Love Cruise Prepares to Set Sail

After the release of the film Die Hard, Hollywood dutifully attempted to repeat their success with several movies that were described as “Die Hard on a [insert bus, boat, train, plane].” Similarly, after the monumental success of the Survivor series, a new crop of reality TV wannabes is flooding the airwaves.

One of the latest is Love Cruise, premiering September 11 and featuring sixteen singles looking for love and, of course, money on the high seas. Eight men (left) and eight women (top) will spend 10 days onboard a tall ship cruising through the Caribbean. They’ll try to find a love connection while competing in physical challenges and relationship games that supposedly test their compatibility. The games may not set the contestants on a course for true love, but they will undoubtedly cause tensions to rise.

At the end of each episode, the men will vote off a female contestant and the women will follow suit by voting off a male player. When only two couples remain, they will face a jury of their former shipmates (which seems to be the most popular reality show method of handing out the cash these days). The winning couple receives $100,000 and a cruise around the world.

Judging by promo spots being shown on Fox, things are going to get a bit heated under the Caribbean sun. Expect lots of tears, tantrums and verbal sparring – this is one cruise ship where shuffleboard is not going to be the main attraction.

Since members of the opposite sex vote contestants out, strategy will be a tricky business. The basis for voting players out of the game will depend on many different factors. Is a player getting close to too many members of the other side? Not enough? Contestants will be walking a fine line on this love boat.

So just how much sex and sizzle will take place? It’s hard to say. Only time will tell whether this batch of reality show contestants have secret criminal records and violent tendencies, like some of the cast members of Big Brother 2.

Of course, the most compelling question is this (considering how the union between Rick Rockwell and Darva Conger worked out): Once the winning couple embarks on their ‘round-the-world cruise, how long will it be before they have separate cabins?

Stacey Allison is an advertising copywriter living in Toronto.

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