{"id":106142,"date":"2025-09-01T03:46:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T03:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/106142\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T03:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T03:46:22","slug":"stranded-on-honeymoon-island-davina-mccall-admits-she-took-on-motherly-role-in-wild-new-bbc-dating-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/106142\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded on Honeymoon Island: Davina McCall admits she took on \u2018motherly\u2019 role in wild new BBC dating show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Davina McCall has admitted she took on a motherly role<\/a> as the host of BBC<\/a>\u2019s wild new dating show, Stranded on Honeymoon Island.<\/p>\n

The programme follows 12 single people put into six couples, who are each stranded on a remote tropical beach where they must collaborate to get by and see whether love can thrive away from the distractions of modern-day life.<\/p>\n

McCall, who hosts the show, has said she took on a pastoral role on the show as the contestants navigated a \u201ctough journey\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like they needed to see Mummy, I\u2019m like the mother of the show and they needed a bit of motherly love,\u201d said McCall.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a tough journey for all of the cast, so I felt it was important for me to be there at the beginning and the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In what has been dubbed as the BBC\u2019s answer to ITV\u2019s long-running dating show <\/a>Love Island<\/a>, all contestants take part in a speed dating round, before the show\u2019s matchmakers decide who will be coupled up.<\/p>\n

They then meet for their wedding before heading straight to their remote honeymoon destination.<\/p>\n

McCall said of the format: \u201cThe thing I love about this show, is that they arrive on Honeymoon Island with no idea who they are going to marry. It\u2019s actually quite sweet when you see the joy on someone\u2019s face when the person at the altar is the person they were hoping for.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued: \u201cThen they go to their new beach home for three weeks and it\u2019s interesting watching them and seeing how they handle that situation and what they expect from their partner.\u201d<\/p>\n

After settling into their remote location and getting to know each other, the six couples will meet at Couple\u2019s Cove, where they socialise with the other contestants they met at the speed dating round, which may test the established relationships.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s carnage,\u201d said McCall. \u201cLots of drama to come!\u201d<\/p>\n

The contestants include fitness enthusiast Abby, 32, from Berkshire, who says her type is a blonde femme with an athletic build. <\/p>\n

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Fitness enthusiast Abby, 32 (BBC)<\/p>\n

Ini, a 28-year-old from Kent, says she\u2019s like the life and soul of the party, and she\u2019s looking for love that\u2019s \u201creal, intentional, and rooted in God\u201d. She\u2019s looking for a man who is tall, has a full beard and \u201cgym bod\u201d.<\/p>\n

Helen, 35, is looking for a \u201cmasc presenting woman who is tall, dark and handsome, tattoos are an extra tick\u201d. She is looking for someone who is positive, passionate and ambitious, and isn\u2019t much of a homebody. <\/p>\n

David, 30, has been single for a year and is looking for a partner who is \u201cgoal-oriented, has a clear sense of direction in life and is driven to achieve their dreams\u201d.<\/p>\n

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David, 30, has been single for a year a (BBC)<\/p>\n

Another contestant is 29-year-old Hannah, from London, who has been single for six years. As a self-confessed perfectionist, she worries that no man will meet her expectations. She said she\u2019s looking for someone \u201chandsome, well-dressed, has a nice build, a beard, and swishy hair or a buzz cut,\u201d said a press release.<\/p>\n

Self-described \u201ctypical Yorkshire lad\u201d Jordan, 30, has been single for five years and is frustrated that all of his friends are getting married. He is hoping to meet an \u201cadventurous girl who\u2019s into fitness\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Ini, a 28-year-old from Kent, says she\u2019s like the life and soul of the party (BBC)<\/p>\n

Mae, 30, whose last serious relationship was six years ago, refers to herself as a \u201cfoster girlfriend,\u201d as it seems that every man she dates ends up in a serious relationship soon after. <\/p>\n

She is looking for someone who is funny, mature, grounded, ambitious and adventurous. \u201c<\/p>\n

Cheshire-born Millie, 30, admits she\u2019s built up high standards after a few rocky years of dating. She\u2019s looking for a mature, independent man who\u2019s driven in his career and doesn\u2019t need to be looked after.<\/p>\n

\"Millie,<\/p>\n

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Millie, 30, is looking for a \u2018mature, independent man\u2019 (BBC)<\/p>\n

Moray, 28, from Edinburgh, has struggled with trusting others in relationships after his ex-girlfriend cheated on him. He is looking for \u201cthe one\u201d and hopes that his time on Honeymoon Island will offer him a fresh perspective to overcome his fear of commitment.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s looking for a woman with whom he can find an \u201cintellectual spark\u201d and be his \u201cbest friend\u201d.<\/p>\n

Having been single for the past six years, Oliver, a 31-year-old from London, says he\u2019s lost faith in romance and is growing frustrated with the London dating scene.<\/p>\n

\"Oliver<\/p>\n

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Oliver is looking for love after being single for six years (BBC)<\/p>\n

He is looking for someone \u201cstunning, confident, and with their life together\u201d. He wants intellectual conversation and a meaningful, emotional connection.<\/p>\n

A kind, caring and empathetic woman is what 30-year-old Sam is looking for on Honeymoon Island. More specifically, he is looking for someone with eyes \u201cso striking, you can see her soul through them\u201d.<\/p>\n

Astrology-fanatic Taniae, a 33-year-old Australian living in London, has spent the past decade single and is looking for a British guy to settle down with.<\/p>\n

She is searching for someone clever, funny, confident, honest, emotionally available and it\u2019s a huge plus if they\u2019re also passionate about astrology. Looks-wise, she wants a \u201cfit, tall man with dark hair\u201d. <\/p>\n

Stranded on Honeymoon Island begins Wednesday 3 September on BBC One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-106142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}