Here’s why you should do yourself a favor and watch this gloriously entertaining time capsule of gamified queer dating. What proceeds is Are You the One’s best, most entertaining version of itself, equal parts messy, beautiful, entertaining, and #important. Meaning: There are no gender limitations and “the one could be anyone.” If every contestant correctly identifies their match, they will collectively win, gasp, One Million Dollars! But the currently airing eighth season features an unprecedented producer-orchestrated twist: Instead of a group of cis heteros trying to decide which boy/girl combo the matchmakers pulled out of an MTV-branded hat, everyone on the show is sexually fluid. Their mission: to flirt, kiss, and “boom boom” in hopes of correctly identifying their (matchmaker designated) Perfect Match™. Here’s the rundown: MTV has once again dropped 16 hot, drunk, half-naked singles into a Hawaiian Airbnb. Season eight of MTV’s Are You the One has everything you didn’t know you needed from reality TV, whether you’re on the LGBTQ+ spectrum or tragically heteronormative. The groundbreaking eighth season of the MTV reality series is gloriously entertaining time capsule of gamified queer dating.ĭrama.
