There is a paradise island, splashed with sun and neon signs, where a Quebec newspeak is jabbered that only those under 30 can know.
In this very gendered place, the male specimens are “full down” from doing “chillings” with their “girls”, but fear being “turned off” after having frenched one too many people.
The good Kevin “relates” 100% to this fear of the fake surfer Hugo of being “cancelled” by the girls, who do not want to form, like, “the most boring match ever”.
But beware, Gen Z boys: “just because there’s a goalie in front of the goalie doesn’t mean you can’t shoot,” philosophized the dynamic Kim, 21, from Val-d’Or. Did you “catch” this sports-love analogy?
Translation, for those who do not frequent the island of love de TVA: the fact that Bianka (with a k, of course) and Édouard sleep in the same bed shouldn’t prevent anyone from “putting themselves in the chest” and pulling the duvet out of their way. Truly not.
And despite the vitaminized all-inclusive decor that floods them with false wealth, our islanders live under constant stress, especially when a competitor yells TEXTO in the bewildered tone of someone who discovers that, man, the gym is closed for a week. Nooo.
One is afraid of being “switched” with another, according to the “vibe” that regulates all the impulses in the house. A 26-year-old fox, Hugo “flagged several red flags” during his monosyllabic conversations with Lorie, who is looking for an obedient boyfriend, whom she will train like a dog. Correction, Hugo: we say that we have “flag several red flags”.
Even on vacation in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, the rules of Franglais apply as much to Destiny and Stanley as to the peregrine falcon in the CAQ ad. Yellow card for red flag, my Hugo.
Speaking of 21-year-old Destiny, she didn’t know the meaning of the word “cannonball” in the phrase to be a cannonball to someone. On the other hand, Destiny loved the “live mustache” of her boy Raphaël, 23, the hairdresser from Saguenay with the Longueuil cut.
AT the island of love, kingdom of the striped shirt unbuttoned to the navel, the tongue explores several mouths and it forks like that of Kevin, 24, who congratulated himself on having “spoken in all vaults”. He was trying to say, poor Kevin, that he had chatted with all of you single ladies at the villa.
Is it a sign of the end of the world that these young people are “willing” to exchange fluids in a somewhat sketchy linguistic context? Of course not. Obviously, not all French-speaking twenty-somethings express themselves this way. And the candidates of the island of lovea very precise sample of Quebec society (beach day, every day!), do not represent a complete generation of functional illiterates.
For its third season on TVA, the island of love finally bet on diversity. Kim is a medical aesthetic entrepreneur, Lorie is an aesthetic technician and Destiny is a beautician. What ? They are very different professions, you will know.
Among the guys, Kevin is a private trainer, Gabriele is a gym trainer and Stanley is a kinesiologist. In an ultimate effort to destroy all the clichés associated with Cupid-like reality TV, the cast of love island 2023 also includes a firefighter, a construction worker and a bartender. Key word: irony.
Without wanting to be mean for nothing, let’s say it smells more of the Hawaiian Tropic than the Nobel Prize on the outdoor terrace.
The Jay Du Temple effect is still evident in an intense way with brightly colored manicures among the men of the villa, many of whom also don the white pearl necklace popularized by Capitaine Twist. If Marc Dupré wears pearls The voiceit is an undeniable sign that the fashion trend has completed its useful life cycle.
Even the new host of the island of love, Olivier Dion, dares looks that we would never have seen on TVA a few years ago. We must give it to Jay Du Temple: he pulverized the codes of men’s fashion and unstuck the image that we have of a TV presenter in Quebec.
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Olivier Dion and Genevieve Schmidt
Now, as he only appeared in the first of five episodes of the island of love, it is difficult to evaluate the work of Olivier Dion, who succeeds Naadei Lyonnais in the management of the flame ceremonies. He seemed comfortable and in control when pairing.
The narrator Geneviève Schmidt, alias DD Isabelle Granger in STAT, could spoil more in the incisive replica. The stuff of fun accumulates in industrial quantities at his feet, like the deposit in a bottle of natural wine at $56. Last year, Mehdi Bousaidan was not shy to further scratch the islanders who, like an overly enthusiastic Marilou in a Hyundai ad, live their wah to their fullest.