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Dated & Related: like Love Island, but your sibling watches you snogging

It has been just over a month since the finale of Love Island. Fans will have to wait months more until the winter edition launches in January with a brand new host in the wake of Laura Whitmore’s departure (hopefully, the bubbly AJ Odudu, if there’s any justice in the world). In the meantime, streamers are trying to sate us with knock-off versions of TV’s most popular reality show.

One attempt to capitalise on the post-Love Island comedown is Netflix’s Dated”, while the press has promised ” or “”.

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