Fancy watching people croon their way to coupledom? Or dance for a date? Dating shows are increasingly crossing over with other formats – though some work far better than others
The rise of reality TV has seen an influx of near-identical shows: if a Love Island season doesn’t show immediate promise, you can watch singles in swimsuits screw each other over on Ex on the Beach, or Temptation Island, or Are You the One?, or Too Hot to Handle.
In a bid to inject new life into these old formats, there have been various genre crossovers, such as the growing pool of talent/dating shows. BBC Scotland’s latest foray into this saturated arena is Love Song, a hybrid of The Voice and Naked Attraction that sees singles belting out bangers in multicoloured pods, in the hopes of, er, getting banged.