‘The One that Got Away’: ‘Terrifying’ new dating show dredges up singles’ past
nypost.comAmazon Prime Video and hosted by singer Betty Who, the show follows six contestants. Each comes face to face with “the Portal,” an entrance to the set that’s obscured by clouds of dry ice for maximum drama.
As each wannabe lover waits nervously, water features burbling in the background and suspenseful music playing, somebody from their past emerges from the mist — a childhood friend, a law-school crush, a flirt from a work conference, an old college study buddy. “I already suffer from anxiety, so when I was walking through this foggy ridiculous scene, my heart was definitely pounding … in that moment of standing there, waiting for the person to arrive,” said Kasey, 28, a New Jersey Twitch streamer and one of the singles on the show. “It’s terrifying and so daunting.
You just see a man’s silhouette — it’s like a horror movie. You’re like, ‘Who is this? Is he here to kill me, or try to love me?’ It didn’t help calm me down until I saw their face and you actually start talking, like, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe you’re here.’” Jeff, 28, a travel blogger based in New York, is another single on the show. “No one has ever seen someone do a show like this before,” he told The Post. “For example, when someone is on ‘The Bachelor,’ it’s all new people [they date].
All the people who came for me are established connections. I might know their families. So we’re not playing the ‘What do you do for work?
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