After what feels like forever (ok so like seven months) Too Hot To Handle finally returned to Netflix for its fifth season, and we were so happy to hear that classic Lana ping sound, letting us know someone has broken the rules.
In case you've not seen the series before Too Hot To Handle brings together a group of single individuals from across the globe and challenges them to form meaningful connections with each other, without engaging in physical intimacy. Anyone who breaks the rule of no physical intimacy will be fined by Lana (the virtual assistant) and the fine will be deducted from the group's overall prize money of $200,000. And after a while those steamy kisses do start to add up.
The fifth season premiered Netflix on 14th July, but will we see Lana return for a sixth helping of the series?
Here's everything we know about a potential season six of Too Hot To Handle.
Has Too Hot To Handle season six been confirmed?
Official confirmation that Too Hot To Handle will get a sixth season came on 14th August 2023, when Netflix tweeted that they were looking for contestants to take part. In a different play from previous seasons, it looks like they're no longer keeping the fact it's Too Hot To Handle a secret.
"LANA wants YOU! What's the worst that could happen? Apply for Too Hot to Handle Season 6 now," they wrote.
This follows the announcement of previous series. Season four was confirmed in February 2022, a month after season three aired and season five was confirmed in January 2023, a month after season four aired in December 2022.
What is Too Hot To Handle season 6 about?
Too Hot To Handle features a group of young people from across the world who all say they struggle with emotional intimacy and forming connections. In previous years, they're told they are competing in part of a new dating reality show - often with a challenge element to it - however this is actually a ruse and within the first day they find out they are actually on Too Hot To Handle. It doesn't look like this will be the case for season six.
The cast are then forbidden in engaging with physical intimacy or self-gratification, in order to try and form more developed and emotional connections with their fellow cast members. If they break this rule then each sexual act or kiss is given a fine which is deducted from the group's overall prize fund of $200,000.
By the end of the series one person is usually voted as having the most self development and is awarded the remaining prize fund.
Who has been cast in Too Hot To Handle season 6?
As Netflix is currently accepting applications for the next series, the line up hasn't been confirmed yet. Previously the cast has been made up of contestants from across the world including the UK, the US, Canada, South Africa and Australia.
However, one person we would definitely expect to return is series narrator Desiree Burch who has done the voiceover for the past four seasons. And, of course, Lana.
Too Hot To Handle season five is available on Netflix now.
Lydia Venn is Cosmopolitan UK’s Senior Entertainment and Lifestyle Writer. She covers everything from TV and film, to the latest celebrity news. She also writes across our work/life section regularly creating quizzes, covering exciting new food releases and sharing the latest interior must-haves. In her role she’s interviewed everyone from Margot Robbie to Niall Horan, and her work has appeared on an episode of The Kardashians. After completing a degree in English at the University of Exeter, Lydia moved into fashion journalism, writing for the Daily Express, before working as Features Editor at The Tab, where she spoke on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and Talk Radio. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of Gilmore Girls and 00s teen movies, and in her free time can be found with a margarita in hand watching the Real Housewives on repeat. Find her on LinkedIn.
