Channel 4 has commissioned The Honesty Box (w/t), a new reality dating show for E4 hosted by Vicky Pattison (I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!), with Lucinda Light (Married At First Sight Australia) on hand to guide and support contestants.
Singles are welcomed into ‘Truetopia’, where they must face the eponymous Honesty Box every day. Using AI, the Box will ask difficult questions about contestants’ feelings, and be on the lookout for any hint of dishonesty. Porky pies could affect newly-formed relationships, and the £100,000 prize pot.
“I’m so excited to be working with Channel 4 to host this brilliant new dating experiment,” Vicky Pattison said. “It really will put the ‘true’ in ‘true love’. I can't wait for the daters to settle into Truetopia and to share every twist and turn with them along the way. I hope beautiful, honest love stories will blossom.”
“Relationship experts say that honesty and trust are crucial to finding love, but could it be better to keep some of the awkward truths under wraps in those fragile early days?” said Genna Gibson, Channel 4 commissioning editor. “The Honesty Box will test just how truthful it pays to be at the start of a new relationship, and explore if total honesty makes for a longer-lasting bond.”
The show was commissioned as part of the Contestable Pot, a scheme to find innovative TV formats. The Pot is led by Art Sejdiu, channel executive at Channel 4, with support from GroupM Motion Entertainment.