
In many ways, visiting the set of FBOY Island Australia is like attending a Taylor Swift concert.
There are women clad in fun, colourful outfits. Everything appears to have a secret meaning. And the situation becomes infinitely less enjoyable once men appear on the scene.
Earlier this year I returned to the set of FBOY Island Australia, a seaside mansion tucked away on a section of the coast nestled between Northern New South Wales and the Gold Coast, to witness the Binge series' second season of filming.
During my first foray into the world of F Boys in 2023 I arrived on set to find a sprawling mansion decorated with enough penis paraphernalia to fuel a decade's worth of bachelorette parties. A decor style, I soon discovered, that was infinitely less terrifying than the groups of underwear-clad men roaming freely about the property. The only concern occupying their chiseled heads being the amount of liquid they should sprinkle over their abs in order to get the perfect amount of shine for the cameras.
The crux of FBOY Island, for the uninitiated, is that three leading ladies are placed in a mansion with a group of men, half of which are self-professed 'nice guys', while the other half identify as F Boys. The women are looking for love and in the process they weed out the F Boys and send them home, hopefully with a few snarky one-liners thrown into the mix. The show is hosted by reality TV royalty, Abbie Chatfield.
This time around, my first stop was the girl's villa, a quiet but lux sanctuary where 28-year-old Krystal Thomas, 27-year-old Ally Woodfall and 26-year-old Nicole Mitrov retreat after full days of dodging F Boys and cavorting with possible 'nice guys'.