Perfect Match (TV series)

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Perfect Match
Created byChris Coelen
Presented by Nick Lachey
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
  • Chris Coelen
  • Eric Detwiler
  • Sarah Dillistone
  • Heather Crowe
  • Sharyn Mills
Running time38–65 minutes
Production company Kinetic Content
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseFebruary 14, 2023 (2023-02-14) –
present

Perfect Match is a reality dating television series created by Chris Coelen [1] and produced by Kinetic Content. [2] It premiered on Netflix on February 14, 2023. In April 2023, the series was renewed for a second season. [3]

Contents

The series features contestants from other Netflix reality shows who pair up and compete in challenges. As they compete to form relationships, the most compatible couples will play matchmaker, breaking up other couples and sending them on dates with brand-new singles they'll invite to the villa. The series is hosted by Nick Lachey.

Perfect Match has received mostly positive reviews from critics. [4] [5] The series has also been praised for its inclusion of three bisexual cast members, bucking the trend of reality dating shows featuring exclusively heterosexual couples. [6]

Format

A group of single Netflix alumni arrive in a tropical villa where they attempt to match themselves into couples. The couples who win "compatibility challenges" get a private date and the ability to choose two new singles to bring into the game by either setting them up on a date with members of the other couples, or with themselves. Once the daters all have returned, the participants will match themselves all over again, and at the end of each night, anyone without a match must leave the villa. At the end of the series, only one couple will be chosen as the Match. [7]

Production

Filming

Filming of Season 1 took place in Playa Bonita, Panama City, Panama, [8] during March 2022, before the third season of Love is Blind and The Mole had aired. [9]

Reception

Viewership

Variety reported that "the Kinetic Content-produced series, featuring figures from some of the streamer's other popular shows like "Love Is Blind" and " Too Hot to Handle ," debuted at No. 2 on the English-language TV chart during the Feb. 13–19 viewing window" with "over 24 million hours viewed." [10]

On February 22, 2023, Perfect Match became the No. 1 series in the Netflix US TV rankings. [11]

According to FlixPatrol, which monitors daily updated VOD charts across the globe, Perfect Match has reached Netflix's No. 1 TV Series ranking in 38 countries around the world. [12]

Critical response

Lauren Piester of The Wrap says Perfect Match "might actually be perfect." Piester states "It's endlessly watchable. It's funny. It's sexy, it's stupid, and it knows that it's all these things...I've never loved a dating show as much as I love this one." [13]

Brett White at Decider says Perfect Match is "a series that may just be the first dating show of its kind that could be called prestige TV....It's like if Michelin-starred restaurant cranked out its own version of the Taco Bell menu. Yes, that's a Crunchwrap Supreme — but it's a Crunchwrap Supreme that would make Tom Colicchio weep... Everything about Perfect Match feels meticulously crafted to be peak binge-worthy TV.... I've fallen in love with this gourmet Gordita and junk food has never been this filling nor tasted this exquisite." [14]

Tara Ariano at Vanity Fair says "Netflix's Blissfully Dumb Perfect Match Is Ideal Background Viewing. We mean that as a compliment!" [4]

EJ Dickson of Rolling Stone writes "Netflix's Perfect Match is horny, utterly ridiculous fun...a show that doesn't care if you or anyone else thinks it's anything but lazy, frothy fun." [5]

Gigi Fong at Hyperbae writes Perfect Match "resembles the 'Hunger Games of Dating'". [15]

Elizabeth Wagmeister at Variety writes Perfect Match is "changing the game for LGBTQ representation on reality TV" [16]

Tilly Pearce at Digital Spy says "In a world where reality TV dating shows continue to be predominantly a straight person's game, Netflix's Perfect Match has achieved the impossible – by displaying not one, but three separate bisexual experiences in the space of one episode...In perhaps one of the most uniquely important conversations around queer love shown on reality television in recent years... Kariselle (opens) up to her match, The Circle's Joey Sasso, about her own sexuality and the effect it's had on her identity...and Perfect Match putting these conversations out into the world is what makes it stand out from rival dating shows. Perfect Match's multiple variations on queer love, bisexuality and the complicated feelings that may/may not come with that part of your identity is a refreshing, surprisingly deep, and much-needed positive take. It also displays positive examples of how to be an ally to loved ones who need that reassurance and support." [6]

Season 1 (2023)

Cast memberAgeOriginal seriesEnteredExitedStatus
Dom Gabriel30 The Mole 6 Episode 1Episode 12Winner
Georgia Hassarati26 Too Hot to Handle 3 Episode 3Episode 12Winner
Bartise Bowden27Love is Blind 3Episode 5Episode 7Finalist
Episode 9Episode 12
Chloe Veitch 24 Too Hot to Handle 1
The Circle 2 		Episode 6Episode 12Finalist
Izzy Fairthorne22Too Hot to Handle 3Episode 3Episode 6Finalist
Episode 11Episode 12
Joey Sasso29 The Circle 1 Episode 1Episode 12Finalist
Kariselle Snow27 Sexy Beasts Episode 1Episode 12Finalist
Lauren "LC" Chamblin31 Love is Blind Episode 10Episode 12Finalist
Nick Uhlenhuth29 The Circle 3 Episode 1Episode 5Finalist
Episode 10Episode 12
Shayne Jansen33Love is Blind 2Episode 1Episode 7Finalist
Episode 9Episode 12
Abbey Humphreys27Twentysomethings: AustinEpisode 8Episode 12Eliminated
Damian Powers31 Love is Blind Episode 5Episode 11Eliminated
Francesca Farago30Too Hot to Handle 1Episode 1Episode 11Eliminated
Diamond Jack31Love is BlindEpisode 8Episode 9Eliminated
Ines Tazi26 The Circle France Episode 1Episode 9Eliminated
Mitchell Eason23 The Circle 2 Episode 7Episode 9Eliminated
Will Richardson30The Mole 6Episode 7Episode 9Eliminated
Colony Reeves31Selling TampaEpisode 6Episode 6Eliminated
Chase DeMoor26Too Hot to Handle 2Episode 1Episode 5Eliminated
Savannah Palacio26The Circle 2Episode 1Episode 4Eliminated
Anne-Sophie Petit-Frere28Selling TampaEpisode 1Episode 4Eliminated
Calvin Crooks32The Circle 3Episode 1Episode 2Eliminated
Zay Wilson27 The Ultimatum 1 Episode 1Episode 2Eliminated

Matching progress

Contestants123/4567891011/12
DomFrancescaFrancescaFrancescaGeorgiaGeorgiaGeorgiaGeorgiaGeorgiaGeorgiaGeorgia
GeorgiaChaseDomDomDomDomDomDomDom
BartiseIzzyInesEliminatedAbbeyAbbeyIzzy
ChloeShayneMitchellMitchellShayneUnmatchedShayne
IzzyShayneBartiseEliminatedBartise
JoeyKariselleKariselleKariselleKariselleKariselleKariselleKariselleKariselleKariselleKariselle
KariselleJoeyJoeyJoeyJoeyJoeyJoeyJoeyJoeyJoeyJoey
LCNickNick
NickSavannahSavannahInesEliminatedLCLC
ShayneInesInesIzzyInesChloeEliminatedChloeUnmatchedChloe
AbbeyFrancescaBartiseBartiseEliminated
FrancescaDomDomDomDamianDamianDamianAbbeyDamianDamianEliminated
DamianFrancescaFrancescaFrancescaInesFrancescaFrancescaEliminated
InesShayneShayneNickShayneBartiseWillDamianEliminated
WillInesDiamondEliminated
MitchellChloeChloeEliminated
DiamondWillEliminated
ColonyEliminated
ChaseAnne-SophieGeorgiaEliminated
SavannahNickNickEliminated
Anne-SophieZayChaseEliminated
CalvinEliminated
ZayAnne-SophieEliminated
EliminatedNoneCalvin
Zay
Failed to match		Anne-Sophie
Savannah
Failed to match		Chase
Nick
Failed to match		Colony
Izzy
Failed to match		Bartise
Shayne
Failed to match		NoneInes
Diamond
Mitchell
Will
Failed to match		NoneFrancesca
Damian
Abbey
Failed to match
  Perfect Match
  Winners of the compatibility challenge
  Unmatched, but not eliminated
  Unmatched and eliminated

Season 2 (2024)

Cast member [17] AgeOriginal seriesEnteredExitedStatus
Alara Taneri Dated and Related
Brittan Byrd Too Hot to Handle 4
Bryton Constantin Squid Game: The Challenge
Chris HahnDated and Related
Christine Obanor Too Hot to Handle 5
Dom Gabriel The Mole 6 [lower-alpha 1]
Dominique DefoeToo Hot to Handle 4
Elys HutchinsonToo Hot to Handle 5
Harry Jowsey Too Hot to Handle 1
Holly Scarfone Too Hot to Handle 3
Izzy Zapata Love Is Blind 5
Jake Cunningham The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On 1
Jessica Vestal Love Is Blind 6
Justin Assada Surviving Paradise
Kaz BishopDated and Related
Melinda Melrose Too Hot to Handle 2
Micah Lussier Love Is Blind 4
Nigel JonesToo Hot to Handle 4
Stevan DitterToo Hot to Handle 3
Tolú Ekundare The Trust: A Game of Greed
Trevor SovaLove Is Blind 6
Xanthi Perdikomatis The Circle 5
Notes
  1. ↑ Dom also participated in the first season of Perfect Match.

Matching progress

Contestants1
Alara
Brittan
Bryton
Chris
Christine
Dom
Dominique
Elys
Harry
Holly
Izzy
Jake
Jessica
Justin
Kaz
Melinda
Micah
Nigel
Stevan
Tolú
Trevor
Xanthi
EliminatedTBA
Failed to match
  Perfect Match
  Winners of the compatibility challenge
  Unmatched, but not eliminated
  Unmatched and eliminated

After filming

CouplesStill togetherRelationship notes
Georgia Hassarati & Dom GabrielNoAlthough the couple ended the season together, it was later revealed that they had split, citing distance as the demise of their relationship. Dom also revealed that he found out through a podcast that Georgia was in a new relationship. [18]

As of March 2023, Georgia is currently dating Harry Jowsey, a Too Hot to Handle season 1 contestant who also happened to be Francesca's ex-boyfriend.

Kariselle Snow & Joey SassoNoAfter filming ended, the couple eventually split and they are no longer engaged. Kariselle was quoted saying "once entering the real world, they grew apart". [18]
Chloe Veitch & Shayne JansenNoAfter filming ended, the couple revealed they ended their relationship. [18]

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