Seven Network Commissions Stranded on Honeymoon Island

Seven Network in Australia has ordered a local version of the format Stranded on Honeymoon Island, with Endemol Shine Australia set to produce.

The adventure dating format sees couples matched by experts marooned on a deserted island and left to fend for themselves for three weeks. The Australian version will launch on Channel 7 and 7plus in 2024.

Stranded on Honeymoon Island was created by Snowman Productions, which is also behind Married at First Sight. The company will set up and manage a production hub in Southeast Asia to facilitate the year-round filming of new local versions of Stranded on Honeymoon Island.

The show originated on Belgium’s VTM, where the premiere posted a market share of 46 percent in the main target demo of 18 to 54 and 51 percent in the 15-to-34 demo, doubling the broadcaster’s average market share.

Tim Gerhartz, president and managing director at Red Arrow Studios International, said: “Stranded on Honeymoon Island is really creating a sensation among broadcasters around the world, and we are absolutely delighted that Seven has snapped up the show for Australia so soon after its successful launch in Belgium. After years of increasingly dramatic reality shows, we have seen a growing demand for more authenticity—and Stranded on Honeymoon Island truly captures the zeitgeist, delivering a heady combination of real-life experiences packaged with the gloss of exotic escapism. The format brings together two reality subgenres (dating and adventure) to create a truly unique, fast-track relationship experience, and we are looking forward to seeing it roll out around the world.”

Seven’s chief content officer for entertainment programming, Angus Ross, added: “There’s a good reason broadcasters around the world have fallen in love with Stranded on Honeymoon Island, and Seven is thrilled to bring this hot new series to Australian audiences. Snowman Productions and Endemol Shine Australia’s track record of success speaks for itself, and now they’re taking the reality dating genre to a whole new addictive level, blending fledgling love with the adventure of a lifetime. We have no doubt viewers will lap up every minute of this bold and exciting new format.”

Snowman Productions is part of Seven.One Studios and a sister company to Red Arrow Studios International.