90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days' Season 5 premiere and cast, including the return of Usman "SojaBoy" Umar with a new American girlfriend, have been announced by TLC.
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The seven couples starring on the next season of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days include Kim, a 50-year-old from San Diego, CA, and Usman, a 32-year-old from Sokoto, Nigeria; Caleb, a 28-year-old from Chandler, AZ, and Alina, a 27-year-old from Saint Petersburg, Russia; and Gino, a 51-year-old from Canton, MI, and Jasmine, a 34-year-old from Panama City, Panama.
The rest of the couples are Memphis, a 34-year-old from Muskegon, MI, and Hamza, a 28-year-old from Kairouan, Tunisia; Mike, a 34-year-old from Thiells, NY, and Ximena, a 24-year-old from Pereira, Colombia; Ella, a 29-year-old from Idaho Falls, ID, and Johnny, a 34-year-old from Jinan, China; and Ben, a 52-year-old from Fraser, MI, and Mahogany, a 24-year-old from San Bartolo, Peru.
According to TLC, the new season will follow long-distance relationships and document how each couple found each other as well as their first in-person meeting in a foreign country "and the countless surprises, drama and culture clashes along the way."
In most 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days cases, lovebirds are hoping to get engaged and begin the K-1 Visa process.
After traveling across the world, the couples will determine if love can conquer all as they experience challenges such as language barriers, interfering families, cultural differences, age gaps, ex partners, and "shady pasts."
Usman was previously married to Lisa Hamme, 54, whom he had met on Facebook two years before filming 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days' fourth season.
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Lisa struggled to trust Usman during their relationship and they splitt in May 2020. Usman later served Lisa with divorce papers in December of last year, according to In Touch Weekly.
Although Lisa was still technically married to Usman because they had tied the knot in Nigeria, their marriage wasn't legal in the United States and so Lisa revealed in April 2021 she had decided to marry her "best friend," a man named Tracey she had met in the fifth grade.
Lisa ultimately believed she was "the victim of a romance scam," and she also accused Usman of having used her for fame to advance his rap career.
RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOWIn a sneak peek of the new season coming this winter, Gino says the beautiful Jasmine is "out of my league," and she later accuses him of texting another woman.
"I hate you because you broke my f-cking heart!" Jasmine yells.
Watch the video below to see the 90 Day: Before the 90 Days Season 5 trailer and see for yourself!
Memphis embraces her "wild side" before traveling to Tunisia for her love interest, and Caleb gushes about his "deep connection" with Alina although he worries people may have a negative reaction to their height difference given she's a little person.
Ella fears Johnny won't like her in person seemingly due to her weight, and Kim gushes about having fallen in love with an international superstar, aka "SojaBoy," although she appears jealous of the women in Usman's music videos.
And after 34 years of searching for The One, Mike says he finally found everything he wants in Ximena.
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"There's nothing that's going to stop me from proposing on this trip," Mike tells the cameras, before Ximena reveals she had previously lived with a hitman who had locked her up.
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Finally, Ben admits he's never videochatted with Mahogany but Jesus is present in their romance, and Hamza feels "insulted" after Memphis asks for a prenuptial agreement.
"If you do not sign, I do not want to marry you," Memphis tells her man.
90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days is produced by Sharp Entertainment, the same production company behind the rest of the 90 Day Fiance franchise.
Below are couples who will be featured on 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days Season 5 and their TLC-supplied descriptions - or click here to see both photos and descriptions of each of the new couples!
- Kim, 50 (San Diego, CA) and Usman "SojaBoy," 32 (Sokoto, Nigeria)
A year ago, 50-year-old divorcee Kim reached out to Nigerian musician Usman, aka SojaBoy, 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.
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- 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.
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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)
Gino, a 51-year-old automotive engineer, is leaving for Panama to meet the love of his life, Jasmine, a 34-year-old American literature teacher. After divorcing his Brazilian wife of seven years, Gino began to lose hope of ever starting his own family, until he met Jasmine on an international dating site and fell in love with her personality, brains and beauty.
He is hoping to propose and get Jasmine pregnant by the end of his trip so that he can have the family he's always wanted. Will Jasmine be the one that finally sweeps Gino off his feet or will her jealous side put a damper on their future together?
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- Memphis, 34 (Muskegon, MI) and Hamza, 28 (Kairouan, Tunisia)
Memphis, a divorced single mom of two, met Hamza, a 28-year-old man from Tunisia, online eight months ago. Having had an unstable childhood, followed by a tumultuous dating history, Memphis has been searching for a consistent and reliable partner with whom to complete her family—and she found that in Hamza.
After a few months of daily texts and video chats, Hamza proposed and Memphis said yes! Despite a significant language barrier and the skepticism of her friends and family, she is packing her bags and traveling to Tunisia with plans to get married on this trip. But, does Memphis really know her fiance?
- Mike, 34 (Thiells, NY) and Ximena, 24 (Pereira, Colombia)
Despite his best efforts at finding love, Mike had been single for most of his life—until he matched with Ximena, a 24-year-old Colombian single mother of two, a year ago on an international dating app.
Ximena speaks no English and Mike speaks only a tiny bit of Spanish, but that hasn't kept them from falling in love with the help of a translator app. They're already talking about marriage and kids, so Mike is traveling to Colombia with plans to propose and bring Ximena and her sons to the US.
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- 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 soul mates 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)
When Ben, a former pastor in a strict, conservative religious sect, broke free from confinement and his marriage, he struggled to find his way forward. After a bout of homelessness, he eventually found work as a model and caught Mahogany's eye after being featured in a fitness magazine.
Her fateful DM led to an intense texting relationship. Bonded by their similar religious views, they fell in love and began making plans to meet in person, despite a 28-year age difference.
Ben's friends and family see countless red flags, from the significant age gap between them to the fact that they have never video chatted, but Ben believes that God has brought them together and this is the path he is meant to follow. Is their relationship divine will, or is Ben blinded to the possibility that Mahogany may not be the person she said she is?
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