Paradise Hotel is back – and this time the production has promised “the old Paradise Hotel”.
It was after the season that aired in 2021 that the rules for the Paradise Hotel had to be changed and that the program was renamed to just “Paradise”. This after Toby Johnson was thrown out after gross violations of the rules.
The abuses were reported to the police and the production company Nent decided to stop the current season from continuing to be broadcast. Previous seasons were also removed.
But in April 2022, the announcement came that the investigation was closed.
– Now all interviews with the people involved have been held and my assessment is that I cannot prove that a crime has been committed. The evidence is not strong enough to prove a crime, the preliminary investigation is therefore closed, said the prosecutor Charlotte Frisack Brodyn who was the preliminary investigation manager.
One of the rule changes for the following seasons was that the participants could freely pair up with whoever they wanted – regardless of gender. The couples also did not have to share a bed as the double beds were replaced by single beds
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The amount of alcohol was also strictly controlled and the participants were not allowed to be drunk if they were going to have sex.
The production chose to include what happened inside the hotel. Image source: Viaplay
But the new concept didn’t really go home in the cabins, instead the viewers longed to return to the old concept.
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But now they have waited enough.
Paradise Hotel is back
It was on Monday that the press conference for the new season took place. The new season is promised to be like the original format and in the list of participants we see a number of famous names. This time it is a compote from both Paradise Hotel, Ex on the beach and Love Island Sweden.
Victoria Engstrom22, Stugun, @victoriaengstrm
Moa Melin24, Stockholm @Moaemelia
Hannah Johansson23, Linköping @Hannah.johansso
Shyrin Masoudi23, Gothenburg @shyrinmasoudi
Amanda Fransson27, Hässleholm @amandafranssoonnn
Fredrik Olsson28, Rhodes (from Örebro) @fredrikolssonx
Don’t know Abika29, Älvsjö (from Gothenburg) @youknowike
Mattias Helen23, Alunda @mattiashelen
Casper Wolter26, Stockholm @casperwolter
Diego Martínez Parra27, Stockholm @diegoxmami
Diana Moseni30, Gothenburg @DianaMoseni
Bettina Buchanan29, Rhodes (from Halmstad) @bettinabuchanan
Emil Renmarker23, Trelleborg @emil_renmarker
The new Paradise Hotel is finally here. Image source: Viaplay
In the new set, the rules have been relaxed, including with alcohol, as the participants can party harder than in the last two seasons.
– We were allowed to drink very freely, but a few evenings they called me and said no, Mattias, now you must not get drunker. I sat in sync and slurred so we also started syncing me a little earlier, told Mattias Helen.
But the six-bit – it’s still a bit tighter.
Among other things, there are two beds in each room.
The participants also told us that before it would “go off” you could show the camera that it was going on.
Emil Renmarker is in the new Paradise Hotel. Image source: Viaplay
The production could then sometimes call the participants on the wall phone and ask if they were both involved in the whole thing. At some point, they might even take the participants out of the room to make sure both wanted to be intimate.
– It was very controlled and nicely managed by the production, said Emil Renmarker.
Paradise Hotel premieres on September 9 on Viaplay, TV3 and Pluto TV and is broadcast in 36 episodes.