33 couples who met on UK and US dating TV shows and are still together - from Love Island to First Dates
27 couples who met on UKdating TV shows and are still together - from Love Island to First Dates
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.
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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.
5. Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner
Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner met on the US version of Married at First Sight back in 2014. It wasn’t exactly love at first sight for this pair, and Jamie took her time to find the chemistry with her husband, but they’ve been together ever since and now have two children together. They share five-year-old daughter, Henley, and a two-year-old son, Hendrix.
6. Ekin-Su Cuculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti
Winners of Love Island 2022, Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti are still together. In October 2022 they confirmed they were moving in together.
7. Melissa Rawson and Bryce Ruthven
Melissa Rawson and Bryce Ruthven met on the Austrailian version of Married at First Sight in 2021. They were a controversial couple, clashing with others in the show and facing difficulties of their own, but they are still together now. They got engaged in real life in 2021 and later in the same year welcomed twin boys, Levi and Tate. They are due to marry in 2023. Credit: Instagram/bryceruthven
8. 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.