'90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days' Season 5 Sneak Peek — Meet the 7 New Couples Hopeful for Love

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Daysis back for another season with a whole new slate of hopeful pairs.

Season 5 of the90 Dayspinoff, set to premiere Dec. 12 on TLC, will follow seven couples as they travel across the world to meet in-person for the first time, after having only previously interacted online. The upcoming season features one familiar face — rapper Usman “Sojaboy” Umar, who appeared on season 4 of the series.

In the new sneak peek, the stars are all initially excited about their romances. “Jasmine is my soulmate and I haven’t even met her yet, but to be honest, she’s out of my league,” Gino says of his partner at the start of the clip.

Soon, however, the challenges of their long-distance, cross-cultural relationships begin to arise.

“There is a lot you don’t know about a person if you’ve only been speaking online,” Gino later ominously notes.

Learn more about Gino and Jasmine, as well as the six other couples, below:

Kim, 50 (San Diego, CA) and Usman ‘Sojaboy,’ 32 (Sokoto, Nigeria)

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A year ago, 50-year-old divorcee Kim reached out to Nigerian musician Usman, aka Soja Boy, on social media as a fan of his music. But after months of calls, texts and video chats the two formed a connection, and Kim found herself head over heels in love, graduating from “fan” to “potential girlfriend.” Considering his divorce from another older American woman that he also met online, Usman has hesitations about committing to Kim until they meet in person, so he invited her to Tanzania where he plans to shoot a music video. Kim is risking everything for love and heading to Tanzania in hopes that Usman will realize she is nothing like his ex-wife and decide to commit to taking their relationship to the next level.

Caleb, 28 (Chandler, AZ) and Alina, 27 (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Caleb and Alina connected and developed a friendship on social media as teens, but they lost touch for 13 years until they serendipitously matched on a dating app when Caleb was planning a trip to Alina’s home country Russia. Those plans fell through, but their newly rekindled virtual friendship blossomed into something much deeper. Now, they’re finally ready to meet for the first time to see if their emotional connection is deep enough to overcome their physical differences. Alina is a little person, and her condition prevents her from walking and standing for long periods of time, so she frequently relies on a wheelchair, making Caleb, a free spirit, wonder if he’ll be able to adjust to her needs. Further, Caleb also has to win over Alina’s roommate and protective best friend Elijah, who joins them on their introductory rendezvous in Turkey.

Gino, 51 (Canton, MI) and Jasmine, 34 (Panama City, Panama)

Memphis, 34 (Muskegon, MI) and Hamza, 28 (Kairouan, Tunisia)

Mike, 34 (Thiells, NY) and Ximena, 24 (Pereira, Colombia)

Ella, 29 (Idaho Falls, ID) and Johnny, 34 (Jinan, China)

Ella, a country girl from Idaho with a self-proclaimed obsession with Asian culture, met Johnny, her “Asian prince” on a social media platform exclusively for Asian men and white women. Once they started video chatting, they realized they’d found their soulmates in one another. The pandemic has made it difficult for them to meet in person, and China’s borders remain closed, but after a year and a half and a number of false starts, they’re finally preparing for Johnny to visit Ella in her hometown and get engaged. Despite having video chatted “intimately” over the past few months, Ella’s history with rejection from past romantic interests due to her weight has her worried about what it will be like when she and Johnny are together in person. Still, they’re both ready to prove that their love can conquer all if they can overcome family skepticism and pandemic barriers.

Ben, 52 (Fraser, MI) and Mahogany, 24 (San Bartolo, Peru)

Season 5 of90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Dayspremieres Sunday, December 12 (8 p.m. ET) on TLC and discovery+.

source: people.com