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• I KISSED A BOY: DANNII MOGUE ANNOUNCED AS HOST OF BBC THREE NEW GAY DATG SHOW
• ‘I KISSED A BOY’: WHY THE U.K.’S FIRST GAY DATG SHOW IS A REALY GAMECHANGER
• BBC THREE ANNOUNC NEW GAY DATG SHOW HOSTED BY DANNII MOGUE
• I KISSED A BOY: THE UK’S FIRST EVER GAY DATG SHOW IS G TO THE BBC
• BBC THREE’S NEW GAY DATG SHOW NEEDS TO MAKE SURE DON’T FALL TO LAZY STEREOTYP
• DANNII MOGUE IS HOSTG THE UK'S FIRST GAY DATG SHOW CALLED "I KISSED A BOY"
• DANNII MOGUE TO HOST MONUMENTAL NEW GAY DATG SHOW LLED I KISSED A BOY AND, WE NNOT STRS THIS ENOUGH, WHAT A HUN
• BBC THREE REVEALS NEW GAY DATG SHOW

I KISSED A BOY: DANNII MOGUE ANNOUNCED AS HOST OF BBC THREE NEW GAY DATG SHOW

Dannii Mogue has been announced as the host of the BBC’s new gay datg show wh the workg tle I Kissed a Thursday (19 May), BBC Three announced that the forthg datg show will be hosted by the sger and TV personaly, whose sister is pop star Kylie eight-part realy seri will follow 10 sgle men as they head to Europe to fd their they arrive, the nttants will be paired wh who is nsired to be their “strongt match”.

So I am so thrilled for a gay datg show to be enterg the sea of other datg shows that have existed on TV for years. ’s first gay datg show is about to air on BBC Three. ’s first ever gay datg show?

” It ed to be that gay relatnships were only explored after the watershed or soap storyl, but the stori are now more mastream than ever. To produce s first gay datg seri? Enter “I Kissed A Boy, ” which featur 10 gay guys beg matched, all of whom have the opportuny to kiss their partner when they first meet.

‘I KISSED A BOY’: WHY THE U.K.’S FIRST GAY DATG SHOW IS A REALY GAMECHANGER

“When you’ve only got one gay uple a show where there are five other straight upl, those people reprent what ’s like to be gay, ” says David Brdley, chief creative officer at Twofour, who ma “I Kissed A Boy. And for those wonrg, spe beg set a villa, “I Kissed A Boy” isn’t jt “Love Island” wh solely gay nttants.

BBC THREE ANNOUNC NEW GAY DATG SHOW HOSTED BY DANNII MOGUE

There’s also an emphasis on featurg different backstori and g out experienc, orr to highlight to viewers that there’s no typil way to be gay, nor should there be.

There was also a high reprentatn of gay people wh the productn team, which the show hop will add to the show’s thenticy. “What we didn’t want to do was take a straight format and pump a gay st through , ” says Brdley. There’s lots of moments the show that you uld only see wh a gay st.

As ’s an exclive gay world that the nttants are livg , there’s no untentnal holdg back om anyone, nor any explanatn need for a straight nttant who might not get the reference or lived experience. “I Kissed A Boy” also mak you realize that other LGBTQ+ datg formats — not only about gay men — serve to be explored. BBC ThreeThe UK's first-ever exclively gay realy datg show had sger Dannii Mogue appearg as the host.

I KISSED A BOY: THE UK’S FIRST EVER GAY DATG SHOW IS G TO THE BBC

For stance, season five clud Arisce Wanzer (trans woman), David Barta (pansexual man), Ey Salch (bisexual woman), Joelle Brian (gay man), Jonathan Tronso (gay man), Kyra Green (bisexual woman), and Mike Mulrrig (bisexual man) to watch: MTV. Logo TVOne of the first major gay datg shows to happen on ble TV was 2016's Fdg Prce Charmg. The Zs NetworkAfter gog through a very public breakup wh his ex-boyiend, social media fluencer and realy TV star Bobby Lyt land his own gay datg show tled Bobby I Love You, Purrr.

BBC THREE’S NEW GAY DATG SHOW NEEDS TO MAKE SURE DON’T FALL TO LAZY STEREOTYP

On season one, the show featured three leads, one of whom was a gay man. In season two, the three leads nsisted of a straight man, a gay man, and a lbian woman.

This meant that two thirds of the entire st nsisted of LGBTQ+ love terts vyg for eher the gay lead or the lbian lead. " When to LGBTQ+ reprentatn, the seri featured a gay uple: Jeff Perla and Alex Van to watch: Amazon Prime Vio. OUTtvHosted by Stormy Daniels, For the Love of DILFs is a show where two groups of gay men, classified as "Daddi" and "Himbos", peted for love.

DANNII MOGUE IS HOSTG THE UK'S FIRST GAY DATG SHOW CALLED "I KISSED A BOY"

David Brdley, Chief Creative Officer, Twofour, says: "We're thrilled to be brgg this excg realy event to BBC Three and iPlayer, and to she a bright light on gay datg. Datg shows have been beamed to our livg rooms for s, and queerns has always existed – but ’s only now, 2023, that the UK is gettg s first gay datg I Kissed a Boy, airg on BBC iPlayer and BBC Three this weekend, narrator Layton Williams announc: “The path to love is never straight.

”The seri is hosted by Dannii Mogue, who has been a gay in ever sce she beme one of the first ever pop stars to play at London’s inic nightclub G-A-Y the the show, Mogue overse the matchmakg of 10 sgle men who will meet for the first time wh a smooch. Speakg to The Guardian about the show, nttant Gareth said: “I thk, unfortunately, to the heteronormative dience there is still a view that homosexualy… ’s all jt promiscuo and sful, and that has stopped om happeng until now.

”Meanwhile, Mogue said: “I n’t believe we’re 2023 sayg ’s Bra’s first gay datg show ever.

DANNII MOGUE TO HOST MONUMENTAL NEW GAY DATG SHOW LLED I KISSED A BOY AND, WE NNOT STRS THIS ENOUGH, WHAT A HUN

As the first mastream show of s kd, I Kissed A Boy – which is a workg tle – will place s gay and bi nttants at s heart and e them to s advantage.

Pl, ’s hosted by gay in Dannii Mogue – what’s not to like? Such a lack of body diversy disproportnately affects members of the LGBTQ+ muny, wh recent studi fdg that 56% of gay and bi men feel anx or prsed bee of their body image (pared wh 33% of those that intify as heterosexual). Mcly men are not only prent datg shows: they seep to gay culture through all media, wh their sirabily often fg the self-worth of gay and bi men.

A recent survey revealed that 84% of gay and bi men feel tense prsure to have a ‘good body’, wh 18% of gay boys and 13% of bisexual boys experiencg eatg disorrs ( parison to jt 3% of their heterosexual unterparts). Historilly, the reprentatn of gay and bi men media has been eher as entirely sanised and sex-ee or seedy, sleazy and sex-obssed.

BBC THREE REVEALS NEW GAY DATG SHOW

This damagg dichotomy has roots the AIDS crisis, where gay and bi men were spegoated for the spread of the adly vis and were viewed by society as promiscuo sexual viants.

Today, the prevalence of apps such as Grdr among the LGBTQ+ muny ntu to rerce the ia that gay and bi men are all promiscuo: terted sex rather than romance. Of urse, grown men kissg each other is nothg new: but we should be hant promotg a hyper-sexualised image where gay and bi men are seen to engage sexual activy that bolsters the stereotype that they are fleetg, or shallow. Alongsi the chaos that we all crave om realy TV, I Kissed A Boy has the potential to rewre how gay and bi men are prented media.