that was communicated between us,â Chase told PEOPLE. âAnd then it was our last filming day, and he had a conversation with me like, âHey, I think I am not emotionally available right now. I need to take some time apart from you.â I felt very rejected, like, âThat wasnât the plan. What the heck?'â
Since the show, Chase dated one of her friends who actually attended her Love Is Blind wedding, though that eventually ran its course. At the start of 2025, she shared on Instagram that this year would be âthe year I go from singleâ to âin a relationshipâ! Iâm calling it in!â
For his part, Barnes got engaged to girlfriend Alexandra Garrison in August 2020 and tied the knot in 2022. In February 2025, the couple announced they were expecting their first child together.
At the time of his engagement, Chase and Barnes appeared to be on good terms with the former commenting on his Instagram announcement, âOH MY GOSHH YAYYY!!â
Mark and Jessica
Both Jessica Batten and Mark Cuevas have since married and welcomed children with other people since their Love Is Blind wedding ended in an âI can not.â
Batten got engaged to Benjamin McGrath in September 2021 and a year later they tied the knot. In June 2023, they welcomed their first child together and grew to a family of five, as McGrath had a daughter named Poppy and son named Ethan from a previous relationship.
Cuevas also found his happily ever after, welcoming his first child with then-fiancée Aubrey Rainey in April 2021. In February 2022, the two welcomed another baby boy and in September 2022, they tied the knot.
Diamond and Carlton
Though Diamond Jack and Carlton Morton did get engaged during the show, they never made it to the altar after their relationship fell apart when Morton revealed that he is bisexual.
âI feel like we were met with some things that neither one of us really knew how to handle at that time and may not have handled that situation in the best way,â Carlton later told PEOPLE.
Though the two seemed to make peace during the Love Is Blind reunion special in March 2020, Jack blocked Morton on social media a month later.
Jackâs journey with reality TV continued when she appeared briefly alongside Powers on Perfect Match.
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