• Mandy Appears On Leno -- Claims Billy Living In LA???

  February 23, 2001
  During the close of Shannon, Mandy (wearing 10 inch platform boots and a Tony-Braxton-at-the-Grammy's-like leather dress)and Kaya's joint appearance on Jay Leno's Tonight Show Thursday night, Mandy claimed that while viewers would have to tune in next week to learn whether she and Billy stayed together, she is now living in Atlanta while he has since moved to Los Angelos.

  Personally, we're treating this comment as a red herring of sorts -- we've received FAR, FAR, too many reports of Mandy and Billy working together at the Longhorn steakhouse in East Marietta, GA or shopping together at the North Point Mall to believe he's moved to LA -- unless it's been in the past two weeks or so.

  For now, we're sticking by our prediction that these two remain together.

• Mandy, Shannon, And Kaya To Appear On Leno's 'Tonight Show' On 2/22/2001

  February 21, 2001
  According to NBC promos that began running this evening, Mandy, Shannon, And Kaya will be appearing on Jay Leno's Tonight Show on Thursday, February 22, 2001.

  The interesting note here is that during the course of verifying this appearance, we checked the official TVGuide.com listings for the show and they have it described as "MTV's Carson Daly, women from "Temptation Island." Music guest 3 Doors Down."

  ...either Kaya is now a woman, TV Guide got it wrong, or Valerie cancelled and Kaya is substituting for her. ...frankly, if she's as much "fun" in person as she has been on the show, then we should all be thankful we'll be seeing KAya instead :-)

• Taheed Lands TV Guest Star Appearance

  February 11, 2001
  TV Guide is reporting that Taheed has landed an acting gig as a crack house dweller on the syndicated series, "Arrest & Trial". His episode, titled "Ruthless Ricky," airs Feb. 19. Meanwhile, the fifth episode of Temptation on Wednesday night attracted 17 million viewers, just behind timeslot competitor The West Wing (18.2 million viewers). However, among adults age 18-49, Fox's guilty pleasure trounced NBC's White House drama.

  Source: TVGuide

• Episode 6 Bumped For Barbra Streisand Special -- To Air 2/14/2001

  February 7, 2001
  Just a note that yes, there will be no episode of Temptation Island airing next week -- FOX has scheduled a Barbra Streisand special (what the???) for Monday, February 14th to air instead of the highly-anticipated 6th episode of the series.

  Even stranger than the decision to pull the powerhouse show from their lineup is FOX's decision to suddenly air this dusty, old performance NOW -- the performance is a filming of her 1999 New Year's Eve concert, taped in Las Vegas.

• Temptation Island Extended To Additional 7th Episode

  February 7, 2001
  Fox has extended the six-episode run of "Temptation Island" by one additional episode to air on Feb. 28, the last night of the February sweeps period.

  The series was originally scheduled to wrap on Feb. 21. The extra episode will feature a reunion of the residents and series highlights. The one-hour finale will reveal whether the featured couples will stay together.

  Source: Zap2It

• Readers Report: Mandy & Billy Still Together

  February 3, 2001
  Well, we've been receiving a number of reports over the past couple of weeks that Billy and Mandy are still together, so we figure we've probably received enough of them now that they are likely true and it's time to go public with them -- as of this moment, we're predicting, somehow, someway, Miss Crybaby and Mr. Toughguy will remain together. Excerpts from a couple of the emails we've received are below:

  On 2/3:

  "Well these two are still hanging out together. We just had dinner at Longhorn in East Marietta, GA and they are both waiting tables there and seem pretty happy."

  On 1/28:

  "I live in Atlanta and last Saturday night went to a club called the Velvet Room. I saw Billy and Mandy there, and they were clearly still together. I don't have any proof or anything, but they weren't being very discreet about anything so I'd say this is already public knowledge.

• Mystery Over Heather's Departure Builds, Likely Kaya-Related Despite Host's Claims

  January 27, 2001
  In an interview with her hometown newspaper yesterday, Heather Perry revealed that despite host Mark L. Warburg's claims at the time of the announcement of Heather's departure during episode 3 that it "had nothing to do with Kaya", her decision to leave did in fact have something to do with her date with Kaya.

  Though she insists she can't reveal anymore until the 6th and final episode of the series has ended, she says "My particular story is probably their main story for the entire show," Perry said. "I’m the one that came off the island with a really, really strange story." "Legally, I can’t explain," she said.

  The exact details of what happened on her date with Kaya that caused her to want to leave the show -- and whether or not it's possibly related to the earlier rumor we reported in which it's said she left the show after learning of Ytossie and Taheed's child (perhaps Kaya revealed this little nugget during their date) -- remains unclear for now.

  Little is know of her date with Kaya, audiences saw little of Perry’s date with Kaya. In one clip, Kaya
  complained that good conversations with Perry were "few and far between." The feeling was mutual, Perry said during the interview. On their date, she said, Kaya was more interested in talking to outsiders who recognized them from the show. (no, he's not in it for the publicity :-)

  "It was good fun and stuff," she said. "From a moral standpoint, I didn’t agree with what was happening."

  Hummm... the mystery deepens. Thanks to Skye for the news article reference.

  Source: The Free Lance-Star

• TI Not Tempting Enough To Knock Off New 'West Wing' Episode

  January 25, 2001
  Fox's "Temptation Island" continued to entice viewers with its third episode on Wednesday, although its small week-to-week declines suggest that it may not be a "Survivor"-like wildfire hit after all.

  According to Nielsen, Wednesday's episode of the six-week reality series won its hour by 6 shares in adults 18-49 and by 19 shares in adults 18-34, while placing second to NBC's "The West Wing" in total viewers. It combined with another strong, though not as dominant, performance from rookie laffer "Grounded for Life" to give Fox its third straight Wednesday victory in 18-49.

  "Temptation" (16.83 million viewers, 8.8/21 in adults 18-49) was down vs. its second episode by 5% in viewers and by 8% in adults 18-49, but up slightly vs. its strong premiere numbers of two weeks ago (16.1m, 8.3/19). A key factor in its drop this week is that timeslot foe "West Wing," fresh off a Golden Globe victory on Sunday, was airing an original episode after
  being in repeat the previous week.

  Source: Variety"

• Temptation Island Ranked 9th In Latest Weekly Neilsen Ratings

  January 25, 2001
  Sleaze sells folks... never mind "Survivor" -- "Friends" is already losing out to "Temptation Island" (granted, they aren't on head-to-head)

  For the week of January 15 through January 21, the top 10 shows, their networks and ratings:

  1. "Golden Globe Awards," NBC, 14.6
  2. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-Wednesday," ABC, 14.6
  3. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-Thursday," ABC, 13.4
  4. "60 Minutes," CBS, 13.2
  5. "Law & Order," NBC, 12.6
  6. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-Friday," ABC, 12.2
  7. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-Sunday," ABC, 12.0
  8. "Frasier," NBC, 11.9
  9. "Temptation Island," Fox, 11.5
  10. "Friends," NBC, 11.2
  10. "Judging Amy," CBS, 11.2

  Source: CNN"

• E! Gossip Columnist Says One Couple Survives -- And Gets Engaged

  January 24, 2001
  Wanda -- E!'s TV maven reported in her Monday online chat session that only one of the Temptation Island couples will remain together when the show ends (our personal bet is on Andy & Shannon). ...and not only that, but they actually get engaged after the show ends.

  Source: E! Online

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