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It was a foregone conclusion that the prize money would be split among the cast, but taking advantage of its ill-defined, ever-changing format, it was revealed that not everyone was entitled to the money they had all been vying to save. The final chance to truly shake the televisual table was fumbled in the final episode. I would often find myself wondering if I had mistakenly skipped a few, given the level of investment that was assumed by the narrator, who appeared to be enjoying an entirely different, far more compelling, show than the one I was watching.
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Contestants would renege on allegedly life-changing breakthroughs within a scene, in every single episode until the series end. But these developments were constantly stated rather than actually witnessed. The entire show hinged on the contestants apparent growth and creation of “true connections” that lasted longer than three sweaty minutes. While a lack of physical contact was supposed to be its USP, Too Hot to Handle differentiated from its competitors only in its lack of heart. Character arcs are key we were once genuinely moved by the journeys of the Love Islanders and heavily invested in couples created by the marriage factory that is Love Is Blind.
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MTV’s similar, but far superior, offering Are You the One? offers participants a share of $1m, a sum that ensures the cast go feral much faster.ĭespite seeming to have all the ingredients of a hit, Too Hot to Handle fundamentally misunderstood what made the car-crash, trashcan reality TV of recent years so gripping. Resident femme fatale Francesca repeatedly said she didn’t need the money having entered the house with more than 300,000 followers (which has now grown to 2.9 million) she made more from Instagram posts than she stood to win. Especially since most weren’t particularly fussed about the $100,000. We were supposed to be thrilled when contestants were given the chance to win back a large sum of lost money, but by this point we yearned for their bankruptcy, just to feel something.
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Once these were introduced, the stakes continued to tumble. You could practically taste the panic in the decision to introduce more unnecessary tech into the villa, via watches that allowed couples to go all the way if they were given the “green light”, completely undermining the show’s sole selling point. It did not take long for the show to cop out of the no-touching rule, the sole thing that differentiated it from the glut of other dating series out there. In truth, it was its unwillingness to take risks that left the series unloved – with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 38%. Too Hot to Handle’s promising premise was bungled by cowardice, as producers worried that a lack of risque action would see viewers switch off.
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But sun, sand and horny singletons does not Love Island make.