I really like a very good actuality courting present, and fortunate for me, there’s by no means a scarcity of them to select from, although Hulu’s virgin-centric Are You My First? stands out from the pack. Elsewhere on the 2025 TV schedule, we’ve bought Bachelor in Paradise in progress, 90 Day Fiancé and its spinoffs, and any variety of Netflix courting collection, like Good Match, which simply would possibly restore your religion within the style. For now, I’m fully hooked into Hulu’s new collection, regardless of seeing two large issues with it thus far.
Are You My First? (obtainable to stream now with a Hulu subscription) is hosted by former Bachelor Nation leads Kaitlyn Bristowe and Colton Underwood, who’re guiding a forged composed fully of virgins. The younger singles go on dates and take part in challenges just like what we’ve seen on different actuality courting exhibits, however that brings me to the primary — and possibly largest — problem with the collection.
Downside 1: There’s No Means To Know Everybody Is Really A Virgin
Your complete premise of Are You My First? hinges on all of its contestants not having had intercourse earlier than, and that’s simply unimaginable to show. Be it for medical functions, their faith or one thing else fully, every forged member has their very own purpose for remaining chaste, and producers merely needed to take their phrase for it. That looks like a reasonably large threat.
Government producer Peter Geist acknowledged as a lot when requested by Selection how they will be sure that everybody’s telling the reality. He mentioned:
Actually, there’s actually no approach to know. By means of casting, we bought to know these folks fairly carefully, and I believe we now have a very good sense of who these persons are. Is there the likelihood that somebody wasn’t telling us the reality? Completely.
No less than these in cost understood the scenario, and it feels like they nonetheless thought it was a threat value taking. The EP continued:
The overwhelming majority of them had been tremendous clear and trustworthy about why they had been virgins, and it simply all sort of made sense. Then, it was humorous after we had been filming for a number of days, particularly coming from different courting collection — my final courting collection was ‘Milf Manor’ — you possibly can simply inform. These persons are virgins!
It’s true that the forged of Are You My First? appears a lot much less sexually charged than their counterparts on Love Island or Too Scorching to Deal with, so I assume the abstinent aesthetic is achieved both method.
No less than so far as I’ve seen within the collection, there hasn’t been any dialogue about what definitively constitutes virginity, or if any of them are “reformed virgins.” Additionally, as we noticed throughout one storyline from The Ultimatum: Queer Love‘s not too long ago wrapped season, folks outline intimacy in numerous methods.
Downside 2: Colton Underwood Is Not A Good Narrator
As a longtime fan of The Bachelor, I admit that Colton Underwood — aka the “virgin Bachelor” — and Kaitlyn Bristowe serving because the hosts was one of many preliminary features of Are You My First? that piqued my curiosity.
I do know some had been perplexed by Hulu’s resolution to rent the previous Bachelor, myself included, given his conduct following his messy breakup with Cassie Randolph, throughout which she accused him of stalking her and filed a restraining order towards him. (Underwood can also be set to seem on the upcoming season of The Traitors, the place he’s arguably not essentially the most controversial Season 4 contestant.)
All of that apart, the blunt fact is I don’t assume Colton Underwood is nice on this position. The script that he and Kaitlyn Bristowe are studying from is stuffed with virgin puns and references, which I can principally get behind with the best individual promoting the humor, which simply isnt’ the case right here. I really like that the eliminations are referred to as “Virgin Sacrifices,” and the date playing cards are, naturally, “V playing cards,” however among the jokes are made rougher by way of repetition with diminishing returns.
Within the first handful of episodes that I’ve watched thus far, Kaitlyn Bristowe has already promised to “be mild” greater than as soon as when delivering info “in case it is our first time,” and among the different puns are equally groan-worthy within the worst method. Colton Underwood appears to lack the keenness required to naturally pull off traces like:
- I’m Colton Underwood, and in case you’re confused to why the voiceover simply swapped from girl to man, you’ve simply misplaced your two-narrators virginity.
- After the preliminary chats, the massive query is the place are they gonna get laid tonight? By ‘they,’ I imply the virgins’ heads, getting innocently laid down onto delicate pillows.
These two traces are simply within the first episode, which is the place the A-tier scripting must be. It’s additionally painfully apparent that Colton is studying his traces, and even when he’s really speaking to the forged members on the present, a lot of his audio was re-recorded after the actual fact.
When the sound enhancing is that apparent, and the vitality within the host’s voice is noticeably decrease than the music, actions and every part else, it actually takes me out of the present. Even when what he is really saying is not going to win any awards anyway.
Nonetheless, Are You My First? Has Sucked Me In, And I Can’t Cease Watching
Regardless of these two pretty large issues, I simply preserve watching the brand new Hulu present. The producers compiled a very good forged, for my part. Rachael is de facto compelling to me together with her vaginismus holding her from being sexually energetic, and Farha (pictured above) is the virgin with an OnlyFans. I additionally assume Godwin is loads of enjoyable, and Madi caught out to be instantly, too.
It’s entertaining, however in a totally totally different method, to see younger singles in this kind of atmosphere, going by way of these challenges and courting in such a chaste method. No person’s licking anyone’s thigh or being dared to do a three-way kiss (can anyone guess which present I simply completed?).
Actually, throughout an early-season sport of Reality or Dare, it seemed like no person was even courageous sufficient to choose Dare!
Will anybody on Are You My First? lose their virginity to a fellow castmate? I’m undecided, and I’m undecided it issues. Both method I’m having fun with the present for its idea, regardless of the faultiness of its premise. Will probably be attention-grabbing to see if it will get a second season and whether or not Colton Underwood and Kaitlyn Bristowe return.
All 10 episodes of Are You My First are streaming now on Hulu.