Temptation Island (TV series)

Temptation Island
Genre	Reality Television
Written by	Aliyah Silverstein Brendan Wentworth
Presented by	Mark L. Walberg
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	26
Production
Location(s)	Ambergris Caye, Belize
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Fox World
Distributor	Fox Television Studios 20th Television
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox
Original run	January 10, 2001 (2001-01-10) – September 29, 2003 (2003-09-29)

Temptation Island is an American 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. The show was controversial from the get-go, something that Fox hoped would drive ratings. With the four male contestants living in one section with a dozen female models, and the four female contestants living in another section with a dozen attractive men, the format was perfect for delivering emotional drama. The initial couples were Kaya Wittenburg and Valerie Penso, Mandy Lauderdale and Billy Cleary, Ytossie Patterson and Taheed Watson, and Andy Lukei and Shannon Roghair. Patterson and Watson were removed from the show when it was learned by the producers that the pair had children together. The remaining three couples continued. 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. Like Season 2, Season 3 also delivered poor ratings.^[2]

Mark L. Walberg hosted all three editions. Reruns once aired on Hulu, but are no longer available there.

The program on which Temptation Island is based was created by Endemol and then bought and adapted by different countries.

International versions

Country	Name	Host	Channel	First year aired
Argentina	Confianza ciega	Leo Montero	Canal 9	2001
Australia	Temptation Island	Peter Colquhoun	Channel 7	December 21, 2002
Belgium Flemish	Temptation Island	Véronique De Kock	VT4	2002
Brazil	Ilha da Sedução	Babi Xavier	SBT	2002 2003
Bulgaria	Островът на изкушението	Vitomir Saraivanov	Nova TV	November 1, 2007 – January 18, 2008
Chile	Amor a Prueba	Karla Constant	Mega	December 1, 2014
Finland	Temptation Island Suomi	Sami Kuronen	Liv	2015
France	L'Île de la tentation	Stéphane Bouillaud Céline Géraud	TF1	July 6, 2002 – August 26, 2008
France	L'Île de la tentation	Laurent Fontaine	Virgin 17	April 27, 2010- June 18, 2010
Hungary	A Kísértés	Balázs Sebestyén	RTL Klub	2004
Italy	Vero amore	Maria De Filippi	Canale 5	May 19, 2005
Mexico	Confianza Ciega	TBA	SKY	2004
Netherlands Belgium Flemish	Temptation Island	Tine van den Brande (VT4) and Ton van Royen (V8)	VT4 VT8	2002
		Tine van den Brande (VT4) and Viktor Fire (SBS 6)	VT4 SBS 6	2003 2004
		Hans Otten (VT4) and Tanja Jess (Veronica)	VT4 Veronica	2005 2006
		Véronique De Kock (VT4) and Co Roworth (Veronica)	VT4 Veronica	2007
Philippines	Love In Temptation Island	None	TV5	Supposed airdate was on 2012; Cancelled
Portugal	Confiança Cega	Felipa Garnel	SIC	2001
Portugal	Ilha da Tentação	Carlos Ribeiro	TVI	2002
Romania	Temptation Island - Insula Iubirii	TBA	Antena 1	2015
Russia	Остров Искушений	Vladislav Galkin	REN TV	2005
Scandinavia	Temptation Island	Martin Björk	Kanal 5 TVNorge	2002
Spain	Confianza ciega	Francine Gálvez	Antena 3	January 2002
United Kingdom	Temptation Island UK	Ed Hall	Sky1	2001