Love Is Blind - third season

Today is my wedding day.

I fell in love with my fiancé without ever seeing him.

I believe love is blind because love should see

past your insecurities.

This is the biggest decision of my life, and I haven't decided

if I'm going to say yes or no.

This is an experiment to see if you can fall in love

based on who you are on the inside.

And it started just six weeks ago

where every second, every hour, every breath, every thought

was focused on finding the love of our lives.

-Hi, guys. - Hi!

Boyfriend season is over. Cuffing season is around the corner.

Like, let's go. I'm here for a husband.

What's up, boys?

Sixty years from now when I'm 85 years old,

this is not gonna be there.

I need somebody that likes me for who I am on the inside,

and not what I represent on the outside.

What up, fellas?

What's up?

- -Oh my God!

Hi!

Can you believe this is real?

Welcome to Love is Blind.

I'm Vanessa Lachey.

Guys, I'm Nick Lachey.

Here, you're gonna choose somebody to marry without ever seeing them.

Whoo!

So tell us, what brought you here?

I feel like dating apps are convenient,

but it's so hard to really get to know someone for their authentic self

when you get, like, a curated snapshot.

And this experiment offers no distractions.

You really get to know the heart and soul of who they are.

Race is something you can't really hide on the dating apps,

and, you know, for a lot of us, it kinda, like, filters away, like...

People have certain requirements of who they want to date.

I feel like this gives you the opportunity

to kinda, like, fall in love with someone's mind before anything else,

and then the race, the looks,

your job, your status, all of that comes on top of that.

Well, over the next ten days, you're gonna date a lot of single people.

If you find someone you wanna spend the rest of your life with,

you'll propose.

-Whoo! - And if they accept,

you'll finally see your fiancé for the very first time.

Whoo!

And then, in just four weeks,

you'll be at your wedding,

where you'll make the biggest decision of your life.

In that moment, will you say I do

to the person you fell in love with, sight unseen...

-Whoo! -

...or will the real world sabotage that love and will you walk away from them forever?

-Is love truly blind? -We obviously hope that you prove it is.

If you guys are ready to find the love of your life,

the pods are now open.

Good luck, fellas! Good luck!

- This is it, guys. - You got it, man.

-Go find your wife. - My husband's out here!

Whoo!

- Hello? -Hi, I'm Nancy.

- Hear me? - There you are.

All right. I'm gonna get deep. Are you ready?

-Shoot. -What kind of love do you need?

-Someone who calls me on my bullshit. -You're an asshole. I'm kind.

-It kinda cancels each other out. -Yeah. That's how that works.

Yeah.

I've always been a fan of 69.

- -I could tell you my least favorite too.

Being on top.

-Why? -It's just a lot of work.

Oh my God. You gotta put in some work.

I've been in certain relationships where they'll get out of bed,

and I'll roll over and just smell the pillow.

Like, I'm so ready for that.

Kid? Do you want kids?

I would be a great mom to, like, ten kids.

Oh my gosh! That's the perfect answer.

I feel like I have so much love to give,

and I just... I would love to procreate, you know, more little Nancys.

I've always said I wanted a basketball team.

I do want to start having children.

Sometimes it's embarrassing to go to those family functions and be asked,

"When is it gonna happen? There must be something wrong with you."

So, I'm here because I'm looking for a husband.

My ovaries are dancing.

Whoo!

Pods are open!

I like the voice already!

-I'm Bartise. -Hey, it's Nancy.

I'm loving your energy.

My grandma, she's like the happiest lady.

Always smiling with her big dentures just shining,

so I have a tattoo on my arm that says in Spanish...

"There's always something to smile about."

Oh my God. You speak Spanish?

You speak Spanish? Wait, so you know what that means?

-Ah. Yes. -There's always something to smile about.

My dad was always like, "Look, whoever you end up with,

it has to be a friend. It has to be your companion."

He was like, you know, "If you guys can't be friends,

true friends, where you have each other's backs,

it's not gonna work."

Divorce was like... Obviously, I hate it.

My parents are going through it. I just hate seeing them alone.

Yeah.

I wanna be able to say I was with somebody for my entire life.

I'm looking for a best friend.

I'm literally looking for that best friend,

that companion your dad wants for you.

Oh my goodness, boys.

I have 100% been judged by my age.

Many girls have, like, a picture of younger guys kind of being immature,

not ready for anything serious,

but I would say that I have my shit together for a 25-year-old.

And the missing aspect, I guess, in my life right now, is love.

Who is this over there?

-My name is Raven. -Raven.

- What's your name? -I am Bartise.

-Bartise. Where's that from? -Yes.

Just, like, my dad's best friend's name.

He, like, died on a motorcycle or something

and then so my dad wanted me to have that name,

but it's actually my middle name. My first name's Robert.

Oh!

When I was born, my mom was holding me in the hospital.

She shook me a bit and said, "Robert." I didn't move.

She said, "Bartise!"

And I moved my head a little bit towards her,

kind of opened my eyes a bit,

and ever since then, I've always been Bartise.

That's actually a cute story.

Tell me how your perfect first date would go. Besides this one, you know.

I teach Pilates. So I like to be active.

But then, like, let's have a drink after and, like, be able to talk more.

- Uh-huh. -Go on a walk.

Yes, that's literally, like, my ideal first date.

You work out a lot a lot a lot, or what?

I'm like a serial worker-outer with different trainers.

-So I literally work out everywhere. -Hell yeah, Raven.

That's probably my biggest passion, fitness and nutrition.

-Honestly, same. -Really?

-Yes. Oh my God. -Hell yeah!

100%.

Before coming here, I was eight weeks out from a physique competition.

-Okay! -I was training for a bodybuilding show.

Don't tell me twice.

Muscles completely blind me.

Paralyzed, blind.

I'm helpless.

Yeah, I'll be your girlfriend.

Mistake.

I'm guilty of letting a lot of things go if I like how the person looks,

which, in a lot of ways, can be pretty self-destructive, you know?

But I'm really trying to work on that and that's why I'm here.

What's your name?

My name is SK.

-SK? -Yeah.

It's just S and K.

- What do you do? - Uh, I work in tech.

-Where'd you go to college? -I went to Baylor in Waco.

Oh! Okay, Baylor.

I am actually getting ready to go to grad school as well.

-I'll be heading to Berkeley in the fall. -Wow. Ooh!

-Congrats! -Thank you.

-Where are you from? -I am originally from Nigeria.

Nigeria. Nigerians are cool.

Yeah, two of my best girlfriends growing up actually were Nigerian.

Oh, wow. Okay.

Something that I want in a woman is someone who is educated

and not completely ignorant, thinking Africa is a country.

- -Someone once asked me

if we had, like, a lion as a pet before.

Like they're just roaming around in your backyards.

All right, time to actually get me my husband.

I'm a terrible flirter.

Oh gosh. What is a non-awkward Colleen flirt?

Oh gosh.

So, uh, let's... Do you want, like, espresso martinis?

Like, I'm just... I don't know what to say.

Is... Like with my hands. I don't know what to do with my hands.

But here, who cares? Like, I don't know who they are,

so they don't know who I am,

and I think they're gonna like my bubbly personality