The initial excitement from Alessandro A‘s heartfelt “It’s happening” confession during his engagement to Elisa on Love Is Blind: Italy has been reshaped by recent events. The couple, who connected deeply in the pods, confirmed at the show’s reunion that their relationship has ended. The reunion episode, released on December 22, 2025, provided a clear look at why their connection, which started with so much hope, did not last in the real world.
The Start of Their Connection in the Pods
Alessandro A and Elisa met during the first stage of the Love Is Blind: Italy experiment, where singles date each other from separated pods without seeing one another. Their conversations quickly moved beyond basic details to cover serious topics like family, life goals, and their visions for marriage.
Elisa, who was 30 at the time, learned that Alessandro was 26, and they openly discussed whether this age difference would affect their readiness for a serious commitment. Alessandro shared personal stories, including the passing of his father when he was a child, which helped build a strong emotional bond between them. He expressed to Elisa that out of all his pod dates, she was the person he wanted to connect with.
Alessandro explained what he wanted in a partner, saying, “I wanna find my best friend, my partner, my confidant, my ride-or-die.”
Their connection felt unique and calming. Alessandro noted that talking to Elisa gave him a sense of peace he did not find with others. This foundation led to a proposal inside the pods. When Alessandro proposed, Elisa said yes, describing the feeling of being with him as familiar and like being at home.
The Engagement and Early Days Together
After getting engaged, Alessandro and Elisa met in person for the first time and traveled to Morocco as part of the show. In these early moments together, Alessandro was visibly happy. In a private confession, he shared that their dynamic was exactly what he had hoped for.
“What I would like on the first day, it’s happening. I mean, we’re laughing a lot, teasing each other. This is the relationship I want.” – Alessandro A
They enjoyed their time by the pool and had dinners where they continued to learn about each other. However, small differences in their habits and personalities began to surface. During one dinner, Elisa brought up her strict family background regarding table manners, a topic they had apparently discussed in the pods. This moment highlighted how their upbringings shaped their daily expectations.
The Relationship Faces Real-World Challenges
After the trip, the couples moved into apartments in Milan to test their relationships in everyday life. For Alessandro and Elisa, this is where significant struggles began. The controlled environment of the pods was gone, replaced by the routines and pressures of normal life.
Arguments became frequent, and they often had trouble resolving their disagreements. Conversations would end without a solution, leaving issues to build up over time. The show’s accelerated timeline, which moves quickly toward weddings, left little room for the couple to pause and work through these growing problems.
A major strain occurred during a group trip with the other contestants. At a social mixer, Elisa was seen interacting closely with another cast member, Davide, which upset Alessandro. Alessandro later stated that Elisa had been in contact with Davide before their breakup, a revelation that raised questions about trust and timing within the experiment. The relationship deteriorated rapidly after this point, and they ended their engagement well before the wedding episodes were filmed.
The Reunion: Explaining the Breakup
At the December 22, 2025 reunion, Alessandro A and Elisa sat down with the hosts to explain what went wrong. Both confirmed their breakup was mutual and rooted in the difficulties of adjusting to life together after the experiment.
Elisa spoke about a fundamental lack of effort to understand each other. She said they did not face their problems directly, unlike some other couples on the show. Living together made her feel deeply uncomfortable because of their clashing approaches to daily life and conflict.
“I found myself in a position where I was completely uncomfortable being at home with him because of our different ways of being.” – Elisa
Alessandro agreed with the assessment, framing their core issue as a difference in their very realities. He believed that while they had a strong emotional spark, long-term compatibility requires more aligned lifestyles and values.
“The main difference is our two completely different realities, mine and hers, of life in general… In love, you have to find your similar version, that completes you, but there must be compatibilities.” – Alessandro A
They both acknowledged that the intense emotional connection they felt in the pods made it harder to see these practical incompatibilities early on. Once they started sharing a home, those differences became impossible to ignore.
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How Other Couples from the Season Fared
Alessandro and Elisa’s story contrasts with other outcomes from the first Italian season. Only two couples from the experiment actually got married at the altar.
The most successful pairing is Alessandro Bianchin and Hyoni Song. They got married on the show and, according to the reunion, are still together and have worked through the challenges of merging their lives. Another couple, Nicola Botticini and Karen Norman, also said “yes” at their wedding, but the reunion suggested their journey afterward faced significant difficulties.
Other engaged couples, including Davide Aulicino and Ludovica Maria Cappello, and Parminder Singh and Gergana Lazarova, did not get married during the experiment. For some of these couples, the reunion revealed they were still trying to make their relationships work after the show ended.
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