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.
21. Colleen Reed and Matt Bolton
Colleen Reed and Matt Bolton had a bit of a bumpy road on Love Is Blind season 3, but despite a couple of intense rows they said 'yes' to a lifetime together and married. They have been together ever since, although they didn't live together for the first few months of their marriage due to financial reasons. However, they announced in June 2023 via Instagram that they had moved in together and in June 2024 they moved home. (Credit Instagram @jellybean.colleen) | Instagram/@jellybean.colleen
22. Cara Delahoyde and Nathan Massey
Cara Delahoyde and Nathan Massey won Love Island in 2016. Since then, they’ve had their fair share of ups and downs; they’ve split up, got engaged and welcomed two children. Their son Freddie was born in 2017, they married in 2019 and their daughter was born in 2020. | ITV
23. Ibiba and Aarron
Ibiba and Aarron are the proud parents of the first - and only - First Dates baby. They fell in love when they met on the show in 2016, and returned to the restaurant a year later to tell host Fred Sirieix they were expecting. Their daughter, Aziza, was born in April 2017. | Channel 4
24. Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page
Tasha Ghouri was Love Island’s first deaf contestant, she and Andrew Le Page came in fourth in season 8 in 2022 and have stayed together, with La Page giving her a promise ring for Christmas 2022. They have reportedly said they hope to move abroad together in the future. In June 2023, they became pet parents to their dog Luna and in February 2024 they bought a house together. | Getty Images