Six people put their love life in the hands of specialists and agree to marry a complete stranger without any prior knowledge of that person. Insane, brave or just plain entertaining?

Debuting in 2014, this unorthodox reality show has peeked curiosity in living rooms nationwide. Four specialists—ranging from psychologists to sexologists—put their expertise to the test by matching six love hungry people together by personal interests and matchmaking methods. The couple meets on the day of their marriage (crazy, right?) then proceed with a honeymoon and six weeks living together, with cameras following their journey. At the end of the experiement, the couples decide whether they wish to continue to stay married or divorce. So far, only 2 couples out of the first three seasons—that's a total of nine couples-—have stayed together. The current season is not looking very promising, either.

So, if the show isn't successful at it's matchmaking, then why do we still continue to watch it?

As Americans, we are heavily fascinated by the idea of "arranged marriage". Countries across the world do it all the time as part of their faith and culture. This idea for us, though, is foreign and sometimes incomprehensible. The show gives us an Americanized outlook on a topic we don't know a lot about and peeks our curiosity. And, of course, we hold out hope while watching for the couples to work it out and stay together, but in reality, most of them are doomed.

So, can a true and organic sense of the word "love" be cultivated from such a formal experience like this? And is it a different kind of love than finding a partner naturally by yourself? A question I ask to the couples in my head while watching the show: What made you do this show? Desperation, experimentation or perhaps even publicity? What were your intentions?

The questions to these answers we may never know. However, is it good to think about and understand. Let's not take for granted our right of free will to choose whoever we please to marry.

If I've gained anything by watching this show, it's that I trust myself far greater to find my perfect soulmate than trusting four "experts". Only you truly know what you're looking for in a mate. Your instincts and intuition will guide you to that person who you sparks something within you, who you share a deep connection with and who you can confidently spend the rest of your life with. So take heart knowing that you don't need a reality television show to find your future spouse (though it may still be entertaining to watch).