Ranking the most dramatic Love Is Blind moments of all time from wild to totally unhinged
How could we have forgotten some of these?!
If you thought Love Is Blind was all about romance, you might have missed a trick. Netflix’s hit social experiment has delivered more trainwreck TV than actual fairytales, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Across eight chaotic seasons (and counting), the pods have become the ultimate breeding ground for breakdowns, betrayals, and baffling decisions. So, in the name of closure, here’s Reality Shrine’s definitive ranking of the most dramatic Love Is Blind moments, because some things deserve to be immortalised in chaos.
9. Bartise’s baby bombshell
Appearing in season three’s After the Altar episode, Bartise dropped a total bombshell.
By this point, we were all used to Bartise giving the ick, but casually dropping he had a baby on the After the Altar special? That was a plot twist no one saw coming. The internet practically combusted. We still have whiplash.
8. Micah and Irina’s Mean Girl energy
Who could possibly forget season four’s infamous particpants, Micah and Irina?!
It was like watching Love Is Blind meets Mean Girls. Micah and Irina’s sleepover-level mockery of the other women sparked instant backlash and became the kind of reality TV moment that lives forever in Twitter screenshots and TikTok reaction videos.
Irina attempted to save face with a later reappearance on TV, as a contestant on Battle Camp, but it wasn’t really to any avail.
7. Shake refuses to let go
Of course, Shake Chatterjee would make this list. He pretty much made the season two reunion unforgettable.
We knew Shake was messy in the pods, but his reunion performance was straight-up delusional. Calling out the show, the process, and even the hosts, he gave one of the most uncomfortable reality TV reunions ever.
Nick Lachey looked ready to teleport out.
6. Zack chooses Irina over Bliss
Throwing it back to season four and we saw the Zack, Irina, Bliss drama play out.
Watching Zack serenade Irina with I Hope You Dance was painful enough, but when he broke things off on their honeymoon because she was, seemingly not into him, things hit peak awkward.
His 180 back to Bliss had viewers screaming into their group chats.
5. Colleen and Matt’s 3 am meltdown
When Matt found out Colleen had a casual flirty moment with Cole at the pool party, he spiralled in season three. What followed were multiple tense confrontations, a vanishing act, and a 3 am argument that left Colleen sobbing and viewers wondering if production needed to intervene.
It was messy, unpredictable, and had us all shouting at our screens. Even by Love Is Blind standards, this relationship had red flags in neon.
4. Uche’s car crash confrontation with Aaliyah
The whole Uche, Lydia, Aaliyah saga during season five was wild enough, but one particular moment took the biscuit.
We never even saw their proposal, but Uche’s weirdly intense confrontation with Aaliyah after she left the pods was one for the history books. Gaslighty? Yes. Bizarrely performative? Also yes. Somehow, this moment left both of them looking worse.
3. Hannah Jiles’ red flag list and emotional implosion
Hannah from season six came through with some super dramatic scenes.
She may not have said “I do,” but Hannah Jiles did deliver some of the most emotionally charged moments and somehow without ever raising her voice.
From the outside, her relationship with Nick seemed stable until viewers saw her penning a literal bullet-point list of his ‘red flags’ in her notebook. When Nick found it? Game over. The passive-aggressive tension turned into full-blown confrontation, with Hannah’s ice-cold delivery and brutal honesty dividing fans.
Then came the missed dress fitting, the uncomfortable silences, and finally, the walkaway. No cheating scandals or receipts needed, just pure, interpersonal implosion. Quietly vicious. Uncomfortably real. Peak Love Is Blind.
2. Jackie ditches Marshall, then gives receipts
A quick throwback to season four, and we might’ve thought Jackie skipping her own dress fitting to link up with Josh was dramatic enough.
But then she doubled down by leaking her own receipts on Instagram before the reunion even aired. It was messy, chaotic, and the kind of PR nightmare Netflix producers probably live for.
1. Jessica feeds her dog wine
Jessica let her dog drink wine OUT OF HER GLASS on Love Is Blind and I may truly never, ever recover pic.twitter.com/LMRCawhPst
— Netflix (@netflix) February 21, 2020
The top-ranking dramatic moment takes us all the way back to Love Is Blind season one.
It may not be the loudest scandal, but it’s the most infamous. Jessica giving her dog a sip of wine mid-confessional while rambling about her age gap with Mark? That moment became Love Is Blind canon. Nothing screams reality TV icon like a glass of red and a Golden Retriever.
Some honourable mentions also go out to Shake comparing women to ‘aunties’, Cole’s cuties moment with Zanab, and anyone who’s ever said “I do,” then paused. One thing’s clear: love might be blind, but the drama is always clear to see.
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