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- ‘I KISSED A BOY’: WHY THE U.K.’S FIRST GAY DATG SHOW IS A REALY GAMECHANGER
- I KISSED A BOY: DANNII MOGUE ANNOUNCED AS HOST OF BBC THREE NEW GAY DATG SHOW
- BBC THREE ANNOUNC NEW GAY DATG SHOW HOSTED BY DANNII MOGUE
‘I KISSED A BOY’: WHY THE U.K.’S FIRST GAY DATG SHOW IS A REALY GAMECHANGER
The U.K.’s first gay datg show 'I Kissed A Boy,' onted by Dannii Mogue, featur 10 sgle men hopg to fd love a sunny villa Italy. * gay dating show bbc 3 *
’s first gay datg show is about to air on BBC Three. ’s first ever gay datg show?
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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. “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.
I KISSED A BOY: DANNII MOGUE ANNOUNCED AS HOST OF BBC THREE NEW GAY DATG SHOW
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 THREE ANNOUNC NEW GAY DATG SHOW HOSTED BY DANNII MOGUE
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. 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.