The saying goes that love finds you, you don’t find it - but many people aren’t prepared to sit around and wait for their one true love to find them. That’s why there’s so many TV shows, both here in the UK and over in the US, which are all about helping people to find relationships.
From Love Island to First Dates, and Love Is Blind to Married at First Sight, the list goes on and on. Contestants going on these shows are hoping to find romance when they take part, and these lucky couples actually did find lasting love when they took part.
All of these pairs first locked eyes in front of TV cameras, but their romances have blossomed off screen and many are now engaged, married or have started a family together.
Have a click through our gallery to see who got the ultimate reality show prize - love.
9. Tiffany Pennywell and Brett Brown
Tiffany Pennywell and Brett Brown were the golden couple of Love Is Blind season 4. They bonded straight away and remained strong throughout the process. It was never in doubt that they were going to say 'I do' at the altar. They celebrated their two year wedding anniversary in May 2024. | Getty Images for Netflix
10. Vanessa and Julien
Vanessa and Julien met on the second series of First Dates spin off show First Dates Hotel. They returned for a further season of the show, and Julien proposed to Vanessa onscreen. They had to postpone their wedding due to Covid-19, but married in August 2021. | Channel 4
11. Sue and Alex Tatham
Sue and Alex Tatham met on one of the original dating shows, Blind Date, all the way back in 1998. They have been together ever since. They married in 1991, in a ceremony which was attended by Blind Date hose Cilla Black, and celebrated their 30 year wedding anniversary in 2021. They have two children called Emily and Charlie, who are both in their twenties. They've now been together for 35 years overall. Credit: ITV/This Morning. | ITV/This Morning
12. Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton
Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton married without a month of meeting each other on US reality show Love Is Blind in 2018 - a per the format of the show. Constestants date each other in pods where they cannot see each other, only speak, with the hope being that they will fall in love with each other’s personalities and not just looks. When they have found a connection, they get engaged - and only then are they allowed to meet properly. They have now been married for six years and have even published a book, called Leap of Faith, about their experience on the hit Netflix show. In 2023, the renewed their vows in Las Vegas and in May 2024 they were voted as Netflix's cutest couple. | Getty Images for Netflix