diff --git a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/RelationInputDataManager.js b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/RelationInputDataManager.js
index d2ee014837..e6cbdfda7c 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/RelationInputDataManager.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/RelationInputDataManager.js
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ export const RelationInputDataManger = ({
       required={required}
       searchResults={normalizeRelations(search, {
         mainFieldName: mainField.name,
+        isSearch: true,
       })}
       size={size}
     />
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/utils/normalizeRelations.js b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/utils/normalizeRelations.js
index f937030598..d556af8d19 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/utils/normalizeRelations.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/utils/normalizeRelations.js
@@ -22,25 +22,35 @@ const normalizeRelation = (relation, { shouldAddLink, mainFieldName, targetModel
   return nextRelation;
 };
 
+/*
+ * Applies some transformations to existing and new relations in order to display them correctly
+ * relations: raw relations data coming from useRelations
+ * shouldAddLink: comes from generateRelationQueryInfos, if true we display a link to the relation (TO FIX: explanation)
+ * mainFieldName: name of the main field inside the relation (e.g. text field), if no displayable main field exists (e.g. date field) we use the id of the entry
+ * targetModel: the model on which the relation is based on, used to create an URL link
+ */
+
 export const normalizeRelations = (
   relations,
-  { modifiedData = {}, shouldAddLink = false, mainFieldName, targetModel }
+  { modifiedData = {}, shouldAddLink = false, mainFieldName, targetModel, isSearch = false }
 ) => {
   // To display oldest to newest relations we need to reverse each elements in array of results
   // and reverse each arrays itself
-  const existingRelationsReversed = [...(relations?.data?.pages ?? [])]
-    .map((relation) => ({
-      ...relation,
-      results: relation.results.slice().reverse(),
-    }))
-    .reverse();
+  const existingRelationsReversed = Array.isArray(relations?.data?.pages)
+    ? relations?.data?.pages
+        .map((relation) => ({
+          ...relation,
+          results: relation.results.slice().reverse(),
+        }))
+        .reverse()
+    : [];
 
   return {
     ...relations,
     data: {
       pages:
         [
-          ...(targetModel ? existingRelationsReversed : relations?.data?.pages ?? []),
+          ...(!isSearch ? existingRelationsReversed : relations?.data?.pages ?? []),
           ...(modifiedData?.connect ? [{ results: modifiedData.connect }] : []),
         ]
           ?.map((page) =>