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Between anticipated reside occasions and new, playful ideas of competitions, recreation exhibits, and the whole lot in between, here’s a non-exhaustive roundup of the whole lot Netflix has highlighted for this upcoming yr on the truth TV entrance.
Additionally, don’t overlook Netflix is absolutely increasing into video podcasts, which depend as unscripted titles, starting in January 2026 within the US, with additional rollouts deliberate all year long. You possibly can see our full recap for Subsequent on Netflix 2026 right here.
Star Search
Let’s begin with one of many largest bets of the yr: the reboot of considered one of American tv’s most beloved prime-time exhibits for a world stage. This week, the judges of Star Search have been revealed to be Sarah Michelle Gellar, breakout nation/rap star Jelly Roll, and Chrissy Teigen. Anthony Anderson was beforehand confirmed as host ; the episodes will go reside each week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9PM ET/6PM PT. The format, set to air over ten episodes and 5 weeks, may also see weekly eliminations, however will it drive sufficient engagement from international audiences, who will probably be invited to vote reside? And can the family-oriented program captivate most segments of the Netflix viewers? All questions that shall be solved over the subsequent few months, and would possibly assist decide the way forward for international competitors bets from the platform going ahead.
Temptation Island (Season 2)
The tried-and-true relationship format, which was relaunched once more as a Netflix Unique in March of 2025 after 5 seasons broadcast on USA Community, is ready to return this yr with a brand-new set of {couples}, alongside host Mark L. Walberg. Shot in Hawaii as soon as once more, the present might launch once more subsequent spring, although a launch window remains to be unconfirmed.
Queer Eye (Season 10)
The ultimate season of the long-running present, launching on January twenty first, will see a final collection of makeovers by the quintet of Antoni Porowski, Jeremiah Brent, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo, and Tan France, in addition to a mirrored image of the impression and legacy of the present.
The Ultimatum: Marry or Transfer On (Season 4)
Regardless that the Queer Love spin-off is bygones, The Ultimatum hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey are nonetheless planning to come back again for a fourth season of the spicy relationship format. As soon as anticipated for late 2025, as Season 3 already premiered greater than a yr in the past, in December 2024, a launch date was anticipated to be imminent.
Unlocked: A Jail Experiment (Season 2)
UNLOCKED: A Jail Experiment. Inmate Jay in episode 202 of UNLOCKED: A Jail Experiment. Credit score: Courtesy of Netflix/
This one is now streaming globally, and we now have a preview of what to anticipate from the 6-episode collection set in a facility in Arizona the place inmates will probably be given unprecedented company.
Is It Cake? Valentines
Hosted by comic Mikey Day, this new particular version of the long-running cooking format, which has already celebrated holidays and Halloween, will see three duos of grasp baking artists compete in Valentines Day themed brand-new video games. It’s set to reach on February 4th.
Per the official description, “For the primary time in Is It Cake historical past, there are video games only for the viewer! With hearts pounding and cash on the road, these {couples} are in for the sweetest date evening of their lives!”. Judges for this version will probably be Casey Wilson and David Caspe, alongside Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross.
Love Is Blind (Season 10) & Love is Blind: UK (Season 3)
Releasing February eleventh, the tenth season of the format, releasing solely 4 months after the earlier cycle, will make the present the longest-running unscripted collection in Netflix historical past. Hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey return. The UK spin-off may also return with hosts Emma and Matt Willis in August 2026.
Million Greenback Secret (Season 2)
Renewed in Could of 2025, the present was one of many largest actuality debuts of the yr. Peter Serafinowicz returns as host, with a brand-new group of contestants.
The logline :
It is a recreation of wit, crafty and deception. Twelve strangers enter a luxurious lakeside property and in every of their rooms is a mysterious welcome reward — a field. Eleven of them are empty and one accommodates $1,000,000, and it’s for that visitor to maintain — so long as they maintain their id hidden. Devilish video games will reveal clues in regards to the millionaire’s id, they usually should do no matter it takes to maintain their Million Greenback Secret.
Good Match (Season 4)
Renewed final summer season, the brand-new season will characteristic returning contestants and fan favourite from different Netflix actuality exhibits, alongside host Nick Lachey.
Age of Attraction
A brand-new relationship format, introduced as a social experiment, will give attention to age variations and their impression on relationship with a bunch of candidates aged 22 to 59. Per the official logline, “Age is thrown out the window when singles seek for their soulmates, however will the years come between them?” Nick Viall and Natalie Pleasure host, with showrunner Sam Dean (Love Is Blind) on the helm.
Calabasas Confidential
This new format will give attention to the frenzy across the well-known Californian residential space, with a give attention to a reunion of a bunch of faculty graduates coming again to the hillsides after 4 years aside. Per the outline, “As previous flames reignite and buried tensions resurface, they’re pressured to confront unfinished enterprise and unsure futures within the city that raised them.” Spoke Studios is the manufacturing firm.
The Golden Ticket
One of many many Roald Dahl initiatives developed for the platform, which acquired the corporate proudly owning the rights to the works by the well-known writer in 2021, this competitors would be the first unscripted mission to make its strategy to subscribers globally, impressed by the well-known Willy Wonka lore.
The official logline :
Fortunate contestants can have the prospect to enter Wonka’s Chocolate Manufacturing facility, however there’s a catch — solely gamers who discover a coveted golden ticket will achieve entry to the manufacturing facility. However a golden ticket doesn’t assure a candy trip as soon as the gates open; solely those that can adapt, strategize, and stand up to the unknown will make it by way of. Set inside a retro-futuristic dreamscape, this high-stakes social experiment will problem gamers not simply bodily, however mentally as they navigate video games, assessments, and temptations designed to probe their instincts, resilience, and skill to thrive in chaos.
Let’s Marry Harry
Coming from podcaster Alex Cooper‘s manufacturing firm Unwell, the mission was introduced final summer season throughout a Summer time Break occasion in Los Angeles, and facilities on former Too Scorching To Deal with and Good Match contestant Harry Jowsey in a Bachelor-style relationship competitors. Jowsey presently hosts the podcast Boyfriend Materials, additionally produced by Cooper and Unwell Productions.
Untitled Kevin Hart Competitors Sequence
Alongside the upcoming film 72 Hours, Kevin Hart stays busy and in enterprise with Netflix as the chief producer and proposed host (alongside “a crew of comedy titans” to be named) of this competitors collection to search out the subsequent big-time expertise in stand-up comedy. In response to the official logline, “this unfiltered, uncensored and unapologetic competitors will pull again the curtain on the gritty, hilarious and sometimes unpredictable path of a stand-up profession.”
Win The Mall
Introduced final November and produced by Fremantle, this 8-episode collection will see ten “professional consumers” face off in opposition to one another in a traditional American shopping center. Produced by main manufacturing firm Fremantle (Let’s Make A Deal), EP Jimmy Fox summarized the ambition of this system thusly: “You go to a mall for 2 causes: to buy and to socialize. You’ll must excel at each to be able to Win the Mall.” The collection will launch this fall.
L’Arène
Alongside the upcoming season of Nouvelle École, the French adaptation of Rhythm + Move, Netflix France introduced the upcoming MMA competitors format L’Arène (The Area). A string of challengers will face off and undertake psychological and bodily challenges for the prospect to win €100,000 and a spot in knowledgeable league. Three main stars of the sector will probably be judges on this system: Ciryl Gane (who fronted Netflix motion film Okay.O. in 2025), Cédric Doumbé and Benoît Saint Denis.
Blue Remedy
Confirmed within the UK Subsequent on Netflix slate doc for a March 2026 premiere is Blue Remedy. Directed by Gary Brooks and produced by Anna Edwinson, Luti Fagbenle, Andy Amadi, and Vanessa Van Yeboah, the collection follows {couples} who’ve confronted challenges of their relationships who at the moment are trying to rebuild their lives guided by consultants.
At House with the Furys (Season 2)
Additionally on the UK slate this yr is the long-awaited return of the sports activities docu-soap actuality collection following Tyson Fury following his retirement from the ring. The primary season premiered again in August 2023. Per Netflix, “At House with the Furys S2 will present the heavyweight champion of the world decided to offer retirement one other shot and embrace a future in Morecambe Bay with out boxing, alongside his spouse Paris, their seven kids, and pop, John.” Netflix can be releasing a documentary movie on Tyson Fury in 2026.
Elsewhere on Netflix’s actuality slate, they’re growing a contest collection with YouTuber Mark Rober in addition to bringing Monopoly and Clue to our screens.
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