A popular dating show sent two bisexual men to the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia - where gay sex carries a prison sentence of ten years.

Jordan Shannon and Jesse Drew met on Channel 5's Blind Date on Sunday night.

After the match was made the show's host 63-year-old Paul O'Grady told the couple their first date would be on the glamorous Caribbean island of Saint Lucia.

Jordan Shannon and Jesse Drew met on Channel 5's Blind Date on Sunday night

After the match was made the show's host 63-year-old Paul O'Grady told the couple their first date would be on the glamorous Caribbean island of Saint Lucia

Jordan, a beautician, told the Daily Star he had no idea until he was already on the way to the hotel

A Channel 5 spokeswoman said: 'We didn't know and are taking this up with the production company.' Their date is set to air at 8pm on Sunday evening

But anyone found performing sex acts with a member of the same sex could face up to ten years in jail.

And Jordan, a beautician, told the Daily Star he had no idea until he was already on the way to the hotel.

He said: 'I didn't know this until I was told on the way to the hotel. I thought: 'What the f**k?"'

Jordan at St. James's Club Morgan Bay in Saint Lucia. The couple, who were the show's first bisexual pairing, got through the date and made it back to the UK

Jesse added: 'I was nervous. The hotel security woman told me how most gay men were in the closet there as homosexuality is illegal. It's ten years in prison if caught.'

The couple, who were the show's first bisexual pairing, got through the date and made it back to the UK.

A Channel 5 spokeswoman said: 'We didn't know and are taking this up with the production company.'

Their date is set to air at 8pm on Sunday evening.