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Paradise Hotel is an upcoming American reality television program hosted by Kristin Cavallari, that will premiere on May 9, 2019 on Fox. In the show, a group of singles live in a luxurious hotel resort, competing to see who can stay in the hotel the longest. The show originally ran on Fox in 2003, followed by a second season on Fox Reality Channel and MyNetworkTV in 2008. Periodically, someone is removed from the show, and others are brought in to replace them. Each week couples pair off and must share a hotel room together. One person is left over, and he or she has to leave. That person is then replaced the following episode. The format was created by Mentorn, a British production company, which has produced various versions of the show around the world. The show was originally hosted by Amanda Byram.

In 2019, Fox ordered a revival of the series. Casting began in January for a premiere later in the year. The revival premiered on May 9, 2019 with Kristin Cavallari as the host.

Season 1

The first season of Paradise Hotel aired on Fox from June 18, 2003 to October 1, 2003 with thirty episodes and was hosted by Amanda Byram. A similar show called Forever Eden was produced the following year. A second season of Paradise Hotel followed four years later on MyNetworkTV and Fox Reality Channel, both of which are sister networks to Fox.

The winners of the first season were Charla Pihlstrom and Keith Cuda, with Dave Kerpen and Tara Gerard finishing as the runners-up. In the finale, Charla and Keith won $250,000, but had to decide whether to split it with their respective partners. Keith decided to split his winnings with Tara Gerard, while Charla chose to keep the money for herself and to give Dave nothing.

Season 2

The second season now under the name Paradise Hotel 2 began airing on February 4, 2008 on MyNetworkTV and Fox Reality Channel. Amanda Byram returned as host and Mark Thompson returned as the announcer.

New episodes aired on MyNetworkTV Monday nights at 9/8c with encore episodes airing Saturday nights at 9/8c. Fox Reality Channel aired more explicit, but still censored, same night TV-MA versions of new episodes at 1:00 a.m. (ET) / 12:00 a.m. (CT) with encores throughout the week. Episodes can also be seen on Hulu.

The winning couple was Stephanie and Zack but the runners-up, Tidisha and Ryan, were given the responsibility of choosing only one member of the winning couple to claim the "ultimate prize". Zack was chosen and was presented with a US $200,000 prize. He chose to share $20,000 with Tidisha and $90,000 with Stephanie, keeping the remaining $90,000 for himself.

International versions

Sweden

The first two seasons of the Swedish version of Paradise Hotel aired on TV4 in 2005 and 2006. One of the contestants of season one, Sofia Hellqvist, later married the Swedish Prince Carl Philip.

A third season aired on TV6 in 2009-2010, followed by a fourth season that started to air November 15, 2010 on TV6. Season four was the last season to be aired on TV6 as the following seasons were aired on TV3.

A fifth season started on November 18, 2013 on TV3. Aina Lesse and Jesper Johansson won, with Johansson throwing the ball at 200,000 Swedish crowns, leaving Lesse with no share of the money.

In August 2014, a sixth season of Paradise Hotel started to air. Paulina Danielsson and Eric Hagberg won and shared the winnings of 500,000 Swedish crowns.

The following year, in August 2015, the seventh season started to air. Josefine Caarle and Robin Andersson won and shared the winnings of 500,000 Swedish crowns.

Denmark

The Danish Paradise Hotel is the most successful version of the UK format in the world. The Danish version of Paradise Hotel premiered in September 2005 and is aired on TV3.

The shows first host was Ibi Stving, she was the host from season 1, but stopped after season 3 due to pregnancy and was replaced by former contestant from season 3 Rikke Gransson, who has been the host since.

In 2011 a talkshow "Paradise After Dark" was introduced in season 7, which featured contestants from the show. It only aired one season on TV and from 2012 it was moved to Viaplay online.

In 2012 a "Reunion" season was introduced right after the eighth-season finale, which featured former contestants from previous seasons. The winner of that season was Frederik Lilja who also won the fifth season back in 2009.

Paradise Hotel has gained huge success in Denmark, with a substantial number of viewers. It has set its mark on Danish television, sparking debate about sex and alcohol in online forums and news channels, among them the main public service station in Denmark, DR.

Also many celebrities has been involved with the show, including singer and rapper Joey Moe, the music group Sukkerchok, professional boxer Patrick Nielsen, business man and former European Parliament member Klaus Riskr Pedersen, reality star Linse Kessler, professional poker player Theo Jrgensen and American socialite Paris Hilton.

Season 15 premiered in March 2019.

The Netherlands & Belgium

The Dutch & Belgian version aired on the Dutch TV channel Veronica and the Belgian-Flemish TV channel VIER in September 2005.

Israel

The Israeli version premiered in September 2008 and aired on Channel 2 entitled ???? ????? (The Bay of Love).

Norway

The first season of the Norwegian version was recorded in January and February 2009 and premiered in March on TV3. It was hosted by glamour model Triana Iglesias. Winners of the first season were Petter Pilgaard and Benedicte Valen and the prize was NOK 300,000 (about US $40,000) shared between the couple.

The second season began airing in March 2010, which was won by Tine Helene Valle and Carl Eliassen. Like Pilgaard and Valen, they shared the prize.

The third season followed up in 2011. The winners were Niklas Vindel, who was also in the finale of the second season, and Madelen Voreland Bers. They shared the prize as well.

The fourth season aired in 2012. This year Miguel Kristiansen and Vida Lill Gausemel Berge won the controversial contest, but Vida Lill dropped the ball, and won 200,000 NOK, and shared 100,000 with her former partner, Stian Thorbjrnsen. The show has begun to appear yearly on TV3.

In 2013, Tina Skovdal and Sander Kalstrup won the fifth season. Tina's partner Kristian Ren Johansen participated in the 2012 season without winning. Tina and Sander shared the money.

Aurora Gude and Nikolai Bennis won the sixth season in 2014. Aurora and Nikolai dropped the ball simultaneously, but slow motion reprise revealed that Aurora's ball hit the ground first. She won 100,000 NOK and shared 20,000 with Ann Marielle Lipinska.

The whole season of 48 episodes is recorded in January and February, and the show is aired from March to May, everyday from Monday through Thursday with about 45 minutes per episode. Every episode can be watched for free on TV3s own site called TV3 Play.

Paradise Hotel has gained a huge amount of popularity in Norway.

Russia

In the Russian version, called "Kanikuly v Meksike" premiered in 2011 an aired on MTV Russia. The contestants are fighting for a prize of one million rubles and during the show, the Boys and girls are in a luxury hotel in Mexico. The host of the show was popular singer and TV presenter Zhanna Friske.

In March 2012, season two of the hit show premiered. The new contestants moved into a new luxury hotel in Mexico, also hosted by Zhanna Friske. The first part of the season finished in July and the second part started with a new host Alena Vodonaeva. The final contestants from the first part moved again into a new luxury hotel in Mexico and was joined with new contestants. Also during the second part, former contestants from season one returned including notable contestants Demid Rezin and Nastya Smirnova. The size of the prize depends on the amount of money earned on tests every week. The second part of the season continued into 2013 and in January, the show got a new presenter, a popular Russian TV presenter Victoria Bonia, who is also known from the hit Russian reality show Dom-2.

In June 2013, started the third season of the Reality Show now called "Kanikuly v Meksike. Cuperigra". In this season, previous contestants from previous seasons are brought back, and are living in a luxury villa next to the beach. The contestants will participate in different challenges and tasks to add money to the winning prize. The show was opened by the famous TV producer Yana Rudkovskaya. During the show, she was replaced by popular TV presenter Tahir Mamedov.

Hungary

The Hungarian version titled "den Hotel" and set in Colombia premiered on March 7, 2011 on Viasat 3. The final episode was aired on May 26, where Kristf - who dropped the "Ball of Faith" against Alz - won 12,500,000 HUF (about US $65,000), and the couple of Linda and Robi also won 12,500,000 Forints, the remaining of the jackpot.

The second Hungarian season set in Mexico premiered on March 5, 2012 again on Viasat 3. The final episode aired on May 24, where the couple of Mt and Edina completed the "Test of Faith" thus sharing the jackpot of 25,000,000 HUF. The other finalists Roland and Anik won nothing.

Czech Republic & Slovakia

The Czech & Slovak version titled "Hotel Paradise" premiered on March 5, 2012 in Czech Republic on Prima Love and in Slovakia on TV JOJ. TV presenter in hotel was Martina Gavriely and night talkshow called "Night In Paradise" were presented Petra Pol?ikov a Milan Junior Zimnikoval. Prize for the winner was 50 000. The hotel was in the Dominican Republic. The show ended on July 6, 2012 with Nela Slovkov from Czech Republic as the winner.

Slovenia

The Slovenian version was launched on 7 November 2012, on Planet TV. The program is recorded in Costa Rica. The grand prize is 50,000 Euro. Maja Martina Merljak is presenter of the program. Slovenian musician Matev alehar-Hamo wrote theme song called "Po jabolka v raj". The final episode was aired on 31 December 2012, where no one dropped the "Ball of Faith" and the winners, Deni Sebastian Eferl and Sara Tahirovi? split the grand prize.

International versions

Currently airing

An upcoming season

Status unknown

No longer airing

Region/country	Local title	Network	Winners	Main presenters
Belgium Netherlands	Paradise Hotel	VIER Veronica	Season 1, 2005: Unknown	Hans Otten (Season 1) Tanja Jess (Season 1)
Czech Republic Slovakia	Hotel Paradise	Prima Love TV JOJ	Season 1, 2012: Nela Slovkov	Martina Gavriely (Season 1) Milan Zimnkoval (Season 1)
Denmark	Paradise Hotel	TV3	Season 1, 2005: Benjamin Knudsen Season 2, 2006: Linda Algaard Season 3, 2007: Camilla Sys Thygesen Season 4, 2008: Diana Jeanett Nielsen & Nick Zitouni Season 5, 2009: Frederik Lilja & Line Sofie Hansen Season 6, 2010: Peter Birch & Cecilie Ankjr Srensen Season 7, 2011: Nick Bisgaard Jakobsen Season 8, 2012: Julian Damhus & Tina Maria Hansen Season 9, 2013: Nicolas Butler Season 10, 2014: Martin Dengs Season 11, 2015: Anders Meyer & Monique von Appen Season 12, 2016: Mathias With Jensen Season 13, 2017: Anders Vittrup Schultz & Simone Hvenegaard Nielsen Season 14, 2018: Lenny Pihl Christensen Season 15, 2019: Current season	Ibi Stving (Seasons 1-3) Rikke Gransson (Seasons 4-present)
	Paradise Hotel Reunion (All-Stars)		Season 1, 2012: Frederik Lilja
Hungary	den Hotel	Viasat 3 (Seasons 1-2) TV2 (Season 3)	Season 1, 2011: Kristf Brdi Season 2, 2012: Edina Gacs & Mt Major Season 3, 2013: Barbara Meiczinger & Dniel "Loki" Titz	va Horvth (Seasons 1-2) Krisztin Berki (Season 3)
Israel	???? ????? Mifratz Ha'ahava	Channel 2	Season 1, 2008: Liron Maimon & Moran Atar	Ilanit Levi (Season 1)
Norway	Paradise Hotel	TV3	Season 1, 2009: Petter Pilgaard & Benedicte Valen Season 2, 2010: Tine Helene Valle & Carl Eliassen Season 3, 2011: Madelen Voreland Bers & Niklas Vindel Season 4, 2012: Miguel Kristiansen & Vida Lill Gausemel Berge Season 5, 2013: Sander Johansen Kalstrup & Tina Caroline Skovdal Season 6, 2014: Nicolai Bennis & Aurora Gude Season 7, 2015: Martine Sjhaug & Pierre Louis Olsson Season 8, 2016: ystein Myhren Storaa & Eileen Eriksen Season 9, 2017: Kevin Ren Gustavsson & Martine Lunde Aarsrud Season 10, 2018: Julie Grindbakken & Leo Faa Season 11, 2019: Current season	Triana Iglesias (Seasons 1-present)
Russia	???????? ? ??????? Kanikuly v Meksike	MTV Russia	Season 1, 2011: Unknown Season 2, 2012-13: Unknown Season 3, 2013: Unknown	Zhanna Friske (Seasons 1-2) Victoria Bonia (Season 2) Yana Rudkovskaya (Season 3) Tahir Mamedov (Season 3)
Slovenia	Paradise Hotel Slovenija	Planet TV	Season 1, 2012: Deni Sebastian Eferl & Sara Tahirovi?	Maja Martina Merljak (Season 1)
Sweden	Paradise Hotel	TV4 (Seasons 1-2) TV400 (Seasons 1-2) TV6 (Seasons 3-4) TV3 (Seasons 5-present)	Season 1, 2005: Marwan "Marre" Hitti Season 2, 2005: Jennie Bramer & Jim Roslund Season 3, 2009: Jackie Ferm & Patrik Bergholm Season 4, 2010: Emanuel Wsstrm Season 5, 2013-14: Jesper "Jeppe" Johansson & Aina Lesse Season 6, 2014: Paulina Danielsson & Eric Hagberg Season 7, 2015: Robin "Mos" Andersson & Josefine Caarle Season 8, 2016: Alexander D'Rosso & Anna Bohman Season 9, 2017: Sanel Dzubur & Lisa Maria Jnsson Season 10, 2018: Jonathan Hermansson & Anna Pankova Season 11, 2018: Robin "Mos" Andersson & Jennifer Karlsson Season 12, 2019: Current season	Josefin Crafoord (Seasons 1-2) Tilde Frling (Seasons 3-4) Alex Schulman (Season 4) Malin Gramer (Seasons 5-9) Rebecca Simonsson (Season 9-present)

See also

• Forever Eden
• Love Island
• Temptation Island
• Love in the Wild
• Bachelor in Paradise

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