Ten singles from across the Caribbean, including one from Dominica, will put their hearts on the line in Antigua and Barbuda when Love Link Caribbean, the region's first inter-regional reality dating series, debuts on YouTube on Wednesday, September 30 at 8:00 p.m. AST — 7:00 p.m. in Jamaica.
The ten-episode series is produced by Love Link TV with the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority (ABTA) serving as an executive producer. Cast members arrive from Anguilla, The Bahamas, Dominica, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Antigua and Barbuda, bringing different accents, expectations and ideas of romance to the island.
Antigua and Barbuda is woven into every storyline, with filming locations including Ffryes Beach, Laviscount Island and Dow's Hill. Along the way, the cast encounters the destination's beaches, food, people and rhythm, making the island a constant presence rather than a backdrop.
Producers say the show is Caribbean at every level, with about 99 per cent of the production crew drawn from the region. On screen, the dialects, humour, food and cultural references are expected to be instantly familiar to viewers from Nassau to Port of Spain and across the diaspora, creating what the producers describe as a shared weekly conversation for a region that rarely sees its own love stories told in this format.
«Love Link started right here in Antigua and Barbuda. Seeing it grow into something that connects people across the whole Caribbean is a dream realised,» said Jamila Watkins, Founder and Executive Producer of Love Link TV. «This show is about more than finding love. It lets Caribbean audiences see our personalities and our cultures on screen in a way that feels unmistakably ours.»
For the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, the series offers a new way to place the destination before regional audiences. «Antigua and Barbuda has long been a place where love stories begin, and Love Link Caribbean lets our neighbours across the region watch that happen week by week through voices that sound like theirs,» said Shermain Jeremy, Director of Tourism for the Caribbean and Latin America at the ABTA. «Backing Caribbean-created entertainment is smart destination marketing. Viewers don't just see Antigua and Barbuda in the background. They experience it as part of the story, and we hope many of them will want to come and write their own.»
New episodes will follow every Wednesday on the official Love Link TV YouTube channel after the September 30 premiere. An after-show will stream live on TikTok at Love LinkTV.official every Friday at 8:00 p.m. AST, hosted by Alphonsina Olmos and Yorie Taylor. Viewers are invited to join the conversation using the hashtag #lovelinkcaribbean.
Love Link Caribbean will also air on regional television networks in the coming weeks, with broadcast partners to be announced. For Dominicans at home and in the diaspora, the series offers a rare chance to see a national cast member competing for love alongside neighbours from across the islands, in a production shaped almost entirely by Caribbean hands.