Netflix has released a statement detailing its vision for Byron Baes reality show
The streaming service says its influencer-based reality show will touch on the “very human need to be loved”.
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The North Coast community certainly hasn't been silent on plans for a new Netflix reality show, Byron Baes.
More than 8600 people (and climbing) had put their name to a petition calling for the show, to focus in local "influencers", to be scrapped at the time of writing.
Byron's mayor doesn't want it, a member of one of the shire's most successful bands has had strong words about the proposal and many paddled out at Main Beach to call for it to be cancelled on Tuesday.
All this before the show has even been produced for the streaming service.
A spokesman for Netflix has released a statement regarding plans for Byron Baes.
"Byron Baes will aim to build a connection between the people we meet in the show, and ourselves as the audience," he said.
"While it carries all the classic hallmarks of the form and embraces the drama, heartbreak and conflict that makes for such entertaining viewing, our goal is to lift the curtain on people of influence, understand how charisma wields power, and what it says about this very human need to be loved.
"The reason behind choosing Byron Bay as a location was driven by the area's unique attributes as a melting pot of entrepreneurialism, lifestyle and health practices, and the sometimes uneasy coming together of the traditional 'old Byron' and the alternative 'new', all of which we'll address in the series."
The company has declined to comment on the paddle-out protest and has not yet announced who will star on the show, which is set to be produced by Eureka Productions, with an executive producer coming from Married At First Sight.
Originally published as Netflix releases statement amid Byron Baes backlash
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