“Temptation Island” has phones ringing in Belize

Tonight is episode number two of Temptation Island, the U.S. TV show whose dubious morality is exceeded only by its advertising value for Belize. In case you’ve been asleep for the last several weeks, the show places four unmarried but committed couples at luxurious Ambergris Caye resorts and then separates them in the company of a dozen singles of the opposite sex. The idea is to see if the couples manage to stay together in the face of… temptation. As stupid and immature as the concept sounds, the show is a huge hit and the spin-off for Belize has been unprecedented. Belize tourism offices in the States report that the phones are ringing off hook as dozens of U.S. media outlets, including People magazine, the National Enquirer and Inside Edition, are falling all over themselves to get the inside scoop on the production’s behind-the-scenes gossip. We don’t know what they found, but we can serve up some pretty hot dish of our own. For one, although the couples were not supposed to be married or have children, one of the duos does in fact have a child. Which one? Sources close to the producers say it’s Ytossie and Taheed. How the editors managed to get around that problem will be interesting to watch. Perhaps even more interesting is news that another couple may not be a couple at all. These two, whose identity should not be too hard to guess, not only don’t live together, but the young man is also reportedly gay. If the rumour is true, it’s doubtful that he’ll be tempted by a dozen beautiful women. And speaking of beautiful women, it turns out that Belize is no stranger to at least one female contestant. The dazzling Lola has been to Belize at least once before as a model on a photo shoot. Channel 5’s production team worked on that shoot for the E! Entertainment Network, and a member of that crew, Chris Mangar, says that Lola will indeed provide some heavy temptation.

Chris Mangar

“Well last year around August, I got the opportunity to work with Lola for a couple of days and she’s pretty, she’s energetic, she’s very funny and she could probably get freaky sometimes. But she’s a very fun person to be around. So far I think she’s definitely one of the best as far as I see and I’m sure the audience who watches Temptation Island definitely agree with me.”

I think she will most definitely be successful. If not tempting one, I think she might be tempting all four guys, so they’ll probably be a little war among the guys for who will get her, but she will definitely tempt one of the guys.”