Reality shows have had relatively constant popularity for years. Whether the reality shows are about dating, cooking, decorating, or even surviving, it doesn't seem to matter. There is as much of a variety of topics for these shows as there are a variety of people who watch them. There is something oddly compelling about watching other people compete for fame and money while navigating through insane amounts of drama, both real and manufactured for the views.
So grab your favorite snack and drink and buckle up. Here is a lineup of some reality shows coming to Netflix in March 2023.
Next in Fashion-Season 2 Friday, Mar. 3
The follow-up to the first season of Netflix’s original design competition. This show brings together a group of talented fashion designers competing for a cash prize of $200,000. In order to win this prize money and the ability to showcase their talents and collections, designers must create some extremely unique and new designs. Along with the substantial prize money, the winner also gets the opportunity to showcase their fashion collection with Rent the Runway, a platform enabling their designs to be seen by top fashion industry professionals. Tan France, a fashion designer, comes back in his host role from season one. Joining him as co-host is supermodel Gigi Hadid with an impressive list of guest judges including but not limited to Hailey Bieber, Emma Chamberlain, Bella Hadid, and Donatella Versace. The new season of Next in Fashion is set for streaming on Friday, Mar. 3.
Dance 100 Friday, Mar. 17
Every competition-based reality show comes with a panel of often ruthless judges that give a combination of constructive criticism and (sometimes) veiled insults. But what if your judges were the people you were instructing? That is the premise of Dance 100, a new choreography competition on Netflix. Ally Love, who some may recognize as a well-known Peloton instructor, hosts the show that features eight choreographers competing to create and design unique and awe-inspiring routines. The choreographers, Keenan Cooks, Rudy Garcia, Brandi Chun, Rex Kline, Akira Armstrong, Celine Edmondson, Max Pham, and Janick Arseneau, craft dances and pull dancers from the pool of 100 of the best dancers in the world to perform. After their performances, the dancers will choose which choreographers go home and which get to come back for another round of dances the following week. With a cash prize of $100,000 at the end of the road, you better believe we will see these choreographers dance their hearts out right next to their judges!
Love is Blind-Season Mar. 4 24
Netflix’s popular dating show has run for three seasons thus far. With its popularity, it was already renewed for a fourth and fifth season in March 2022. The premise of Love is Blind is that couples date without meeting face to face to form bonds with the other person's personality rather than relying on physical attraction. In fact, couples do not meet in person until after they are already “engaged.” If both people agree to the engagement, they are sent on a honeymoon-style vacation where they meet in person for the first time. If that goes well, they are taken back to their real lives, where they live together with their people for four weeks while introducing them to friends and family. After the four weeks are up, the couple decides if they want to continue their lives together or go their separate ways. Season 3 ended with two marriages, so let’s see if season 4 can create more matches made in (booth) heaven. Episodes 1-5 are set to stream on Mar. 24, with subsequent groups of episodes being released weekly through Apr. 14.
Outlast Friday, Mar. 10
Let’s take a break from all the dating and matchmaking reality drama out there and dive head-first into some survival drama. Outlast, which premieres on Netflix on Friday, Mar. 10, is another survival reality show that throws a group of self-proclaimed survivalists out into nature to see who will outlast the other. There is one big difference between those other survival reality shows and Outlast: the survivors can only win as a team. With a million-dollar prize pool dangling in front of these competitors, how will they work together to build a society while subsequently using their ruthless sides to win? You may just have to watch to find out.
The Ultimatum: Queer Love
This new reality series from Netflix is a spin-off of their previous show, The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On. In this show, which premiered in April of 2022, six couples had eight weeks to discuss the issues they struggled to agree on, like marriage, kids, etc. During their time on the reality show, the couples would test the boundaries of their love while also potentially hooking up with others before deciding if they were ready to marry their partner or not. The Ultimatum: Queer Love will introduce five LGBTQ+ couples with female and non-binary partners. Co-hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey, who also co-host Love is Blind, will likely not be the hosts of this spin-off. There is no release date announced for this yet, but it is anticipated in early 2023!