Bachelorette: Other Dating Shows With Multiple Leads & How They Work
Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia will share responsibilities as the two co-leads of The Bachelorette season 19, and Bachelor Nation is understandably curious to learn more about the other dating shows that already follow the format of having multiple leads in a single season. For the first time in the history of this franchise, two Bachelorettes will divide a cast of suitors vying for one of them. For 26 seasons of The Bachelor and 18 seasons on The Bachelorette, this show has been about one incredibly desirable single lead calling all the shots during his or her season.
The very few exceptions were: The Bachelorette season 11, which started out with two leads and had the contestants vote for one of them — Kaitlyn Bristowe — to stay aboard as the only lead; and The Bachelorette season 16, which saw Clare Crawley quitting the show mid-season and Tayshia Adams subsequently replacing her as the lead. Now that season 19 is slated to have two full-time leads from start to finish, Bachelor Nation is curious about other shows that follow this format.
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One of the most successful dating shows with multiple leads to come out in recent years is Netflix's Love Is Blind. On the show, separate groups of men and women get to know one another without ever seeing their prospective partners. Their interactions take place in one-on-one pods that are divided by walls. The point of Love Is Blind can indeed be as «blind» as the saying goes. Each season, five couples get engaged in the pods and go on to become the co-leads in the series. After just two seasons and 10 engaged pairs, four couples are still together and happily married, so the show has a success rate
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