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Controversial Channel 4 dating show for VIRGINS finally given the green light after bosses overcome major obstacle
The programme will be set in a Love Island-style villa in the Mediterranean
A NEW TV dating show for virgins will go ahead — after producers finally found some.
Channel 4 has spent more than a year looking for the sexually uninitiated willing to romp on camera.
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The show, set in a Love Island-style villa in the Mediterranean, now has enough to proceed after the application criteria was expanded.
A source said: “Nobody saw this coming. Who’d have thought it would be so hard to find up-for-it youngsters?
“Rylan Clark has managed to get ten contestants to live entirely in the nude for his new show Dating Naked, there’s full-blown orgies on Open House, and Naked Attraction has had Brits getting their bits out on air for years.
But producers just couldn’t reel enough virgins in. It’s been a long slog, with casting limping on since July 2023, so everyone is relieved the show has finally got the green light.”
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The show, called The Intimacy Retreat, enticed enough love novices by broadening its application — with participants only having to identify as a virgin.
Potential participants were quizzed over their sexual exploits “if any”.
They were also asked: “Do you consider yourself a virgin?”
Guided by sexologists, they will learn intimacy skills, face their fears and, hopefully, find enough confidence to lose their virginity on camera.
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Producers said the show, which should air next year, “will be a six-part series that follows adults who are virgins (or identify as virgins)”.
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