Too Hot To Handle Season 5 Announced: Trailer, Cast, Release Date

Netflix has announced that Too Hot To Handle is back for a scorching new season – and there’s not long to wait until the release date.

In case you’re unfamiliar, the dating show is basically Love Island‘s racier counterpart – in which the single contestants are not allowed to make physical contact with each other (that’s right, no kissing, no sex) until ‘virtual assistant’ robot Lana says so.

If they do, Lana deducts a healthy amount of cash from the $200,000 prize money, which everyone is competing to win. The idea is that the couples will build an emotional connection before moving on to anything physical.

And as even more of a kicker, these folks don’t even know what they’ve signed up for. Ahead of the launch episode of the show, they all believe they’ve signed up for a dating series in which they can do all the lovin’ they like. But Lana has other ideas!

Of course, Too Hot To Handle always makes for an addictive watch, since the horny contestants – living together in a beautiful, tropical location – often find it kind of difficult to stick to the rules.

The last series of the show launched in December 2022, and streaming platform Netflix has now announced that season 5 of the show will air in July 2023. Here’s everything we know so far…

Too Hot To Handle season 5 trailer

There isn’t a full trailer for the new episodes yet, but Netflix has released a short teaser – giving a glimpse at the cast and some snippets of the most drama-filled moments (cue plenty of shocked faces and some buzzy music). Enjoy:

Too Hot To Handle season 5 cast

The full cast has not yet been announced, but we meet a few faces in the teaser – confirming that once again, the contestants all come from different English-speaking countries. So far, we detect both British and American accents.

Too Hot To Handle season 5 storylines

As ever, the premise of the show remains the same – though no doubt there will be some dramatic new storylines between the cast members.

For now, Netflix has said: “Give in or cash out? That’s the dilemma at the centre of Too Hot to Handle.

“Luckily, there’s no shortage of eligible singles willing to put a price on their libido, so lace up those bikinis because Season 5 launches on July 14. Of course, this new batch of men and women once again think they’ve signed up for a completely different and totally fake dating show where their naughtiest desires can run free.

“Ultimately, their minds (and absolutely nothing else) will be blown once they learn that at a robot’s request, they’ll have to build emotional connections and avoid all physical intimacy in order to have a chance at taking home the $200,000 cash prize.”