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They went to Malibu instead of Cabo mainly because of production logistics and how many couples the show could realistically film at once.

Quick Scoop: Why Malibu?

  • Season 10 had a record number of successful couples coming out of the pods (seven), but the crew is only set up to fully follow six couples during the usual Mexico getaway.
  • To make room for that extra couple’s story, producers decided that one pair would get a separate, more private trip in Malibu, California, rather than joining everyone else in Cabo.
  • Vic St. John and Christine Hamilton were chosen for Malibu because they had fewer overlapping love triangles or unresolved drama with the other cast members, so separating them wouldn’t break any big storylines.

What The Show Creators Said

  • Creator Chris Coelen has explained that it was a question of resources : the show has never been able to send and properly film more than six couples on the big group retreat.
  • This season they felt unusually confident about seven couples, so they pushed it by following all seven—but solved the filming problem by giving one couple a standalone Malibu escape.

Why Vic & Christine Specifically?

  • Producers say Mexico serves two purposes: romantic bonding and also confronting leftover issues with other connections from the pods.
  • Vic and Christine didn’t really have messy overlapping relationships with the other engaged couples, so there wasn’t much “group drama” to mine from throwing them into Cabo with everyone else.
  • That made them ideal for a quieter Malibu trip focused on their relationship rather than cast cross‑interactions.

How They Felt About It

  • In interviews, Christine has said she was nervous for a second about whether Vic would even want to change plans, but he was excited when he heard “we’re going to Malibu.”
  • Both of them have since said they wouldn’t change the experience: they got a romantic bubble, time to revisit their pod conversations, and a “paradise with my lady” vibe without the chaos of the group vacation.

Forum & Trending Talk

  • Online discussions and forum threads have treated the Malibu choice as a mix of practical TV logistics and a subtle storytelling twist: a way to expand the season without ballooning the production budget.
  • Fans are also reading it as an experiment inside the experiment: one couple in a more “normal” romantic getaway versus the usual high‑drama group resort setting, which adds a fresh angle for a long‑running reality format.

TL;DR: They went to Malibu because season 10 had more couples than the show’s normal Cabo setup can handle, so producers split one pair off—and Vic and Christine, with the least overlapping drama, got the private Malibu trip.

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