Bachelor in Paradise: Two drinks an hour rule, only after midday and after eating breakfast

THERE’S a bizarre alcohol rule that aims to protect Bachelor in Paradise contestants from themselves as well as another weird right the producers have if they suspect hanky panky going on in a room.

IT is the two-drink rule aimed at protecting Bachelor in Paradise contestants from themselves.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal producers on the Channel 10 reality show implemented strict drinking policies to ensure stars didn’t go overboard during filming, which has perhaps resulted in a much tamer version of a dating show than international programs.

Laurina Fleure was a contestant on the new show in 2018. Picture: Channel 10

With shooting in Fiji done and dusted and the episodes currently airing, producers on the Fiji set allowed contestants just two drinks per hour starting from midday, but only if they had eaten breakfast.

“Duty of care for participants is taken very seriously with support provided throughout their whole experience,” a Warner Bros spokesman said, adding the rules stipulated contestants were allowed to drink just single shots that “must be with a mixer”

Champagne ... but only two an hour. Picture: Supplied

A psychologist was on hand 24 hours a day “for the participants to talk to should they want or need to”.

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In addition, “sunscreen and insect repellent was available to contestants at all times, as were hydra-lines, non-alcoholic drinks, food 24 hours a day, along with scheduled meal breaks”.

Cocktail hour, on the hour, after midday and if you’ve had breaky.

Channel Ten and Warner Bros have not commented on any rules relating to sexual relations between the contestants.

Although it is understood strict guidelines were in place to ensure production, and contestants, would be protected in the case of any incidents.

Cosying up to cocktails on the swing.

Contestant Laurina Fleure also revealed there were strict guidelines relating to sexual relations between the contestants, after a sexual misconduct scandal on the US version of the show.

“If anybody was caught frolicking intimately then production had the right to burst in the door and say, ‘Are you consenting?’,” she said.