Anyone who’s dabbled in dating apps probably knows how harsh online dating can feel. But the hit YouTube series Pop the Balloon or Find Love takes the ruthlessness to a new level.

On the viral dating show – which launched last year – host Arlette Amuli interviews a single contestant in front of a panel of other single people lined up in a row. Each panelist holds a red balloon. If a panelist hears or sees anything they don’t like – pop! The contestant is rejected.

Amuli then asks each panelist to explain why they popped their balloon, and that’s when the real, cringey entertainment begins. Guests on the show can be brutally honest, rejecting potential matches based on their weight, skintone, age, perceived sexual history, height or fashion sense. In one viral clip, a man responds to rejection by telling a woman she has hairy arms. Another woman on the panel comes to her defense by telling the man he looks like a Ninja Turtle.

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