If you’re like us, trashy reality TV is the balm to an ever spiraling world that feels like you can’t catch a brake. And Netflix is one of the many providers of dating reality TV shows in particular full of ridiculous concepts, challenges, and searches for love. In case you’re looking for something new, here are 7 trashy dating reality TV shows to watch on Netflix!
1. Love is Blind
Love is Blind has become a staple Netflix reality TV show with spin-offs in Japan, Brazil, and the U.K. And it’s simple format has given birth to epic drama, toxic fights, unforgettable gags during confessionals, and more. Sure, some people find true love. But the heart of this show is speedrunning a relationship and picking which red flags are a little too much for you.
2. Sexy Beasts
Sexy Beasts gets rid of the walls viewers are used to from Love is Blind and completely transforms their contestants looks. No longer is it about falling in love sight unseen. Now it’s about would you fall in like or make out with someone if they looked like a demon, panda, or mouse? For these people, it’s a yes to all above. Also, the reveal after the masks come off are aces.
3. Love Never Lies: South Africa
A spinoff of the 2021 series Amor con fianza from Spain, Love Never Lies: South Africa sees six couples testing their bond. Against what/who, you may ask? Well, a eye-scanning lie detector, of course! Hosted by Minnie Dlamini, a South African actress and model, their lies will cost them and things will get crazy when singles are brought into the mix.
4. Dated & Related
Don’t let the Sweet Home Alabama title fool you. Dated & Related isn’t about people related to each other dating. It’s about siblings keeping each other accountable and acting as the ultimate wingwoman or wingman as they search for “the one” together.
5. Too Hot to Handle
Like Love is Blind, Too Hot to Handle has become a staple of Netflix with multiple spin-offs in Brazil and Germany. But unlike it’s other counterpart, this show is about sex. Well, resisting sex or any sort of physical intimacy to reach new levels of emotional intimacy. And there’s a robot watching them called Lana. Yes, a robot. And none of the contestants know that they’re on a sexless show. Well…at least in the beginning.
6. The Ultimatum: Queer Love
While there is a heterosexual The Ultimatum based in the US, France, and South Africa, it’s the Queer Love version of this show that is absolute trash. That’s why if you’re going to start this franchise, you should begin here. The series focuses on couples where one person wants to get married and the other doesn’t. But the real challenge comes when the couples are shuffled around and experience new relationships and test whether they want to stay with the person they came to The Ultimatum with.
7. Perfect Match
Perfect Match is the final boss level for all Netflix reality TV stars. This show puts contestants from all of their reality TV shows in hopes of finding “true love.” Expect drama, challenges, musical chairs of love, and realizing that there are more Netflix reality TV shows than you ever realized.
