Your Dating Pool Is the Size of a Puddle. Let's Fix That, Iowa City.

The University of Iowa has a solid South Asian student presence, particularly in the graduate and medical programs. Iowa City is small, walkable, and culturally interesting for a Midwest college town. But if you're desi and single here, you've probably realized that the dating pool is the size of a puddle. Everyone in your program already knows everyone else, and the broader town doesn't exactly have a thriving desi singles scene.

The format from New York is built for exactly this kind of market: real contestants go on live dates on stage while the audience watches and reacts. Afterward, everyone mingles. It's fun, it's chaotic, and it's better than whatever you're doing on a Tuesday night in Iowa City. College towns need this kind of concentrated energy.

College towns are tricky for dating because the population is transient and the circles are small. This show works in that environment because it concentrates everyone in one place at one time. No more hoping to run into someone at the Ped Mall or at a Hawkeyes game.

We're gauging interest for Iowa City. Get on the waitlist to be first to know when we announce. If you want to be a contestant and go on a live date in front of your college town, apply below.