Hayley Dinaé, 23, and Blake Robertson, 26, met while attending college before moving to Austin, Dinaé said on the show. Dinaé said she is originally from El Paso but attended college in Nacogdoches, and Robertson said he attended Texas A&M University.
Another Texas couple, Casey Douglass, 34, and David Atkinson, 33, are from San Antonio, according to Netflix.
Ashley Wilson, 26, also has Texas ties. She said on the show that she grew up in South Texas, though she and her partner, 29-year-old Killian Grondin, were living in Miami when the series was filmed.
Hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, “The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On” follows six couples in Las Vegas as each partner enters a three-week trial marriage with someone new before reuniting with their original partner. At the end of the experiment, participants must decide whether to get engaged, leave with a new partner or walk away single.
The season’s first eight episodes debuted Wednesday. The finale and reunion episodes will be released July 22.