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Metro
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Channel 4 series slapped with 'sex ban' - despite being all about sex
Virgin Island sparked controversy last month, but bosses reportedly made a great move for the sake of its contestants. Last month, the divisive Channel 4 reality show saw 12 adult virgins guided by seven experts to help explore their intimacy issues, with viewers split over how to feel. Some people found it all a bit cringeworthy, while others were concerned about the care of vulnerable people appearing on the series. Now, it's been reported that show bosses placed a sex ban on the crew, including experts and therapists Danielle Harel, Celeste Hirschman. Given the intimate nature of the show, it was apparently decided that the ban would be appropriate to make sure everyone was comfortable. 'Location shoots like this are usually a hotbed for hook-ups. But Virgin Island was no fun for anyone except the virgins,' a source told The Sun. The insider told the outlet that 'production wanted to make them feel comfortable and unintimidated'. They added: 'This sort of crew sex ban is unheard of in the TV world, but is very responsible of Channel 4.' Last month, the first series reached its climax after breaking records for the broadcaster, who noted the show rose 'to the top of Channel 4's list of new unscripted launches for share of 16-34s since modern records began'. Virgin Island's figures placed it above the likes of Supernanny, The Jury: Murder Trial and the original series of Married At First Sight, while almost nine million people tuned in across the run. It's not surprising, then, that Channel 4 want to go another round, with a second season already in the pipeline. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The broadcaster's measures to make everyone comfortable appears to have worked, as series one participant Dave insisted they all felt 'so safe and secure' on set. In a statement encouraging people to apply for the next series, he said: Series one participant, Dave, said of his experience: 'Anyone who has watched the show will have seen how much my confidence grew over the course of the series, and I can't speak highly enough of the experts and production team for making us feel so safe and secure.' He added: 'I was lucky enough to achieve the ultimate aim of the series whilst on the Island, and I can't wait to see the next group of participants go on the same journey – I would wholly encourage anyone with enough courage and resilience to apply, it's completely changed my life.' Applications for season 2 are open now, with Channel 4 and Double Act Productions putting some strict restrictions in place for anyone looking to get involved. 'It's been such a thrill to watch this show catch fire,' said Virgin Island Commissioning Editor, Jonah Weston. 'From the brave cast to our wonderful experts I don't think I've ever worked on anything quite so bold, warm and well-intentioned.' As well as needing to have seen the first season, virgins hoping to take part will face a series of Zoom interviews, and some 'one-to-one meetings' in London over the summer. More Trending The application form explains: 'If invited to take part in the retreat, you may be required for a day's interview filming in the UK around September 2025. 'You must then be available to film at the retreat for approx. three weeks abroad in autumn 2025. You are responsible for getting the permitted time off work or study, if relevant.' Metro has contacted Channel 4 for comment. View More » Virgin Island is available to stream on ITVX. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Horror fans 'seriously creeped out' as unhinged movie behind iconic meme gets Channel 4 premiere MORE: Eerie sci-fi series dubbed 'freshest British drama in years' launched 10 years ago MORE: Skins star unrecognisable as he reunites with cast 12 years after show ended
Metro
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Channel 4 urges people to apply for 'record-breaking' Virgin Island season 2
Virgin Island fans are getting their wish, and you could get involved when the series returns for another round. The first season of the controversial Channel 4 reality show – which saw 12 adult virgins guided by seven experts to help explore their intimacy issues – reached its climax last month, with fans conflicted but still eager for more. While some viewers found the whole thing a little cringe, the broadcaster has hailed record numbers and confirmed plans for season 2. The show rose 'to the top of Channel 4's list of new unscripted launches for share of 16-34s since modern records began', above the likes of Late Night Lycett, Supernanny, The Jury: Murder Trial and the original series of Married At First Sight. As well as bringing in almost nine million viewers on streaming for the whole series thus far, it's currently C4's most watched show in the demographic for 2025, above Gogglebox, Taskmaster and more. So, it's not surprising that Channel 4 is and Double Act Productions are now calling on virgins to apply for a second season. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'It's been such a thrill to watch this show catch fire,' said Virgin Island Commissioning Editor, Jonah Weston. 'From the brave cast to our wonderful experts I don't think I've ever worked on anything quite so bold, warm and well-intentioned.' And Ian Katz, Chief Content Officer at C4, added: 'Virgin Island is the kind of show only Channel 4 would make, exploring an important but under-discussed social issue with warmth, sensitivity and wit. 'We're delighted that it resonated with younger viewers and that the men and women who took part found it such a constructive experience.' It should be noted, appearing on such an intimate show won't be for everyone – but the broadcaster has a 'lengthy selection progress with several stages', where applicants can withdraw at any time. You can sign up and start application process here, but there are some key details to keep in mind. First thing's first – Channel 4 wants you to make sure potential Islanders have watched season 1. Before you can land a first Zoom interview, you 'will be required to have watched (and be able to discuss) at least 2 episodes', and all six to progress further. Naturally, you have to be a virgin to apply, as well as aged 21 or over at the time of applying, as well as a UK resident with 'a valid passport for travel in autumn 2025. Meanwhile, Double Act Productions noted its commitment to an 'inclusive cast', and they welcome 'applications from deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people'. As you'd expect, no one on the Sex Offender Register is allowed to apply, while anyone filling out the application for the series must be 'honest and true'. If you make it on the shortlist, there will be 'a set of one-to-one meetings' in London in August 2025, which are described as 'essential to be considered'. More Trending The application form continues: 'If invited to take part in the retreat, you may be required for a day's interview filming in the UK around September 2025. 'You must then be available to film at the retreat for approx. three weeks abroad in autumn 2025. You are responsible for getting the permitted time off work or study, if relevant.' View More » Virgin Island is available to stream on Channel 4. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Ditch your weekend plans to watch 'addictive' Italian crime thriller on Channel 4 MORE: Gripping sci-fi series with 'preposterous twist' now streaming on Channel 4 MORE: All six episodes of 'stressful' Australian thriller finally free to binge in the UK
The Irish Sun
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Bridgerton star cosies up to glamorous girlfriend at the TV BAFTA Awards -just days after making their romance official
A BRIDGERTON star has cosied up to his glamorous girlfriend at the TV BAFTA Awards -just days after making their romance official. The glittering star studded ceremony took place at London's Royal Festival Hall and was hosted by US Traitors host 4 A Bridgerton star has cosied up to his glamorous girlfriend at the TV BAFTA Awards -just days after making their romance official Credit: Getty 4 Luke Newton looked loved up with his girlfriend Antonia Roumelioti as they attended the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards Credit: Getty The Bridgerton icon, 32, packed on the PDA with the gorgeous model, 24, making a loving public appearance just two days after going Instagram official reported Luke, who plays Colin Bridgerton on the show, opted for a classic black suit and an unbuttoned matching shirt. Antonia shimmered beside him in a sculpted mono-shoulder purple long length gown. Bafta The Netflix icon appeared in very happy spirits as he was snapped and spoke to TV fans on his way inside the event. Much like her famous boyfriend, Antonia is also in the entertainment industry. The talented star is in fact a dancer, who has worked on some top TV shows, she has performed on both Dancing on Ice and Greece's Got Talent. Antonia is also an Influencer and boasts nearly 16K followers and she was first linked to Most read in News TV H owever, when they turned up to the London premiere of Bridgerton season 3 holding hands. During tonight's awards ceremony, the Bafta reality prize went to Channel 4's The Jury: Murder Trial, beating the hit BBC psychological series The Traitors. Luke Newton's girlfriend Antonia Roumelioti looks super hot as she shows off her dance moves Ariyon Bakare has won the best supporting actor gong at the Bafta TV Awards for his role playing Morris De La Roux in BBC drama Mr Loverman. The BBC also won the sport award for its coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympics and an award in the live coverage category for Glastonbury Festival. Best specialist factual went to BBC Two's Atomic People, which heard from those who witnessed the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The female performance in a comedy Bafta has been snapped up by Welsh comedian Bafta TV 2025 Winners List Here's everyone who has taken home an award at tonight's ceremony Drama Series: Blue Lights Leading Actor: Lennie James, Mr Loverman Leading Actress: Marisa Abela, Industry Entertainment: Would I Lie To You? Entertainment Performance: Joe Lycett - Late Night Lycett Factual Series: To Catch a Copper Factual Entertainment: Rob & Rylan's Grand Tour International: Shogun Supporting Actor: Ariyon Bakare, Mr Loverman Supporting Actress: Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer Limited Drama: Mr Bates Vs The Post Office Male Performance in a Comedy: Danny Dyer, Mr Bigstuff Female Performance in a Comedy: Ruth Jones, Gavin and Stacey Fellowship: Kirsty Wark News Coverage: BBC Breakfast: Post Office Special Reality: The Jury: Murder Trial Scripted Comedy: Alma's Not Normal Short Form: Quiet Life Single Documentary: Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods Special Award: ITV - Mr Bates Vs The Post Office Soap: EastEnders Live Event Coverage: Glastonbury 2024 Specialist Factual: Atomic People Sports Coverage: Paris 2024 Olympics, BBC One Children's Non-Scripted: Disability and Me (FYI Investigates) Children's Scripted: Cbeebies As You Like It At Shakespeare's Globe Current Affairs: State of Rage Daytime: Clive Myrie's Caribbean Adventure P&O Cruises Memorable Moment: Strictly Come Dancing - Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell dance to You'll Never Walk Alone "I'm not going to lie this is immense," she said. "The person I would like to thank most his my dear, dear talented friend James Corden ." While EastEnders won the TV BAFTA for best soap after their rival soap 4 Luke laughed and joked with the crowd of well wishers Credit: Getty 4 Luke as Colin Bridgerton with co-star Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton Credit: TV Company
Daily Mirror
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Fans of The Traitors plan outraged as hit show fails to scoop any BAFTAs awards
The 2025 TV BAFTAs crowed some surprise winners - but fans of the hit BBC game show The Traitors were less than impressed when the series lost in all its categories Fans of The Traitors were up in arms on Sunday night when the hit BBC show failed to win a single award at the 2025 TV BAFTAs. The reality game show sees contestants competing for a cash prize while trying to avoid being eliminated by non faithful members of the group. On Sunday night, the show was nominated for three gongs - standing to win the Best Reality award, Best Entertainment Performance award, and the public-voted Memorable Moment award. But - to the outrage of devoted fans - the series failed to win a single gong. Channel 4's The Jury: Murder Trial proved triumphant in the Best Reality category - while show host Claudia Winkleman failed to bring home the Best Entertainment Performance award, losing out to Joe Lycett for his Channel 4 show Late Night Lycett. Despite having a loyal fanbase, the series also failed to win the public voted Memorable Moment award - and Strictly Come Dancing waltzed off with it instead for a powerful dance performed by Dianne Buswell and Chris McCausland. After realising that the Traitors had not managed to secure any wins, fans took to social media to complain - and plot a revolt. Over on X, the fan page The Traitors HQ was quick to realise that betrayal had taken place at the hands of the voting experts. Unleashing a post over the failure to secure one of the top gongs, they raged: "The Traitors just LOST the award for Best Reality Show at the 2025 #BAFTATVAwards. We ride at dawn." The message spurned motivated other fans to express disappointment - with one asking "HOW" in response, while another raged: "Robbed , absolutely robbed . Never heard of the winner." There soon followed complaints over the fact Diane's "iconic" line "Paul isn't my son... but Ross is!" was overlooked in the memorable moment category - with one fan blasting: "RIGGED" in protest. And then when Claudia lost the Best Entertainment Performance award to Joe Lycett - who did not even attend the awards - anger reached volcanic levels. One fan exclaimed: "Oh man! The Traitors are the best! You still a winner in my eyes!" With the final results unveiled, The Traitors HQ recapped the unfortunate affair, typing: "Despite being the most watched and most talked about reality TV show of the past year, The Traitors UK walked away with ZERO awards at the 2025 #BAFTATVAwards. Thoughts?" The fans did not hold back, with one writing: "ROBBED & UNDESERVED... Claudia deserved Best Presenter at the very least!" And another branded the outcome as: "Absolutely ridiculous". Other fans were more considered, however, with one reasoning: "They can't allow one show to win everything every year." While another pondered: "If the viewers don't vote in the public votes it doesn't help. Also sometimes super popular programmes don't get voted for by the panel." Fans of The Traitors will have more devious episodes to watch over the coming year as the show will return for a fourth season - while the first ever UK celebrity version of the show began filming last month. A string of stars signed up to stab each other in the back on camera. Comedy cutie Alan Carr, sports expert Clare Balding, national treasure Stephen Fry, and actor Nick Mohammed are among those taking part in the series - with the celeb edition expected to air at some point later this year.
Metro
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Traitors fans fume as Claudia Winkleman 'robbed' three times at Bafta TV Awards
The Traitors fans are fuming as the show was snubbed three times on Sunday night and lost on every single award at the Bafta TV Awards. TV fans were furious at the end of the Bafta TV awards 2025 on Sunday night, as it was revealed that the BBC competition show had been snubbed. The show had been nominated for best reality but lost out to Channel 4's The Jury: Murder Trial. The show was also nominated for most memorable moment when Diane announced to the camera: 'Paul just couldn't be my son…but Ross is!' Snagging the award instead were Dianne Buswell and Chris McCausland for their blackout dance on Strictly Come Dancing. The final snub came as Claudia Winkleman was nominated for best entertainment performance. She lost out instead to Joe Lycett, who won for his series, Late Night Lycett – for the second year in a row. Fans were infuriated online and didn't hesitate to share their anger. Want to get all the latest news and predictions for the best and most dramatic show this new year? Join our The Traitors WhatsApp channel for live episode coverage, behind-the-scenes gossip and a place to recover from all the cliffhangers. Simply click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! Don't forget to turn on notifications! 'The traitors not winning best reality tv… ummm what ?!?! #baftas,' said muinatabdul. 'The Traitors was robbed #BAFTATVAwards,' said fadeeeintoyou. The Traitors HQ even posted: 'The Traitors just LOST the award for Best Reality Show at the 2025 #BAFTATVAwards We ride at dawn.' One fan, KDCunliffe, posted an image of Claudia at the awards show with the caption: 'The look of someone whose programme has been robbed.' The second season of The Traitors was a huge hit when it aired in January 2024. More Trending The first episode garnered 5.94 million viewers, but by the time the final episode aired, 8.03 million viewers tuned in to see whether traitor Harry Clark would be caught by the faithful. The season was an incredible success and brought even more viewers to watch the third season, with 9.23 million viewers tuning in across the UK to watch the first episode. By the time the third season concluded, 9.91 million people were locked in for the final episode. View More » Praise has been aimed repeatedly at Claudia, who has consistently helmed the UK show for all three seasons, providing continuity to the show which introduces new stars each season. Leading actor – Lennie James, Mr Loverman Leading actress – Marisa Abela, Industry Best supporting actress – Jessica Gunning in Baby Reindeer Best supporting actor – Ariyon Bakare in Mr Loverman Male performance in a comedy – Danny Dyer, Mr Bigstuff Female performance in a comedy – Ruth Jones, Gavin and Stacey: The Finale Sport – BBC coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympics Live Event Coverage – BBC's Glastonbury Reality prize – Channel 4's The Jury: Murder Trial Best limited drama – Mr Bates Vs The Post Office Special Award – ITV for Mr Bates vs The Post Office International – Disney+ Shogun Soap & Continuing Drama – EastEnders Best single documentary – BBC's Ukraine: Enemy In The Woods Children's: Scripted – CBeebies As You Like It at Shakespeare's Globe Children's: Non-Scripted.- Disability and Me (FYI Investigates) Entertainment programme – BBC's Would I Lie To You? Daytime – Clive Myrie, Caribbean Adventure programme on BBC Two. Memorable moment -Strictly Come Dancing, Dianne and Chris's blackout dance Factual entertainment prize – Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour Bafta fellowship – Kirsty Wark Entertainment performance – Joe Lycett, Late Night Lycett Drama series – Blue Lights Short Form – Quiet Life Specialist Factual – Atomic People News Coverage – BBC Breakfast: Post Office Special Current Affairs – State of Rage Factual Series – To Catch a Copper Scripted Comedy – Alma's Not Normal Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Stacey Solomon wears her 2022 wedding dress to the Bafta TV awards MORE: Maura Higgins makes defiant comeback as Danny Jones skips TV Baftas after scandal MORE: The clear winners at tonight's Bafta TV Awards vs who should win
