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B.T.'s reviewer: DR's new dating program is an overdramatic mess shop | BT Reviews - www.bt.dk Danmarks Radio has apparently found that dating programs are the way forward if you want to get hold of the younger viewers. In recent years, the public service channel has spit out one format after another with a fluctuating level of quality, but this time I just have to promise that there is a full record in pure reality. 'Wild love' in all its simplicity means that ten singles meet in Sweden and are matched by some experts unknown to the program. Subsequently, they have to sail up a Swedish river for ten days on a raft with their new potential partner. DR has had great success with formats such as 'My secret match' and 'Alone in the wilderness', and now apparently someone has got the idea to cross the two programs and create a dating-outdoor hybrid. That idea is really good enough. The problem is just that 'Wild Love' doesn't really seem to believe in its own concept. It all becomes a bit of a clutter shop, where you as a viewer sit back and think: 'What exactly is the purpose of this?' For the couples are not together on a raft for ten days. Far from it actually. They are closer together on a raft for a few hours a day, after which they sail ashore, meet with all the others and sleep in alternating tents and so-called 'glamping' camps. In addition, several participants definitely give up on the concept quite quickly and will try new matches and partner swaps. As such, it would also be entertaining enough, but another problem with the program is that we do not get very close to the participants at all, nor do we know how and why they are matched. It honestly does not seem that DR has a sincere interest in getting love out of the program. Does this mean that 'Wild Love' is a useless program? However not. I have previously used column space to complain about the term 'social experiment', which DR liked to throw at all the programs that were in reality just reality. It smelled a bit like that as a public service body you found yourself too nice for that kind and therefore had to call it something else. However, the fine sensations are completely shelved in 'Wild Love', which is clearly pure reality, where the dramatic buttons are screwed to that extent - probably also a little too much. Like when 22-year-old Andreas suddenly 'is gone', and we with dramatic tones, reminiscent of horror movies like 'Death's Gap', are led to believe that something very violent is brewing. In reality, it just turns out that he's sitting at the other end of the singles camping area. It just gets a tad too silly, and a good rule of thumb is enough that if you have to turn up the background music to create enough drama, then the content just isn’t dramatic enough in itself. I myself love a good game of reality, but if that's what DR wants, then the format should simply have more to offer than ten young people who sail a little, talk a little and pitch a tent. There are never real conflicts or real big emotions, apart from a few small quarrels, and that way it becomes a bit like a boring game of 'Paradise' without prizes. Having said all that, I have to confess that I probably watch along, as a form of hate-watching, where I actually hate myself for looking further, but I just have to have the last section with me. And as such, DR should probably get a good chunk of viewers out of the program, which has also been sold to several countries, but if I am to be served pure reality for my license crowns, then I expect a little more than that. The review is based on the first 6 episodes of a total of 12 programs. Jakob Illeborg B.T.s verdict Be good at your home SPORT ABROAD B.T.s verdict Review confirms New claim: Expert warns How I did Handball Big mystery abroad Shock accusation sounds alarm: While you slept ABROAD Berlingske Media A / S Pilestræde 34 DK-1147 Copenhagen KTlf. +45 33 75 75 33 CVR.no .: 29 20 73 13