Temptation Island was an American

United States

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 reality television

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 program broadcast on Fox

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 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

Ambergris Caye

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 in Belize

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A ratings hit, Season 1 premiered on January 10, 2001 and aired its finale on February 28, 2001. Season 2 premiered on October 31, 2001 and delivered poor ratings. 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.

Mark L. Walberg

Mark L. Walberg

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 hosted all three editions. Reruns currently air on Hulu

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The program on which Temptation Island is based was created by Endemol

Endemol

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 and then bought and adapted by different countries.

The show helped make a star out of Season 1 contestant, Mandy Lauderdale

Mandy Lauderdale

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, who lent her vocal talent to the platinum-selling band Rehab

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's song "More Like Me", followed by a solo music career.

International versions

Country	Name	Host	Channel	First year aired
Argentina	Confianza ciega	Leo Montero	Canal 9 Canal 9 (Argentina) Canal 9 is an Argentine television network based in Buenos Aires. It is a general entertainment station which offers news, soap operas, talk shows, and movies.-History:...	2001
Australia	Temptation Island	TBA	Channel 7 Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...	December 21, 2002
Belgium Flemish Flemish Flemish can refer to anything related to Flanders, and may refer directly to the following articles:*Flemish, an informal, though linguistically incorrect, name of any kind of the Dutch language as spoken in Belgium....	Temptation Island	Véronique De Kock	VT4 VT4 VT4 is a Flemish commercial television channel. It is part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.The channel began broadcasting on 1 February 1995. The channel initially had no Belgian broadcasting license and was transmitted via London . The channel now broadcasts legally from Zaventem in Belgium...	2002
Brazil	Ilha da Sedução	Babi Xavier	SBT	2002 2003
Kingdom of Bulgaria	Островът на изкушението Temptation Island (Bulgaria) Temptation Island or Ostrovut na izkushenieto was the Bulgarian version of the reality show Temptation Island, which started on 1 November, 20:00 h and ended at the beginning of January 2008. The show was aired on Nova Television....	TBA	Nova TV	November 1, 2007-December 21, 2007
Early Modern France	L'Île de la tentation	Stéphane Bouillaud Céline Géraud	TF1 TF1 TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...	July 6, 2002-August 26, 2008
		Laurent Fontaine	Virgin 17 Virgin 17 Virgin 17 was a French music video and tv show television network owned by the MCM Group, a subsidiary of Lagardère Active. It was available through digital terrestrial television in France, "TNT"....	April 27, 2010- June 18, 2010
Hungary	A Kísértés	TBA	RTL Klub RTL Klub RTL Klub is a television station owned by RTL Group and broadcast in Hungary. It was one of Hungary's first commercial TV channels and was only two days after the main rival TV2 to begin broadcasting.-About RTL Klub:...	2004
Italy	Vero amore	Maria De Filippi	Canale 5 Canale 5 Canale 5 is an Italian private television network of Mediaset, the media branch of Fininvest. Canale 5 was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980, based on a local channel, TeleMilano 58, founded in 1978....	May 19, 2005
Mexico	Confianza Ciega	TBA	SKY SKY México SKY México is a company that operates a subscription television service in the Mexico, Central America, Dominican Republic area. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels...	2004
Netherlands  Belgium Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...  Flemish Flemish Flemish can refer to anything related to Flanders, and may refer directly to the following articles:*Flemish, an informal, though linguistically incorrect, name of any kind of the Dutch language as spoken in Belgium....	Temptation Island	Tine van den Brande (VT4) and Ton van Royen (V8)	VT4 VT4 VT4 is a Flemish commercial television channel. It is part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.The channel began broadcasting on 1 February 1995. The channel initially had no Belgian broadcasting license and was transmitted via London . The channel now broadcasts legally from Zaventem in Belgium... VT8	2002
		Tine van den Brande (VT4) and Viktor Fire (SBS 6)	VT4 VT4 VT4 is a Flemish commercial television channel. It is part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.The channel began broadcasting on 1 February 1995. The channel initially had no Belgian broadcasting license and was transmitted via London . The channel now broadcasts legally from Zaventem in Belgium... SBS 6	2003 2004
		Hans Otten (VT4) and Tanja Jess (Veronica)	VT4 VT4 VT4 is a Flemish commercial television channel. It is part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.The channel began broadcasting on 1 February 1995. The channel initially had no Belgian broadcasting license and was transmitted via London . The channel now broadcasts legally from Zaventem in Belgium... Veronica	2005 2006
		Véronique De Kock (VT4) and Co Roworth (Veronica)	VT4 VT4 VT4 is a Flemish commercial television channel. It is part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.The channel began broadcasting on 1 February 1995. The channel initially had no Belgian broadcasting license and was transmitted via London . The channel now broadcasts legally from Zaventem in Belgium... Veronica	2007
Portugal	Ilha da Tentação	TBA	TVI	2002
Russia	Остров Искушений	Vladislav Galkin	REN TV	2005
Sweden  Norway  Denmark Scandinavia Scandinavia Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...	Temptation Island	Martin Björk	Kanal 5 Kanal 5 Kanal 5 is the name of a number of television stations whose names translate into English as "Channel 5".* Kanal 5 , a Croatian station* Kanal 5 , a Danish station* Kanal 5 , a Macedonian station... TVNorge TVNorge TVNorge is a Norwegian television channel.TVNorge went on the air December 5, 1988 and was the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel. The channel was started with 50 000 NOK...	2002
Spain	Confianza ciega	Francine Gálvez	Antena 3 Antena 3 (Spain) Antena 3 is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned by Antena 3 de Televisión. Some of the more popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include Aquí no hay quien viva, El Barco, Los Protegidos, Los Simpson and El Internado....	January 2002