# Perfect Match season 3
**Perfect Match season 3** is the third season of the Netflix dating competition series *Perfect Match*, in which singles drawn from the Netflix Reality Universe and, for the first time, from outside franchises such as Bachelor Nation and Love Island pair up in a tropical villa while host [Nick Lachey](https://www.edgepedia.org/nick-lachey) oversees compatibility challenges and matchmaker twists.[1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv4X3t6bz4w) The season premiered on August 1, 2025 and concluded on August 15, 2025.[2](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-release-date-news)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premiere and finale | Episodes 1–6 on Friday, August 1, 2025; episodes 7–9 on August 8; episode 10 (finale) on August 15[2](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-release-date-news) |
| Episode count | 10 episodes; the premiere, "Let's Puck", runs 61 minutes[3](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/perfect-match/season-3/) |
| Host | Nick Lachey[4](https://www.tvline.com/casting-news/perfect-match-season-3-netflix-cast-date-bachelor-clayton-1235467144/) |
| Filming | September 2024, over three weeks, with the singles entering the villa[5](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-when-was-it-filmed) |
| Location | Tulum, Mexico[5](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-when-was-it-filmed) |
| New casting element | First season to include singles from outside the Netflix Reality Universe, including Bachelor Nation and Love Island alumni[1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv4X3t6bz4w) |
| Standout outcome | AD (Love Is Blind Season 6) and Ollie Sutherland (Love Is Blind: UK) became engaged and later announced they are expecting their first child[2](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-release-date-news) |
## Format
The series brings together famously single reality television alumni in a tropical paradise to form couples. The most compatible couples gain the power to play matchmaker, breaking up other couples and sending them on dates with brand-new singles they invite to the house, with the goal of becoming the strongest couple at the villa, the "Perfect Match".[1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv4X3t6bz4w) In Season 3, contestants pair up and take part in physical challenges designed to test compatibility and stir up drama under Lachey's supervision.[6](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/netflix/netflix-sets-love-is-blind-selling-sunset-and-other-reality-tv-show-premiere-dates)
Season three expanded the mixer mechanic introduced in season two, adding a wrinkle in which people who never set foot in the villa the first time get a chance to match in alongside returning castoffs.[7](https://tiered.tv/shows/perfect-match)
## Cast
Netflix announced the full cast on June 25, 2025, alongside the premiere date.[4](https://www.tvline.com/casting-news/perfect-match-season-3-netflix-cast-date-bachelor-clayton-1235467144/) The headline additions were two members of Bachelor Nation: [Clayton Echard](https://www.edgepedia.org/clayton-echard), who starred in Season 26 of *The Bachelor*, and Rachel Recchia, who starred in Season 19 of *[The Bachelorette](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-bachelorette-american-tv-series)*. The two are exes; Recchia finished third on Echard's season and later co-led *The Bachelorette* alongside [Gabby Windey](https://www.edgepedia.org/gabby-windey).[4](https://www.tvline.com/casting-news/perfect-match-season-3-netflix-cast-date-bachelor-clayton-1235467144/)
The rest of the roster mixed Netflix Reality Universe veterans with other franchise alumni:[4](https://www.tvline.com/casting-news/perfect-match-season-3-netflix-cast-date-bachelor-clayton-1235467144/) • [8](https://www.thewrap.com/perfect-match-season-3-cast-guide-netflix/)
- **Love Is Blind**: Amber "AD" Smith (Season 6) and Madison Errichiello (Season 8)
- **Love Is Blind: UK**: Freddie Powell and Ollie Sutherland (both Season 1)
- **Too Hot to Handle**: Jalen Brown, Louis Russell (Seasons 5 and 6, also *Battle Camp*), and Lucy Syed (Season 6)
- **The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On**: J.R. Warren and Sandy Gallagher (Season 3)
- **Love Island**: Carrington Rodriguez, Justine Joy, and Ray Gantt (Love Island USA), and Scott van-der-Sluis (Love Island UK Season 10, plus Love Island USA Season 5 and [Love Island Games](https://www.edgepedia.org/love-island-games))
- **Other shows**: Juliette Porter (*Siesta Key*), Hannah Burns (*[The Mole](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-mole-american-tv-series)*), Daniel Perfetto (*Dated & Related*), Quori-Tyler, known as QT (*The Circle*), and Alex Zamora, Cody Wright, and Olivia Rae (*Temptation Island*)
## AD and Ollie's engagement
The season's outcome was spoiled in advance by its own participants. During the *Love Is Blind* Season 8 reunion in April 2025, AD and Ollie revealed that they had fallen for each other while filming the competition and were now engaged; the proposal happened on a beach while filming a promo for the season, a moment that won the NRU Superlative for "OMG Moment of the Year".[2](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-release-date-news) • [5](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-when-was-it-filmed) A month later, in May, the couple announced on Instagram that they are expecting their first child together.[2](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-release-date-news) • [5](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-when-was-it-filmed)
## Production and timeline
Season 3 was filmed in September 2024 over roughly three weeks, meaning about 11 months passed between filming and the August 2025 premiere.[5](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-when-was-it-filmed) The season shot in Tulum, Mexico, a location favored by reality productions for its beaches and luxury resorts.[5](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-when-was-it-filmed) • [9](https://netfilming.com/perfect-match-season-3-filming-locations/) The gap between filming and broadcast was long enough that the cast's post-show lives, including the engagement and pregnancy, were public before viewers saw the relationship develop on screen.[5](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-when-was-it-filmed)
## Reception
The season reached Netflix's Top 10, but coverage around its release described a muted fan response, with commentary suggesting audiences were growing tired of reality dating drama after a year of heavily criticized seasons.[10](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/state-of-dating-shows-reality-tv-2025-essay/) A CinemaBlend review found the first six episodes more mature than previous seasons, crediting the pre-announced AD and Ollie love story with focusing the season on genuine connection, but judged that the second week of episodes slid back into strategic behavior and chaos, a shift the reviewer suggested may have cost AD and Ollie the win.[11](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/perfect-match-season-3-feels-more-mature-than-before-reasons-why) As of the weeks after release, Metacritic listed no critic reviews for the season.[3](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/perfect-match/season-3/)
## References
1. [Perfect Match: Season 3 | Cast Announcement | Netflix, YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv4X3t6bz4w)
2. [Perfect Match Season 3 Release Date, When Is The New Episode, Finale, Trailer, News, Nick Lachey, Netflix Tudum](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-release-date-news)
3. [Perfect Match Season 3, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/perfect-match/season-3/)
4. [Netflix's Perfect Match Adds A Former Bachelor And Bachelorette To Season 3 Cast, TVLine](https://www.tvline.com/casting-news/perfect-match-season-3-netflix-cast-date-bachelor-clayton-1235467144/)
5. [When Was Perfect Match Season 3 Filmed? Filming Location Tulum Mexico, Relationship Timeline AD and Ollie, Netflix Tudum](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/perfect-match-season-3-when-was-it-filmed)
6. [Netflix sets 'Love Is Blind,' 'Selling Sunset' and other reality TV show premiere dates, Tom's Guide](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/netflix/netflix-sets-love-is-blind-selling-sunset-and-other-reality-tv-show-premiere-dates)
7. [Perfect Match, tiered.tv](https://tiered.tv/shows/perfect-match)
8. ['Perfect Match' Season 3 Cast Guide: Who's Who on the Netflix Dating Show?, TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/perfect-match-season-3-cast-guide-netflix/)
9. [Perfect Match Season 3 Filming Locations: Where the Netflix Dating Series Was Shot, Netfilming](https://netfilming.com/perfect-match-season-3-filming-locations/)
10. [Are Dating Shows Past Their Prime?, Marie Claire](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/state-of-dating-shows-reality-tv-2025-essay/)
11. [I Like That Perfect Match Season 3 Feels A Little More Mature Than Previous Seasons, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/perfect-match-season-3-feels-more-mature-than-before-reasons-why)
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