Mewtwo59 posted... You made me curious, and now I find out that Love Island didn't only get a fourth season, but it's scheduled to get a fifth as well. How?
I'd guess NBC wants to get their investment back, even though they won't. Nobody's gonna watch a streaming-only show about people fucking when Bachelor in Paradise, which uses people with whom its audience is familiar, exists. Bachelor in Paradise works because it puts people the audience knows (and know each other) at a resort to see what happens. Love Island takes people who are strangers to each other and to the audience. The few Big Brother folks didn't work as crossovers so CBS axed it for losing money.
I still recall Love Island ads saying "If you like Big Brother, you'll love Love Island" because of showmances. Which... applies to a very small number of people who production tries to weaponize. But it just makes me cringe to see people say that's why they watch BB. Watching people who are strangers to you hook up is not appealing in any way when there's a game going on around them.
Watching The Challenge from last night...
- I have no idea who TJ Lavin is but he certainly knows how to make an entrance
- Alyssa saying she wants to destroy the Cookout while Xavier doesn't see her vengeance was not a good look for him. I think she does have more loyalty to him than she's letting on. She wants him to be the last Cookout left standing so he can be putty in her hands.
- They did a good job explaining things we needed to know, particularly Love Island since nobody cared about that show. It was a lot of info though.
- The Love Island players felt clueless compared to players from the more strategic shows. Love Island is about fucking. Survivor and BB involve breaking hearts. Shannon was in over her head. If you're gonna be labeled the "dumb blonde from Love Island," play that up! You WANT to be underestimated for long periods of time. Annihilating that first challenge and gloating doesn't work with that.
- Fuck Shan.
- I can't do math as quickly as the edit is presenting it and it's not PEMDAS, it's left to right, so I'm only half-watching this.
- I'm glad some people I really enjoy are here. Tyson and Danny are already delivering. AND they left an uncensored Tyson F-bomb in there! HOLY SHIT
- Honestly, I hate how this "CBS Diversity Initiative" thing is all black and white, and then they just throw in "Token Asian" and "Token Hispanic." It's not true "diversity" if some groups are still excluded as much as they were before.
- Angela most definitely has a thing for long-haired blonde dudes. She married the one from her season and wants Tyson as her ride-or-die here.
- Cely saying "I know I'm good" was such a warning sign. Was obvious that the edit was building tension between Shannon/James and Cely/Javonny for the decision. Did the latter pair not figure out that Tyson and Angela would protect those from their own shows, which meant the Love Island people were in the crosshairs? James and Shannon deduced that quick! Cely/Javonny were shocked because they just presumed. This should be a wake-up call to all the Love Island crew.
- Azah made a fantastic point in that Javonny was expending energy by showboating instead of focusing. Kyland and Azah had a distinct advantage with over a day to prepare. That and Cely/Javonny being morons were why this ended the way it did.
- I did like this enough to watch it again next week. I think the format is promising for drama between the different factions and the factions within those factions. But we'll see. Gotta watch another two episodes to see how long I'll be invested for.