MAFS Australia star to front new Channel 4 dating show which uses AI to detect liars

Married At First Sight (MAFS) Australia star Lucinda Light and TV personality Vicky Pattison will front a new dating show where honesty is at its heart.

With the working title The Honesty Box, the E4 series will see singletons try to win £100,000 and be faced with an artificial intelligence (AI) software, which can spot whether they are telling the truth or not. Light, who since MAFS has toured the UK, said: “Having undergone my own radical journey to find love, I deeply empathise with our brave cast of singles. I’m passionate about the importance of truth and authenticity in building strong relationships.

"My goal is to guide our divine daters in making meaningful connections by encouraging them to share openly and honestly with one another, especially as they face the Honesty Box in Truetopia.”

The nine-episode run, commissioned by Channel 4, will see the contestants taken to a sunny and romantic place dubbed Truetopia. They will be tested via The Honesty Box, which Channel 4 called a “a new AI-enhanced software”.

Daters who are open about their true feelings could get the prize fund, but if there is any deception this could impact the money and their relationship. The series, from Mettlemouse Entertainment and GroupM Motion Entertainment, was announced as the first day of the Edinburgh TV Festival got under way on Tuesday.

Pattison, known for Geordie Shore and her own show Judge Geordie as well as I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and The Underdog: Josh Must Win, said she is “excited” to be presenting the new experiment show. She added: “It really will put the ‘true’ in ‘true love’. I can’t wait for the daters to settle in to Truetopia and to share every twist and turn with them along the way. I hope beautiful,