A LOVE Is Blind UK couple who were cut from the show have revealed if they're still together off-screen.
The Netflix dating experiment returned last week with 15 new men and 15 new women entering the "pods" in a bid to find love with someone without ever seeing them.
Participants only get to meet their match once they get engaged – and from there it's a six week whirlwind to the finish line including romantic getaways, living together, and meeting loved ones.
However, with so many connections there to be formed, not everyone gets to make it past the initial stages, even if they put a ring on it.
Typically on a Love Is Blind season, up to five couples are followed past the initial stages.
And Amy and James were two singles who didn't make it onto our screen.
Amy initially said yes to a proposal from another dater Ross M.
But she ended up falling for contestant James and they found their way back to each other, as they still remain together today.
"I'm a big believer in the universe," Amy told Tudum.
"Everything unfolds exactly how it's meant to unfold."
James and Amy hit it off during their first date and formed a close connection.
The pair said their anxiety melted away when they entered the pods – quickly realising they were each other's perfect match.
James said: "It was our third or fourth date, and as soon as I walked out, I was like, 'This is why I'm here. She's the one."
After their first pod date, James explored other connections with fellow contestants Holly and Laurie, while Amy dated Ross M.
Amy admitted she accepted Ross M's proposal because he offered her a sense of security – saying "I had somebody there that was all in for me", while James was less reassuring telling her that his "gut was with her", which left her confused.
But just 24 hours after leaving the pod, she knew something didn't feel right and they ended up calling time on their brief romance, before she headed home to Wales.
Amy, who was in Spain at the time, revealed she slid into James DMs not long a few days after leaving the pod and arranged a first date.
James drove six hours to pick her up at the airport and after enjoyed a romantic date outside the pod.
They have been inseparable ever since, with the pair living together in Malta for three months and also making plans to move in together in Cardiff or London.
They've also met each other's kids and have already said 'I love you'.
The pair thanked the show for bringing them together as they continue their romance at their own pace now.
It comes after hosts Matt and Emma Willis revealed why they were hesitant to front the show for another series.
Speaking on Heart Radio's breakfast show this week, Emma said: "We were really scared, weren't we?" the popular presenter said to he husband, who replied: "We were, yeah."
Continuing, Emma said: "Like, really scared. Because season one was such a hit, and everybody loved it, and it kind of had a little bit of everything.
"Matt always says, 'It's like that difficult second album.'
"Like, is it ever going to be as good as the first? But I think it is as good as the first.
"It's just different. Like this one's, I think, a slightly slower burn, isn't it?
"The pods, I think, in comparison to last year, are much calmer. But then it all starts to go."
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