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Maisie Lillywhite

Love in the Flesh's Zara McDermott shuts down comparisons with Love Island

Zara McDermott is the face of a new reality dating show that is coming to BBC Three tonight (March 23). The former Love Island star spent 10 days in the villa back in 2018, but has shut down comparisons between the ITV show and the new BBC Three series.

The brand new dating show sees five couples who have been courting online meet in the flesh for the first time to spend a week together in a beautiful beach house in Greece. BBC Three's Love in the Flesh certainly promises to be interesting, as seeing how an online relationship translates to the real world will definitely provide some entertainment.

Dating shows that follow singles as they move into luxury homes near the sea have definitely become a sensation in recent years, take Love Island and Too Hot To Handle as examples. But Zara has insisted that the newest edition to this genre is nothing like its ITV counterpart. Speaking to Metro, Zara said: "It’s an entirely different show to what Love Island is.

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