Future of popular Netflix show revealed days after Holly Willoughby’s big budget Celebrity Bear Hunt was axed
REALITY hit Love Is Blind invites singles to fall in love having never locked eyes, never mind lips.
And Netflix is clearly smitten too, having ordered a THIRD run of the dating show before the second has even aired.
Married couple Emma and Matt Willis host the UK version of the global format which sees participants ‘date’ either side of a wall, with the aim of reaching a marriage proposal.
Only once they have become engaged can the couples meet in person.
The series then follows them as they decide if they really do want to tie the knot and prove love can be blind.
It was a huge hit, with the show garnering 40.9million views in its first month.
A source said: “Everyone at Netflix was thrilled when the UK took to Love Is Blind as passionately as its global counterparts.
“The second series will air this summer but Netflix has begun work on series three as it’s such a no-brainer.”
The news comes the same week the streamer axed Holly Willoughby‘s Celebrity Bear Hunt as its ratings did not justify the vast budget.
Maybe they should have made the A-listers navigate the jungle in blindfolds . . .
JEZ SHOW GROWS VIEWERS
JEREMY CLARKSON’s farm has produced another impressive feat – beating Disney.
The launch of series four on May 23 boosted Prime Video’s viewing hours by more than 17million.
And that helped the streamer leapfrog Disney+ to make it into the top three video-on-demand providers for that week.
Netflix and YouTube always lead the chart, this time clocking 142.8million and 140.6million hours, but Prime had 62.8million thanks to Jezza’s series while Disney+ was on 57.3million.
A source said: “Clarkson’s Farm always delivers.
“Jeremy is one of Prime Video’s most bankable stars and with another series on the way next year, the only way is up.”
APP AIDS DYSLEX LUTHER
HE’S been learning scripts for more than three decades, but that doesn’t mean it all comes easy to Idris Elba.
The Luther star has struggled with dyslexia throughout his career, so he uses tech to assist him.
Now Idris has revealed that he and Luther director Stefan Schwartz have launched a new app to help actors learn scripts.
Speaking at London’s SXSW festival, he said: “I find reading scripts very difficult, actually absorbing words.
“My wife knows about this, because whenever I’m texting her, I miss out half the sentences.
“The dyslexia grew over time and it became a bit of a hindrance for me.
“[The app] was just about, ‘what if I could do this in a different way?’”
The tech is currently being used by Stefan on Rings of Power, which Idris admitted he hopes to one day star in.
“Stefan hasn’t cast me yet,” he concluded.
“I’m a little salty about it.”
THE Fortune Hotel, hosted by Stephen Mangan, will return to ITV this summer for its second run, this time with a companion podcast Late Check Out.
Comedian Ellie Taylor, who will host the pod, added: “We’ll be getting all the gossip and hearing directly from contestants.”