Kiss Bang Love

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Kiss Bang Love
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GenreReality Series
Created bySnowman Productions
Narrated bySancia Robinson [1]
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Release
Original network Seven Network
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release24 May (2016-05-24) 
5 July 2016 (2016-07-05)

Kiss Bang Love is an Australian reality dating television series on the Seven Network which premiered on 24 May 2016 at 8:45pm. [2] [3] The series is produced by the makers of Married at First Sight and based on a Danish format of the same name. [4]

Contents

The series debuted to low ratings, coming fourth in its timeslot [5] and the viewership continued to fall lower throughout the series, described as a "ratings flop". [6] [7] Shortly after the final episode aired, the Seven Network confirmed the program would not be renewed. [8] Repeats aired on Sunday afternoons on 7flix in December 2020.

Premise

Six singles are matched with 12 potential partners. Most are strangers but some are acquaintances or former lovers. The couples skip awkward dates and instead try to kiss each other before deciding whom to take on a romantic weekend holiday. [9]

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
TimeslotSeason premiereSeason final
1 6Tuesday 8:45pm [3] (eps 1-3)
Tuesday 9:45pm [10] (ep 4)
Tuesday 10:15pm [11] (ep 5)
Tuesday 9:30pm [12] (ep 6)
24 May 20165 July 2016

Season 1 (2016)

No.TitleOriginal air dateAustralian viewers
1Episode One24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)513,000 [5]
2Episode Two31 May 2016 (2016-05-31)449,000 [13]
3Episode Three7 June 2016 (2016-06-07)383,000 [14]
4Episode Four14 June 2016 (2016-06-14)194,000 [15]
5Episode Five21 June 2016 (2016-06-21)137,000 [11]
6Episode Six5 July 2016 (2016-07-05)248,000 [16]

International adaptations

In July 2016, American channel fyi commissioned 10 episodes of the series. [17] The series debuted on 3 January 2017 [18] rating 167,000 viewers. [19] In Germany premiered on ProSieben.

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