A ring of contestants who look like they stepped off an Instagram explore page arrive at a Mexican villa expecting a summer of hook-ups, only to be told by a cone-shaped virtual assistant named Lululemon that every kiss, shag or solo fiddle costs the communal prize pot $20,000. The first season, shot at Casa Tau in Punta Mica during March–April 2019, landed on Netflix in April 2020 and became lockdown catnip: 59 episodes have followed, plus three mobile spin-offs, the most-watched of which, Too Hot to Handle: Love is a Game, logged more plays than any other Netflix game as of March 2023.
Desiree Burch’s narration keeps the carnal accounting brisk while producers tweak the formula: later seasons split the cast between villa and exile bunker, let newcomers arrive forewarned, and introduced “Bad Lana” to goose rule-breaking. Contestants like Aussie rugby player Harry Jowsey and season-two loudmouth Chase DeMoor have parlayed reality notoriety into OnlyFans empires and boxing sideshows; the show itself was quietly cancelled in 2024 after six seasons, leaving a $100,000 chastity experiment that began as a Seinfeld joke to expire on a Caribbean beach.
Production Details
Netflix / 6 Seasons / 59 Episodes / 2020 - Present
Created by: Laura Gibson, Charlie Bennett
Showrunner(s): Jonno Richards, Leon Wilson, Ed Sleeman
Main Cast
Desiree Burch as Narrator (voice)
Flavia Laos Urbina as Self - Contestant
Louis Russell as Self - Contestant
Cam Holmes as Self - Contestant
Christine Obanor as Self - Contestant
Emily Faye Miller as Self - Contestant
Elys Hutchinson as Self - Contestant
Chase DeMoor as Self - Contestant
Alex Snell as Self - Contestant
Carly Lawrence as Self - Contestant
Shedre "Dre" Woodard as Self - Contestant
Courtney Randolph as Self - Contestant
