Virgin Island viewers were left floored following Tuesday’s episode, as one of the show’s contestants finally went all the way in a ‘marathon session.’
In dramatic scenes, accountant Dave, 24, could be heard moaning and groaning as he finally lost his virginity with surrogate partner Kat.
However, fans of the controversial programme branded the scenes ‘uncomfortable’ as they struggled to watch the moment Dave finally lost his virginity.
The Channel 4 show saw 12 virgins, aged between 22 and 30, get expert coaching from therapists and intimacy experts in a bid to have sexual relationships.
During the concluding episode of the Channel 4 series, Kat was seen guiding Dave through his first sexual experience during an intimate session in the island’s zen den.
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Virgin Island viewers were left floored following Tuesday’s episode, as one of the show’s contestants finally went all the way in a ‘marathon session’
In dramatic scenes, accountant Dave, 24, could be heard moaning and groaning as he finally lost his virginity with surrogate partner Kat
After their session together, Kat explained: ‘I feel good about being the person with him at that important moment.’
In the end, Dave was the only contestant on Virgin Island who had sex, and many viewers were quick to praise him.
However, others also noted that it was still bewildering to see such an intimate moment play out on screen.
He was the only one of the group who ended up having sex – but the others reached their own personal milestones.
Those watching at home were delighted for Dave, but were surprised to see such an intimate moment play out on screen.
Posts on X included: ‘DAVE GOT IT!!! WAS ROOTING FOR THIS GUY;
‘Well done Dave, you popped your cherry with some hippy dippy American paid to pleasure you, void of emotion ”see you later”, what an achievement;
‘Dave briefly sounded like he was running a marathon. Congrats to him though!;
‘The stud that is Dave with a marathon sex session;
During the concluding episode of the Channel 4 series, Kat was seen guiding Dave through his first sexual experience during an intimate session in the island’s zen den
In the end, Dave was the only contestant on Virgin Island who had sex, and many viewers were quick to praise him
While some praised Dave for finally losing his virginity, others shared their surprise that such an intimate moment was played out on screen
‘Just watched the last episode of #virginisland those waves crashing off the rocks had me HOWLING;
‘Virgin Island isn’t actually that bad but I still can’t get my head around an actual sex surrogate that then ultimately has sex with the client. It baffles me.;
‘Losing your virginity should be a special thing,something you remember all your life,this is just degrading these virgins and something they’ll want to forget and regret in years to come…’
It has now also emerged that six months after filming wrapped, Dave has a girlfriend, after gaining the self-esteem to join a dating app.
He went onto say: ‘I never would have been able to talk to her without this show.
‘But I don’t think my girlfriend will watch, for obvious reasons. She watched the first four episodes, but it’s getting a bit much now. You don’t want to see your partner with someone else, even if it was a year ago.
‘She’s openly said it’s like watching a completely different person.’
The therapists on the show have since defended their work to MailOnline after it drew widespread controversy online and explained that the show gives viewers a realistic idea of what intimacy is.
During the show, all of the 12 virgins achieve a level of intimacy with either a surrogate or a coach during the course, but only one of the virgins actually goes all the way with a surrogate partner.
Sexologist Celeste Hirschman describes the relationship between the client and surrogate as ‘authentic’ and shared how the dynamic can reflect what would happen in a ‘real relationships’, including the possibility of ‘performance problems’ from either the surrogate or client.
Celeste continued: ‘It is really an authentic relationship. So one thing that can happen in a relationship is that someone has performance problems, and so they would just communicate about it and say, oh, you know, something’s not working here. Let’s take a break. Let’s try again.’
The sexologist added: ‘That authenticity is what actually prepares people to have real relationships out in the world.
‘So it’s not just like trying to force something and a lot of times surrogates do work with people who have pretty significant dysfunctions, and so they need to work with those kinds of things, both in their clients and if it comes up in themselves as well.’
There’s a ‘triadic relationship’ between the client, surrogate and a separate therapist to help tackle issues, including if the client develops feelings.
