Temptation Island

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Temptation Island was a U.S. reality television program broadcast on Fox in which several couples agreed to live with a group of singles of the opposite sex, in order to test the strength of their relationships. The first season of the show was taped on Ambergris Caye in Belize.

A ratings hit, Season 1 premiered on January 10, 2001 and aired its finale on February 28, 2001. Season 2 premiered on October 31, 2001 and delivered poor ratings [1]. After a nearly two year layoff, a third edition of the series premiered on August 28, 2003. Similar to Season 2, Season 3 delivered poor ratings [2]

Mark L. Walberg hosted all three editions. Reruns currently air on Fox Reality.

The program in wich Temptation island is based, was created by Endemol and then bought and adapted by different countries.


[edit] International Adaptation

An Australian version of the program was also produced, and shown on the Seven Network.
In Brazil, the SBT Channel made two series in 2002 and 2003, with Babi Xavier. It was called "Ilha da Sedução".
There has been an adaptation for CCTV in China.
A French version, named "l’Île de la tentation", is shown on TF1 (and is currently in its 6th season).
The Hungarian version called "Kísértés" (meaning simply temptation) was broadcasted by RTL Klub and had only one season aired in 2004.
An Italian version was produced in 2005, named "Vero amore", but was unsuccessful.
A Mexican version, "Confianza Ciega", was shown on SKY in 2004.
The Dutch / Flemish version, shown on Veronica and VT4, is successful. The 6th series has been broadcast in 2007.
An Portuguese version was produced in 2002, named "Ilha da Tentação", is show on TVI but was unsuccessful.

From 1 November 2007, Nova Television airs a Bulgarian version of the show (see Temptation Island (Bulgaria)).