IF you think Love Island has grown a little tame, then you’ll be wild about Rylan Clark’s new dating show.
Here’s a first look at the presenter’s raunchy series Dating Naked, in which the cast bare all — literally.
The brave bunch spend 24/7 as nature intended, even taking dates outside the luxury villa in Colombia.
That’s why the Paramount+ programme, which launches on August 23, has been dubbed “Love Island on steroids.”
In each episode contestants are dumped as cast mates vote for their favourites, with a prize pot of £50k at stake.
But there is plenty of raunchy action elsewhere.
Nail technician Lauren, a contestant from Herts, told me: “I did have sex on the show — a lot of us did.
“I mean, this show literally blows the socks off Love Island.
“I think you get to know people better being naked all the time.
“There’s no judgement.”
Billy, a builder from Essex, added: “Oh yeah it gets hot in Colombia!
“I feel like at first everyone’s going to be like, ‘What?
“Why is everyone naked?’ And then by the second episode they’ll get involved in the drama.”
While bosses took contestants’ conduct seriously, even installing an on-site intimacy coach to ensure everyone felt safe, the cast swiftly shed all inhibitions.
But their nudity also led to surprisingly deep connections.
Personal trainer Dan from Woking said: “I thought everyone would just want to jump on people but for most there was a real bond.
“There was a lot of sex in the villa but it wasn’t casual, there were feelings involved.”
Social media executive Emily from Stockport added: “It shows what can happen when you strip back to basics, on everything, not just clothes.
“It actually builds better connections in friendships as well as romantically.”
Among the other contestants are Chrislove, a hairdresser from Las Vegas, Canadian party girl Dominik and an event planner called Mike, who once dated Geordie Shore star Chloe Ferry.
JOE SWASH will join The Batch Lady cookbooks author Suzanne Mulholland in a new Channel 4 cooking show.
Buy It, Batch It, Cook It shows families how to stretch their food budget.
Joe said: “We are hoping to give the tools to not just save, but to have more time to spend together.”
BADLY behaved boyfriends beware – Olivia Attwood is coming for you.
The former Love Island star is to host a hard-hitting dating show, where cheating boyfriends are encouraged to turn over a new leaf.
Eight unsuspecting lads will be jetted off to a Greek island only to be confronted by Olivia, who reveals that their girlfriends want to see them transformed into grown-up, committed partners.
Olivia said: “Filming with the couples in Greece was incredible. Viewers are in for an absolute treat.”
Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends airs this autumn on ITV2.
MARTIN KEMP will play a jaded detective in a new serial killer thriller.
The former Spandau Ballet star, who played Steve Owen in EastEnders in the late nineties and early noughties, leads the cast of Doctor Plague, which began filming in London this month.
We meet Martin’s character John Verney, on the trail of an ancient cult of doctors operating in a murky London underworld – who are at the heart of a series of murders.
The murders draw the detective into a maze of secret society conspiracies, linking back to the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888, and putting Verney in danger.
Martin joins Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, David Yip, Wendy Glenn and Daisy Beaumont in the film, which doesn’t yet have a release date.
OVER on Netflix, a group of singles are ready for Love Is Blind UK.
Emma Willis and husband Matt will preside over the hit – which sees contsetants marry someone they have never met – when it launches on August 7.
Yesterday, the 30 daters were unveiled and include chicken shop owner Aaron, funeral dire-ctor Freddie and Charlie, a gym manager.
For the girls, there’s baby photographer Lisa, record company exec Sharlotte and Priya, who was once engaged for 24 hours before calling it off.
Elsewhere, it will be a summer of love on telly as landing on August 6 is Channel 4’s First Dates.
Fred Sirieix and pals are back for the 22nd series.
THE BBC has confirmed my story that Ashley Cain is making a new series called Into the Danger Zone, a six-parter for for BBC Three and iPlayer.
As my story from last month stated, the former footballer visits some of the world’s most dangerous places and, once there, explore the issues that affect young men born into a life that exists on the fringes of society.
Ashley said: “I have a genuine passion for the people of this world and true compassion for every person’s situation.
“I am also incredibly inquisitive about the human mind and how people operate on the other side of their comfort zone.
“So, I’m heavily invested in this series that explores the minds and lives of fellow young men based on the hardship they face in each adverse environment.
“It’s not my intention to judge. It’s my intention to understand.
“I will be as deeply immersed as I can be to truly understand how they think, feel and what they choose to or have to do in their lives to provide, protect or simply just survive.
“And ultimately ask myself… would I do the same if I lived in their world?”
From mercenaries in Marseilles to the gangs within a Philippine prison and poachers in South Africa, Ashley wants to know what it takes to survive in these environments.
Sounds like gripping stuff.
