Love is Blind season 10 twist sends one couple to Malibu, not Mexico (and here is why)

Viewers simply watched seven {couples} get engaged within the first six episodes of Love is Blind season 10, which premiered on Netflix on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026.

Sadly, due to an surprising twist, solely six of the seven {couples} made the journey to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for the second a part of the experiment, which follows the {couples} throughout their first few days residing collectively at a resort.

The seventh couple, Christine Hamilton and Vic St. John, had been despatched to a resort in Malibu with no rationalization. We see them in self-recorded movies, however the couple was not adopted by a digital camera crew like the opposite six {couples}.

Now, due to Love is Blind creator Chris Coelen, we lastly know why, and it is undoubtedly not for the explanation I assumed.

This is why Vic and Christine had been despatched to Malibu

Coelen revealed to Leisure Weekly that there have been two particular causes that the couple was not chosen to return to Cabo. The primary motive was the present’s restricted funds, which doubtless would have compelled the present to rent extra digital camera and crew members to comply with Vic and Christine’s journey.

This is what Coelen mentioned in regards to the funds constraints:

“A part of the explanation that we won’t comply with greater than usually 5, and generally we stretch to 6, is that we do not have the funds to try this. That is one thing I’ve talked about each single season, we simply haven’t got the funds. We do not even have the funds to comply with six, however we stretch, and we determine it out. And so there’s completely no method we might do it with seven.”

That a part of the scenario seems to be true! We have by no means seen a bunch of 14 individuals taken to Mexico or one other vacation spot for this a part of the present. They often must slim the group if greater than 5 or 6 {couples} get engaged within the pods.

Actually, I assumed there was some form of passport difficulty. That was the very first thing I considered after I seen that Vic and Christine had been in California and never residing it up in Baja California.

The second motive Coelen talked about, and that is fascinating to me, was that Vic and Christine did not have any unfastened ends with the opposite {couples}. They trimmed their checklist of potential suitors early and had been solely centered on one another whereas different contestants had some historical past that wanted to be labored out on digital camera.

“A part of what individuals do once they go to Mexico is that they resolve unresolved threads. That is a part of the purpose of going to Mexico and seeing all of the others, and Vic and Christine actually did not have any of these unresolved threads. So that they had been those that we picked to go on the journey by themselves.”

Actually, that makes full sense, and as a viewer, I completely perceive why the present has to make tough decisions like, however I truly really feel like Vic and Christine had been one of the vital fascinating {couples} on this season. I might have actually preferred to be taught extra about them, how they cope with the early battle of residing collectively, and the way they might have interacted with the opposite contestants outdoors of the pods.

Vic and Christine will return in later episodes of Love is Blind season 10

The excellent news for Vic and Christine followers is that we’ll get to see the remainder of their love story (or non-love story, if it goes that method) play out in episode 7 and the remainder of the season.

We nonetheless do not know the way a lot they are going to be concerned. Will a digital camera crew be following them 20 hours per day, or no matter it’s, like the opposite {couples}? We do not know, however Coelen did inform EW that we’ll get to see them once more.

I am hopeful that we’ll be capable of comply with them all through to the altar, in the event that they select to remain within the experiment that lengthy. In among the more moderen seasons, we have seen plenty of {couples} break up earlier than the tip of the present, after which we solely have two or three {couples} going all the way in which to the tip of the present. I do know that is how life works, however that is simply not precisely what followers who tune in need to see. The present works so significantly better as a premise when there’s an opportunity the {couples} may say sure on the altar.

Vic and Christine in all probability have a greater likelihood to make it than among the different {couples} who went to Mexico

I do not find out about you, but it surely looks like Vic and Christine in all probability have a greater shot to final as a pair as a result of they dodged the drama of Cabo. After all, we do not know what’s about to go down, however one thing all the time goes down proper out of the pods for apparent causes.

To start with, there’s all that unfinished enterprise that Coelen is referring to. There are contestants who’ve emotions for one another. There are others who’re extra drawn to different individuals there quite than the particular person they picked. Some individuals have a tough time dealing with events and social interactions involving alcohol. Others are simply having an excellent time, and that results in unhealthy occasions. There are such a lot of variables that may set off individuals at any time.

Vic and Christine keep away from all of that, and it looks like that is in all probability an excellent factor. Sure, you might argue these different {couples} are going to be examined instantly out of the pods whereas Vic and Christine get the posh of going via this a part of their journey alone. However, I feel constructing a basis with fewer distractions is all the time going to work out on a present like this.

However, hey, that is simply my perspective after binge-watching the primary six episodes in sooner or later.

We’ll share extra updates about Love is Blind season 10 because the season continues. The subsequent batch of episodes arrives on Wednesday, Feb. 18, on Netflix.