'Perfect Match' Season 2: Everything We Know
Netflix's answer to 'Bachelor in Paradise' is back to heat up the summer.
Netflix fans, prepare yourselves: Perfect Match is officially back. The omnibus dating experience created a season 1 cast by bringing together alumni from the streaming giant's various reality series for a vacation à la Bachelor in Paradise and Love Island, where they all flirted and competed to find their perfect match. Season 1, which premiered on the platform in February 2023, was the ultimate mindless reality TV, hitting the sweet spot between relentless drama and discourse fuel about the show villains' gameplay (as well as its unfortunate racial blindspot).
Netflix knows when it has a hit, and after season 1 became one of the best reality shows of last year, the streamer quickly began preparing for another installment. Read on for everything we know about Perfect Match season 2. (For breakdowns of how each couple fared after the show, read on for Dom and Georgia, Chloe and Shayne, and Joey and Kariselle.)
From left: Perfect Match season 2 contestants Stevan Ditter, Harry Jowsey, Chris Hahn, Kaz Bishop, and Justin Assada.
Has 'Perfect Match' been renewed for a second season?
Netflix officially renewed the series on April 18, 2023, less than two months after the season 1 finale. Perfect Match's first season racked up over 24 million hours watched in its first week and 39 million in its second, despite going up against powerhouse shows like You, Physical: 100, Outer Banks, and its genre-mate Love Is Blind: After the Altar. Per Netflix, it spent 5 weeks on its Global Top 10 English TV list, reaching the Top 10 TV lists in 58 countries.
When will 'Perfect Match' season 2 come out?
Perfect Match is returning just in time for summer, with the first six(!) episodes premiering on June 7, 2024. After the premiere, the show will air weekly over the following three weeks, ending in the season 2 finale on June 21. See the full release schedule for Perfect Match below.
- Episodes 1-6 Friday, June 7, 2024
- Episodes 7-9 Friday, June 14, 2024
- Episode 10 Friday, June 21, 2024
From left: Perfect Match season 2 contestants Elys Hutchinson, Xanthi Perdikomatis, Micah Lussier, Tolu Ekundare, Dominque Defoe, and Jessica Vestal.
Who has been cast in 'Perfect Match' season 2?
For the Perfect Match season 2 cast, Netflix has cast a wider net among its constantly growing reality universe. This means that several of the new cast may be new faces to viewers—unless they've tuned into more recent shows like The Trust, Surviving Paradise, Dated Related, or Squid Game: The Challenge.
Still, the streaming giant has gathered a compelling cast, including several, previously announced former Love Is Blind contestants: season 4's Micah Lussier, season 5's Izzy Zapata, and season 6's Jessica Vestal. There's also a major shake-up for those more familiar with the Netflix universe of influencers, as both Too Hot to Handle's Harry Jowsey and Perfect Match season 1 winner Dom Gabriel have joined the cast.
For those less familiar with the IRL goss, Dom, previously best known for The Mole, was the Perfect Match season 1 winner when he and THTH's Georgia Hassarati were voted the perfect match. Not long after the show, the two broke up, and she went on to date THTH's Harry Jowsey for a period.
Dom and Georgia have given different statements on how long they stayed together after filming in early 2022. By mid-2022, Georgia began dating Harry, whom she met during an appearance on his Boyfriend Material podcast. Dom has said he was "blindsided" by her new relationship with Harry, while Georgia has said she and Dom were "at different levels of the relationship."
To add more fuel to the fire, Dom and Harry share another ex: season 1 star Francesca Farago.
So Perfect Match season 2's cast includes standouts from the buzziest Netflix shows, people entering with (relative) clean slates, and two sides of an epic love triangle. This is going to be interesting.
Is there a trailer for 'Perfect Match' season 2?
You bet there is! Netflix dropped a trailer on May 21, two and a half weeks ahead of the June 7 premiere date. With clips of wild challenges, body shots, toe-sucking, and hookups that seem to shock the group, it promises everything a fan of Netflix reality shows could want.
It’s hard to say who might be coupling up this season from the trailer, but it does seem to imply a handful of pairings. Based on the brief teaser, there might be sparks (or at least brief flirtations) between Chris and Tolú, Stevan and Xanthi, Christine and Kaz, and Jessica and Harry—but also maybe Harry and Micah. Meanwhile, former Love Is Blind antagonist Trevor admits that he's there "to redeem [himself.]"
There's ultimately no way to predict what will go down on the chaotic series, but at least we have the trailer to mull over.
Tolu Ekundare in Perfect Match season 2.
Where was 'Perfect Match' season 2 filmed?
After season 1 of Perfect Match was filmed at a lavish location in Panama City, Panama known as the Casa Naga, season 2 brought its looking-for-love hopefuls to an entirely new locale. For the latest installment of the dating series, contestants came out of their pods, apartments, and past reality show vacation houses for a stay in Tulum, Mexico.
Host Nick Lachey reveals they're staying in the Mexican holiday hotspot in the first episode. Fans on Reddit also sleuthed out the location months ago. Many suspected that filming took place in August and September last year since several cast members, such as Harry Jowsey, posted photos on their Instagrams from what appeared to be in the same spot in Tulum.
It's yet to be confirmed where exactly season 2 was filmed, but according to Distractify, it seems as though the contestants shacked up at the luxury vacation villa Hacienda Del Mar. The 16,000-square-foot property, listed for over $7,000 per night, is set on the Fatima Bay beach and includes 15 suites, a 37-foot heated swimming pool, an expansive outdoor space, and other amenities.
Alara Taneri in a promotional photo for Perfect Match season 2.
Who is the 'Perfect Match' season 2 standout?
One of the joys of Perfect Match is that some of the names in the Netflix reality TV universe who may have gone under the radar on their first show get to step into the spotlight. This season, we can't help but love Alara Taneri, a Dated and Related alum.
Taneri is a 24-year-old, London-based fashion designer who is originally from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus and is of Turkish-Cypriot heritage. Netflix fans were first introduced to her when she and her brother, influencer and YouTuber Ceylan Taneri, went on the first season of Dated and Related in 2022.
Outside of starring in reality shows, she works in fashion and is also an influencer, frequently posting outfit inspiration and about her work on her TikTok and Instagram.
Alara enters the Perfect Match picture in episode 3 and instantly connects with Stevan Ditter, who first appeared in season 3 of Too Hot to Handle. They match up, even though Stevan was matched with Xanthi Perdikomatis of The Circle, and Alara was intrigued by Dom Gabriel. After the first six episodes of Perfect Match season 2, they seem to be one of the strongest, most lovable couples in the villa, but TBD if they'll remain that way. Whatever happens, we'll be watching!
