01x03 - Hot Red Crack

[bunniefuu]

[dramatic music playing]

[Narrator] Previously...

[Madison] Oh god,
what am I doing?

[Narrator] ...Six singles,

fed up with the shallow world
of modern dating...

Send nudes! [laughs]

...committed to a new
relationship, sight unseen.

Honestly didn't expect you
to be so beautiful, so...

-[Madison] Aww! [laughs]
-...to be, like, yeah.

Oh my god,
you've got orange hair!

I do have orange hair.

[Narrator] Now, they're
jumping in the deep end...

We're going to either fall
in love, or end up in a...

Shitshow.

My god!

[Narrator]
Moving in together...

-Hey, good to see you!
-Yeah, you too.

...for the next six weeks,
exploring their relationship...

[Female instructor]
Just breath in.

Relaxing into it.

What the f*ck is going on?!

[Narrator]
...and new group dynamics...

Who do you think
will break first?

[Narrator] ...to find out

if their connection
will sink or swim.

I can't win with... I can't win!

Shut the f*ck up!

[dramatic music playing]

[Narrator]
The Love Triangle experience

is rewriting the code
of modern dating,

in a process that asks people
to leap before they look,

and invest in a connection
based not on looks,

but on personality alone.

Wow.

Ohh! It's beautiful!

[Narrator]
Today, six bold singles

from all over Australia

are moving into six houses
across Sydney.

Gee, how good?

[Narrator]
Houses they'll be sharing

with someone
they've only met once.

This is so cool.

Oh! [laughs]

[Narrator]
Over the next six weeks,

each couple will find out

if they can recreate
their initial spark

in close quarters.

After chatting for three days
with public servant, Belinda,

and fiery retail manager,
Erika,

Yannick, the self-described
walking Tinder, chose Erika.

It was, it was a fun

but also very interesting
first date.

-Can I be honest?
-Yeah.

-I'm not into the fro.
-OK, wow.

-Yeah.
-OK. Alright. That's strong.

Yeah.

Do you like attention?

I get a lot of attention.

Because of my hair,
because...

You know, how I, like,

I look like an athlete
or whatever, like,

and I work
in that industry.

So, will fill your ego?

Oh, so nice! How good's this!

I chose Erika for a reason.

I chose her

because she was feisty and fiery
and, you know, a bit sassy.

[Producer] So, no regrets?

No regrets, not right now.
We'll see...

We'll see after
big move in day!

Uh, but yeah, no regrets now.

I made the choice,
I've got to, I gotta,

I gotta live with it.

[Lisa] Cute!

So much room!

I am feeling excited,

nervous, um...

All of the above!

Don't know if I feel like
a nervous poo's coming!

[laughs]

[Narrator] Lisa was matched
with rail worker Matt,

and podcaster Patrick,

with whom she formed
an immediate connection.

Question mark.

Sent.

[phone chimes]

[Narrator] She felt the choice
was clear, and chose Patrick.

I think you really
poke my buttons.

Poke your buttons?

I'll poke more
than your buttons.

Where are you staying tonight?

Not telling you.

[Lisa] In terms
of the sexual attraction

and chemistry...

I was definitely vibing
with him.

So, I'm just wondering
how that's really going to flow,

with us being
under the same roof.

I know what this room's for.

Patrick's being a bad boy?

He's going straight
into this room.

Yes, I am sharing
a bed with Patrick,

I am planning to do so.

This is the room!

'Cause I'm here for a reason.

I've been single
for the past ten years,

so... I'm going all in.

Like, I can't...
I don't have time to waste.

[Narrator] Alex chose
retail manager, Madison,

over Queensland model, Bec,

and was rewarded

with an instant connection
when they met.

Yeah, wow.

I honestly didn't expect you
to be so beautiful, so...

[Madison] Aw!

It's just a bit like, yeah,
if I'm being completely honest.

I didn't expect you to be
so amazing either.

So, it's like...
[Alex laughs]

I'm like, shaking a little bit!

Oh, well at least
we're both in the same boat,

-which is amazing!
-Yeah.

[sighs]

Look, it's not really
that normal

to be moving in
after one date,

But I think we connected
really well,

the last time that we met.

But it is still nerve-wracking.

'Cause we don't know each other
that well,

and there could be things that,
you know,

that we discover
that we don't like.

Only really lived
with my ex and my family,

so we're going to see the good,
the bad, the ugly, and...

Yeah, it is a little bit
nerve-wracking.

[chuckles]

I'm already ruining the house.

I can't believe I'm doing this,

No, no, no, like,
like I'm still in shock

that I'm standing here
right now.

Like, everything is just a bit
of a blur to me at the moment.

I don't know where
we're sleeping yet,

so I don't want to put my stuff
in any room, because...

I don't know what we're...
What our deal is.

[Narrator] For Madi,
texts from one of her matches...

[phone chimes]

..personal trainer, Daniel,
raised huge red flags.

"Basically, I know"...

[Narrator] So, she chose
truck salesman, James.

[Madison] Think that I do have
a bit of trust issues.

Yeah, I remember you saying
that one of your ex was...

obviously, relationship's
ending on a bad note,

-or was it something...
-Yeah.

I had an ex for like,
seven years,

and that ended kind of badly.

You know what? It's, it's...

it's a "what you see
is what you get" type basis.

[Madison] He's lovely.

James is very charming.

I'll give you a cuddle.

He couldn't have made me feel
more comfortable.

It's a big bed.

We're not in Townsville
anymore, folks!

[chuckles]

Um, on a scale of one to ten

I'm probably feeling, uh...

I reckon, yeah,
ten out of ten nervous.

[Narrator]
Kyle's fears of rejection

were instantly put to rest,

when he met car rental manager,
Leesh.

Hi!

Surprise! It's Leesh!

You're so gorgeous,
you're pretty.

Aw, thank you!

My first date with Leesh,

I definitely felt
a connection straightaway.

I mean, I'd swipe right for you.

[laughing]
Yeah, same!

[Kyle] I hope she doesn't
have cold feet.

The old roof-top shower.
That'll be good for the 'fro.

Check myself out really quick.

[Narrator] Yannick is awaiting
the arrival of Erika,

having not seen her since
their blind date

where his charm
did not have the usual effect.

This is so nice.

Designed so nice.

Most of the time, I have girls,
like, throwing themselves at me,

and... and my cheeky banter,
my flirtatiousness,

is not only reciprocated,
but probably, you know, like,

you feed off each other.

It's definitely new to me,
to not, like,

hit it off straightaway.

It's like,
kind of refreshing as well.

So, yeah, we'll see.

-Hello.
-[Erika] Hello.

[chuckles]
Let me give you a hand.

Did you manage to avoid
the rain, or you got wet?

Nah, I'm actually all good.

-[Yannick] Hey.
-[Erika] How are you?

[Yannick] Good, how are you?
Mwah. You smell nice.

-Thank you.
-I'll give you a hand.

I think my biggest concern

would be that we may not get,

what we want out
of the experience.

This is all my stuff.

-Oh, wow. OK.
- Yeah.

I thought I overpacked.

[Erika] I am not, like,
attracted to him just yet.

Yeah.

So, what have we got planned
for today? What do you...

Well, I haven't planned
anything yet! We just, uh...

I just got,
just getting settled in...

Alright, so who's getting
the room?

-Yeah.
-[both laughing]

Well, I thought that we could
take a spare room each.

And then we'll save
the master

until we feel comfortable,
like, sleep in the same bed.

Doing whatever.

Or, if you want
to have the master,

you can take the master!

-I might as well take it.
-OK.

[both laughing]

I don't think I'm warming up
for him just yet.

Let's put the brakes on that.

Let's get to know
each other better

before we get to that point.

It just seems like I,
I belong in that room.

[laughs]

Welcome to my new home!
Oh my gosh.

[Narrator] Ly's choice

between entrepreneur, Danny,
and builder, Ben,

was complicated.

[Ly] I've met a lot
of Dannys before.

And I feel like,
if I challenge myself...

I think Ben would be
the better person to do it with.

[Narrator] Meeting Ben,

she seriously considered
leaving the experience.

[Ly] I was super anxious
on our first meeting.

Everything was just...
hitting me at once.

Oh my god,
you've got orange hair!

-I do have orange hair.
-Oh.

[Ly] Relationships
are overwhelming!

Dating is overwhelming!

Not knowing what the person
looks like,

and then moving in together
with them?!

That's overwhelming times ten!
Times one hundred!

And I'm...
I can't believe I'm doing this!

But I'm glad I stuck it out,
and actually sat down

and got to know Ben in person.

He reminded me

of why I chose him
in the first place.

I picked Ben because I want
to do something different.

I'm not going to sort of dive in
and, like,

share a room with him.

Like, it's not something
I feel comfortable doing.

I want this room.
Ben can have the other one.

[laughs]

But I'm gonna give this
a hot... Hot red crack!

-[gasps] Ben!
-Hey!

Ly! How you going?

Hey! There you are!

-How are you?
-Oh, my god!

I didn't know
when you were coming!

Oh! What are you--

Oh my god, I feel so, like,
I'm not, like, ready to...

-You weren't ready for me?
-Huh?

-You weren't ready for me?
-Huh? No, I am ready for you!

I'm going to put
my best foot forward.

I'm going to try
be open-minded.

And get to know him.

I, um, I want to say
something to you.

Go, what?

Um... xin chao, Ly.

Aw, xin chao, Ben.

Toi thich...

-Cam on.
-[Ly laughs]

Is that right?

Wait,
what are you saying?

Toi thich cam on?

-Toi thich cam on?
-Yes!

You... you kind of said
"I like thank you".

[both laughing]

-"I like thank you"!
-Really?

[indistinct chatter
and laughter]

[Narrator] Across Sydney,
all our couples

are taking the unusual step
of moving in together.

Hello.

In Randwick, retail manager,
Madison, is reuniting with Alex.

How are ya?

I'm good! How are you?

-Good, good to see you.
-You, too!

[Narrator] And Leesh
is with Kyle in Manly.

Hello.

-Hey! How you going?
-Fancy seeing you here.

[Narrator] While James and Madi
are also moving in together,

in Bondi.

-Um...
-This place is amazing!

[Madison] How good is it?

I'll let you do the honours,

because I'm going
to take my eye out.

Yeah. Alright.

I might take your eye out
as well!

[cork pops]

[Madison laughs]

There you go?! Whoa!

What! Like, I saw my life flash
before my eyes!

And you weren't in it!

[both laughing]

I did bring my vibrator,
and some...

lubey-lubey!

[chuckles]

One's enough.

I've got a man
to fulfil the rest.

Never have I ever lived
with a romantic partner before.

So, it'll very interesting,
being with a guy,

and living with him.

Yeah, absolutely
I'd be offended,

um, if he didn't want
to share a bed with me!

'Cause we need
to fast-track things,

and see if it's going to be
compatible, even in the bedroom!

Like, go all in.

Like, you've got to try
and test the waters

and see what it's like
to sleep in a man's bed,

or my bed, or whatever bed
we're sleeping in.

Whether I enjoy it or not,
I won't know until I do it.

[knocking]

Mmm?

There's Patty.

Goody.

[door opening]

[Lisa] Hi!

-Hello.
-Hi, Patty.

-How you doing?
-Hey, Lisa. How you going?

Good, how are you?
Ooh, straight on the lips, hey?

-[Lisa laughs]
-[Patty] You started it.

-Come on in to our humble abode!
-Oh, wow.

Do you want to bring your stuff
in? It's like...

-This is nice.
-It is nice.

-You're trembling.
-No, I'm not.

-Trembling.
-No, I'm not. You are.

[Patrick] No, you're not.

[Lisa laughs]

[Lisa] Stop teasing me.

The last time I saw Lisa,
when I saw her...

I was glad
that I wasn't catfished,

and she was actually attractive.

Do I think we're going
to be sharing a bed tonight?

I actually haven't
thought about that.

We're gonna...

I actually have not
thought about that.

So, I will choose the king room,
which is this room.

Nice and king vibes.

[Lisa] Mm-hm.

I don't know about the green,
but... This can stay.

And... this is a lot better.

Yeah, the bedroom situation
concerns me.

It's like we're taking
a step backwards,

when we need to moving
two steps forwards.

I don't know
if he's ever lived with someone,

uh, if he's ever experienced
being with a girl.

I mean, I did pop a fart off
in front of him,

and I think it actually
did freak him out a little bit.

So... yeah, get used to it,
because I am a woman.

Hear me roar!

[laughs]

[chair squeaks]

Oh, that was the chair, not me!

[laughing]

[Alex] How you going?

[Madison] I'm going good,
how are you going?

Yeah, I'm nearly done.

-[Madison] Are ya?
-[Alex] Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm sure you've got
a while to go.

[both laughing]

[Madison] Look,
I'm one bag down.

Excited to see Madison again.

You know, last time
we caught up,

it was really great

and just,
towards the end of the date,

I thought about a cheeky kiss.

The same time,

I just didn't want to push
the boundaries. So...

Hopefully we can pick up
where we left off.

-[Alex] Stop bragging.
-[Madison laughs]

She, she seems like
an amazing person,

and you know,
I am really excited

to get to know Madison more.

So, yeah, just keen
to jump in.

Well, I might leave you to it,

and finish
my last little bit.

Feel weird
that you're in there!

Mmm. So close.

[Alex] Nearly done.

[Madison] You could have
unpacked there.

[Alex] Could have.
Do you want me to unpack there?

You can unpack there.

-Stay together?
-Yeah.

[Alex] Yeah.
Yeah, I can move my stuff.

[Madison laughs]

I think most of the stuff's
on coat hangers, anyway.

So, wouldn't be hard.

Yeah, well,
look at all the space.

OK.

Alex and I had
a really good energy

and good vibe with each other,
pretty much straightaway.

It just feels natural,
and normal, and easy.

Definitely attracted to him.

There's no doubt about it,

He's like,
an amazing looking man.

Sometimes,
I'm a little bit intimidated

because he's like,
so good looking

and I'm like, um...

[laughs]

But I get all good vibes
from Alex.

Like, I can't fault him.

-Cheers. [chuckles]
-Thank you. Cheers.

[glasses clink]

-Are you, um...
-What is it?

Much of a red drinker?
It's pinot noir.

I am, yeah. It's what
I normally drink.

-Yeah?
-[Madison chuckles]

-That's pretty cute.
-Yeah.

Yeah, cheers!
Moved in, packed in.

And it's amazing.

[Madison] How you feeling?

[Alex] Good. Yeah.
I feel like...

All too comfortable.
You know what I mean?

Like, I just feel like
it's just, it's been...

like, we've been good today.

And it's, yeah,
it just feels comfortable.

-Yeah, I know right?
-Mm.

It's nice, though.

It is.

It's like, too easy.

I was going to say,
like, it's...

[both chuckling]

...it's nearly too easy.

-Like, what's gonna go wrong?
-Mmm.

[laughs]

[Alex] So we just need to work
out what we're doing tonight.

[Madison]
What do you feel like doing?

[Alex] I don't know.

[Madison] Not much?

-Yeah, I'm happy to chill.
-Same.

[magical music playing]

[Alex] Hey.

[Madison] Hey.

I kind of regretted not doing
it, the first time we met.

-[Madison] Did you?
-[Alex] Yeah, little bit.

[Madison] Same. [chuckles]

[Narrator] While sparks fly
for Alex and Madison...

Lisa's first night with Patrick
is not what she expected.

[Lisa] After I took a shower,

Patrick's door
was already closed.

And... pretty sure
he's already asleep.

It's my first time
living with a guy.

Like, why would I want to be
sleeping in separate rooms?

Like, that's just, like...

high school sh*t.

Come on, let's be real, like,
let's have a relationship.

Boom, bam.

Let's get in the bed,
and let's see what it's like.

You'll either love it
or hate it.

But you won't know,
until you try it.

And he's not willing
to really try it.

Let's be adults,

let's try
at least make the effort.

I'll give him tonight.

But if no action
happens tomorrow night...

Yeah, I'm not going to lie,
probably...

be wanting to look elsewhere,
'cause...

[chuckles] ...it's not what
I came here for.

[upbeat music playing]

[Alex] Start getting ready,
and...

[Madison] Yep.

[Alex] We can have
a little... think.

Cute!

Alright. Let's do it.

[Narrator] After 24 hours
inside the Love Triangle,

our couples
are waking up to each other

for the first time.

[Ly gasps]

Morning!

-[Ben] Morning!
-[Ly] Wow.

-[Ben] Chao anh.
-[Ly] [laughing] Chao anh.

[Ben] Chao anh.

-Oh my god.
-How are you?

-Good. How are you?
-I'm good.

-How'd you sleep?
-Good. How'd you sleep?

Good.

[Leesh] Moving in with someone
is crazy,

especially when you've literally
just met them.

Obviously, there's a lot
of emotions going at the moment.

I thought it'd be a bit funny
this morning,

but no, it's...

Feeling really natural already,
which is awesome.

[laughs]

It's cold water.

You sure you slept alright?

[Leesh chuckles]

I'm just flustered, alright?

Flustered
in the presence of you!

I have that effect.

It's, it's... It shouldn't
be this easy, this...

yeah, it's super confusing!

Very hard to find
a red flag in Leesh.

My feelings towards Kyle
are stronger and stronger

I am so happy,
and I am so excited.

Absolutely smitten.

I'll be honest,
I am falling for Kyle.

I can see myself with Kyle
in the future.

[gentle music]

Have you eaten here before?

Yeah, a couple of times.

My friends were... like, we were
in a bit of battle between...

Group of friends that
we go to...

A group of us really love
The Depot,

and a group really love...

this has, like, been around
for ages.

Kind of like a...
Quite a famous cafe in Bondi.

It's, like, a bit of a staple
of, like, Bondi.

But um... Yeah.

[Yannick] I think
it's a little frustrating.

I'm trying to be playful
and like, you know, just nice.

And I feel like, you know,

she's shutting me down here
or there, or just, like...

Which is new for me,

so I'm like, trying to figure
out how to play it, I guess.

So I'm, I'm,
it's a learning...

it's a learning curve.

It's definitely, yeah,

food's good here,
if you want to try something.

[Erika] I am being
super honest with Yan.

He's just completely
the opposite

of everything
I would have gone for.

In so many ways.

He just talks
so much about himself.

I've had relationships
where people would just be...

too much into themselves.

Constantly need
their ego stroked.

I mean, that's so...
unattractive.

[inaudible conversation]

There's a lot of things

that are not attractive
about him for me.

Yeah, lovely. Thank you so much.
Cheers.

We need to be more honest

about what's really happening
between us,

which is a whole lot of nothing.

So, how do you really feel
about us?

Well, I think, like,
we know where we're at.

I think, like...

Like, really, really?
Like, don't sugar-coat it.

Right. Well, I think...
I wasn't going to. Uh...

[Erika] I could tell you,
at this point, like...

I find that really interesting.
I feel like, maybe...

Like, I'm confident in the way
I look, and, and,

like, you know, I know that
I'm an attractive guy,

and you're an attractive girl,
and...

Maybe we're not what we thought
each other would be or whatever.

Um... But...

I don't think we're, like,
that far away

from what we probably would be,

would find attractive
in a partner.

Right?

It's hard to not sound shallow.

But, like...

Things have not moved
for me, physically.

The whole point
of this experience

was to, like, build a connection
with someone,

not knowing
what they look like.

But I was willing to, like,
for the sake of this process,

to learn something
new about myself--

Yeah, but I don't want to...

that doesn't mean

that I have to pretend
to be romantic.

I'm not asking that at all,
or saying that at all.

Like, could, could you
really sit here

and say to yourself...

Like, you do want
to try something, though?

Yeah, I'm like, I came
onto this experience to try it.

But, like, what is it that
I'm really going to, like...

discover, if I already know?

[Yannick] Yeah,
it's disappointing

that Erika's shutting it down.

I know what I look like.

I get to look at myself
every day in the mirror,

I know what I look like.

Um... I have no problem
in my confidence

of what I look like.

That lack
of physical connection

isn't something

that I've really struggled with
in the past.

It's not something
that I'm used to.

You know, and I think it,
it makes it worse,

because I chose her.

Right?

So, I could have chosen
someone else,

and had a really completely
different experience.

She hasn't come into this
really open-minded.

Trying hard,
and at this point...

Like, I don't know
what else to do.

[Patrick] You have a lock
on your door, don't you?

I do.

But I left it unlocked
last night.

[Patrick] You left it unlocked
last night?

[Lisa] Yeah. I was hoping
you would come into my room.

[laughs]

That did not happen.

[Lisa] Mm?

Rather sexually frustrated.

Patrick wants to
take things slow.

But, what we're doing

is jam-packing three months
into, essentially one.

And I want to know
if we can really connect

on that sexual intimacy level.

I mean, I'm due
for my period next week,

and I feel like
I'm a b*tch on heat.

[laughs]

I'm actually planning something.

So, what's this idea?
Are you not going to tell me?

-I'm not going to tell you.
-OK.

Going into today's date,

I'm, like, ecstatic
that we're doing this.

It's not really
about the massage.

[suggestive tone]
It's about the massage.

[laughs]

[relaxation music playing]

Just taking a couple of breaths.

I thought we were going to get,
like, a foot massage.

[Patrick] And now,
we're moving into... tantra.

What the f*ck is going on?

[Lisa chuckles]

[Patrick] I told Lisa
I want to go slow.

[Female instructor] So,
one's going to touch the other.

One's going to receive.

[Patrick] But like,
just something happened.

Lisa's making me very hard.

[whimsical music playing]

[Female instructor]
Just breathing, that breath in.

Relaxing into it.

[Lisa inhales deeply]

[Female instructor] Noticing
what feels good, what you enjoy.

[Male instructor]
So, many people have had orgasms

just from this.

Yeah, many people.

[Male instructor] We think
that's probably a good ending.

[James] Do you reckon that's
something you could get used to?

Being the big spoon?

Why are we having
this conversation again?

-[both laughing]
-Can I just stop you there!

I'm very attracted to Madi.

You know, it was...

Obviously from the start,
when you're messaging,

it's um, more that
you're just getting along.

And then I met her,
and then it was,

it was a physical thing,

And to an emotional thing,
'cause, you know,

you start to get to know
each other a lot better.

[Madison] I feel like

you're getting, like,
hypnotised by the fire.

You're like...

Would you prefer
I turned around?

Then I'm not the big spoon.

No, that's fine.

You don't necessarily
need to be.

[Madison] You gonna fall off?

[kissing]

[James] Much better?
Then no one's the big spoon now.

I think this is when
we become the fork.

[both laughing]

[Madison] I feel like
we're getting along really well,

and it's progressing, and...
It's just really natural.

I'm actually really surprised.

I feel like I can trust James.

I really do, and I hope... I...

Really, really hope,
that I can go through this

and be proven right on that.

Because that would mean
the world to me.

Because I really,
I do trust him.

I think that I've made
the right choice with James.

[James chuckles]

[incoming text sound]

Hmm? Hold on one sec.

What's wrong?

My phone's gone off.

Hold on.

[incoming text sound]

-Oh my god!
-Hey?

I didn't... was that...
did I get one?

[incoming text sound]

[Ly gasps]

-Oh! There we go!
-Ah! Hey!

-Did you get it?
-I got it too, yeah, yeah.

"You and your match are invited
to a party tomorrow night."

"This will be your first
big social outing as a couple".

"And a chance
to meet other couples

"going through
the same experience as you".

"Details to follow,
have fun."

-[Ben] Woo!
-[Ly] Woo! [laughs]

-That's good.
-That's good.

That's actually really exciting.

-That will be fun.
-Yeah.

I'm nervous!

-You reckon?
-Yes.

I'm excited,

because these people have had
to do the same things as us.

I wonder how many other couples
there are going to be.

I want to know if, like,

all the other couples
are getting along.

Yeah.

I mean... I might be
a bit biased,

but I think...
We're doing pretty damn good.

-[chuckles] And...
-Agreed.

[gentle music]

Hey, baby.

Ooh! Saucy! How are you?
That's very romantic!

[Lisa laughs]

That's for you,
and that's for you.

Thank you.

Tonight's going to be fun.

Yeah, tonight will be fun.
We got friends!

[laughs] I know!
No, hopefully everyone's nice.

[Patrick]
After the tantric workshop...

me and Lisa were kissing,
as usual.

But this time

it was a different
level of kissing.

There's other parts of our body
that decided to kiss as well.

[laughs] Yes. I had sex
with Patrick last night!

It was great. Yep.

Never have I ever,
until last night...

have orgasmed at the same time
as the guy has come.

Crazy, right?

There's going to be a really
short guy in the group,

with a really tall girl.

They're going to walk in,
and we're going to...

[laughs] His name's Patrick!

[Lisa] That tantric stuff?

Woo! Take notes, guys.

[chuckles]

Yeah, absolutely going
into tonight's party

a little bit smug.

[upbeat music playing]

We're really good
at where we are,

in terms of the chemistry.

I can't wait to see

how everyone's relationships
have developed.

I think, going
into tonight's party,

We're going in,
like, king and queen. [chuckles]

The king and queen is here.

Wow.

[Lisa] Mm.

[Lisa laughs]

[Patrick chuckles]

Look, it's you.

[Lisa] Oh, it is me! [chuckles]

I remember this look.

[Lisa laughs]

Where... But where?

Last night?

-[laughs]
-That's right.

-That was you.
-That was me last night.

-[Bartender] Enjoy, guys.
-[Lisa] Thank you.

Looks really good.

Alright.
This getting deja vu.

Cheers to...
yeah, this is actually deja vu.

King and queen.

The king and queen.
First couple in.

Hi!

-[Madison] Hello.
-[Alex] Hey!

-[Patrick] Hey! How you going?
-[Lisa] How are you?

-I'm Pat. Nice to meet you.
-Alex. Nice to meet you.

-I'm Lisa.
-I'm Madi. Nice to meet you.

Oh, my god. Give you a hug!
[chuckles]

-[Patrick] How's it going, man?
-Why not?

-Hey! I'm Lisa.
-I'm Madison.

Madison? Patrick.
Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.
How's it going?

-[Lisa] Mmm.
-[Patrick] It's going.

-[Alex] Yeah? It's going?
-[Patrick] It's going.

-[Lisa] Great. Yeah.
-[Alex] Yeah.

-[Lisa laughs]
-[Madison] Good.

We did tantric yesterday.

Is it tantric, or tantra?

Tantra or tantric meditation
yesterday.

See that lady?
See that statue there?

That was you.

That was... that was her.
[Madison and Alex laugh]

That was me, yep, yesterday.

But... I had
a very vulnerable moment.

I was struggling.
[Madison laughs]

He got an erection
while it was happening!

-[Lisa laughs]
-Yeah.

No, I didn't expect
to walk in there,

and then the first conversation
to be about sex.

Um... Was not something
that I expected to hear

from a couple
that we'd just met.

But like, if they felt
comfortable and open

to talk to us about that,
like, you know, all ears!

[chuckles]

Ooh, there's another couple.

[Ben and Ly] Yeah!

-We're the Eurasian couple!
-Here we go.

A bunch of beautiful people.

-Alex? Ly. Nice to meet you.
-It's nice to meet you.

So, how are you finding it?

Like, the whole experience,
it's a bit weird, or like...

Yeah, yeah.

I think we all kind
of acknowledge,

like, how foreign it is
for each other.

[Alex and Madison] Yep.

Sort of come in, and yeah,

obviously there's
cultural difference,

like, you guys can see,
it's quite obvious!

You got a redhead
and you got a Vietnamese,

like, come on.

How much... how much more
diverse do you want to be?

I love it!

[Ly laughs]

[cheering and chatter]

-G'day, mate.
-Hi. I'm James.

-Alex. Nice to meet you.
-Yeah, you too.

[couples chatter]

Hey! Woo!

[Ly] Oh, another couple!

How you going? I'm Ben.

-I'm Leesh. Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.

-Kyle, mate.
-Good to meet you, Kyle.

How you going?

Nothing's really changed?

It's still getting...
everyone's getting along?

-[Alex] Yeah.
-[James] Yeah.

Our biggest disagreement

is I like soy milk,
and she likes almond.

-That's it.
-Oh, that's huge!

That's actually nearly
a deal breaker!

[Alex] I nearly walked out.

The biggest disagreement
we've had, is who's on top.

Like, literally.

[couples chuckling]

I'm having
an absolute ball tonight!

Spending time with other couples
tonight has been a lot of fun.

Really surprising,

how everyone seems
to be in their relationship.

Sort of coming in tonight

thinking there might be a few
that aren't going too well.

But, so far, everyone seems
to be doing amazingly well.

[Yannick] I'm interested to see
what the personalities are.

Like, are there...

obviously, Erika and I are both
big personalities, like...

Are there going
to be lots of loud,

like, both of us come
from loud, big families,

and... are they gonna be loud,

or is it gonna be

some mixture
of some quieter people?

Or are we just going
to hear you talk?

-Yeah. OK.
-[Erika laughs]

Yeah, there you go.

I like the sound
of my own voice, actually.

Yes, it's quite nice.

[Erika sighs]

[Ben laughs]

Ooh, couple! Couple!

[Yannick] Hello! Hello!

-Hello, how are we?
-[Ben] Hey!

-My name's Madi.
-Hi, Yannick.

Nice to meet you, Yannick.

-Hello!
-I'm Ben, how are you?

[Yannick] Thank you very much.

-Hello! Oh, thank you!
-What's your name?

Yannick.

-Yannick? Ly.
-Yannick.

Ly, lovely to meet you.
Love the dress.

-What's your background?
-South American.

South American. Where you from?

On the wine, drinks?
While I go to the bar?

-[Bartender] Good evening.
-Hello, hi, how are you?

-[Bartender] Good. Yourself?
-Good, thank you.

-I might start with a beer.
-Yeah, sure.

And, uh, one red wine as well,
thanks.

[Yannick] Thank you, mate.

-OK.
-Um...

Here you go. Here you go, Madi.
There you go.

-Thank you.
-No worries.

Sorry, I just went...
Cheers.

-Cheers, mate.
-Cheers, cheers.

Um...

What's your neck of the woods?
Are you... Where are you from?

I'm, uh, I live in Balmain.

Trying to sort of grab my drink,

and then kind of sort
of join everyone else, yeah.

-Out of body experience?
-Yeah, yeah!

[James] Yeah, it's not really
a holiday.

[Erika laughs]

To be honest with you, yeah.

If I go to... anywhere I go,
even if I go to Melbourne,

I'll run into 20 people, like...

You meet me once, you're going
to remember me, right? Yeah.

[Lisa] So wait, question...

are you the choosee,
or the chooser?

[Erika] No, he chose me.

[Lisa] How do you feel
about that? Like...

Not vibing it?

[Yannick laughing]
[James speaking indistinctly]

[Lisa] No chemistry, no...
like... heat?

-[Ly] Nothing?
-[Erika] Mmm.

[Ly] I can... I can kind
of sense it, actually.

Yeah? It's OK. It's not a big
deal, to be honest with you.

Like, it is what it is.

Do you know why he chose,
like, you in particular?

We've got a lot
of things in common...

[Lisa] Mm.

We really do. Like, on paper.

Mmm, it's just that kind of
spark or romantic...

[indistinct chatter]

Like, I think you've jut
got to find something

that will spark.

[Ly] Yeah.

Like, yeah, you, like...

I know I'm asking you
a question in terms

of it being
sort of a bit personal,

but like, do you find Yannick
attractive?

-No?
-Nup.

I told Patrick straight up
from the start,

like, I would swipe left to him
on a dating app.

But I loved Patrick's
personality.

And his beautiful mind,

that I didn't care about
what he looked like after that,

and that's not what
I was looking for!

Yeah, and I mean,
that's why we're here, right?

That's why we're here.

You may not get that
fireworks sort of feeling,

and I got that with Ben,
and I told him already!

-But I like his mind...
-Yes!

..and the communication,

and I'm just going
to give it a go and...

-[Lisa] Yeah.
-[Ly] ...and go from there.

Yeah.

Erika was pretty open

about her relationship
with Yannick,

tonight with the girls.

I feel like I can relate
to her,

but I feel like
I'm a bit more open to Ben.

But it's nice to know
that I'm not the only one

who wants to go at my own pace.

It makes me feel less alone.

[Ben] Do you really?

And it makes me feel
less like an arsehole

that I'm not sharing a bed
with Ben.

I think Erika and I,
haven't had the strongest start.

In a good and a bad way.

So I think, like,
we've laid a lot of

cards down on the table,

that probably you guys
haven't laid out yet.

So I think, like, for me,
I feel like...

Maybe we've got some of the
bumps out of the way early.

And they might be
a bit smaller now,

rather than you guys having
some bigger bumps later, like.

That's just...
I talk in analogies,

so, you'll get used to that.

What about, what about you guys?
I feel like...

Bro, we tried so hard
not to have sex!

I'm surprised
you're not talking up now, man,

after what you said!

We had to create a safe word
within 24 hours.

[James] Have you used
that safe word tonight?

-[Patrick] Tonight?
-[James] [laughs] Yeah.

Three times, with me!

Should we sex and tell?

[laughter]

It seems like
you're sexing and telling.

Yeah, a bit.
I mean, like, it's hard not too.

Like, it's hard.

She's pretty open,
I'm pretty open.

Like, literally,
she was on the couch,

and I was giving
her a massage,

And, like, I found my tongue

go from the...
the anatomy, right?

The back of her heel, literally

all the way up
to back of her ear!

You guys doing that?

I mean, I don't
have a foot fetish, so...

Let me see if this works. Lisa!

Show us your foot!

-[Erika] What happened?
-[Lisa] Oh.

She has the most amazing feet
I have ever seen!

[laughter]

[Lisa] I think everyone's

going to touch my feet
by the end of the night.

[Patrick] No,
they're not allowed.

[Madison] Patrick's
not sitting right with me.

I kind of thought,

"OK, maybe they get along,
maybe they get along great"!

But then, their conversations
are so over the top,

and there's so much energy going
into being this perfect couple.

I just... I'm not buying
what they're selling.

Lisa's great.

I'm not buying
what Patrick's selling.

It's a, it's a bit
of a 'him' show.

Like, I'd be mortified

if James spoke the same way
to other people,

the way that
he's speaking to us.

[Patrick] So, I got a question,
a serious question.

I'll try... I don't want
to dumb down the mood, but...

[Ly] No, just go.

Who do you think
will break first?

Why? Who do you think's
going to break?

I think blue and red will break.

[Ly] Ohh.

[Patrick]
Blue Wiggle and Red Wiggle.

I reckon they're broken already.

I don't think
they're up for repair.

Wait, wait, wait, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa!

Can we back up though, as well?

Like, it's hard to be
so forward with stuff!

Like, they might
not have even...

like, we're lucky we got along!

We're really all lucky
we got along straightaway!

But it's an intense four days,

so they might
just take some time!

There's only so much time

you can put
your best foot forward,

until you sink.

And you're muddy,
and everyone can see.

Well I tell you what, I think
you are Lisa are pretty honest.

I think if someone
was to crack pretty soon,

if you guys didn't get along,
it might be you.

Me and Lisa, we crack
all the time!

We crack every second,
we just make up.

[Ben] How do you get through
the cracks?

We make up.

Do you think that's healthy?

I don't know
if it's healthy or toxic.

I like to think I'm toxic
and she's alkaline,

and we're balanced.

Yin and yang. Rain and ground.

-[James] Man, man knows
his PH levels.

Winter, summer. Autumn, spring.

Leaves, no leaves.

I don't know what the f*ck's
going to happen...

[Madison] What are you...

What the f*ck are you saying?

Everyone else
is being really nice.

And really, like, genuine.

And for Patty to walk around

and try and pinpoint
the weakest link,

is overcompensating
for something.

[background chatter]

Thanks. Stop it!

-Stop it, you.
-[Madison laughs]

[background chatter continues]

We do.

You good?

[Patrick] Yeah.

Um...

I was thinking the same thing!

So, I'm into crystals,
I'm into manifestation

and good vibes
and good energy, and...

The reason why I got this, um,
for everyone in this room,

is to elevate that love
and energy.

[Patrick] It works, bro.
Trust me, it works.

Thank you.

[Lisa] Um, so whatever
you vibe and choose from this,

is your crystal
for the rest of this experience.

-Mmm. This is our rock.
-That's your rock.

[Lisa] Um,
so you got amazonite.

[Madison] OK, I like that.

You know, I'm going to pick
the red one, because we're...

I'm wearing red
and you've got red hair!

[Ben] Yeah, OK, that's good!

[Yannick] So, OK, so,
what are these...

what are these presents
that everyone's getting?

[Patrick] Presents.
We have a present!

-You guys are last.
-[Yannick] OK.

[Patrick] You two are last.

Yannick and Erika,

They want to put on, like,
a show that they're all fine.

Come on. I'm going
to give 'em a rock.

I found this rock
in the front yard.

I'm a nice guy, I really am.

I got the prettiest rock
out of everything I could find.

This sums up
their relationship...

boring, rocky, edgy, and just...

No one's going to remember it.

So, this is the unknown gift.

This one
doesn't represent anything.

OK.

But it's up to you two
to create the vibe.

[Yannick] OK.

This is a very special rock.

I don't know what
you're going to do with it.

Can you explain to me
why it's special?

What's special about it?

Because out of all the gems,
it's the most unknown.

OK.

We don't know what's going
to happen to this rock.

Yep.

But it's from, from me and Lise
to both of you.

OK, appreciate it.

[Patrick] I'm appreciative
after tonight.

The fact that no-one has had sex
is a joke.

I don't really think
we should compare...

But if we did compare,

we're definitely, like,
a Ferrari,

and everyone's like, a Toyota.

We are a power couple.

We're making a stand.

Just by her being her,
and me being me.

[Madison chuckles]

How did you sleep?

Not well.

I could probably use
a couple more hours, but...

May as well
make the most of the day.

Yeah, definitely.

I don't know what to say.

[laughs]

We shared a bed...

and practised safe sex.

[laughs] I don't know
how to say this.

[continues laughing]

Any thoughts
on what you want to do today?

Um, something outside.

Make the most of the weather?

Mm-hm. While we can.

I don't know,

everything's just becoming
so natural and so...

It's working so well.

And I just, yeah,
I feel like everything's

just been really right.

-Cool.
-Let's start the day.

Let's do it.

How are you feeling
after last night? A few wines?

A couple of vinos. [chuckles]

[Alex] Yeah, so me and Madison

have taken our relationship
to the next level.

And we've become physical.

Yeah.

[chuckles]

It was nice having
a few, few wines.

Things are going great.

It's, it's just something
that's drawn us closer together.

Should we, uh...
will ourselves out of bed?

-Let's do it.
-Yeah.

[Madison] I'm glad

that we've made the next step
in our relationship.

It felt right.

I honestly didn't expect to...
be connected so quick.

Like, it's only been
a couple of days,

but it's just been going
so well.

What we've got is beyond
any kind of expectations

that I could have had

coming into this experience.

So, yeah.

I completely trust him,
and I feel really happy.

[Yannick] So, what do you
want to do today?

We've got some nice weather,

we're in Sydney,
we're by the beach.

Anything you've been
wanting to do?

Not really.

-No? Yeah. OK.
-[Erika chuckles]

[Yannick]
It's been tough work with Erika

these last few days.

The reason why I chose
Erika over Belinda,

was because she came across
as, like,

a really easy-going,
fun-loving person.

I feel like
I got personality catfished.

We connected over
all these things,

and she was this upbeat,
fun, passionate person,

and then I've got like,
almost the opposite of that

though this experience.

I'm trying to stay positive,

but it's been really tough

to try and get through
to her on that level.

It's difficult at the moment.

So, I guess one thing
I probably wanted to say to you,

is that... um...

like, I feel like

we're caught in a bit
of a negative space, so...

Like...

let's try and have some fun.

Like...

You would definitely
get a different me,

if, like, things were different
between us.

I guess, um...
-Yeah.

Um, I've now been around you,
and our surroundings,

for like, what?

Five days?

[Yannick] Mm-hm.

Um, And everything's
just about you.

That, it's just...

I feel like
you're so self-centred,

and you haven't realised
that for the longest time.

Well, I think calling
someone self-centred

is a pretty horrible
description of someone.

I don't think that embodies
who I am.

Let me just look up
what "self-centred" means.

Alright. I'm pretty
across what it means, but...

So, "Independent of outside
force or influence.

"Concerned solely with one's
own desires,

"needs or interests.'

Mm-hm. I can't win with...
I can't win.

I'll take my left foot step,

"Oh, you should have stepped
with your right."

I take a right foot step,
"You should have, like..."

[Erika] Defensive, defensive,
defensive.

But that's how I feel.
Do you think

you can have life-long
friendships with people?

Do you think I can have
15- and 20-year...

Yan, your so nice!

- No, but like...
- Like, you're so, like...

Do you think I can have
20-year friendships,

if I'm just a self-centred guy
and all I do is talk?

My friends,
I'm actually the person

that my friends
come to for advice,

'cause I'm actually
a good listener, but...

It's hard... you can't listen

when no-one's saying anything
back to you.

You let me know.

The sun's out,
it's whatever time,

eleven o'clock,
you're still in your PJs.

We could have gone
and done something!

We could have already
had a nice morning together!

Instead, we're now arguing
about this useless sh*t. Right?

I'm still in my PJs? I...

that is petty sh*t!

It's not.
Because that's the difference...

Are you a 32-year-old man?
That's petty!

It's a difference
in lifestyle, right?

We could have done something
already, for the day.

-Oh, my god.
-Who knows if the sun is...

Yan, you only just got home
half an hour ago!

-Yeah.
-Forty-five minutes ago.

Shut up! Honestly.

You let me know
if you wanna do anything.

I don't want to do anything
with you.

That was so rude.

I just don't want to sit
in this house with you,

talking about useless sh*t.

I'm trying. I'm trying
to have fun with you.

It's, like, really hard.

[Erika scoffs and laughs]

Who's, who's the neg... I am!

You cannot say
that I'm not trying.

And I don't...

I didn't take that
away from you!

[Yannick] OK, but let's...
Let's...

Just shut the f*ck up!
That's all I'm saying.

Oh, my god. [laughs]

Ugh, I can't.

[Yannick] I just needed
to get out.

At the end of the day,
I'm trying really hard.

I really am trying my best,
and I just feel like...

It's almost impossible,
to just, like,

have some fun with her.

I just wanna...

not wake up
in a negative space every day.

I chose Erika

because I want someone
who's going to challenge me.

I want someone who is gonna

not let me get away
with my sh*t.

But, yeah.

I might have made
the wrong choice.

[cheering]

[Narrator] Next time...

If you could switch your match
again, would you?

It's a f*ck vibe!

[incoming text sound]

[Narrator] And,
the Love Triangle twist drops.

Alright, here we go.

Interesting. Spicy!
Not interesting - spicy!

Do you trust me?

[Madison] Mm-hm.