Are You the One?

This article is about an American reality TV series. For other uses, see Are You the One? (disambiguation).
Are You the One?
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Presented by
Opening theme"Smooth Hand" by Heavy Young Heathens
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons9
No. of episodes98 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Running time60 minutes (including commercials)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseJanuary 21, 2014 (2014-01-21) –
March 15, 2023 (2023-03-15)
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Are You the One? (often abbreviated as AYTO?) is an American reality television series featuring a group of men and women that are secretly paired into couples via a matchmaking algorithm. While living together, the contestants try to identify all of these "perfect matches." If they succeed, the entire group shares a prize of up to $1 million. All couples in the first seven seasons were male-female, while in the eighth season a contestant's match could be someone of any gender.

Over the course of each season, the contestants go on dates with partners determined by competitions (or, in the seventh season only, by the "fate button"), and have the opportunity to learn in the "truth booth" if a given couple is a correct match. Once the truth booth confirms a perfect match, that couple will go to the honeymoon suite and will automatically be paired up for the remainder of the match ceremonies. At the end of each episode, the contestants pair up in a "matching ceremony" and learn how many perfect matches they have, but not which matches are correct.[1] From season 3 onward, the prize was reduced any time that the house failed to identify any matches other than those already confirmed via the truth booth.

On June 26, 2019, the eighth season began broadcasting on MTV.[2] This series was marked as the first to exclusively feature openly LGBT and sexually fluid contestants, a decision that was met with critical acclaim.[3][4][5]

On March 3, 2022, it was announced that the show would be revived as an international version by Paramount+.[6] On December 8, 2022, it was announced that Kamie Crawford would be the new host, and that the ninth season would premiere on January 18, 2023.[7]

  1. ^ "Are You the One?" MTV. Retrieved January 21, 2014
  2. ^ "Why Are You The One?'s Sexually Fluid Cast Is Culturally Imperative". www.mtv.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  3. ^ "'Are You The One?' is making history. But for MTV, it's just another show championing LGBTQ voices". CNN. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  4. ^ Grant, Daisy (3 July 2019). "Sexually fluid cast of MTV's 'Are You The One?' shows surprisingly strong representation". The Diamondback. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  5. ^ "Are You the One? Is Back for Season 8! Meet the First Sexually Fluid Cast". PEOPLE. 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  6. ^ Longeretta, Emily (March 3, 2022). "'Are You the One?' Launches Global Edition, Moves From MTV to Paramount Plus". Variety. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  7. ^ Longeretta, Emily (December 8, 2022). "'Are You the One?' Sets Premiere Date for Global Season on Paramount+, Kamie Crawford to Host (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved December 8, 2022.