How ‘Montoya, por favor!’ broke the internet

Reality TV Gold has a new definition of three words: “Montoya, Por Fell!”

If you have been anywhere near the social media over the last two weeks, you know that the raw dramaturgy that sets the Internet is burning this season not from Hollywood, but the love tragedy has been played in the clips located from the Spanish reality -the temptation of the island.

The spiral crisis Jose Carlos Carlos Mantoy, watching his girl Anita cheating with another person, like an obscene island of love on steroids.

On the island, the temptation of the couple is delivered to the tropical island, separated and sent to separate villas filled with attractive single, ready to check their loyalty. In the last turn, each step is recorded for the second half.

Forced to observe the graphic flow of betrayal in real time, the emotions of the mantoy swell until it breaks, breaking all the rules of the show.

Blind to the infamous requests of the host Sandra Barneda (“Montoya, Por Fell!”), He flashes the beach to resist the pores, tugging in the shorts in the longing when lightning strips across the sky.

The second clip shows the received confrontation: Anita turns the script, calling for Monteo’s own showdowns before falling apart, apologizing.

“It’s a movie,” wrote one X user, placing the video that is now observed on the 224m platform since February 4.

“Montoya. Tensions … You don’t need to speak -Spanish to understand it’s insane.”

However, those who stand behind Spain the island perceive its success as more than just a shock value. Executive producer Juanra Gonzalo tells me that they rejoice in a “completely unexpected” global reaction, and he believes that the call of the show is its relativity.

“All people are alone on the island of love. There are real couples on the island, and they are exposing their love,” he says. “I think (viewers) also know it. These emotions and reactions cannot be faked.”

“Everyone wants to know what their boyfriend or girlfriend is when they are not with them. We can imagine, but we don’t know. The islands temptation allow the audience to ask,” What would I do in this situation? “

A magical ingredient for making this work is careful casting. “Manto and Anita were perfect – they are very emotional and expressive,” he says.

Gonzala calls Montoi, a trading singer with previous television experience, “a special man”. At 31, he told the rolle that “he had never felt such love before,” being with Anita “every day during the year.”

“She’s a strong woman with a lot of character,” Gonzalo adds.

The senior reporter of the Loty Halm Sun shows saying that the “true emotion” of the program distinguishes it from competitors such as Love Island, Love, Blind, Married at first glance and dating naked.

Seeing such unobstructed and raw emotions that can stand out by British and American viewers who are used to glossy and well-worn competitive reality formats such as “Love Island” and “semi-script reality shows” like “Made in Chelsea”.

“It was refreshing and almost shocking to see something so raw because it is what we just don’t see in the reality -series in Britain nowadays,” Halm says.

“We are at a point with a realistic television culture where we are interested in” what to do ” – are the contestants are their genuine well -being … Are they after the next and deals with the brand?”

Together with built storylines commercialized Realistic television before the pipeline exposure Added existing formats “predictably”, adds Halm.

The audience figures reflect this.

Currently, Love Island on the air of its All Stars edition on ITV2, which started last year. The 2024 final raised 1.3 million viewers – a sharp drop from six million vertices About his prosperity 2019.

While the numbers this season remain solid, Even matching the BBC Two audience on the night on launchThe show is usually dominated only on non -carriages.

An interesting marvelous Montoya phenomenon is that the Spanish show is not available for viewing in the UK – an irony that only fueled it in social media.

Previous versions of the UK and the US have failed to take off, and the Banijay production company states that the UK does not plan to broadcast the Spanish version.

After Meltdown Meltoya came to the eye of the island of Love Maya Jama, she outlined: “They would never allow this on the UK television. For so many reasons. But this is one of the best things I saw.”

When asked why she just answered, “People complain.”

Like a big brother in front of him, An island of love was the subject Complaints oncom.

The heated confrontation between 2021 Lyubov -Aylandar Fay and Teddy over Teddy’s behavior to the Amori box office (a segment similar to the ostroterability) caused 25,000 complaints ofcom.

Despite the shocked reactions that Gonzal’s show has called, he says he acts within strict limits, suitable for playback.

“Not all we record is aired,” he says. “We are very careful – we only show a few seconds of sexual content.”

The Island of the S tempture is only the last one in the line of particularly highly-active Spanish dating shows.

Take, for example, take the false of Amor (or deep false love). Currently streaming on Netflix, it enhances the prerequisite for the island’s temptation, asking the couples to decide whether each other’s videos are true or very convincing AI Deepfakes.

Is the content that British audiences consider shocking in Spain?

If I bring up the creature of dawn of the Netherlands on the island Immediately deprived of her title “Miss UK” After sex at the 2016 exhibition, Gonzalo shocked and welcomes the lighter reaction of the Internet to the sexual scenes of Anites.

“Like other countries, things in Spain progress from the past – it is positive for our view of women and sexuality,” he says, adding that gender should not face double standards.

In the UK the death of several former contestants.

When I press Gonzalo, given the intensity of the Manto and Anites experience, it says the team of psychologists tracks the contestants before, during and after the shoot.

Montoya received special support after its beach.

“We have made sure that he is not one, that he has a safe space for everything. It is important for us to provide the right help,” he says.

Going forward, Netflix is ​​to restore the American version of the show next month.

Gonzalo goes to battle. He laughs at the playful internet suggestions that the beach scene should win the Oscar, and then adds: “My team deserves all awards. Oscar. And Baft!”