“Perfect Match” Season 3 ends in at least one success story.
Amber Desiree โADโ Smith and Ollie Sutherland, both “Love Is Blind” alums, met on the dating show, which gathers former cast members from other reality shows.
Months before Season 3 dropped on Aug. 1, AD and Ollie announced that they were engaged โ then shared they were expecting a child. “Perfect Match” shows how it all came to be.
Here’s what happens on “Perfect Match” and what came next.
Who Are AD Smith and Ollie Sutherland?
Amber Desiree โADโ Smith first appeared on Season 6 of “Love Is Blind” in early 2024, set in Charlotte, North Carolina.
She and Clay Gravesande got engaged, but he turned her down at the altar. Clay spent the season confronting how his childhood trauma may impact his romantic relationships.
ADโs poised and graceful response to Clay’s rejection earned praise from fans.
Ollie Sutherland, meanwhile, starred on “Love Is Blind: UK” Season 1, which came out that same year.
He formed a deep connection with Demi Brown, opening up about shared values and her experience with endometriosis. On their wedding day, Demi said, โYouโre a good guy, but not my guy.โ Ollie accepted her decision respectfully, and he briefly dated fellow cast member Sharlotte Ritchie post-show.
What Happened Between AD Smith and Ollie Sutherland on ‘Perfect Match’?
AD and Ollie connected early on, drawn to each otherโs emotional depth and shared experiences. Their relationship progressed quickly in the first batch of episodes, released Aug. 1.
โI finally feel seen,โ AD told producers. Ollie also expressed his feelings early in the season, saying, โIโm sure about AD.โ
More progressions are to come in future episodes, culminating in the Aug. 15 finale.
Where Are AD Smith and Ollie Sutherland Now?
The story didnโt end when filming wrapped. AD and Ollieโs connection continued to grow off-screen..
March 2025: Ollie and AD hard launched their relationship โ and announced their engagement
The end of the “Love Is Blind” Season 8 reunion had a surprise: Footage of Ollie’s proposal to AD. The beachside proposal, complete with candles and roses, ended with AD saying yes.
This also served as a hard launch of their relationship.
On AD’s podcast, they spoke about long-distance dating, since AD lived in Charlotte and Ollie lived in London after “Perfect Match.”
Ollie said until he met AD, he “never entertained” the idea of long-distance.
“It just goes to show that when someone comes along that blows your mind, you end up breaking the rules,” Ollie said.
He also said that he “never anticipated” leaving “Perfect Match” with a fiancรฉe. “That is testimony to our relationship even more so,” he said.
“I went into it the same way,” AD said.
“It was tunnel vision when I saw you,” Ollie replied.
May 2025: The couple announced they’re having a baby
Two months after sharing their engagement, AD and Ollie revealed they expecting their first child โ a girl.
โHow you changed my world, youโll never know,โ AD wrote in a joint Instagram post.
Ollie spoke about becoming a dad in an interview with People.
โSo excited. Obviously nervous as well, but that just speaks to how excited I am and how much it means to me,โ he said. โObviously, Iโm nervous because I want to get it right, but Iโm sure, as a team, weโre going to be amazing parents, and we just canโt wait to meet our little girl.โ
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