Who Are the Love Without Borders Couples? (UPDATED)

Love Without Borders’ long-awaited premiere introduced two of this season’s five couples. Both pairings include Americans who, after striking out at love in the United States, have traveled to another country to be paired with their “perfect” life partner. 

Get to know the singles and their matches below, and check back next week when another couple makes their Love Without Borders debut.

Gurleen Virk and Shreyas Mehta

Gurleen is a 28-year-old fiercely independent program manager who’s grown weary of San Diego’s hookup culture. So she’s taking a chance on love by traveling to Dubai, where her match Shreyas — a 30-year-old fashion buyer and model — lives with his family. 

Philip Michael Thomas Jr. and Carmen Holzer-Nkrumah

A musician on the rise, Philip has been single for seven months and celibate for four in order to clear his mind and create space for the loving relationship he hopes is just around the corner — perhaps in Ghana, where 31-year-old entrepreneur (and fellow artist!) Carmen lives. 

Danna Richards and Brian Dilleen

Danna is a 38-year-old musician and songwriter who knows a thing or two about risky ventures, seeing as how she gave up her traditional home to travel the country and live in a retrofitted Sprinter van. Now, she’s headed to Ireland with the hope that Galway native Brian — a salesman turned chicken and vegetable farmer who’s also 38 — is “the one.” 

Aaron Motacek and Maël Lucas

A 31-year-old optometrist willing to make a drastic choice to find love, Aaron is trading Fargo, North Dakota, for Paris — even if it means leaving behind a comfortable life and his brother’s optometry practice. Will a relationship with 28-year-old Maël, a massage therapist, make it all worthwhile? Only time will tell!

Naeem Thompson and Chandra Chugani

Going from Houston, Texas to Panama City is 39-year-old social worker Naeem. After receiving what he described as a lifechanging message from God during a bad case of Covid, he’s now ready to find a wife, have kids and settle down.

Watch Love Without Borders on Bravo Wednesdays at 9/8c and the next day on Peacock and the Bravo app.