Paradise Hotel is an
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program that aired on
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in 2003,
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and
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in 2008. In the show, a group of single people live in a luxurious hotel resort, competing to see who can stay in the hotel the longest. Periodically, someone is removed from the show, and others are brought in to replace them. Each week couples pair off and must share a hotel room together. One person is left over, and he or she has to leave.
Paradise Hotel is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
reality televisionReality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors...
program that aired on
FoxThe Fox Broadcasting Company , commonly referred to as Fox , is an American television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, from 2004 to 2009 Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic...
in 2003,
MyNetworkTVMyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
and
Fox Reality ChannelFox Reality Channel is an all-reality television channel available on cable and satellite television in the United States. It was launched on May 24, 2005 and is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group. It features many shows that were previously on the Fox network...
in 2008. In the show, a group of single people live in a luxurious hotel resort, competing to see who can stay in the hotel the longest. Periodically, someone is removed from the show, and others are brought in to replace them. Each week couples pair off and must share a hotel room together. One person is left over, and he or she has to leave. That person is then replaced the following episode. The format was created by Mentorn, a UK production company, which has produced various versions of the show around the world.
Season 1
The first season of Paradise Hotel aired on
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from June 18, 2003 to October 1, 2003 with thirty episodes and was hosted by
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. Paradise Hotel became a summer hit in the US, and a similar show called
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was produced the following year, but didn't achieve the level of success that Paradise Hotel had received. A second season followed four years later on
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and
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, both of which are sister networks to
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. It was speculated that
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didn't bring Paradise Hotel back for a second season was due to the difficulty of selling advertising spots during the show.
The winners of the first season were Charla Pihlstrom and Keith Cuda with Dave Kerpen and Tara Gerard finishing as the runner-ups. In the finale Charla and Keith won $250,000, but had to decide whether to split it with their partners. Keith decided to split it with Tara Gerard while Charla chose to keep the money for herself and Dave received nothing.
Israeli version
The Israeli version premiered in September, 2008 and aired on
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entitled
מפרץ האהבה (The Bay of Love).
Danish versions
The Danish version of Paradise Hotel premiered in September, 2005 and is aired on
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- www.tv3.dk (in Danish)
Today they are doing the fifth season (started in February, 2009).
For more information - http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Hotel (in Danish)
Swedish version
The Swedish version was aired on the Swedish tv-channel TV4 in 2005 and 2006 (in Swedish).
In fall 2009 a third season is going to shoot and it's going to air TV6 in late 2009.
Norwegian version
The Norwegian version of paradise hotel premiered in March, 2009 and aired on
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- www.tv3.no (in Norwegian)
Dutch version
The Dutch version was aired on the dutch tv-channel RTL5 in September 2005 (in the Netherlands).
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