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So here I am in Frankfurt, Germany, writing a review of ‘Love Is Blind Germany’ Season 1… not out of careful planning, but because it was trending in Netflix’s Top 10 and felt like a much more fun way to practice German than grinding through Duolingo for the hundredth time.
Can I just say that ‘Love is Blind: UK’ and ‘Love is Blind: Japan’ were a lot more entertaining? Which is why I’m not going to overthink this review and will shamelessly recycle my own explainer of the show’s format from the UK edition.
The premise remains the same: a group of men and women date each other through a wall in isolated pods over ten days. Those who manage to fall in love without ever seeing each other can choose to get engaged. Only these engaged couples then meet face-to-face, head off on a romantic getaway to test their chemistry, and eventually move in together for three weeks as they return to their everyday lives. If the spark survives reality, the experiment ends with a wedding, in front of friends, family, and the inevitable doubts.
Like every other edition, ‘Love is Blind Germany’ is hosted by real-life celebrity couple Stephanie “Steffi” Brungs and Chris Wackert-Brungs. Both of them are known tv presenters and journalist, even though their presence does little to add any zing to the show.
Part of what made ‘Love Is Blind: UK’ so fun was the easy banter and the sense that many contestants were actually open to falling in love. That energy is largely missing from ‘Love Is Blind Germany’, especially in season one. A few participants openly struggle with commitment, which makes you question their motives, why sign up for a show about marriage if you’re allergic to long-term relationships? Then again, reality TV has never been short on people who just want airtime.
That said, a few contestants do seem to genuinely fall hard in love, even if most journeys end in heartbreak, and occasionally, lingering resentment. There’s no shortage of reality-TV staples in ‘Love is Blind Germany’: tears, tension, awkward confrontations, and the occasional love triangle. Honestly, it feels borderline miraculous that anyone actually makes it to marriage in the finale. I wouldn’t be entirely surprised if the production team had a gentle word or two nudging at least one couple toward saying “yes.” But who knows?
After the engagements, the newly formed couples head to Greece, where the show leans into postcard-worthy visuals and gives them space to connect beyond the pods. On a purely visual level, ‘Love Is Blind Germany’ is bright, polished, and colourful (but then what Netflix show isn’t?). Many of the couples look striking together, even when their relationships feel far shakier than the aesthetic implies.
One of the show’s funniest sequences unfolds during a group party, where the couples naturally divide by gender. While the women sit together giggling and gushing about their partners, the men form a separate circle and immediately start questioning their choices. “Look at them being so serious, they’re probably saying mine’s the worst,” one woman quips. The joke lands because, as it turns out, she’s spot on.
Either way, if you’re a long-time fan of this blind-dating reality format, it might still be worth checking out. There’s a German phrase, “so lala,” which roughly translates to “it was fine,” and that pretty much sums up season one. And yes, if nothing else, this show is a delightfully mindless way to absorb some German. My favourite takeaway from Love Is Blind Germany? “Ich habe Schmetterlinge im Bauch.” Romantic, dramatic, and more fresh than anything I learned on Duolingo this week.
‘Love is Blind Germany’ on Netflix.
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