Hot on the heels of the most watched season ever of Married at First Sight USA, the award-winning hit series heads to Texas for season 13, premiering with a three hour episode on July 21 at 8pm ET/PT on US network Lifetime. This season will also feature the show’s first Asian-American couple who celebrate their marriage with a traditional Vietnamese tea ceremony.

Each week will feature two hour episodes and capture each couple’s emotional journey as they go from wedding to honeymoon, early nesting and eventually dealing with the daily struggles of working on their marriage. After several weeks together, each couple must make a decision: do they remain together and live happily ever after, or decide to divorce and go their separate ways?

The Season 13 Matchmaking Special debuted on July 7 at 8pm ET/PT, providing an in depth exploration of the matchmaking process as many hopeful singles put their hearts on the line in order to find love. The following week on July 14 at 8pm ET/PT, Lifetime debuted the Kickoff Special where Kevin Frazier hosts a panel of insider experts, for an exclusive first look at the epic upcoming season. The all access, behind the scenes special takes a closer look at each of the five couples about to be married with never-before-seen moments from the selection process and previously unreleased secrets from the Married at First Sight experts.

Married At First Sight USA is produced by Kinetic Content. Executive producers are Chris Coelen, Eric Detwiler, Ally Simpson, Montre Burton and Toni Gallagher from Kinetic Content and Amy Winter and Cat Rodriguez from Lifetime.

The Married at First Sight format is created and produced by Snowman Productions in Denmark for DR3/DR1, and is distributed by Red Arrow Studios International, with local productions in 30 territories worldwide including Channel 4 in the UK and Nine in Australia.