BBC ONE have released their answer to Love Island in the form of new dating show Stranded on Honeymoon Island.
Hosted by Davina McCall, Stranded on Honeymoon Island has been hailed “as cross between Love Island, Married at First Sight and Survivor.”
The show has been described by the BBC as a “cross between Love Island, Married at First Sight and Survivor.”[/caption]
Davina McCall will host the 12-part series[/caption]
The 12-part series matches 12 singles together and then casts them away to an island where each couple stays on their own private beach.
Episode one previewed on Wednesday, September 4 and began with a speed dating event.
Following a series of five minute dates, the singles are coupled up by professional matchmakers.
The newly formed couples then attend an imitation wedding ceremony and are then castaway to live on the island.
Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC said: “We are thrilled to be bringing this dating reality format to the BBC.
“This unique new dating series will see couples who have previously been unlucky in love being paired up and sent straight on their honeymoon with no phone, no apps and no contact with the outside world – let’s see if they can make it work on their desert island and find love.”
Where is Stranded on Honeymoon Island filmed?
Filming for the series takes place in the Philippines.
The couples stay on the island for three weeks in a basic beach hut with no electricity.
There is just one double bed, a row of tinned food and a grim shower and loo.
To add excitement, “mystery crates” containing items and challenges will arrive in later episodes to test the couples’ relationships.
The show is filmed in the Philippines[/caption]
The couples have to stay on the island for three weeks with no electricity[/caption]
When is Honeymoon Island on TV?
The show kicked off on Tuesday, 3 September.
New episodes air on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer across September.
Behind the scenes, the contest has been seen as a major success and already has a sequel lined up, which could be filmed within months and air later next year.