PROVO — MTV was on the campus of Brigham Young University today to announce a new reality TV series that will document the “Especially For Youth” camps for LDS youth.

“We were immediately intrigued when one of our Mormon interns told us about EFY,” said Marty Poulsen, MTV’s vice-president of original content. “A group of strangers come together for a set amount of time, romances and rivalries ensue. Add in the teenage angst and the religious aspect that’s worked quite well for reality television in the past… it’s a formula for an absolute hit.”

The inaugural season will be filmed in the summer of 2019. Each of the twelve 1-hour episodes will follow an entirely new group of awkward teenagers for the week-long summer camp as they look for their first romantic relationship that will inevitably fall apart as soon as they return home.

“At first I was concerned about privacy for our youth,” said Ronald Freeman, the director of BYU’s EFY program. “But then I remembered they’re all Instagramming and Snapchatting the whole thing anyways, so what’s the difference?’

“Yeah, I think a lot of people will watch it,” said Ethan Carrington, a BYU student who works as an EFY counselor during the summer. “There’s just something so entertaining about all these 15-year olds gossiping about who has a crush on who all week. It stews and stews, and then always bubbles over and explodes during the dance on the last day. There’s a good 80-90 percent chance that the night ends in tears for at least a few people.”

Will throwing a camera into the mix cause the youth to act more dramatically and possibly embarrass BYU or the LDS church?

“No,” said Carrington. “These kids are already operating at maximum levels of drama and embarrassment.”