The Caribbean has a new dating show made by its own people, for its own people. Love Link Caribbean, the region’s first inter-regional reality dating series show debuts on YouTube on Wednesday, September 30, at 8:00 p.m. AST (7:00 p.m. in Jamaica), and new episodes follow every Wednesday.
For the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, which serves as an Executive Producer, the series is a new way to put the destination in front of regional audiences.
Across ten episodes, ten singles from Anguilla, The Bahamas, Dominica, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Antigua and Barbuda, put their hearts on the line in Antigua. They arrive from, with different accents, different expectations and different ideas of romance. Antigua and Barbuda becomes part of every storyline: from Ffryes Beach to Lavisount Island, to Dow’s Hill. Along the way, the cast encounters the destination’s beaches, food, people and rhythm.
“Antigua and Barbuda has long been a place where love stories begin, and Love Link Caribbean lets our neighbours across the region watch that happen week by week through voices that sound like theirs,” said Shermain Jeremy, Director of Tourism, Caribbean and Latin America, Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority.
“Backing Caribbean-created entertainment is smart destination marketing. Viewers don’t just see Antigua and Barbuda in the background. They experience it as part of the story, and we hope many of them will want to come and write their own.”
The show is Caribbean at every level. According to the producers, about 99 per cent of the production crew is from the region. On screen, the dialects, humour, food and cultural references will be instantly familiar to viewers from Nassau to Port of Spain and across the diaspora. The result is a shared weekly conversation for a region that rarely gets to see its own love stories told in this format.
“Love Link started right here in Antigua and Barbuda. Seeing it grow into something that connects people across the whole Caribbean is a dream realised,” said Jamila Watkins, Founder and Executive Producer, Love Link TV. “This show is about more than finding love. It lets Caribbean audiences see our personalities and our cultures on screen in a way that feels unmistakably ours.”
HOW TO WATCH: Official trailer on Love Link TV’s YouTube channel
Series debut: Wednesday, September 30, 8:00 p.m. AST, on the official Love Link TV YouTube channel, with new episodes every Wednesday.
Love Link Caribbean Aftershow: Live on TikTok at Love LinkTV.official every Friday at 8:00 p.m. AST with hosts Alphonsina Olmos and Yorie Taylor. Join the conversation using the hashtag
Source: Antigua News Room Filmed in Antigua and Barbuda, Love Link Caribbean Reality Show To Debut September 30.