Where Are The Stars From Are You The One? Today?

If "Love is Blind" has done anything, it has reminded viewers why reality TV shows are so successful: people love watching other folks try to find their true love. Television has brought the quest of meeting the perfect match into the audience's lives for many decades. One way to do this has been to gather a group of individuals and pair them up with who might possibly be the one.

"Are You The One?" premiered on MTV in 2014 with the premise that an algorithm could lead each contestant to the love of their life, selecting this person from a group of participants. Over eight seasons, fans saw couples fall in love, stay in love, break up, get back together, get engaged, have the wedding of their dreams, and have children. Others started their journey with one partner, then ended up with another competitor. The show proved there isn't just one way to love.

In the end, the contestants moved on to lead lives of their own, start businesses, and participate in other reality shows. Now, "Are You The One?" is coming back for its ninth season and, as reported by Variety, it will be hosted by Kamie Crawford in Spain. Let's look at some memorable past contestants and see what they're up to these days.

Amber Lee Diamond's current situation is proof that reality TV can actually lead to the life you have always dreamed of. She met Ethan Diamond on the first season of "Are You The One?" and he proposed to her during the reunion. "Life happened very quickly for us after the show ... We got engaged and they wanted to do a wedding for us, but there were too many stipulations. We turned it down but a few months later we found out we were pregnant so they reached back out. They were very excited and they offered to do a baby shower episode," Amber told We Are Entertainment News. 

After finding true love, the Diamonds share two daughters and two dogs. As an Austin native, Amber was happy to settle down and start her family in the area. Talking to Austonia, she said, "We are not a fairy tale couple. We've had a hard time and we've worked really hard to make it work. We are a hard-working, loving family and that's why we love Austin, it's perfect here."

Aside from being a family woman — with tons of Instagram pics to prove it — Amber hopes to see change in the entertainment industry, particularly an increase in Asian representation. "I feel passionate about the fact that growing up I never had many Asian role models to look up to, so I was constantly comparing myself to the beauty and cultural standards of white leads," she told Authority Magazine in 2021.

As John Moustis indicated in an interview with The News-Gazette, it wasn't all that common for law school students to submit applications for reality TV. His presence would bring something different to the series and would give fans a lot to talk about. That's why Moustis believed the producers of the show had chosen him. He said, "I personally went because I wanted to have a good time. Definitely $50,000 would motivate anybody." His studies seemed to help Moustis throughout the competition, too. "I would just say that at times I can be a pretty calculated person, which comes in handy in law school, and I brought that with me on the show," he told The Daily Illini.

Moustis focused on his professional career outside of TV once his season of "Are You The One?" ended. He became Vice President of Sponsor Coverage for a private equity advisory. "I currently practice law on the side as a solo practitioner," he told Lawyers for the Creative Arts, adding, "So, the clients couldn't be any different (wealthy finance professionals vs. local artists), which makes the LCA work a welcome change and that much more fulfilling." Moustis shared in a 2020 reunion with fellow Season 2 contestants that he was focusing on his financial consulting firm's business development.

Moustis still entertains fans in the Chicago area by playing music with his cover band, The Bread Machine.

In June 2020, Uche Nwosu announced her engagement to fellow "Are You The One?" star Clinton Moxam through an Instagram post: "Still speechless. I honestly didn't think love like this existed." Simultaneously, Moxam wrote in his post: "Uche I've been searching for you since I was like 9. Our relationship and the love we have for one another came out of nowhere & it's undeniable you're my wife."

Their story captivated the couple's fans, but it took hard work and going against producers for Nwosu and Moxam to get the fairytale ending they dreamed of. "After that it was like 'you guys need to split up,' some shady stuff went down after that. Clinton was locked in a room with his match. The producers knew the agenda they wanted to push. ... we had to decide, we're not going to care about that," she said on "Not To Make This About Me."

Although the two weren't matched on the show, things turned out for the best when they connected after the season ended production. The couple tied the knot on September 4, 2021, jokingly saying it was on that day because of Beyoncé's birthday. Moxam told Over The Moon, "Originally, I wanted to propose to Uche with family members around in New Orleans, where we first met, but we were stuck in L.A. and none of our family would be able to attend." Moxam included Nwosu's parents virtually by asking for their permission to marry her, and her mother was present for a Malibu proposal a few months later.

Cali Trepp entered the healthcare field by becoming a psych RN, per her Instagram. Her love life seems to be going just as well as her professional life after getting engaged to former "Are You The One?" contestant Tomas Buenos and marrying him. Although it took the two a bit to realize they were each other's perfect match, everything seemed to work out after the show. Their shared passion for music festivals was a key component in the relationship, offering the perfect location for both a marriage proposal and a wedding.

In November 2021, Trepp announced that she had said yes to Buenos. Her Instagram caption for the couple pictured at EDC Orlando read, "I had no idea what was going on, forgot to say yes... It was so heartwarming to have our friends there for this moment and even the crowd around us cheering!"

Less than a year after the proposal, their wedding ceremony took place at another music festival. This time around, the couple gathered their friends at Electric Forest. "On Friday, June 24th, I married my best friend. We recently just celebrated 4 years of partnership ... Being in the forest with all of our forest family felt like a dream and I couldn't have imagined a more perfect moment," Trepp shared on Instagram.

As a queer-friendly dating show, "Are You The One?" opened the space for individuals from the LGBTQ+ community to join, explore the dating world, and share their love stories. Jenna Brown has two queer siblings, which influenced her interest in the reality program. "My sisters and I love queer representation on TV, and it is so rare that members of our community get to be the front runners on any show. When I heard about AYTO having an entirely queer season, I KNEW that it was for me," she told Nonchalant, also highlighting her flair for the dramatic.

Although most people remember Brown for dating Kai Wes, things weren't always perfect for the couple, and in 2019 they broke things off. "I need my space and I need to reevaluate the situation that I'm in. Maybe I'm forcing myself to be disconnected from Kai because I'm afraid of him hurting me," Brown said in a clip from the show.

Brown has always been honest about her past drug addiction and her recovery, and has shared that addiction was the reason why she wasn't able to pursue an acting career. However, things have changed, and now she is redirecting her path toward that goal once more. "I also would love to play queer characters in other genres as well. Since COVID-19 quarantine began, I have been writing/brainstorming short films with other queer actors, and also obsessing over gay TikTok,"  she said to Nonchalant.

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Before joining "Are You The One?," Kai Wes was sharing their transition with their Instagram followers (which have grown since the show). They told Vice in 2019, "In the age of being a millennial, turning to social media really helped me find the community that I was looking for." Although their relationship with Jenna Brown took over their participation on the show, Wes remembers how important being on the series was for them. "When you put a whole bunch of people that have been ostracized in a myriad ways, in both their personal, professional, familial lives, in addition to being ostracized in our own communities ... you put all of us in a house where suddenly your sexuality isn't the issue, I would tell you that I've never felt more welcomed in a group of people," they shared.

Since their path on the MTV project, Wes has been a part of different shows and shorts such as "Twenty" and "Thrive" and has continued participating on reality TV with "True Life: Quarantine Stories." In late 2022, Wes partnered with Nike to run in a Malibu half-marathon, after years away from the sport. "...I was presented with the opportunity to reclaim my identity as an athlete and my relationship to running in a way I never thought I'd say yes to, but that I can feel my soul and my body thanking me for leaning into," they wrote on Instagram.