{"id":50780,"date":"2024-05-04T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2035088"},"modified":"2024-05-04T20:08:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T18:08:41","slug":"i-kissed-a-girl-narrator-says-show-bucks-trend-of-false-reality-series","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/i-kissed-a-girl-narrator-says-show-bucks-trend-of-false-reality-series\/","title":{"rendered":"I Kissed a Girl narrator says show bucks trend of \u201cfalse\u201d reality series"},"content":{"rendered":"

“It’s a safe space to be themselves.” <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 04 May 2024 at 16:00 PM<\/p>

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I Kissed a Girl will hit TV screens on Sunday 5th May, becoming the UK\u2019s first ever reality TV show for girls who like girls.<\/p>\n

Hosted by Dannii Minogue and narrated by Charley Marlowe, the series follows 10 singles as they embark on a summer of love \u2013 and it all starts with a kiss!<\/p>\n

When I Kissed a Boy<\/a> first launched on BBC Three last summer, viewers were refreshed by its format, notably how it differs from other reality TV dating shows and how it puts the gay community at the forefront of a positive series, and so it was no surprise fans of the show were overjoyed that I Kissed a Girl<\/a> was in the works.<\/p>\n

The new series will follow a fresh group of singletons who are paired up with someone random, and on first meet, they must seal their match with a kiss before entering the Masseria and greeting the other cast members.<\/p>\n

As ever, they will play games, there will be brutal exits and shocking drama, but there is something different that makes it work so well.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, new narrator Charley Marlowe said the cast have the chance to be in a \u201csafe space to be themselves\u201d and that is what \u201cgives it that edge\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just think the fact that the girls can go in this Masseria and it\u2019s on their terms,\u201d she explained. \u201cOf course, they\u2019re looking for love, for relationships, friendship, ideally a partner, but it\u2019s the fact they can go in there [and] explore on their own terms.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they don\u2019t like it, they can leave on their own terms. I think that\u2019s what makes it unique.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marlowe noted that although \u201ceveryone wants a little fight now and again\u201d when it comes to reality TV, I Kissed a Girl doesn\u2019t have that constantly.<\/p>\n

She told RadioTimes.com<\/strong>: \u201cI think, often in a lot of the reality shows that we see, [it] is kind of false and they say that, you know, \u2018Carry this on, this storyline, let\u2019s get as much drama as possible there.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, everyone wants a little bit of a drama. Everyone wants, like, a little fight now and again, but it\u2019s not all that, which I just think is lovely.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust the fact that they all have got a safe space to be themselves. I think that\u2019s what gives it that edge.\u201d<\/p>

The reality series will no doubt prove an education to some viewers, something host Dannii Minogue is hoping for<\/a> once it debuts on BBC Three.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe girls bring such a different energy, and I feel stories of girls-who-like-girls have been sadly missing from so much of what we see on TV,\u201d said Dannii Minogue in the press notes for the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the girls open up to possible love, I think so many viewers will be both educated and entertained.\u201d<\/p>\n