It's a place that has hosting stunning weddings for years and years, but now a popular North East wedding venue has found itself right at the centre of some big day drama, having been chosen as the filming location for Netflix's most watched show, Love is Blind UK. After a wealth of speculation that Love Is Blind, originally launched with an American cast back in 2019, before going onto have many more seasons, would make the transition to British soil; it was finally confirmed last year that a British version was in the works, with Matt and Emma Willis chosen to host it. The concept of Love is Blind is that a group of male and female singles live separately from each other while going on dates, with one major different - they can't see who they are talking to at any time, as they are in a pod with a wall between them.
The first time a couple lays eyes on each other is when one of them pops the question. READ MORE : Sheridan Smith ITV drama issues 'urgent' appeal for North East extras after filming in Newcastle Get all the latest TV and showbiz news and gossip from Chronicle Live with our free newsletter And the rest of the singles don't get to meet the potential suitors they didn't end up with until a huge group holiday, which in the case of Love is Blind UK, saw a few feathers ruffled during a trip to a luxury Greek island. From there, the remaining couples had to negotiate life living together back in the UK, in the run up to their weddings.
Having filmed the pods in Sweden.