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NEW MTV SERIES POSES THE QUESTION: WHO IS FAKING

MOVE over Love Island… there’s a hot new show on the box.

True Love or True Lies? burst on to our screens last week and it’s just like the ITV2 hit.

The MTV series sees sexy couples competing for a cash prize while living together in a luxury villa.

And the stars are confident it will be even more popular than Love Island.

Nikita Heslop and Billy Wardle, inset right, who arrived in Friday night’s episode, reckon their show has the edge.

Sunderland-born Nikita said: “This show is really exciting because it’s something completely different.

“Everyone on Love Island is quite stereotypical – the boys are all muscly and the girls all have fake boobs.

“But our show has girls of all shapes and sizes. You don’t have to be a size six to take part. Everybody’s different, which I think makes it a bit more exciting. It’ll make people want to watch.

“It also includes contestants who are transgender or gay. You don’t see that on telly much. It makes our show feel fresh.”

Newcastle lad Billy added: “This show has a completely different concept so I think it’ll do really well. There are so many shows that are the same format every year. But this is refreshing.” True Love or True Lies? also boasts a top presenting team – Maya Jama and Danny Dyer.

And MTV bosses are so confident it will be a hit they’re airing it every night.

Contestants signed up thinking they would be playing love-themed challenges.

But after arriving at the villa they were told some of the couples are fakes, pretending to be in a relationship.

So the real game is to spot the liars and vote them out.

The twist was a shock to unsuspecting contestants.

Billy, 24, said: “We thought we were going into a show about love. So when we were told about the twist it was such a shock to the system. It messed with our heads.”

Nikita, also 24, added: “I was shocked when we found out. But it did make it exciting.”

The show was filmed in the Tuscany region of Italy.

But there was trouble in paradise because the contestants had no idea what to believe. Billy said: “You are constantly questioning what everyone says. You become close friends with people but you still can’t trust what they’re saying. “It was strange. You never know if what people are saying is real. It was a good twist but it messes with your head.” Nikita added: “You don’t know who’s real and who’s fake. You don’t know who’s lying. E look like people q out. But being tru well.”

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