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The dwell “Love Is Blind“ season 4 reunion was a logistical sh*t present, to say the least. Following passionate suggestions from pissed off viewers, Netflix introduced that the season 5 reunion is not going to be live-streamed. As an alternative, the prerecorded reunion particular will premiere on Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET).

Whereas dwell tv is well-suited for award exhibits and halftime performances, enable us to refresh your reminiscence in regards to the chaos that ensued throughout final season’s “Love Is Blind” reunion.

The season 4 “Love Is Blind” reunion was initially supposed to be a dwell occasion, capturing the unfiltered dialogue between a few of our favourite {couples} and the season’s most notable exes. However the drama would unfold properly earlier than the reunion truly started. Viewers on all coasts tuned in for the dwell reunion on the introduced begin time on April 16, and over an hour later, Netflix introduced that the episode could be premiering later than anticipated. The reunion was in the end delayed 19 hours and did not premiere till April 17, a day later than promised.

The delayed begin time despatched a number of devoted followers in a frenzy, with many staying up late or waking up early within the hopes of catching the reunion as quickly as attainable. “To everybody who stayed up late, awakened early, gave up their Sunday afternoon . . . we’re extremely sorry that the ‘Love is Blind’ Dwell Reunion didn’t end up as we had deliberate. We’re filming it now and we’ll have it on Netflix as quickly as humanly attainable,” the streamer beforehand posted relating to the technical problem. “Once more, thanks and sorry.”

Talking with The Hollywood Reporter three months after the incident, the present’s creator, Chris Coelen, mentioned the reunion snafu was painful for him to observe, too. “Usually in that scenario, I would be within the management room,” he mentioned. “I would be within the host’s ear. And I wasn’t. I misplaced my thoughts. I used to be sitting in entrance of my TV like, ‘What is occurring? Give me the updates. What is going on on?'” Coelen added that the thought to host a dwell reunion particular initially got here from Netflix “and all of us had some misgivings about it.”

Although the season 4 reunion was in the end unsuccessful, it appears the streaming platform is studying from its previous errors. With much less room for error, the season 5 “Love Is Blind” reunion may not be as messy because the final, however chaos is unquestionably nonetheless within the playing cards for some {couples}. And after an underwhelming season general, we’re greater than able to drink up any post-season revelations, gold wine glass in hand.