It’s the most X-rated reality show on Australian television, but not everything is as it seems behind the scenes of Aussie Shore.
Geordie Shore alum Charlotte Crosby directs the Australian spin-off of the hit Geordie and Jersey Shore franchises that dominated the US and UK in the mid-2010s.
The retired party poster girl, 34, said her Gen Z protégés have made her feel like her own antics are tame, and that the original series is “like watching paint dry” in comparison.
In the first two episodes alone, the cast of 11 housemates from across the country has already shocked viewers with explicit sex scenes, full frontal nudity and a ‘penis transplant’, where the contestants urinate on each other in the pool
In the latest episode, one of the housemates tries to bring a stranger back to the luxurious house in Cairns, Queensland.
After meeting Elliot during a night out, Kyle Tierney drags him back to the luxurious beachfront property where the group lived during the five weeks of filming.
But throughout the series, fans will see a lot more action between the castmates than with anyone they know in real life.
Aussie Shore producers and Paramount+ executives have revealed top-secret details of what goes on behind the scenes.
Geordie Shore alum Charlotte Crosby directs the Australian spin-off of the hit Geordie and Jersey Shore franchises that dominated the US and UK in the mid-2010s.
And there is a reason for that. Well, actually, a pretty extensive list of them, according to Aussie Shore executive producer Dan Sheldon.
The X-rated series is advertised as: “We’re hot, we’re horny, and we’re ready to fucking party.”
However, the wild sex scenes that viewers see on screen have their caveats.
Unlike the halcyon days of reality TV that Millennials grew up on, sitting in their bedrooms with AOL and MTV, producers have a strict duty of care for the cast.
Meaning, anyone who wasn’t a cast member and wanted to stay the night with someone they met on a night out had to go through several rigorous security checks before even setting foot on the property.
The X-rated series is advertised as: ‘We’re hot, we’re horny and we’re ready to fucking party’
Any visitor to the luxurious waterfront mansion in Cairns, Queensland, had to be completely sober and complete rigorous background checks and consent training, as well as a 20-minute cooling-off period before any nighttime adventure, to enter the house. . Pictured: Callum Hole
They also had to be stone sober to enter the luxurious (and rented) property on Hibiscus Lane in Holloways Beach.
“It’s a long and detailed process,” Sheldon told news.com.au.
Nothing sets the stage for a steamy one night stand like a film crew performing consent checks, background checks, criminal checks, police checks, court checks, and medical checks.
‘They must also have the correct consent in writing and there is a 20 minute cooling off period. It’s very strict. Brutal.’
Sarah Thornton, head of Popular Factual on Network 10 for Paramount ANZ, said some Shore shows (of which there are more than 15 worldwide, including the UK’s Geordie Shore) do not allow the cast to attract outsiders.
Filming a group of drunk twenty-somethings running wild in a fully-funded party house, while also quietly intervening so that nothing really dangerous happens, is “already a logistical nightmare,” he said.
Thornton said other Shore franchises have followed similar protocols, but true to Australian nightlife culture, additional precautions have been added.
‘I guess I would say there’s a sense of real freedom and a bubble of freedom around the cast, and then there’s a lot of people working incredibly hard on very serious things to make sure they’re in that bubble in a way that’s really safe.’
Cast members and producers were told that if people returned, they had to be sober, show their passport and consent on camera, and go through all background checks.
One of the enduring defenses of “low-brow” or “raising-eyebrow” reality shows has always been their brand of anthropological value.
Spontaneous conversations are a kind of embarrassing time capsule of the social moment. A UK love islander who cried when she found out Brexit would affect her European holiday went viral, for example.
Catia Sinigaglia said in a TikTok this week that despite being a huge Jersey Shore fan, she didn’t think Aussie Shore lived up to its predecessors.
The self-proclaimed ‘Hot Mess’ and shameless flirt said ‘times have changed’ and ‘we’re very different’ to the casts of the 2010s.
The 23-year-old personal trainer has become a firm favorite for her unfiltered honesty which fans say reflects Australian culture.
Even though the cast underwent rigorous consent training, the team working behind the scenes said they still had to intervene in situations with the cast “all the time” about unacceptable behavior.