One of our favourite reality TV shows, Love Is Blind season 4 is inching towards its end with the final episode set to release on 14 April. The show’s beautiful engagement rings, vacations and weddings have us starry-eyed during every single series and it makes us wonder, how much of this is sponsored by the producers and how much the couples pay themselves. Do they get paid for being on the show? After all, all of this extravaganza calls for quite a huge bill. Let’s do a deep dive, shall we?
Who pays for the ring in Love Is Blind?
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According to Screenrant, once a male contestant decides to pop the question. He is provided with an array of ring options unless he brought one to the show himself. He can pick one, and this means Love Is Blind pays for the ring and the contestants can keep it as long as they go through with the wedding.
What about the fancy vacation and the apartment?
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Similar to the ring, all the expenses during the resort stay are paid by the production team. This includes travel, food, beverages and hotel rooms. During seasons 1 and 2, the pairs went to Mexico for their honeymoon while season 3 saw them in Malibu. This time around, they lived at the luxurious TRS Yucatán Hotel in Playa del Carmen, according to Screenrant. For the next phase of their journey, couples move to their respective apartments which are also sponsored by Love Is Blind team.
Who pays for Love Is Blind weddings?
Now, this is a mix of both: couples’ pay in part and production provides the basics. As per Women’s Health magazine, a rep stated that for the first season, couples paid for the majority of their weddings, while the venue, food and music were provided by the show.
How much do the contestants make during the show?
The numbers are not looking so good, guys. In 2022, season 2 contestant Jeremy Hartwell filed a lawsuit against the show where it was revealed that they are paid $1,000 (~Dhs3,672) for every week that they are on the show. It adds up to $8,000 (~Dhs29,379) considering the duration of the show.
Hartwell said that the production paid “less than half of the applicable minimum wage rate of $15.00 per hour” in California.