Are You the One?
Are You the One?, sometimes abbreviated as AYTO?, is an American reality television series on MTV, in which young singles try to find love. A group of men and women are secretly paired into couples by producers, via a matchmaking algorithm. Then, 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, 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. 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 March 22, 2017, spin-off Are You The One: Second Chances premiered. 10 perfect matches from previous seasons returned to compete in tasks designed to test the strength of their bonds. Each week, teams could add to their potential winnings, but individual contestants had the opportunity to take their team's winnings from their partner and remove their team from the game.
On June 26, 2019, the eighth season began broadcasting on MTV. This series was marked as the first to exclusively feature openly LGBT and sexually fluid contestants, a decision that was met with critical acclaim.
Series overview
Season 1 – Kauai, Hawaii
Filmed in HawaiiSeason one premiered on January 21, 2014.
Cast
Progress
;NotesUnconfirmed Perfect Match
In Week 5, Ryan Awarded the house two Truth Booths, which gave the house their first perfect match in Dillan and Coleysia.
Truth Booths
Week 9: Wes and Kayla didn't win the challenge. But Ryan Devlin mixed things up saying that the members not going on the dates would be the ones up for the truth booth.Week 10: Dre was the ultimate winner of the massage challenge, therefore he was given the power to either send himself with a woman of his choosing or he could choose 2 others from the previous ceremony to send to the truth booth. He ultimately chose John and Jacy who were not a match.
MTV.com Clue
After Filming
| Guy | Girl | Current Status |
| Adam or | Shanley | Not together |
| Adam | Brittany | Still friends |
| Dre | Simone | Not together |
| Dre | Ashleigh | Friends |
| Chris S. | Jacy | Not together |
| Chris T. | Paige | Friends |
| Chris T. | Shanley | Not together |
| Dillan | Coleysia | Friends |
| Dillan | Shanley | Friends |
| Ethan | Amber | Married with 2 children |
| Joey | Brittany | Not together |
| John | Ashleigh | Not together |
| Ryan | Jessica | Friends |
| Ryan | Kayla | Not together |
| Wesley | Kayla | Not together |
Baby Special and Reunion
Baby Special and Reunion aired on September 29, 2014. During this reunion, the gender of Ethan and Amber's baby was revealed to be a girl. Both parents-to-be got emotional when they found out they were having a girl. There were also conflicts between Scali and Jacy, Shanley and Chris T, and Ryan and Adam. The end of the episode resulted in most conflicts being resolved. Jacy stated that she would be moving to New York and they would take their relationship from there. Brittany told the camera that she would be taking Ryan home to meet her parents.Shanley McIntee appeared on the U.S. version of the MTV dating show Ex on the Beach.
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Season 2 – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Filmed in San Juan, Puerto Rico.Season two premiered on October 6, 2014. It was set in Puerto Rico. This time, one guy has two matches which means that there will be eleven girls, but only ten boys. Christina is revealed as the first girl of the threeway couple. It is a race between Christina and another girl to find her perfect match and be confirmed as such in the Truth-Booth. The first couple of the threeway-couple to do so will end up in the honeymoon-suite. The other girl will have to leave empty-handed.
Cast
Progress
;NotesUnconfirmed Perfect Match This girl was not chosen in the match-up ceremony
Truth Booths
After Filming
| Guy | Girl | Current Status |
| Alex | Jasmine | Not Together |
| Anthony | Ellie | Friends |
| Anthony | Jenni | Friends |
| Brandon | Briana | Friends |
| Brandon | Christina | Not Together |
| Curtis | Briana | Not Together |
| Curtis | Shelby | Not Together |
| Curtis | Jenni | Together |
| Dario | Ashley | Friends |
| Dario | Shelby | Not Together |
| Garland | Tyler | Not Together |
| John | Christina | Friends |
| John | Jenni | Not Together |
| Layton | Jessica | Not Together |
| Layton | Tyler | Not Together |
| Nathan | Briana | Roommates |
| Nathan | Ellie | Friends |
| Pratt | Paris | Not Together |
Nathan "Nate" Siebenmark & Ellie Puckett returned for the Are You The One?: Second Chances and finished in 9th place.
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| Cast Member | The Challenges | Challenges Won | Total Money Earned |
| Anthony Bartolotte | ' | - | $0 |
| Brandon Tindel | ' | - | $0 |
| Briana LaCuesta | Rivals III, ' | - | $0 |
| Christina LeBlanc | ', Rivals III | - | $0 |
| Dario Medrano | Battle of the Bloodlines, Rivals III, Invasion of the Champions, XXX: Dirty 30 | - | $0 |
| Nathan "Nate" Siebenmark | Rivals III | - | $0 |
Season 3 – Kona, Hawaii
Filmed in Kona, Hawaii.Season three premiered on September 21, 2015.
Cast
Progress;NotesUnconfirmed Perfect Match Due to the blackout in Episode 2, the whole cast lost $250,000, lowering the total money at the end to $750,000, instead of $1,000,000. In Episode 9, Mike was removed from the competition due to an altercation that turned violent with Amanda. Kiki was left without a match that week and was automatically paired with Mike. In the end it turned out that Mike and Kiki were perfect matches. Truth BoothsAfter Filming
Mike Crescenzo was later a cast member of the 32nd season of Real World, . Devin Walker-Molaghan & Rashida Beach returned for the Are You The One?: Second Chances and finished in 1st place earning themselves $170,000. ''The Challenge">The Challenge (TV series)">The Challenge''
Season 4 – Maui, HawaiiFilmed in Maui, Hawaii.Season four premiered on June 13, 2016. CastProgress;NotesUnconfirmed Perfect Match Due to the blackout in Episode 8, the whole cast lost $250,000, lowering the total money at the end to $750,000, instead of $1,000,000. Truth BoothsAfter Filming
Asaf Goren & Kaylen Zahara, Cameron Kolbo & Mikala Thomas, Giovanni Rivera & Francesca Duncan and Morgan St. Pierre & Tori Deal returned for the Are You The One?: Second Chances. Rivera and Duncan finished in 8th place after Duncan stole all of the money from Rivera. Goren and Zahara finished in 6th place. Kolbo & Thomas finished in 4th place. St. Pierre and Deal finished in 2nd place earning themselves $25,000. In addition to his appearances on MTV programs, Asaf Goren has also competed on So You Think You Can Dance 12, ' and Celebrity Big Brother Israel 3. He also appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race as a member of the Pit Crew prior to Are You the One? Cameron Kolbo appeared on the U.S. version of the MTV dating show Ex on the Beach. Tori Deal appeared on the Brain Candy Podcast's "15 Minutes of Blame" on June 5, 2020. Normally the segment is hosted by Susie Meister from ' but this time was hosted by her co-host Sarah Rice from . The "15 Minutes of Blame" segment appears as exclusive content on the Patreon page for the Brain Candy Podcast. ''The Challenge">The Challenge (TV series)">The Challenge''
Challenge in bold indicates that the contestant was a finalist on The Challenge. Note: Tori made an appearance on for an elimination. Season 5 – Cabarete, Dominican RepublicFilmed in Cabarete, Dominican Republic.Season five premiered on January 11, 2017. This season featured 2 big changes. When a couple gets sent into the truth booth to see if they are a perfect match, the rest of the house can either vote to see if they are a perfect match, or earn $150,000, and not see the result of the couple. This only will pertain to certain weeks. Also, if the house blacks out at a match-up ceremony, their money will decrease by 50% each time instead of $250,000. CastProgress;NotesUnconfirmed Perfect Match Confirmed Not A Match. Due to the blackout in Episode 2, the whole cast lost $500,000, lowering the total money at the end to $500,000 instead of $1,000,000. In Episode 9, the cast decided to take the trade offer instead of finding out if Derrick and Tyranny were a perfect match, which increased the total money at stake to $650,000 In Episode 10, the cast decided to take the trade offer instead of finding out if Joey and Casandra were a perfect match, which increased the total money at stake to $800,000 In Episode 10, the cast did not find all their perfect matches, winning no money at the end. After the reunion, final Perfect Matches were revealed as the following:
Truth BoothsNote: In Episode 9, the cast decided to take the $150,000 trade instead of finding out if Derrick and Tyranny were a match. The result of their match is unavailable.Note: In Episode 10, the cast decided to take the $150,000 trade instead of finding out if Joey and Casandra were a match. The result of their match is unavailable. Note: Look at the revealed perfect matches this will give you the results of the Derrick/Tyranny and Joey/Casandra Truth Booths. After Filming
Derrick Henry & Casandra Martinez, Hayden Weaver & Carolina Duarte and Mike Cerasani & Alicia Wright returned for the Are You The One?: Second Chances. Henry and Martinez finished in 10th place. Weaver and Duarte finished in 7th place after Weaver stole all of the money from Duarte. Cerasani and Wright finished in 5th Place. Shannon Duffy, Alicia Wright, Andre Siemens, Derrick Henry, Taylor Selfridge, and Tyranny Todd appeared on the U.S. version of the MTV dating show Ex on the Beach. ''The Challenge">The Challenge (TV series)">The Challenge''
Challenge in bold''' indicates that the contestant was a finalist on The Challenge. Season 6 – New Orleans, LouisianaFilmed in New Orleans, Louisiana. The new host is Terrence J.Season six premiered on September 20, 2017. CastProgress;Notes= Unconfirmed perfect match Truth BoothsAfter Filming
At the reunion, it was confirmed that Keith was dating Carolina from season 5 and Anthony is dating Shannon from season 5. Diandra Delgado, Malcolm Drummer, Anthony Martin, Nurys Mateo, Geles Rodriguez, and Joe Torgerson appeared on the U.S. version of the MTV dating show Ex on the Beach. On January 9, 2020, Alexis Eddy suddenly died from cardiac arrest in her West Virginia home at the age of 23. Ethan Cohen appeared on Season 10 of Wild 'N Out, under the pseudonym E-Money. Season 7 – Kona, Hawaii IIThis season featured a change in the rules to get a date, the contestants no longer had to compete against each other to win a date. Instead Terrance would choose two people, one guy and one girl, to come up and press a button stopping a scrolling wheel of faces at random of the opposite sex. Two guys and two girls would be chosen at random to go on a four person date to couple off as they choose. Everyone back at the house then voted whichever couple they thought most likely to be a 'Perfect Match' into the Truth Booth.Season seven premiered on August 15, 2018. CastProgress;Notes= Unconfirmed perfect match Truth BoothsAfter FilmingTevin Grant and Kenya Scott appeared on the U.S. version of the MTV dating show Ex on the Beach.Season 8 – ''Come One, Come All''Season eight premiered on June 26, 2019. For the first time on Are You the One?, all cast members are sexually fluid, with no gender limitations on their potential perfect matches.CastProgress;Notes= Unconfirmed perfect match In episode 6, it was shown onscreen that Basit and Jonathan were a perfect match. This marked the first time in the series' history that the audience was given information that was unknown to the house. Truth BoothsAfter FilmingWhile this season did not include an official reunion episode, a majority of the season's cast members opted to participate in a reunion special hosted by AfterBuzz TV and confirmed a number of their post-finale relationship statuses.
''Are You the One? Second Chances''Filmed in Melbourne, Australia and hosted by Karamo Brown, the series premiered on March 22, 2017.CastElimination progress;CompetitionBank Accounts;Competition;Notes International versions
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