This year, luck will not have been there for the majority of candidates in Love is in the meadow. At the end of the two assessments broadcast on M6, viewers noted that only one farmer out of the 14 selected candidates had managed to remain in a relationship with his suitor – in this case Patrice, a cow breeder suffering from hemiplegia, and his companion Justine. A lackluster 18th season, despite very good audiences, which its host Karine Le Marchand returned to on Instagramthis Tuesday, November 21, 2023. “We’ve never had such a catastrophic season in terms of the number of couples, we’re not going to lie”, recognized the famous M6 matchmaker, in a series of stories published while she was in the middle of work on her country house in Provence. The opportunity to take stock of the vocation of the program, broadcast on M6 since 2005: “We don’t sugarcoat things, we don’t lie and we don’t pretend to be couples!”
Karine Le Marchand “furious” during the filming of “L’amour est dans le pré”
Rarely in the history of Love is in the meadow a season ended with such a negative result. The meetings did not, for the most part, lead to lasting relationships, like Jean-Paul and Maria. The latter was also taken back by production, after revealing her breakup with the cereal producer in the columns of The Republican East. Since its very first broadcast on M6, the dating show in rural areas has enabled more than 90 couples to form and 80 babies to be born. A success for Karine Le Marchand and her teams, confirmed each season by the audiences. But already during the presentation conference for this 18th season, the host of 55 had expressed her contrasting feelings on the filming, marked by “lots of twists and turns”. “We experienced improbable things that never happened in the past,” she explained to the press, quoted by Puremedias on July 5, 2023, in particular with reference to several candidates having given up after finally finding love on their own. “I’m very upset because we have a limited number of places each year. We commit resources, time, we come to their homes to help them find love and somewhere, they have taken someone’s place for nothing”, Karine Le Marchand castigated Karine Le Marchand at the time.