Temptation Island is an American reality television series originally broadcast by Fox.
The series drew intense backlash due to its controversial premise; however, it averaged high ratings over the course of its first season.
The initial couples were Kaya Wittenburg and Valerie Penso, Mandy Lauderdale and Billy Cleary, Ytossie Patterson and Taheed Watson, and Andy Lukei and Shannon Roghair.
A revamped version of the show, once again hosted by Walberg,[6] premiered on the USA Network on January 15, 2019.
Michael Speier of Variety negatively compared the series to Survivor, referring to it as "merely a lightweight libido experiment.
"[14] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly believed the series to be "creepy-cheesy", in which he assigned it a grade of C-.