‘Love Is Blind’ Season 8 couples: Who’s still together and who split up – so far?

We are halfway through Season 8 of “Love Is Blind,” with the five engaged couples experiencing many highs and lows after moving in together.

In the first batch of episodes, which arrived on Feb. 14, 32 singles from Minneapolis met and mingled with each other, hoping to find their soulmate on the other side of an opaque wall. Multiple couples successfully found love in the pods while others experienced tearful heartbreak.

As “Love Is Blind” fans have come to expect, quite a few love triangles popped up that caused some contestants to declare their feelings and others to doubt their connections.

Speaking to TODAY.com, Vanessa and Nick Lachey, who host the U.S. version of the show, explained why so much of this season unfolds in the pods.

“They didn’t just come in guns blazing going, ‘We need to get engaged,’” Vanessa Lachey said of the cast. “They really pulled back the curtain, if you will, and peeled back the layers of themselves and the couples to really get down to it.”

Nick Lachey said this season’s geographical location impacted the vibe of the cast and couples, too.

“Minnesota is totally Midwest,” he said. “It’s just a different pool of people here. So, every season’s different. And I think what people will find in this particular season is that it’s very, very … I don’t want to say sweet, but it’s more, it’s more heartfelt.”

By the end of Episode 6, five couples agreed to get married, sight unseen, while two pairs realized that they weren’t ready to move onto the next part of the experiment. 

In the second group of episodes, which were released Feb. 21, the engaged couples traveled to Honduras for a getaway and later settled into their fancy Minneapolis apartments. But as the contestants met each other’s friends and family, many faced awkward conversations and skepticism.

Read on to learn more about the Season 8 couples who are still together, and those who have already called it quits, below.

Season 8 couples who are still together

Devin and Virginia

Devin Buckley and Virginia Miller hit it off in the pods after learning that they both attended the same Minnesota high school. But, Devin, a 29-year-old youth director and coach, was a student at the school a few years after Virginia, a 34-year-old healthcare recruiter, graduated and the two had never crossed paths. 

While in the pods, Devin also formed a connection with Brittany Dodson, but the relationship fizzled out when she realized he was too “rigid” and didn’t seem like the ideal partner. He agreed and continued to pursue Virginia, who had been reserved and skeptical during many of their conversations. 

In Episode 6, Devin wrote a sweet letter to Virginia expressing his feelings. “Virginia, you are the most kind, loving and genuine person I’ve ever met,” he praised. “I know that in your past relationships, they made you feel insecure and undervalued. But I promise to always make you feel valued, loved, and to make you feel like the queen that you are.”

At the end of his letter, he told Virginia he loved her and asked her to marry him. “Yes, I will,” she softly replied. She later told the cameras through tears, “I haven’t felt like this ever. I just feel amazing. Today’s a good day.” 

In Honduras, Virginia and Devin continued to get along but had a minor disagreement when they moved in together. After the couple visited their separate apartments and spoke about their future, Virginia suggested that they sign a prenup to establish financial boundaries. She explained that they should each be entitled to the assets they had before meeting each other. Devin was caught off guard and seemed hesitant to agree.

When Devin introduced Virginia to his family, he mentioned the possible prenuptial agreement. His family, particularly his sister Kayla, questioned the idea and wondered if Virginia was already doubting if the marriage would work.

Daniel and Taylor 

Daniel Hastings and Taylor Haag matched each other’s energy from their first conversation. He joked about proposing a few minutes into their chat and she playfully went along. When she returned to gush with the girls, Taylor, a 32-year-old colonoscopy nurse, said she appreciated that Daniel, a 30-year-old sales account executive, repeatedly spoke about searching for the mother of his kids. 

They also bonded over their love of Christmas. In Episode 5, they gifted each other Christmas ornaments and stockings and marveled over their similarities. “The Christmas thing means a lot to me,” Daniel said. “But even if it wasn’t Christmas stuff, I feel like we were meant to find each other.” 

Taylor replied that Daniel made her feel “very special, very loved and very important.” She then told Daniel that his words to her were the nicest things anyone has ever said to her. 

In Episode 6, he read her a letter explaining why he loved her. “All I want to do is make you feel safe and make you happy for the rest of your life,” Daniel said. He then knelt on one knee and proposed.

“I would love to marry you!” she cheered. 

Episode 6 ended on a cliffhanger as all the optimism and excitement Daniel and Taylor shared after meeting each other came to a screeching halt. After the face-to-face reveal, Taylor told the cameras she had an eerie feeling that she recognized Daniel. She spiraled, recalling that a social media user who looked like Daniel briefly followed her on Instagram before she left to film the show.

She met Daniel and voiced her concerns, explaining that she worried he already knew facts based on her profile and used the prior knowledge to woo her. He said he couldn’t remember following her and that her description didn’t exactly match his account. To confirm the truth, she scrolled through a list of Instagram users who had previously followed her. When she couldn’t find his name, she apologized. He was understanding and said he still wanted to take the trip with her Honduras.

The two quickly moved past the tiff and enjoyed their vacation in Honduras. After they returned, they met each other’s families and gushed about their connection. Daniel also introduced his parents to Taylor’s mom and dad, who stressed that divorce wasn’t an option in their family.

David and Lauren 

David “Dave” Bettenburg and Lauren O’Brien were one of many Season 8 contestants who were involved in a love triangle. Dave, a 33-year-old medical device salesman, couldn’t determine if he had stronger feelings for Lauren or Molly Mulaney. When Lauren, a 31-year-old education saleswoman, realized Dave was undecided, she revealed to him that she didn’t have any other connections. 

Meanwhile, Molly anxiously waited for Dave to call it quits with Lauren and solely pursue her. But in Episode 5, Dave cried as he told Molly that he wanted to “see things through” with Lauren instead. Molly was hurt but said she knew if he didn’t want her then it wasn’t meant to be. 

Dave then met with Lauren. She said although they had some tough conversations she appreciated that they were open with each other and were able to move past everything. 

He agreed and said, “You easily could have bailed. I just can’t thank you enough for your patience because it helped me come to terms with a lot of other things. And not being afraid to go after the girl that I really want to be with. I’m so in love with you.”

He proposed and she quickly accepted. “I love you so much, too. I’m excited to just start a future with you,” she said.

In the pods, Dave repeatedly mentioned that his sister’s opinions of his partners played a big role in his past relationships. Although fans still haven’t met her, the weight of her apparent disapproval and the mistrust of Dave’s friends negatively impacted his romance with Lauren in the second group of episodes.

As soon as Dave and Lauren returned to Minneapolis, he complained that friends and family members learned about his engagement before he told them. Then, Dave revealed that an acquaintance claimed he had been dating Lauren up until she left to go on “Love Is Blind.” Lauren denied his timeline of events and said that she had ended their casual fling. She said that the acquaintance wanted to create drama.

Despite Lauren’s friends also supporting her, Dave could not fully trust Lauren, creating a strain in their relationship as they approached wedding day.

Joey and Monica

Joey Leveille and Monica Danus’ time in the pods was drama-free. Joey, a 35-year-old physician associate, and Monica, a 28-year-old digital marketer, seemed to only form a bond with each other. They quickly connected thanks to their bubbly and quirky personalities and their love for “The Sound of Music.” Joey also supported Monica when she revealed that she was between jobs because she needed to take time off to help her family. 

By Episode 2, they already knew that they wanted to get engaged and leave the pods together, making them the first official couple of Season 8.  “I’ve had an incredible time falling in love with who you are as a person, your laugh, your voice, and I would love to take the next step with you,” Joey said. 

“Would you get engaged with me?” he asked. 

She laughed and said “Yes!” She said she couldn’t wait to see him in person before running to share the news with her friends. 

Joey and Monica spent their time in Honduras learning more about each other and their idiosyncrasies, like her family’s shared “sock bin.” It appeared the two would have a drama-free path to the finale — until Joey met Monica’s family.

While her parents were welcoming and invited Joey to participate in their family jam session, Monica’s older sister, Nicolle, quietly eyed Joey from her seat. When she pulled Monica to have a private conversation outside, Nicolle mentioned that Joey wasn’t her sister’s usual type. She also said that as the older sister she always felt she would get married first.

At their apartment, Joey shared that he could tell Nicolle didn’t warm to him. After Monica revealed what she spoke about with Nicolle, Joey suggested that jealousy might be the cause of Nicolle’s disapproval.

Ben and Sara

Ben Mezzenga and Sara Carton briefly struggled in the pods when they started discussing their values. In Episode 2, Sara, a 29-year-old oncology nurse, asked Ben, a 28-year-old developer, about growing up in a Christian household. He explained his beliefs before she revealed that she wasn’t religious. 

“The main thing for me that’s really tough about religion is my sister, Lisa. She’s my best friend. She’s gay,” she explained. She asked if Ben would be comfortable around her sister and would go to Pride activities with them. 

“Yeah, no discomfort around that community at all,” he replied. She felt confident in their connection, but when they met again in Episode 4, she had some more concerns. She mentioned Donald Trump’s first presidency and the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. 

“I’m kind of ignorant towards that stuff. Like, I didn’t vote in the last election. As long as I don’t know, it’s not going to do much, so…” Ben said. When she asked directly about BLM, he said, “I’m not one way or the other. I just kind of keep out of it.” 

Sara replied, “I think it’s very valuable and important to think about those things.”  She later said she didn’t like his responses to her questions. “Basic human rights, equality, I need someone to be on the same page with me about that,” she said. 

Ben assured her in Episode 5 that their values aligned. “I don’t want you to have any burden or any weight on your shoulder thinking that you have to teach me because I do have that motivation to grow into that and that internal feeling that we do have the same beliefs in these things,” he said before proposing. 

“I feel so at peace and accepted by you,” she said after accepting his proposal. “I honestly can’t imagine being with anyone else.” 

Ben and Sara landed in Honduras and swiftly decided to build on their emotional connection by exploring a physical relationship. When all the engaged couples reunited, Ben and Sara could not stop gushing about how well they got along.

In Minneapolis, Sara met a few of Ben’s friends. Sara shared details about their conversation about values in the pods and his friends confirmed that he was an inclusive person.

Sara and Ben continued to progress until the two had an uncomfortable conversation at the end of Episode 9. She gasped twice after learning that a woman on TikTok posted a video calling out some of the “s—– men” on the Season 8 cast, without identifying the male cast members.

Ben, who had already seen the video, said, “I think she is referencing me.” He also shared that he blocked the user and she blocked him.

When Sara pressed him to further explain the situation, he said he hadn’t spoken to the woman in over four years and that he was “uncertain” about what else she would reveal. He added that she was “overreacting.” Sara cautioned him that if he wasn’t being forthcoming then the trust between them would be broken.

Season 8 couples who are no longer together

Alex and Madison

Alex Brown and Madison Errichiello opened up in the pods about their difficult childhoods. Alex, a 29-year-old commercial real estate broker, and Madison, a 28-year-old artist, were both bullied in school and felt like outcasts.

The two seemed headed for an engagement until Madison revealed she had an avoidant attachment style. Alex suddenly became less talkative and their conversation ended abruptly.

When they met again, Alex voiced his concerns that Madison would run if they faced an obstacle. She told him that her still being in the experiment was proof that she was ready to go through challenging times with him. Meanwhile, Madison was also building a connection with Mason Horacen. 

Mason told Madison he was “committed” to her. But when Madison decided to pursue her relationship with Alex instead, Mason regretted what he said. In Episode 6, Madison explained the situation to Alex.  

Alex said he sympathized with Mason and wished him well. Madison didn’t appreciate that Alex wasn’t more comforting toward her.  After their tense conversation, Alex said he could see a future with her but he was worried they would struggle with communication and disagreements. “I think at this point, it’s a pretty big jump. We’re not at a point to get engaged,” he said. 

Madison tearfully departed the pods and left the experiment. 

In an interview with TODAY.com, Alex said he had no regrets over ending the relationship.

“I was confident in the decision. If we could go back and do things again, I think it would have unfolded the same way. I’m glad that we got all of the issues out on the table the way we did so we could make that decision early on instead of moving forward and proposing and then going on the trip and then living together. I think it would have been a lot messier if that were to happen,” he said.

His decision came down to attachment style and conflict resolution, as it appeared in the pods. “I think she has different ways of dealing with conflict than I do, and again, that’s totally fine. There’s nothing right or wrong with either way, but I think we just realized that we are both on very different pages and that communication wasn’t going to be easy,” he said.

Read the rest of our interview with Alex here.

Mason and Meg

Mason, a 33-year-old cinematographer, gravitated toward Meg Fink, a 31-year-old oncology nurse, in the pods. She shared her conspiracy theories with him and expressed her strong feelings. But she knew that Mason also had a connection with Madison. 

After Madison ended things with Mason, she told Meg what happened. Meg confronted Mason in the pods at the end of Episode 5. She questioned if she was only there by “default” because Madison rejected him. 

He said he validated the “wrong person” because he was “confused” at the time. 

When he said she was always his first choice, Meg replied, “I wasn’t yesterday, just to be fair.” She said he never affirmed his feelings for her until it was too late. 

“I’ll never know if what you’re saying is true because we don’t get the opportunity for you to pick,” she told him in Episode 6. “I’m not going to be able to get past that.” 

He said he understood her perspective and they said goodbye.