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Terrace House,
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Terrace House is set in Hawaii this season
Terrace House strips out the gimmicks and games, and filters out the fame-hungry wannabes – leaving a show that is special because it allows the young people get to know each other in their own way and in their own time.
The show is, in essence, Love Island without all the sex – but here's why that's no bad thing. On both shows, there are equal numbers of young men and women, most of whom are on a quest for a relationship. On both shows, when a new housemate arrives, the first question is usually about what they are looking for in a prospective partner.
But, whereas on Love Island the focus is on physical attributes, from hair colour to height, the Terrace House guests typically want to meet a kind person with clear life goals (with no mention of bums, breasts or other body parts).
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When one Terrace House resident, in her early 20s, revealed that she hadn't yet planned out her career path, there were audible gasps and a palpable sense of disappointment from the others.
The housemates on Terrace House rarely drink and when they do, it is not to excess. They are also unfailingly polite, welcoming each other when they come into the room, asking each other how their day has gone.
In comparison to the exploits of Love Island, Terrace House may seem a little staid – but there are still plenty of moments of romantic drama.
In one memorable Terrace House scene in the previous season, housemate Minori Nakada became annoyed that her love interest Tatsuya 'Uchi' Uchihara had not yet asked her out on a date. So annoyed, in fact, that she wrote the word "coward" in ketchup on the rice dish she had made for his dinner.
Minori Nakada, right, with her fellow female housemates in the previous series
This season, the arrival of Yusuke Aizawa, an 18-year-old aspiring musician and self-professed virgin, provides much of the tension. He falls for model Lauren Tsai but the problem is that he has never even kissed a girl before, let alone asked one out.
Over the course of several weeks, viewers watch as he builds up the courage to ask Lauren out and she accepts. They go to see a film together but afterwards, when he invites her to restaurant for dinner, she says she has already made plans with her family.
Yusuke, who had reserved a table for two, then goes to the restaurant to honour the booking and proceeds to tuck into the dinner they would have eaten together – had it gone according to plan.
The cast of Terrace House in Hawaii, including Lauren Tsai, right
It is impossible to watch these scenes without sharing in their pain and recalling the heartbreak that has been experienced for generations by teenagers and adults the world over.
These everyday dramas are not played up on camera for effect, nor are they analysed by the protagonists in a confession booth – as with many reality TV shows. The viewer simply gets to see the action unfold and make up their own minds.
In recent years, we have grown used to the almost pantomime levels of drama in reality TV, from Big Brother to Made in Chelsea.
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So, if you like reality TV that comes with a genuine dose of reality, turn over to Terrace House.
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