Contestants tell host Sophie Monk whether they will have sex on TV
Will they or won’t they have sex on TV? Guess what the contestants told Sophie Monk as they arrived at the Spanish villa of reality dating show Love Island.
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WILL they or won’t they have sex on TV?
It was the question host Sophie Monk was asking as contestants started their stint in a Spanish villa on reality dating show Love Island.
Marketed as a Big Brother-style dating show, Love Island launched on Nine last night.
The premise, based on the UK format, sees genetically blessed — and enhanced —
20-somethings vie for each other’s affections as they spend six weeks in a villa on the island of Majorca.
With the UK version of the show unafraid to show the sexy singles getting frisky in bed, Nine will be asking if the risque content will sit as comfortably with Aussie audiences.
Airing on the network’s offshoot channels Go and Now may give producers more room to move with the content.
Sex, Monk has said, will not be censored.
“It’s that freedom with no inhibitions that only young people can get away with,” she told NW magazine last week.
“People my age doing that kind of stuff is just sad, but when you’re young it’s what you do.”
Eleven contestants arrived at the villa last night — six women and five men.
Confidential sat down with the loveless hopefuls before they flew to Spain, and the majority said they would happily have sex on camera.
“I hope so,” Sydney prison officer Eden Dally, 25, told Confidential, adding: “I’ve told my family to look away.”
Brisbane model and single mum Kim Hartnett, 21, is keeping her options open.
“Honestly, if I hit it off with some guy from day one, then maybe towards the end,” she said. “But then if I am just coupling up with someone towards the end of the show, it probably wouldn’t be enough time for me to get to know that person.”