BBC drops first look trailer for sizzling new dating show Stranded On Honeymoon Island
The BBC dropped a first look trailer on Friday for its sizzling new dating show, Stranded On Honeymoon Island.
Stranded On Honeymoon Island is a bold and original reality dating format that sees twelve unlucky-in-love singletons matched into couples who marry on the spot - then immediately begin their honeymoon on a remote tropical island.
Davina McCall, 57, will host the show, guiding the newlyweds as their instant marriages are put to the test in paradise.
In the new trailer, Davina is seen strolling along a picturesque beach as she announces: 'Hey guys, I have got something so special for you,
'BBC's brand-new dating show, where twelve unlucky-in-love singles are stranded on honeymoon island.
'If they can make it through this together, they can make it through anything! Will they thrive in isolation and find love - Or will they flare out?'
The reality show sees twelve unlucky-in-love singletons matched into couples who marry on the spot - then immediately begin their honeymoon on a remote tropical island
Speaking about the show in March, Davina told the BBC: 'I am a serial matchmaker…. So I jumped at the chance to host the BBC's new dating show.
'I can't wait to meet our couples and find out how they get on when they're Stranded on Honeymoon Island. For some it will be challenging and others, idyllic!!! Hopefully it's the start of some very beautiful relationships.'
Davina is one of the UK's most beloved TV personalities, with a career spanning over three decades.
She's known as a presenter, author, and fitness guru, and is no stranger to dating shows, having hosted StreetMate (Channel 4), Singled Out (MTV) and most recently My Mum, Your Dad (ITV).
She will meet the contestants at their first speed dating event in London before they are matched into six couples and sent to a tropical island for the experience of a lifetime.
Isolated and pitted against the forces of nature, will true love blossom - or burn out?
On these remote beaches, fledgling relationships are soon put to the test as couples live out their honeymoons together and fend for themselves with minimal resources.
With nowhere to run when the going gets tough, they must communicate and collaborate to survive.
In the new trailer, she announces: 'Hey guys, I have got something so special for you, BBC's brand-new dating show, where twelve unlucky-in-love singles are stranded on honeymoon island'
Will escaping modern life bring them closer together - or push them apart? Will it lead to love…or loathing?
CPL's Murray Boland said: 'We're thrilled to be working with Davina on this project.
'Stranded on Honeymoon Island is a fascinating relationship experiment and there's no one better than Davina to lead viewers on this dramatic journey as the couples navigate new love in their time together on the island.'
Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC, added: 'Davina is the ideal addition to this bold and innovative dating reality show.
'On Stranded on Honeymoon Island, Davina will be the perfect guide for viewers as the couples embark on the love story of a lifetime where the newlyweds are put to the ultimate test.
'We're delighted to be working with her alongside the brilliant team at CPL. It's a match made in heaven!'
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I wanted something energetic and complicated with a cacophony of voices,' she adds. 'It's arbitrary who writers choose to be their central characters. Often when I'm reading, there will be a scene between two characters in a cafe, and I'm wondering what the waiter is thinking or the person at the next table.' It's an absorbing and clever structure that feels fresh and exciting, rather like Erskine, who makes me long to be re-taking A-level English provided I get her as my teacher. Have any of her students read her work? She laughs. 'I don't think I've ever had a conversation with any pupils about my writing. Worlds end up being compartmentalised.' In a quirk of the Northern Irish exam system, which may help to account for their superior share of top grades compared with England and Wales, students can choose two of the novels they study for A-level English. 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Daily Mail
42 minutes ago
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