Pop the Balloon LIVE

Okay.

She's set.

I'm a fun girl. I want somebody to match my weird.

I'm ready to find love 'cause nothing else is working.

I tried everything.

I'm here to find a real man who's ready. No more lost boys for me.

I'm back. Did you miss me?

I am a medium and spiritual healer.

That's a mouthful.

Should I not say all that? But I'm an Earth angel lightworker.

I'm ready for my man. It's time.

I think he's here.

Husband, where you at?

Welcome to Pop the Balloon Live,

the dating experiment where finding love is totally live.

Our daters are ready to shoot their shot with tonight's lineup of sexy singles.

- -Buckets!

And balloons that can pop it all off or shut it all down.

- -It all comes down to one final question.

Is it a pop or is it a lock?

I hope it's a lock, 'cause I really love love.

Hey, what's going on, everybody?

I'm Yvonne Orji, and this is Pop the Balloon Live.

Well, tonight, we got eight beautiful single ladies behind me. Okay?

-Y'all look good. -Thank you.

And they did not come to play, no, no, no, but they did come to find a connection.

And ladies, we came correct for y'all.

We got some handsome dudes in the lineup, all right?

If you're new to the show, here's how this joint works.

Each lady in the lineup is holding one of these,

a red balloon, and in every round, they will meet a new dater,

and they got to decide if they're feeling him.

If it's a nah, oh, you're going to hear it because these balloons, they gonna go...

-pop. -

It's so loud. Don't get it twisted. Our daters have pop power too.

It goes both ways. It's equal opportunity. Brah! Everybody can get it.

But at the end of each round, we are hoping for a match because,

listen, we got two of them last week. Y'all saw them.

We got two of them last week. We are hoping for that same energy.

We're going to say it with our chest. Um, all right, Angela, you are back.

-I am back. - And I'm rooting for you, girl.

-Thank you. -I'm still mad at Yinka.

I'm not even gonna hold you. We got so close.

-He knows his sign. God dang it. -

All right, well, y'all ready to meet our first dater?

-Yeah! -

All right, let's bring him out. Come on out, dater. Hey, hey.

-Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pa. -

-Okay! The DJ cut your music off too soon. -Goodness gracious.

-How you feeling? -So good, especially now. Golly.

-Okay, somebody went to the barber. I see. -I did. It's way too fresh.

I almost told him to cut it back a little bit.

Tell us who you are, tell us where you're from, what you do.

I'm Tai, I'm 31 years old from Newport Beach, California,

well, not from there, but I live there, and I'm an AI consultant.

-What are you looking for? -Honestly, I have been single

for way too long, so I'm coming here,

I'm ready to put myself back out there and see what's going on.

I'm looking for a selfless woman who presents herself well to the world,

puts that shit on, you know what I'm saying? Can I say that?

You just did. We live, baby.

-And honestly, just loves life. -Okay. Loves life.

-What are some deal breakers? -Deal breaker?

Oh, I really do not love a mean girl.

Like, if you're a mean girl, you can pop right now. Perfect.

I don't think anyone's gonna admit to that.

Honestly, I love respect and kindness, especially in a relationship,

and also when you out there in the world. So, yeah.

As long as you have that, we good.

I think everybody feeling your barber, because nobody popped.

-Did he do that? Can I shout him out? -He did. Not right now.

Everybody's still got their balloon, so I'm gonna have you ask them a question.

Okay, that was going to be my first question.

I am huge on respect and kindness.

So, I do not love a mean girl at all.

So, that would be like my biggest deal breaker,

so I want to know, are you a mean girl,

and what would be your biggest deal breaker in a relationship?

We're going to start here with you, Quincy. Tell us your stats.

Yes, hi. I'm Quincy.

I'm 28 years old.

And I am a freelance model and bartender, delivery driver.

-I get in where I fit in. -Beautiful. A Jack of all trades.

And...

You don't look like a mean girl, but looks can be deceiving.

-You don't look like a mean girl. -I'm not a mean girl.

-Everybody's smile is great. -I kill them with kindness.

-She said she killed them with kindness. -I'm dead.

- - Go off, queen.

He said, "I'm dead." What is your deal breaker?

A deal breaker? Um...

I just want somebody that is just very open-minded or...

-I'm sorry. Deal breaker. I'm sorry. - Yeah.

-Somebody that's close-minded. -Close-minded. Got you.

The opposite of open is closed. I see you.

Down to you, beautiful, you look gorgeous in blue.

Thank you, hi, I'm Kate, I'm 27 years old

and I'm a legal assistant, and for me, a deal breaker is if the guy has kids.

I can't do kids. I'm a kid myself. There's no way. I'm not ready.

I'm a kid myself too. 31. Still a kid. It's okay. Maybe I'm 13.

Okay.

-Amelia. Tell us about you. -I'm Amelia, I'm 31, I'm a hair stylist.

My... First of all, not a mean girl.

-The sleeve threw me off. - I know.

-I like it, though. -It's to throw people off.

It's a balance. It's a little bit of soft, little bit of edgy.

But my deal breaker is definitely someone who's still in their party era.

I'm looking for someone who's ready to be an adult

and know when to have fun when it's the right time,

but anyone who's still going out every single weekend

with their friends and hungover on the weekends,

just not quite my vibe.

What about, like, what do you say, like, Coachella, Stagecoach?

I'm going to Stagecoach today.

-Is that a thing or...? -Things that are planned in advance,

I think is great. If we're adults, we have jobs

and things we have to plan around.

Totally down for those, love weekends away.

-But I mean, every weekend is a problem. - Got you.

-Okay, okay. -We like that answer.

-Caitlin, tell us about yourself. -Hi, I'm Caitlin, I'm 28,

and I'm a youth enrichment franchise owner.

- Wow. -Thank you.

Do you want to elaborate on that a little bit?

Yeah, so, I operate after-school classes and spring and summer day camps

-for elementary students. -Okay.

- Aww... -Not the Greek chorus.

-"Aww..." I want to go to camp. -Oh, there's people over there.

I don't think you can be a mean girl when you work around...

No, I'm not a mean girl.

One of my deal breakers is... can't communicate with children, honestly.

Because I think it takes a really special person to be able to talk to kids.

-Absolutely. Yeah, I agree. -Love that.

Okay. Over here, we're going to start with you, Natalie. Tell us about yourself.

I'm Natalie. I'm 29 years old.

-And I'm a senior marketing analyst. - Wow.

Thank you. I worked hard for it. So...

-Congratulations. -Thank you.

For me, I definitely feel like I'm a nice girl.

You look like a nice girl.

You might look the nicest out of everybody here.

- -Sorry about that.

I don't need no pity pat.

And I would say a deal breaker for me is somebody who has no passions.

I need someone that, you know, fires them up about life,

because I feel like I have a lot of goals,

and I want someone who matches that energy.

-Okay. -Love that.

Say it with your full chest. All right. Angela, our fave from last week.

-Hi. - Angela's smile is crazy.

I mean, all of y'all got a crazy smile.

Funny you should say that. Why don't you tell us about yourself.

-You're a dentist? -I'm a student doctor. Yes.

-I'm going to be a dentist in one year. -Wow.

Yes. And so my deal breaker would be a guy that just doesn't have

a set plan for his future.

Career-wise, family, you know, a man that fails to plan plans to fail.

So you know?

- That's scripture. -That is scripture.

-Somewhere. Ephesians 5. -

She made that up.

All right. Thank you so much, Angela. Erin?

Hi, I'm Erin. 33.

I'm a medium and spiritual healer.

My deal breaker is no players, no liars.

-Got you. -All right, she means that.

One of my biggest things is honesty. So, yeah, love that.

You know, she's a medium. She'll find out.

If I pop your balloon, what happens to me?

-She was like, I know where you work. -That's crazy.

Okay, all right. And last...

-Hi. Hi, I'm Lex. -Hey, Lex.

My biggest deal breaker, one of them,

is someone who takes themselves too seriously.

I don't think you have to worry about that with this man.

All right, now you've heard from everybody. No pops yet.

-So, I need you to pop three of them. -Three?

-I don't make the rules. -What? What?

-I don't make the rules. Let's go. -What happens?

Okay, then you got to tell us why you popped.

-I have to tell you one at a time? -Uh-huh.

- -You got scared.

I had to do it so hard.

Um, honestly, the spiritual...

I'm spiritual, but I believe in Jesus Christ. I don't know.

Spirituality freaks me out a little bit.

-You do signs and stuff? -I do everything through God.

-I see angels, but I respect it. -Can we fill this back up?

- - No, baby.

- You got two more. -Lost one.

-Aww... Now why? -It feels so aggressive. I don't like it.

-I'm deaf. -You're beautiful, all of you.

I mean, it's not about that. I don't know, something is...

-You're not really my type, I guess. -Okay.

Is he somebody that would be your type?

What?

Is he somebody that you would be interested in?

Maybe. You're not my typical go-to, but I think you're really attractive.

- Thank you. -You're welcome.

-It was the haircut. -That barber.