Too Hot to Handle | |
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Season 6 | |
No. of contestants | 16 |
Winners | Bri Balram and Demari Davis Gianna Pettus |
Runners-up | Charlie Jeer and Katherine LaPrell Chris Aalli Lucy Syed |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Release | |
Original network | Netflix |
Original release | 19 July – 2 August 2024 |
Season chronology |
The sixth season of Too Hot to Handle premiered on July 19, 2024 and was filmed at Triton Villa, Turks and Caicos Islands. Half of the remaining episodes were released on July 26, 2024, and the remaining three were released on August 2, 2024.
For the first time, two couples were chosen to win the majority of the prize fund, and a single was chosen to win the rest of the prize fund. Bri Balram and Demari Davis were chosen to win $100,000 of the $125,000 prize fund over runners-up couple Charlie Jeer and Katherine LaPrell. [1] Gianna Pettus was chosen as the winner of the remaining $25,000 over runners-up Chris Aalli and Lucy Syed, after not breaking a single rule all season. [2]
The initial cast of 10 was announced on July 2. [3] Flavia Laos Urbina from season 4, and Louis Russell from season 5 returned in episode 2. [4]
Cast member | Age | Residence | Entered | Exited | Status | Ref |
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Bri Balram | 26 | Atlanta, Georgia | Episode 1 | Episode 10 | Winner | [3] |
Demari Davis | 27 | Indiana, United States | Episode 1 | Episode 10 | Winner | |
Gianna Pettus | 20 | Arkansas, United States | Episode 1 | Episode 10 | Winner | |
Charlie Jeer | 21 | Kent, England | Episode 1 | Episode 10 | Runner-up | |
Katherine LaPrell | 28 | Los Angeles, California | Episode 1 | Episode 10 | Runner-up | |
Chris Aalli | 24 | Manchester, England | Episode 1 | Episode 10 | Runner-up | |
Lucy Syed | 28 | London, England | Episode 1 | Episode 10 | Runner-up | |
Cristian Lager | 19 | Chicago, Illinois | Episode 4 | Episode 10 | Finalist | |
Flavia Laos Urbina | 27 | Lima, Peru | Episode 2 | Episode 10 | Finalist | |
Jalen Olomu-Brown | 26 | Florida, United States | Episode 7 | Episode 10 | Finalist | |
João Coronel | 22 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Episode 1 | Episode 10 | Finalist | |
Sabrina Zima | 22 | Grimsby, ON, Canada | Episode 7 | Episode 10 | Finalist | |
Valentina Rueda Velez | 23 | Cali, Colombia | Episode 4 | Episode 8 | Quit | |
Kylisha Jag | 24 | Toronto, Canada | Episode 1 | Episode 7 | Eliminated | |
Louis Russell | 22 | Hampshire, England | Episode 2 | Episode 7 | Eliminated | |
Jordan Frank | 21 | San Clemente, California | Episode 1 | Episode 3 | Quit |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Prize money | Original release date [5] |
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50 | 1 | "Bad to the Cone" | $250,000 | 19 July 2024 |
51 | 2 | "Paper Clips & Pay Per View" | $229,000 | 19 July 2024 |
52 | 3 | "I'll Have What She's Having" | $199,000 | 19 July 2024 |
53 | 4 | "Clocked Blocked" | $193,000 | 19 July 2024 |
54 | 5 | "Demari's Demise" | $137,000 | 26 July 2024 |
55 | 6 | "Womb for Improvement" | $131,000 | 26 July 2024 |
56 | 7 | "A 99.7% Chance of Trouble" | $131,000 | 26 July 2024 |
57 | 8 | "Sealed With A Chris" | $131,000 | 2 August 2024 |
58 | 9 | "To Bri or Not to Bri" | $125,000 | 2 August 2024 |
59 | 10 | "A Prize Surprise" | $125,000 | 2 August 2024 |
Couples | Still together | Relationship notes |
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Bri Balram and Demari Davis | No | Balram and Davis left the retreat in a relationship. They are not officially together anymore, are on good terms and working on things. They consider themselves to currently be on a break. [6] Davis further "made it clear that they're not over," [7] but are still not officially in a relationship. |
Charlie Jeer and Katherine LaPrell | Yes | Jeer and LaPrell coupled up halfway through the season and left together. They officially started dating after the season wrapped and are still together. [6] |
Chris Aalli and Sabrina Zima | Yes | Aalli and Zima started a relationship shortly after her arrival. They remained coupled up for the rest of the season. Once returning from filming, they never established an exclusive relationship outside of the show, [6] however on August 14, 2024, Zima confirmed they are together in a post to her instagram. [8] |
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