By: Abbie Phillips
One of the most popular dating shows in the world, Love Island, hit Australia in 2018. Love Island Australia is an Australian dating reality show which originally started in the UK. The show gives hot, young, and single Aussie contestants the experience of a lifetime with the possibility of meeting their soulmate. It is hosted by local Sophie Monk and narrarated by Eoghan McDermott. This show is different than other dating shows because there are challenges everyone does together which keep things fun, there aren’t necessarily weekly eliminations, you just have to be coupled up, and the couples pick each other day one to start off as an “offical” couple based on first impressions. The catch is as time goes on, the couples are forced to recouple over the duration of their stay at the villa. Of course there is lots of drama that happens but if there wasn’t drama, it wouldn’t be as fun to watch now would it?
The contestents are isolated away from the world on an island in a villa. The two villas are located in gorgeous places, Spain and Fiji. Throughout the show, they are referred to as islanders. The show averaged roughly around 200,000 viewers at first in 2018 then overnight raised to 511,000 once viewers from Nine’s streaming service were added. The audience appeales to a younger audience of 16-39 year olds and what’s interesting is 85% of these viewers are outside of Australia. This show seems to thrive in the United States, mainly because of social media and advertisements.
Finally at the end of the show, the audience votes for their favorite couple and the winner wins 50,000 AUD. The winning couple can choose to split it amungst each other or one of them keeps it all.
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