What do you get if you cross the romance of First Dates and the mystery of Love Is Blind with the outright bizarreness of The Masked Singer?
Apparently, Netflix’s new dating show.
The streaming giant has unveiled the trailer for their new venture, Sexy Beasts, which sees singletons looking for love while sporting elaborate prosthetics and masks to transform them into everything from pandas, dolphins and rhinos to oversized insects and slightly terrifying scarecrows.
Based on a show that originally aired on BBC Three seven years ago, Sexy Beasts boasts an “international cast featuring some truly brilliant characters” and “a host of extraordinary prosthetics”.
To be honest, we’re sold already.
Alongside the trailer, a post on Netflix’s official Twitter teased: “No, you’re not hallucinating. SEXY BEASTS is a new dating show that uses cutting edge prosthetics to put true blind-date chemistry to the test.”
Netflix has already ordered two seasons of the new dating show – featuring commentary from comedian and Catastrophe star Rob Delaney – the first of which is set to debut on 21 July.
And as you can imagine, the wild teaser has already sparked a lot of conversation online:
this is the worst thing i’ve ever seen i’m gonna have nightmares i can’t wait to watch every single episode https://t.co/ZHCMzsxzil
— mallory (@quietpIaces) June 23, 2021
I hate that I’m going to watch all of this https://t.co/veBhgYbyaL
— Rhys 🏴 (@RuhBuhJuh) June 23, 2021
Netflix's answer to Love Island looks promising https://t.co/1lO8vPOHPnpic.twitter.com/xwEDib7G1m
— Josh Barrie (@joshbythesea) June 23, 2021
so love is blind but body horror https://t.co/SpHdGKrZDa
— Millicent (@millicentgames) June 23, 2021
Imagine someone fancying you as a wildebeest but then changing their mind when they see you as a human beest. So upsetting. https://t.co/HC5ypQUnJL
— Ben (@velzzb) June 23, 2021
omg they made The Masked Shagger wth https://t.co/W5r58IRtqX
— no i said no i won't no (@tubbsOreally) June 23, 2021
At any point, someone could have said…no https://t.co/sj7kQ6t9NA
— Elise Bell™️ (@eliseybell) June 23, 2021
Foxy Bingo does dating. https://t.co/OofZ22JWYE
— 👘 Kerrmono Dragon 🐊 (@KerrPlayer) June 23, 2021
Suddenly Naked Attraction doesn't seem so bad. https://t.co/Lf8ZVH2bYH
— Woodo in the world. (@Mister_Woodo) June 23, 2021
We think Netflix probably put it best themselves:
The quote tweet function was truly built for this moment.
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) June 23, 2021
Netflix has already branched out with a number of original dating shows in the last few years, including the aforementioned Love Is Blind, which followed couples as they got engaged despite having never actually met one another in the flesh.
Too Hot To Handle – a take on Love Island in which contestants are not allowed to have any kind of sexual contact – is also about to return for a second season.
