The appeal of the dating show is easy to sum up: the public loves to watch attractive people getting frisky with each other. Thanks to the lure of voyeurism, the schedules and streaming services this summer are bristling with sexual tension. Take your pick from Bachelor in Paradise, Love Island, Married at First Sight, Love Is Blind, and relative newcomer Love on the Spectrum.
If same-sex pairings are your bag, the BBC offers I Kissed a Boy and I Kissed a Girl. Then there’s the profusion of international variants and spin-offs these shows have spawned. (Connoisseurs speak especially highly of Married at First Sight Australia.) And if you’re not sated after all that, you can try lesser-known formats, such as Naked Attraction, Sexy Beasts, FBoy Island, MILF Manor, Too Hot to Handle, Ex on the Beach, and My Mum, Your Dad.
