When we asked Edward what his type was, he said "toxic — the more red flags the better." On stage he admitted that was an impulsive decision he made drunk a year ago, and that he's kept it since because it still fits. He also hasn't had a drink since December 30th. He started dry January with a few friends, pointed at them in the crowd, and said "they didn't make it." He has run every single day since January 1st, one mile in January, two in February, and ten a day right now, because in his words, October is for tens. He ran the Twin Cities Marathon in under four hours the Sunday before this taping. He is missing six toenails. King Edward is 30, five foot ten, lives in Ramsey, grew up in Northeast, and he's on the road most of the year for work. He's been Eddie, Edward and Ed to three different groups of people for a decade and the groups have started colliding. He has nine siblings, three animals, no alcohol, and an apartment that is color coded, and his hard line on a partner is laundry that sits on the bed for three days. He used to plan every trip in a spreadsheet and now he books a flight and a hotel and nothing else. He has run in six countries in three weeks, and he once ran a six-mile loop around a bar in the middle of a bachelor party and made it back for the rest of the night. Tobi asked him what he's running from, and he had the answer ready: nobody ever asks what you're running towards.Three blind dates. Ten minutes each. A FACE FOUNDRIÉ facial for the winning couple, and a second date paid for entirely by the room. Date 1: Tzarina — 34, in Plymouth by way of Bristol, England, a chef and TV personality who has cooked her way around the world on superyachts. She calls herself a professional adventurer. She refuses to use dating apps, which is why she's here, and she told our team that doing this would make a great story for her future grand cats. Not grandkids. Grand cats. Her cat flies first class and eats caviar. Also worth knowing, before you watch: Tobi asks Edward early whether a woman having been on reality TV is a red flag, and Edward answers that question honestly without knowing who he's about to sit across from. Date 2: Katie — 32, Apple Valley, an AI project manager who applied for this episode by name. Her words, in her own application: "Since Eduard is apparently looking for a funny, independent, adventurous, slightly stubborn woman who can keep him on his toes, I fear I may have been summoned." Nobody all season has done that. She fosters dogs, she'll fly anywhere in the country for a country concert, she describes herself as a bad winner and a worse loser, and roughly four minutes into her ten she offers to teach him cribbage and then destroy him at it. She also came in with a proposal involving 111 miles of the Alps. Date 3: Belle — 26, St. Michael, HR operations, fully remote, CorePower every single morning, and a certified Pilates instructor. She calls herself a personality hire. She hasn't been on a first date in four years. She leaves for five weeks in Tulum in November. Her stated position on men is that one with a hobby is less likely to murder you, and she wrote her own ten-question rapid-fire round before she arrived and brought it with her. One of the questions involves ten million dollars. She had also already run a background check on him, because she has access to that. Then Tobi opened the floor. Three episodes in a row at Graze have been won by somebody who got out of their chair during Shoot Your Shot, and he says so into the microphone right before he asks. Two women got up. One of them had been quietly liking his Strava posts for a month.Hosted by Tobi Shamu. Live at Graze Food Hall in the North Loop. Kings & Kweens, Season 13, Episode 5. The season finale.
