Temptation Island was a U.S. reality television program broadcast on the Fox network in which several couples agreed to live with groups of singles of the opposite sex, in order to test the strength of their relationships. The first season of the show was taped on Ambergris Caye in Belize. United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and features ordinary people over professional actors. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... Ambergris Caye is the nation of Belizes largest island. ...

A ratings hit, Season 1 premiered on January 10, 2001 and aired its finale on February 28, 2001. Season 2 premiered on October 31, 2001 and delivered poor ratings [1]. After a nearly two year layoff, a third edition of the series premiered on August 28, 2003. Similar to Season 2, Season 3 delivered poor ratings [2]

Mark L. Walberg (not to be confused with Mark Wahlberg) hosted all three editions. Mark Lewis Walberg was born on August 31, 1962 in Florence, South Carolina. ... Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971 in Dorchester, Massachusetts) is an American entertainer. ...

International Adaptation

An Australian version of the program was also produced, and shown on the Seven Network. A French version, named "l’Île de la tentation," is shown on TF1 (and is currently in its 5th season). The Dutch/Flemish version, shown on Veronica and VT4, is successful. The 6th series will be broadcast in 2007. An Italian version was produced in 2005, named "Vero amore", but was unsuccessful. In Brazil, the SBT Channel made two series in 2002 and 2003, but was also unsuccessful. It was called "Ilha da Sedução". A Mexican version, "Confianza Ciega", was shown on SKY in 2004. The Seven Network (ASX: SEV) is an Australian television network. ... TF1 is a private French TV network, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. ... Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) has several main meanings: the social, cultural and linguistical, scientific and educational, economical and political community of the Flemings; some prefer to call this the Flemish community (others refer to this as the Flemish nation) which is, with over 6 million inhabitants, the majority of all Belgians... Veronica is a commercial TV channel in the Netherlands from the SBS Broadcasting Group. ... VT4 a Flemish commercial television channel. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... SKY Latin America was the first satellite pay-TV provider in Mexico. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Temptation Island 3 official website