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.
33. Charlie and Laura
Charlie and Laura got engaged in 2019, after meeting on First Dates three years earlier. They are currently saving for their dream wedding. | Channel 4
34. Jade Roper and Tanner Tolbert
After unsuccessfully finding love on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette respectively, Jade Roper and Tanner Tolbert took part in another spin off show, Bachelor In Paradise, to give love another chance. The couple got engaged on the second season of the US show and got married in 2016. They now have three children together. | Getty Images
35. Zack Goytowski, Bliss Poureetezadi
Zack Goytowski and Bliss Poureetezadi (far left) didn't exactly have a fairytale start to their romance. They met on Love Is Blind season 4, but Goytowski ended up proposing to someone else. He quickly realised his mistake and proposed to Poureetezadi instead. The couple have been enjoying married life ever since. They announced in November 2023 they were expecting a baby girl. Their daughter, Galileo, was born in May 2024. | Getty Images for Netflix
36. Lydia Arleen Velez and James Milton Johnson
Lydia Arleen Velez and James Milton Johnson, or Milton as he is known, are the only success story from Love Is Blind season 5. Velez was unsure about their romance at first as she was 30 during their time in the pods, while Johnson was 24. He soon won her over, however, as they bonded over their shared love of science. They got married in June 2022 on the show and then had a second wedding in her native Puerto Rico. In October 2023, they revealed they were in a long-distance marriage because Johnson had to relocate from Houston, Texas to Long Beach, California, for work. They have now been together for two years. | Getty Images