UrbanWire

Have you dreamt of an exotic retreat hundreds of miles away, where the only people you’re with are gorgeous and sexy singles? C’mon, you can admit it, and now, you can see your fantasy come alive in the reality show Paradise Hotel.

Some 11 eager individuals are given the chance of a lifetime to spend their holidays at a dream resort. This is their passport to leave their ordinary and dull lives and check into Paradise Hotel. They’re about to play a game that only has 1 abiding rule - get hitched or you’ll leave paradise.

The lucky participants who got through FOX’s auditions are Toni, Melanie, Amy, Amanda, Kristin, Charla, Scott, Alex, Andon, Beau and Zack who are flown to Acapulco, Mexico. Upon their arrival, these men and women mingle around and at the end of the day, they have to grab a roommate to secure their next week stay (think musical chairs).

Paradise Hotel is a cross between Survivor and Temptation Island, where alliances are made, friendships are built or broken up and it’s also about the desperation to stay together (made that much easier in such a beautiful place!). The game gets heated up from the 2nd episode, as Charla (who got the single room in week 1) plays the femme fatale role so well it got Melanie voted off.

Every week, to replace the castaway, the 10 remaining participants on paradise will be transmitted via satellite to a studio in LA to choose the new 11th member. 2 chosen audience members have to convince the studio guests they should be the lucky person to join the frolicking bunch.

It’s anyone’s game to roll the dice in the 30 episodes. As there’re many surprises awaiting them, they have to strategise to prevent themselves from becoming castaways.

So far, the original 10 members haven’t been voted off. They’ve proved their strength in voting off 2 out of the 3 newcomers in the past few episodes. We can see obvious alliances between Charla and the guys as she plays Cleopatra to the horny boys to ensure her stay. That, of course, doesn’t bode well for the jealous girls, but it’s also what makes good television.

It will take a lot of catfights and ego-tripping to win that grand prize of US$250,000 [S$435,550] (a low figure compared to the winner of Survivor) each for the winning couple. If nothing else interests you about the game, which sounds like a rip off from Temptation Island, at least there’re the hot bodies to drool over.