Bachelor In Paradise mixes up dating game

There's only one thing better than putting a heap of single people together in a mansion and that's putting them on a Fijian island.

At least that's the thinking behind Network Ten's latest spin on reality dating shows, Bachelor In Paradise.

For fans of the Bachelor and the Bachelorette, familiar faces from the series including Keira Maguire, Jarrod Woodgate and Ali Oetjen, who was on Australia's first ever season of the Bachelor, will all be seen looking for love (yet again) in the new spin-off show.

The idea is to match several couples, not just one, and the series already comes with the tantalising possibility of a proposal if the promos are anything to go by.

It would be hard for the magic to happen without ringmaster Osher Gunsberg on hand to guide the singles along the way.

"I've been wanting to do this for ages. It's part of the stable of Bachelor formats that exist so it's certainly not my idea but it's definitely something we've wanted to do for a little while," Gunsberg said.

The host, who has been with the Bachelor franchise since its arrival in Australia in 2013, believes in the good intentions of every contestant who has been on the reality dating show.

"They come to that mansion and they want to find love. They're all genuinely there for the same thing and not all of them make it to the end. Not all of them stand on the beach in Thailand and say 'Hey, let's do this'. Some of them get their hearts broken, and to be able to have the opportunity to give these people what they came to us to find, is really great," he said.

All the single contestants stay in the same resort together and are free to mingle, so the format differs from the Bachelor/Bachelorette, but there is still a rose ceremony.

"What's great about Bachelor in Paradise is that the power shifts. For example, if there are 14 people in paradise - let's say there are six boys and eight girls - during the first rose ceremony I'll give six boys a rose each and they choose one person to give their rose to. So two people get left out and have to leave paradise," Gunsberg explained.

"What you've created is six couples. The next day I will send one, maybe two, new men in and so now you've got eight boys and six girls and the next rose ceremony I will give the six girls roses."

It might sound cut-throat, but it's a recipe for love, according to Gunsberg.

"Through the process people really do fall in love and really powerfully so. What happens is through adding in new people, the relationships either strengthen or fracture," he said.

"It's a great show, with great people, and we had a lot of fun."

* Bachelor In Paradise Australia airs at 7.30pm (AEDT) on Sunday March 25 on Network Ten And WIN Network.

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