MAFS Australia favourite Lucinda to host reality dating experiment The Honesty Box
Channel 4 is bringing us a challenging new twist on the typical dating show.
Married at First Sight Australia breakout star Lucinda Light will team up with fellow reality favourite Vicky Pattison for a new dating show that challenges its contestants to total honesty.
The Honesty Box will whisk a group of singletons away to a sunny, picturesque location nicknamed Truetopia, where they will have the chance to date and form relationships with other participants.
However, every day they will face the titular Honesty Box – an AI-enhanced software that asks probing questions about their true feelings – and any detected lies could result in them losing out on a share of the show's £100,000 prize fund.
The Honesty Box hopes to distinguish itself from others in the dating genre by encouraging "full transparency", with relationships in other such reality shows often suspected of being purely for the cameras.
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Light referenced her memorable stint on Married at First Sight Australia as a factor that motivated her to sign up as co-presenter on this brand new series, where she will encourage contestants to "discover their inner truth".
She commented: "Having undergone my own radical journey to find love, I deeply empathise with our brave cast of singles. I'm passionate about the importance of truth and authenticity in building strong relationships.
"My goal is to guide our divine daters in making meaningful connections by encouraging them to share openly and honestly with one another, especially as they face the Honesty Box in Truetopia."
Vicky Pattison said: "I'm so excited to be working with Channel 4 to host this brilliant new dating experiment. It really will put the 'true' in 'true love'.
"I can't wait for the daters to settle in to Truetopia and to share every twist and turn with them along the way. I hope beautiful, honest love stories will blossom."
Steven Handley, Channel 4’s head of reality and entertainment, added: "We all love the drama of reality dating shows, but we can be left wondering if the couples really like each other or if they are just performing for the cameras.
"So, I’m thrilled to commission The Honesty Box (w/t), Mettlemouse's innovative new take on a dating show that will test what our singles actually think of each other, and just how brutally honest we are all prepared to be to find everlasting love."
The Honesty Box was commissioned by Channel 4 following a brief to production companies, which sought "innovative formats to launch in peak time". It does not yet have a premiere date.
The Honesty Box is coming soon to Channel 4.
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