Nabilla will present "Love Island". - Dominique Maitre / WWD / REX / SIPA

Nabilla returns to reality TV. The influencer will present the French version of the British show Love Island , which will be broadcast from March 2 on Amazon's video platform, she announced Wednesday in an interview with AFP. This program combining seduction and intrigue, and the British version of which is a huge success, will be one of the main new products from Amazon in France in 2020.

And Nabilla, who became famous in 2013 with her participation in the show Les anges de la téléréalité (and her famous “No, but hello what!”), Says that she immediately accepted when she was asked to animate the adaptation French program, which will be shot in South Africa, and broadcast at a daily rate for one month.

"I'm learning a new job"

“What attracted me, already, is the live side. I think now people want live, action, snapshot. I see it with my community, when I'm live on Snapchat, Instagram, they are super happy. It's the new generation, "said the social media star, who has 5.3 million followers on Instagram. The public will be able to influence the course of events in a new way depending on the production, via a dedicated application.

This role of host is a new turning point for the ex-candidate of the Angels , who, after legal setbacks, had made her comeback on television in 2017 on NRJ 12. A change that Nabilla, who married the year his last partner Thomas Vergara and gave birth to his first child a few months ago, said to have decided with his family. "It's something I wanted to try too much and frankly, I didn't think it was that much work. I'm learning a new job and I really like it, ”says the new figure from Amazon Prime.

"It promises to be pretty crazy"

The platform is making a big bet with this adaptation of Love Island . In the UK, the dating show has become a social phenomenon and has generated a huge buzz, with 5.6 million viewers on average last year.

But will French Amazon subscribers be receptive, in a country where reality TV is often criticized, and has modest audiences? " I have no doubt. For me, there are all the ingredients to make a good recipe, "because" love is a feeling that affects everyone, "said Nabilla, who celebrated her 28th birthday on Wednesday. And candidate side, she promises, "it promises to be pretty crazy."

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