Too Hot to Handle season 1

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Too Hot to Handle
Season 1
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Promotional poster
No. of contestants14
Winners
  • Bryce Hirschberg
  • Chloe Veitch
  • David Birtwistle
  • Francesca Farago
  • Harry Jowsey
  • Kelz Dyke
  • Lydia Clyma
  • Nicole O'Brien
  • Rhonda Paul
  • Sharron Townsend


No. of episodes9
Release
Original network Netflix
Original release17 April (2020-04-17) 
8 May 2020 (2020-05-08)
Season chronology
Next 
Season 2

The first season of Too Hot to Handle was released on Netflix on April 17, 2020. A ninth episode reunion special was released on May 8. It was filmed in Punta Mita, Mexico. [1]

Contents

Cast

Cast memberAgeResidenceEnteredExitedStatusRefs
Bryce Hirschberg 29 Venice, California Episode 3Episode 8Winner [2] [3] [4]
Chloe Veitch 21 Essex, England Episode 1Episode 8Winner
David Birtwistle28 London, EnglandEpisode 1Episode 8Winner
Francesca Farago27 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Episode 1Episode 8Winner
Harry Jowsey22 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Episode 1Episode 8Winner
Kelechi "Kelz" Dyke27London, EnglandEpisode 1Episode 8Winner
Lydia Clyma22 Portsmouth, EnglandEpisode 6Episode 8Winner
Nicole O'Brien23 County Cork, Ireland Episode 1Episode 8Winner
Rhonda Paul27 Atlanta, Georgia, United StatesEpisode 1Episode 8Winner
Sharron Townsend25 Camden, New Jersey, USAEpisode 1Episode 8Winner
Kori Sampson23 Plymouth, EnglandEpisode 6Episode 8Eliminated
Madison Wyborny20 Los Angeles, California, USAEpisode 6Episode 8Eliminated
Matthew Smith29 Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USAEpisode 1Episode 6Walked
Haley Cureton20 Jacksonville, Florida, USAEpisode 1Episode 6Eliminated

Future appearances by contestant

Bryce Hirschberg

Chloe Veitch

  • Veitch starred on season two of The Circle US. She was the runner-up and voted as the fan favorite of the season.
  • She paired up with Nicole O'Brien Celebrity Ghost Trip in 2021.
  • In 2022, she later competed on Celebrity Hunted .
  • In 2022, she appeared with Kori Sampson on Eating With My Ex.
  • In 2023, Veitch starred on the first season of Perfect Match. She was one of the runner-ups. [6]
  • Veitch will appear on E4's The Big Celebrity Detox in 2023.
  • She will appear on the 3rd series of Celebrity Ex On The Beach in 2024

David Birtwistle

  • He appeared on the Channel 4 dating show The Love Trap in 2021.
  • In 2022, Birtwistle appeared on Eating With My Ex.

Francesca Farago

  • In 2021, Farago appeared on the 27th series of The Only Way Is Essex.
  • In 2021, she appeared on the Love Is Blind season one special episodes ("After The Altar") as contestant Damian Powers new dating partner. [7]
  • In 2022, she starred on Netflix’s Reality Games with Jowsey. [8]
  • Farago appeared on the first season of Perfect Match. She was eliminated on episode 11. [6]

Harry Jowsey

Kelz Dyke

Nicole O'Brien

Kori Sampson

  • In 2022, he appeared with Chloe Veitch on Eating With My Ex.
  • He starred on series 2 of Celebrity Ex On The Beach . He left the beach on episode 11, but returned on episode 12.

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitlePrize moneyOriginal release date [15]
11"Love, Sex or Money"$100,00017 April 2020 (2020-04-17)
22"When Harry Met Francesca"$97,00017 April 2020 (2020-04-17)
33"Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Hot"$94,00017 April 2020 (2020-04-17)
44"Two's Company, Three's a ... Threesome"$94,00017 April 2020 (2020-04-17)
55"Boys to Men"$75,00017 April 2020 (2020-04-17)
66"The Bryce Isn't Right"$55,00017 April 2020 (2020-04-17)
77"Sisters over Misters"$43,00017 April 2020 (2020-04-17)
88"Lust or Bust"$75,00017 April 2020 (2020-04-17)
99"Extra Hot: The Reunion"-8 May 2020 (2020-05-08)

After filming

CouplesStill togetherRelationship notes
Francesca Farago & Harry JowseyNoAlthough the couple ended the season together, it was later revealed that they had split for eight months after filming wrapped. The two reconciled shortly after and got engaged during the reunion special. On June 16, 2020, Farago released a video announcing that the two have broken up. On May 24, 2021, Jowsey published some photos of the two of them together. In the end, they went their separate ways. Farago is now engaged and expecting a child. [16] [17] [18]
Rhonda Paul & Sharron TownsendNoAlthough the two ended the season together, the couple eventually split, citing distance as the demise of their relationship. It was revealed the two still keep in contact, but Paul had reconciled with an ex. [16] [19]
Lydia Clyma & David BirtwistleNoEntering the show in the sixth episode, Clyma [20] struck up a relationship with Birtwistle and the two ended the season together. Birtwistle revealed that they ended their relationship. [21]
Nicole O'Brien & Bryce HirschbergNoHirschberg and O'Brien hardly interacted during the show, but they developed a romantic connection in the days after the show wrapped. The two split in May 2020 after attempts at a long-distance relationship failed. [22] [23]

Harry Jowsey began dating season 3 contestant Georgia Hassarati in April/May 2022, but they ended their relationship in October/November of the same year. They got back together in April 2023. [24] They broke up again a few months later. [25] Jowsey later appeared in season 2 of Perfect Match and is now dating Jessica Vestal from Love is Blind season 6.

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