The Ultimatum: Queer Love


The Ultimatum: Queer Love is a dating reality television series created by Chris Coelen and produced by Kinetic Content. The series premiered on Netflix on May 24, 2023, and is hosted by JoAnna Garcia Swisher. The series is a spin-off of The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On. The second season of the series premiered on Netflix on June 25, 2025, with the first 7 episodes available to stream on that date and the final 3 episodes released on July 2, 2025. On October 2, 2025, it was announced that the series had been canceled after two seasons.

Format

The Ultimatum is a self-proclaimed social experiment that wants to see how many couples will get married when presented with ultimatums. 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.

Contestants

Issuing ultimatumAgePartnerAge
Britney Thompson27AJ Blount28
Haley Drexler29Pilar Dizon29
Kyle Neal30Bridget Matloff28
Marie Robertson27Mel Vitale27
Dayna Mathews25Magan Mourad27
Ashley Johnson30Marita Prodger25

Season summary

Season 1

Original coupleResultStatus
Xander and VanessaSplitSplit
Lexi and RaelynEngagedSplit
Yoly and MalEngagedSplit
Mildred and TiffEngagedSplit
Sam and AussieEngagedEngaged

Season 2

Original coupleResultStatus
Britney and AJEngagedEngaged
Haley and PilarEngagedEngaged
Kyle and BridgetEngagedEngaged
Marie and MelEngagedSplit
Dayna and MaganEngagedEngaged
Ashley and MaritaSplitSplit

Production

Filming

The majority of the season was filmed in San Diego, California between September 2021 and November 2021.
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.
The reunion special was filmed in January 2023, over a year after original production ended.

Release

On March 24, 2022, Netflix announced the spin-off ahead of the release of the first season of The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On.
A trailer for the series was released following the fourth season reunion of Love Is Blind.
The series consisting of eight episodes premiered on Netflix on May 24, 2023, with the final episode and a reunion episode being released a week later.

Reception

Critical response

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.