{"id":6850,"date":"2018-06-07T21:15:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T19:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=6850"},"modified":"2018-06-07T21:19:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T19:19:28","slug":"m-net-101-to-screen-live-island-in-its-late-night-time-slot-from-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/06\/07\/m-net-101-to-screen-live-island-in-its-late-night-time-slot-from-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"M-Net 101 To Screen Love Island In Its Late Night Time Slot From Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Love is ON THE AIR\u00a0with a sassy new reality show!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6851\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6851\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Love-Island-S4.jpg?resize=500%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Love-Island-S4.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Love-Island-S4.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From ITV Studios<br \/>Love Island: SR4 on ITV2<br \/>Pictured: Adam Collard, Hayley Hughes, Jack Fincham, Kendall Rae-Knight, Niall Aslam, Samira Mighty, Dr. Alex George, Dani Mas Dyer, Wes Nelson, Laura Anderson and Eyal Booker.<br \/>(C) ITV Plc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The interactive late-night reality show, that has been creating a sensational buzz in the UK, is coming to South Africa \u2013 6 days a week! M-Net 101 will be screening\u00a0Love Island\u00a0\u2013 a gorgeous game of love where a group of singletons must choose their partners wisely \u2013 in order to avoid being dumped &#8211; both by their potential lovers and from the show.<\/p>\n<p>From Monday 11 June, viewers will be getting a dose of fun and romance Monday to Saturday from 23:00 onwards. The popular series will be bringing in a new generation of good-looking, young and sizzling singles to a luxury villa, where love and drama are definitely not mutually exclusive. In between beach bonfires and intimate dinners some shock eliminations and new arrivals ensure constant unpredictability and rivalry for the Islanders. And once contestants leave the island, the remaining singles must re-couple or risk being sent home. Also thrown into the mix are team challenges, sneaky dates, confession rooms, couple-up time, dramatic text announcements and so much more. In the definitive game of love there\u2019s never a dull moment: especially when the path may be littered with a few loose cannons.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth season of the reality phenomenon is coming to M-Net hot on the heels of its UK premiere, which attracted an audience of 1.5 million viewers between the ages of 16-34. Last season\u2019s audience doubled, with the show trending worldwide on Twitter every night \u2013 peaking at over 3 million tweets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cM-Net is known for being the home of the the best of the best programming, and this show is currently the most-talked about reality series in the UK,\u201d says Head of Publicity Lani Lombard. \u201cLove Island been such a hit that it\u2019s now also being produced in Germany and Australia, and we\u2019re thrilled to bring the hype to South African viewers. Even more impressive is how big the social media appeal of the series is for young adults. It\u2019s very seldom that shows have that kind of impact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sassy 2014 Strictly Come Dancing UK winner Caroline Flack will play host and has already mentioned that this season\u2019s participants are an interesting bunch \u2013 welcome news, considering that 11 out of 80,000 applicants were chosen to participate in the hot topic series.<\/p>\n<p>Season four\u2019s sexy singletons are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laura Anderson, 29, Cabin Crew member from Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Dani Dyer, 21, Barmaid from London<\/li>\n<li>Hayley Hughes, 21, Model from London<\/li>\n<li>Kendall Rae-Knight, 26, Retail Manager from Blackpool<\/li>\n<li>Samira Mighty, 22, West End Performer from London<\/li>\n<li>Niall Aslam, 23, Construction Worker from Coventry<\/li>\n<li>Eyal Booker, 22, Model from London<\/li>\n<li>Adam Collard, 22, Personal Trainer from Newcastle<\/li>\n<li>Jack Fincham, 26, Stationary Sales Manager from Kent<\/li>\n<li>Dr Alex George, 27, A&amp;E Doctor from West Wales<\/li>\n<li>Wes Nelson, 20, Electrical and Nuclear Systems Design Engineer from Staffordshire<\/li>\n<li>Rosie Williams, 26, Lawyer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Love Island season 4 starts Monday 11 June at 23:35, and will air Mondays to Saturdays from 23:00 onwards. For more information on the show visit <a href=\"http:\/\/mnet.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mnet.tv<\/a> and follow the conversation on Twitter @MNet (#MNet) or on the official M-Net Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love is ON THE AIR\u00a0with a sassy new reality show! The interactive late-night reality show, that has been creating a sensational buzz in the UK, is coming to South Africa \u2013 6 days a week! M-Net 101 will be screening\u00a0Love Island\u00a0\u2013 a gorgeous game of love where a group of singletons must choose their partners&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/06\/07\/m-net-101-to-screen-live-island-in-its-late-night-time-slot-from-next-week\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">M-Net 101 To Screen Love Island In Its Late Night Time Slot From Next Week<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-6850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-mnet","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}