Love Island Australia will air on Channel Nine next year

It’s one of the highest-rated reality shows in the UK with a sizable fan following Down Under. 

And now Love Island will finally get an Australian edition, with Channel Nine announcing that the X-rated reality series will air on their network next year.

Nine made the announcement on Twitter, writing: ‘Hearts will be pounding and pulses will be racing as Love Island gets an Australian edition exclusively for @9Go & @9NowAU in 2018.’

‘Hearts will be pounding and pulses will be racing’: Love Island Australia will premiere on Channel Nine in 2018

The account added: ‘Love Island Australia, will see sexy young singles on the lookout for romance, jetting off to a summer paradise to find love.’

Applications are currently open, with the series looking for applicants aged between 18 and 35. 

The raunchy series sees a group of promiscuous twenty-somethings put on an exotic, luxury island where they party and form relationships with each other.

'Love Island Australia, will see sexy young singles on the lookout for romance, jetting off to a summer paradise to find love,'revealed Channel Nine

‘Love Island Australia, will see sexy young singles on the lookout for romance, jetting off to a summer paradise to find love,’revealed Channel Nine

Full moon! The raunchy series sees a group of promiscuous twenty-somethings put on an exotic, luxury island where they party and form relationships with each other

Full moon! The raunchy series sees a group of promiscuous twenty-somethings put on an exotic, luxury island where they party and form relationships with each other

Love Island has been known for countless controversial moments, including several couples having sex on the series. 

It’s been described as a combination of Jersey Shore, Big Brother, and The Bachelor. 

The news come after rival network Channel Ten announced their own island-based dating series, Bachelor In Paradise.

What happened to romance? Love Island has been known for countless controversial moments, including several couples having sex on the series

What happened to romance? Love Island has been known for countless controversial moments, including several couples having sex on the series

The Bachelor spin-off series puts past contestants on an island together, where they have to hook up and form relationships with each other or risk getting booted from the show.

Channel Seven is also currently casting two new dating shows, Second Chance at Love and Ultimate Love Match.

Meanwhile, new seasons of First Dates, Married At First Sight, Undressed, and The Bachelor are all due next year. 

Rival: The news come after rival network Channel Ten announced their own island-based dating series, Bachelor In Paradise

Rival: The news come after rival network Channel Ten announced their own island-based dating series, Bachelor In Paradise

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