I’m always excited when I see that there’s a new season of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After coming out soon. It gives fans the opportunity to see how their favorite couples are after their 90 days, and whether they are sinking or swimming right along. The key to a great Happily Ever After season is the cast. We want to see intriguing couples, not boring or controversial ones. And I hate to break it to you – but it looks like the 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After Season 9 casting missed the mark. And ultimately, it may lead to the demise of the series.

The ’90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After’ Couples Aren’t It

TLC really let us down with the 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After Season 9 casting. The couples are either uninteresting or highly controversial. Darcey Silva is back AGAIN, and with yet another foreign husband, Georgi Rusev. Georgi isn’t the problem, it’s Darcey; this is Darcey’s third relationship portrayed in the franchise. She clearly can’t keep a stable relationship, and I’m not looking forward to seeing another one of her marriages fall apart. It’s the same storyline playing on a neverending loop. TLC also added Loren and Alexei Brovarnik to the cast. Many 90 Day Fiancé fans weren’t so happy about that choice, seeing that they have some controversial political opinions.

The network didn’t only cast controversial couples, they also cast some boring ones. Kara and Guillermo Rojer were introduced in 90 Day Fiancé Season 9, where their story was nothing out of the ordinary. The Happily Ever After trailer teases them exploring life with their newborn child, which is not the juicy 90 Day drama fans want to see. Another not-so-interesting couple returning to our screens is Jovi Dufren and Yara Zaya. Despite appearing in multiple seasons, Jovi and Yara’s story lines have always been repetitive. How many more seasons do I need to see of the same argument? TLC really dropped the ball in their casting this season. Between the snoozefests and the scandalous, I’m certain the couples won’t deliver the season we need.

Gino Palazzolo and Jasmine Pineda Aren’t Even Together – Yet They Appear on the Show

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One of the most frustrating casting choices for this upcoming season of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After is Gino Palazzolo and Jasmine Pineda. We know the two have split and Jasmine is having a child with another man, but this season was filmed prior to these events, so we know exactly how things are going to end up. The trailer shows the two navigating the open side of their marriage. Jasmine moves in with her new partner, Matt Branistareanu, who we now know is her baby daddy.

Meanwhile, Gino is seen exploring a relationship with a brand-new woman (who looks a lot like Jasmine). As messy and entertaining as their storyline is, the frustrating part is that we know exactly how everything turns out. The two break up; Jasmine remains with Matt, and they have a baby together. It would’ve been jaw-dropping if fans could’ve watched this all go down in real-time. We all also know Gino and Jasmine will hog all the screen time. Regardless of fans calling for the two to stop being cast, producers continue to weave them into the franchise.

A Brand-New Format May Ruin the Series

There’s an odd new twist coming to this season of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After. Three of the couples filmed multiple scenes together, and their storylines are intertwined. Loren and Alexei, Jovi and Yara, and Elizabeth and Andrei Castravetappear together in multiple scenes in the trailer. We still don’t know if they will have individual storylines, or if their group dynamic will be the only thing we see. The twist takes away from the individual storytelling, and turns the show into a bunch of couples fighting like in The Valley, rather than a TLC show. We watch 90 Day Fiancé for drama within the couples, not between all of them. If I wanted to see that, I’d turn on Bravo. This dynamic has never been tried before in the franchise, and I’m not optimistic it will work out.

I hate to be the one to tear down everyone’s hopes and dreams for this upcoming season of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After, but I have to do it. The network’s terrible casting choices are going to be to blame for the series’ demise. Between casting the franchise’s most controversial and boring couples, bringing back the already-split Gino and Jasmine, and adding an odd never-before-seen twist, this season of Happily Ever After will sink the series.

Stream 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After in the U.S. on Hulu.