A true phenomenon in the world, the reality TV show “Love is Blind” will arrive for the first time in France, with Teddy Riner and his companion as hosts.
After lighting the Olympic cauldron alongside triple Olympic champion Marie-José Pérec during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Teddy Riner is embarking on a project that is, to say the least, unexpected: reality TV. The judo champion and his partner, Luthna Plocus, will host the French version of the hit reality TV show “Love is Blind,” Netflix announced on Thursday, November 21.
“A new adventure together,” wrote the judoka’s companion on Instagram, accompanied by a photo of her and her companion, with whom she has been in a relationship since 2017.
Launched in 2020 in the United States, during confinement and the Covid-19 pandemic, “Love is Blind” brings together several single people looking for love, who can only talk to each other through a wall, without ever seeing each other. see. It is only after a marriage proposal that couples discover each other physically.
A real success in the United States, the show is currently in its seventh season. It has also been available in many countries, such as Japan, Mexico, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Argentina, and recently in the United Arab Emirates. In all programs, it's always a couple who are in charge.
A contested decision
If many Internet users welcomed the news, impatient to discover the French version of “Love is Blind”, the announcement also caused a wave of discontent among others, who struggle to understand this choice. “But in what world is Teddy Riner presenting the show love is blind???”, commented a user, while another wrote: “Teddy Riner who is going to present Love is Blind France lol it wasn't in my bingo that”. A third person added: “Ahhhh there will be a French version of love is blind and no one told me?? Why Teddy Riner?? And his wife has no name?
Fans of the show judged that the couple lacked legitimacy to be at the head of this French version, expecting star reality TV couples like Nabilla and Thomas, Ali and Alia, or even creators content such as Yanissa XOXO and her husband, Dominique.
Teddy Riner and Luthna Plocus met in 2007, while she was working in the communications department of Lagardère Unlimited. “Without her, nothing is possible. She helps me preserve my sleep, watches over my nutrition, organizes family life,” the judoka explained last year to La Dépêche, but his partner quickly retorted: “I am neither his secretary nor his little mom. We are a balanced and interchangeable duo. He won his competitions all by himself!” The couple, who always wanted to stay away from media agitation, have two children: a boy, Eden, born in 2014, and a girl, Ysis, born in 2018.
The first season of the program, which will be released on Netflix in 2025, is already filming in Sweden and Morocco, according to Le Parisien.
