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Genre | Reality |
Created by | Chris Coelen |
Presented by | JoAnna Garcia Swisher |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Running time | 36–65 minutes |
Production company | Kinetic Content |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | May 24 June 7, 2023 | –
The Ultimatum: Queer Love is a dating reality television series created by Chris Coelen and produced by Kinetic Content[1]. It is a spin-off of The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On that premiered on Netflix on May 24, 2023.
The Ultimatum is a self-proclaimed social experiment that wants to see how many couples will get married when presented with ultimatums.[2] The show features couples on the verge of marriage. Each pair has eight weeks to decide whether they want to get married or split forever. Couples will later be split up as they choose new partners from the rest of the group, and then move in with them for three weeks.
Issuing ultimatum | Age | Partner | Age |
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Xander Boger | 30 | Vanessa Papa | 30 |
Lexi Goldberg | 25 | Raelyn Cheung-Sutton | 27 |
Yoly Rojas | 34 | Mal Wright | 36 |
Mildred Bustillo | 33 | Tiff Der | 32 |
Sam Mark | 31 | Aussie Chau | 42 |
Contestants | Result[a] |
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Xander and Yoly | Split |
Lexi and Mal | Split |
Raelyn and Vanessa | Split |
Mildred and Aussie | Split |
Sam and Tiff | Split |
Original couple | Result[a] | Status[b] |
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Xander and Vanessa | Split | Split |
Lexi and Raelyn | Engaged | Split |
Yoly and Mal | Engaged | Split |
Mildred and Tiff | Engaged | Split |
Sam and Aussie | Engaged | Engaged |
No. in season | Title | Original release date | ||||||||||
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1 | "The Break Up" | May 24, 2023 | ||||||||||
2 | "The Choice" | May 24, 2023 | ||||||||||
3 | "Newlyweds" | May 24, 2023 | ||||||||||
4 | "Group Nights Out" | May 24, 2023 | ||||||||||
5 | "In and Out of Love" | May 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
6 | "The Changeover" | May 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
7 | "Cocktails and Confrontation" | May 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
8 | "Is Love Enough" | May 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
9 | "Ultimatum Day" | June 7, 2023 | ||||||||||
Special | ||||||||||||
10 | "The Reunion" | June 7, 2023 |
The majority of the season was filmed in San Diego, California between September 2021 and November 2021.[5][6]
The series announced that JoAnna Garcia Swisher would host the series, instead of Nick and Vanessa Lachey who host The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On.[7]
The reunion special was almost a year later in January 2023.[6]
On March 24, 2022, Netflix announced the spin-off ahead of the release of the first season of The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On.[8]
The series consisting of eight episodes premiered on Neflix on May 24, 2023.[9]
Lindsay Lee Wallace of Time wrote that the spin-off was a "solid-watch". However, Wallace also expressed disappointment in the series' ability to match reality television standards.[10]