Stranded on Honeymoon Island: Seven's new dating show sinks in the ratings after just two episodes
But Seven's hopes of replicating the success of Nine's Married at First Sight with its own raunchy dating series are sinking fast.
Dropping on Monday, the show managed an average of 539,000 viewers nationally, but by Tuesday fans had already deserted the romantic castaways by the thousands.
Only 376,000 fans tuned for the second two-hour episode.
A combination of MAFS and Survivor, the long-awaited show follows 12 unlucky-in-love singles who are stranded on a remote island with no hope of escape for 21 days.
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Narrated by high-profile radio host Jackie 'O' Henderson, the format is based on a hit Danish concept and adapted locally by Endemol Shine Australia.
TV insider blog TV Blackbox is predicting that Seven will be swift in re-assessing the show's chances to build an audience.
'At this point it's hours, not days, before Seven announce an 'all-new timeslot and channel' for their new reality dating series,' the sites, editor, Steve Molk said on Wednesday after the show's dire ratings results were released.
Meanwhile, over on Nine, Australia's Most Identical, was the biggest entertainment show in prime time.
The quirky reality series, hosted by Scott Cam and Dr Jana Pittman, and which tries to identify Australia's 'most identical' identical twins scored an impressive national average of 731,000 viewers.
MasterChef Australia also performed well winning 654,000 fans on average acropss the nation.
The Total TV ratings combine viewers watching in all major metro centres, and regional areas on live free-to-air as well as broadcast video-on-demand.
It comes after Stranded On Honeymoon Island's Amy Dickinson has opened up about her wild ride on Seven's new reality dating experiment.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday, Amy, 30, revealed that she was left 'petrified' after being matched with motorsport presenter Mike, 37, and knew almost immediately that their honeymoon was going to be anything but blissful.
'I called it Nightmare Island immediately,' she admitted.
'As soon as I got to the island, I kind of realised what I'd got myself into… I had a little panic attack.'
Despite feeling an instant spark with another contestant during the chaotic two-minute speed dating round, Amy was blindsided when she was paired with Mike - and the red flags started waving before they even reached their bamboo hut.
'In his vows, he made a comment about hoping his future wife could make a better sandwich than his mum,' she revealed.
'He claimed he wrote it when he was seven, but that was obviously a lie. I don't like liars – and I definitely don't like misogynists.'
The influencer, who joined the show hoping the experts would have better taste in men than she does, said she's had her fair share of toxic relationships.
When asked what viewers can expect from the series, Amy teased: 'Drama. Tears. Chaos. It's so raw.'
'It's like MAFS on steroids. With MAFS, you kinda know what to expect now - cheating scandals, wine throwing - it's textbook.
'But with Stranded, no one knew what was coming next. Not even us.'
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