Netflix 'axes' Love Is Blind UK: After The Altar after one series
Love Is Blind UK: After The Altar aired in July
Netflix has reportedly axed Love Is Blind UK: After The Altar after one series.
It has been said that the spin-off to Love Is Blind UK did not get the ratings that the streaming giant had hoped for.
A source told The Sun: "Staff knew a while ago that the show was being canned, but bosses kept delaying their decision.
"They had hoped that series three would do well enough to make it a regular spin-off after each new series, but it wasn’t meant to be.
"They still believe in Love Is Blind UK as a platform, but don’t think it warrants a follow-up."
Love Is Blind UK: After The Altar launched on July 12 with a three-episode special, which saw the cast of Love Is Blind UK series two reunite to discuss their relationships and reveal what has been going on in their lives almost a year after they appeared on the main show.
Before it aired, Netflix teased: "From divorces and new beginnings to lingering tensions and unfinished business, relationships are tested, old connections resurface, and new chapters begin."
Couple Emma and Matt Willis have just presented their third series of Love Is Blind UK, and they believe the format is the "complete opposite" of other dating programmes because the end goal is marriage rather than a cash prize.
In 2024, the Strictly Come Dancing host told The Sun newspaper: "It’s not like Big Brother was, there’s no cash prize. At the end of it is a legal wedding. You can’t enter into it lightly.
"You’ve got to genuinely want to be settling down.
"A lot of the cast have something they’re dealing with or obstacles they have had to overcome, and it’s not done in a sob story way.
"We’ve all got something, right? You’ve got to put all your cards on the table and hope you’ve got a ... what’s a good card analogy?"
The pair jumped at the chance when Netflix approached them about fronting the programme.
Emma, 50, previously said: "We all love watching people fall in love and it’s really hard to not get hooked in.
"So when Netflix approached us about hosting the UK version, we were like, 'Yes please! We want this!'"
Matt, 43, added: "I initially thought UK daters would be more reserved than they are in the US, but they really went for it.
"They came with a real openness to embrace the experiment, and it’s hard not to fall in love in the environment of those pods."
