I Kissed a Boy (TV series)

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I Kissed a Boy
Genre Reality
Presented by Dannii Minogue
Narrated by Layton Williams
Theme music composer Ian Masterson
Hayley Sanderson
Opening theme"We Could Be the One" by Dannii Minogue
Ending theme"We Could Be the One" by Dannii Minogue
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
Production
Executive producers
  • David Brindley
  • Dan Gray
  • Louise Hutchinson
Producers
  • Johnathan Booth
  • Drew Cane
  • Joe Cummings
  • Chloe Geraghty
  • Andrea Grespan
  • Christ Hall
  • Samuel King
  • Sola Ogunsola
Production location Italy
Editor
  • Ali Haddon-Cave
Running time42–46 minutes
Production company Twofour
Original release
Network BBC
Release13 May 2023 (2023-05-13) 
present (present)

I Kissed a Boy is a British dating game show on BBC iPlayer, BBC Three and TVNZ+, [1] [2] which began on 13 May 2023 and is the first British dating show to feature exclusively gay men. [3] [4] It is hosted by Dannii Minogue and narrated by Layton Williams. [5] [6]

Contents

Format

The series follows ten single gay men who are matched up and meet for the first time "...with a kiss. No small talk. No messages. Just one kiss to test out their chemistry". The show is set in an Italian country house called the "Masseria". Prior to the show the contestants are matched, based on what they're looking for in a partner. After meeting their match for the first time with a kiss, the men are encouraged to get to know their new partners and try out their relationship. [7] [8]

Contestants

The original contestants on I Kissed a Boy were announced on 26 April 2023. [9] [10] [11] [12]

I Kissed a Boy contestants
ContestantAgeHometownEnteredExitedStatus
Ollie King27 Brighton Episode 1Episode 8Committed with Dan
Dan Harry Glendinning27 Glasgow Episode 4Episode 8Committed with Ollie
Subomi Onanuga29LondonEpisode 1Episode 8Committed with Gareth
Gareth Graham28 Kilkeel Episode 1Episode 8Committed with Subomi
Jake Devline-Reed27 Swansea Episode 1Episode 8Committed with Kailum
Kailum Webster25 Brighton Episode 1Episode 8Committed with Jake
Ross Bester27 Manchester Episode 1Episode 8Committed with Ceejay
Ceejay Knight26LondonEpisode 4Episode 8Committed with Ross
Ben Clark28 Edinburgh Episode 1Episode 8Eliminated
Matty Holehouse27TBAEpisode 6Episode 8Eliminated
Vitor Moreira27LondonEpisode 4Episode 7Eliminated
Jake Watkins26TBAEpisode 6Episode 7Eliminated
Joseph Mendez23LondonEpisode 1Episode 5Eliminated
Mikey Connor28 Liverpool Episode 1Episode 5Eliminated
Josh Cemaloğlu24 Rhyl Episode 1Episode 4Walked
Robert "Bobski" Budzynski23 Harlow Episode 1Episode 3Eliminated

Kiss Off Progress

Episode 1Episode 2Episode 5Episode 6/7Episode 8
OllieBenBenDanDanBen & Matty
to Eliminate
Dan
DanNot in
Masseria
OllieOllieOllie
SubomiGarethGarethGarethGarethBen & Matty
to Eliminate
Gareth
GarethSubomiSubomiSubomiSubomiSubomi
JakeKailumKailumKailumKailumBen & Matty
to Eliminate
Kailum
KailumJakeJakeJakeJakeJake
RossJosephJosephCeejayCeejayBen & Matty
to Eliminate
Ceejay
CeejayNot in
Masseria
RossRossRoss
BenOllieOllieVitorMattyRoss & Ceejay
to Eliminate
Eliminated
(Episode 8)
MattyNot in
Masseria
BenEliminated
(Episode 8)
VitorNot in
Masseria
BenNot Kissed
(Episode 7)
Jake WNot in
Masseria
Not Kissed
(Episode 7)
MikeyNot in
Masseria
JoshNot Kissed
(Episode 5)
JosephRossRossNot Kissed
(Episode 5)
JoshBobskiMikeyWalked
(Episode 4)
BobskiJoshNot Kissed
(Episode 2)

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
series
Title [13] Original air dateUK viewers
(millions) [14]
11"Episode 1"14 May 2023 (2023-05-14)N/A
22"Episode 2"15 May 2023 (2023-05-15)N/A
33"Episode 3"21 May 2023 (2023-05-21)N/A
44"Episode 4"22 May 2023 (2023-05-22)N/A
55"Episode 5"28 May 2023 (2023-05-28)N/A
66"Episode 6"29 May 2023 (2023-05-29)N/A
77"Episode 7"4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)N/A
88"Episode 8"5 June 2023 (2023-06-05)N/A
99"The Reunion"11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)N/A

Reception

Benjamin Lee in The Guardian said, "It's in the show's easy balance of the basic and the specific that it most succeeds, conversations over who is top or bottom casually mixed with inane flirting over cheap wine. At a cautious eight episodes, it's unlikely to infect the nation in quite the same way as the woozy, all-consuming Love Island but it's a fun and grounding reminder that we all deserve a chance to graft around the pool while a Dua Lipa song plays in the background. Luv is luv." [15]

Writing for The Tab , Harrison Brocklehurst said, "True equality is us having the space to get bluntly pied on the telly, like Ben did to Ross. True equality is letting Bobski and Mikey have secret terrace snogs where they both end up with raging semis and Josh eye rolls his way into oblivion about it all. I want the messy gay drama that isn't RuPaul's Drag Race – and I Kissed A Boy is the carnage we deserve. I am salivating for more mess, more men and more Minogue." [16]

Spin-off

Prior to the final episode of series 1 airing on 5 June 2023, the BBC announced that a spin-off of I Kissed A Boy for lesbian couples titled I Kissed A Girl, would be commissioned. [17] Dannii Minogue will return as host, with the programme set to film in September 2023. [18]

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