I had no idea this existed
It's pretty similar to Love Island I think, I might watch the first few eps and see if it interests me. All the eps are available online!
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Nobody's ever said love is simple, but surely it doesn't have to be as complicated as new reality show Heartbreak Island.
The series, TVNZ's latest reality offering, features 16 single under-30s who spend weeks at a resort in Fiji looking for love and competing for a prize of $100,000.
So what are the rules, and how are they different from the show it's (not so subtly) ripping off, the UK's Love Island? Let us explain.
When the contestants arrive at the Fijian resort where they'll spend the duration of the show, they've already submitted basic information to the show, which has been used to form a kind of dating profile, like what you'd find on an app like Tinder.
They've all had the opportunity to browse the profiles of the opposite sex, and pick first, second and third choices for who they'd most like to partner up with. These rankings are used to decide who'll be paired up with whom in the first episode.
Throughout their time on the island the contestants will face three game events each round of eliminations: Passion Play, Challenges, and Eliminations.
Passion Play gives contestants an opportunity to ditch their current partner for another contestant who has caught their eye. A couple will take part in the Passion Play if one or both halves register for it. They aren't able to recouple with each other if they do ditch one another, though.
At Challenges, the couples will take part in competitive activities designed to test their bond. "Challenges are designed to test a range of things including their commitment, loyalty, communication, mental and physical strength as well as getting them up close and personal!" a press release for the show says.
Each challenge is followed by an Elimination, where the lowest-scoring couple is eliminated from the island - unless a member of another couple opts to betray their partner and "ditch and switch", pairing up with a member of the eliminated couple and sending their existing partner home.
The last couple remaining on the show - presumably because they have the strongest bond - gets to take home the $100,000.
It's a mystery why a show which is essentially about young people partying and acting disgracefully needs such a Kafka-esque legal system.
But it worked for its estranged UK cousin Love Island. Love Island's main point of difference is that, unlike Heartbreak Island, eliminations are decided by public vote. Love Island doesn't feature challenges and eliminations - instead, the couple who get the fewest votes via the show's app are sent home.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainmen...ed-dating-show
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