The three main Season 2 stars had the benefit of getting to watch Season 1 to find out how the original leads, C.J. Franco, Sarah Emig, and Nakia Renee, fared when they sorted through their group to figure out who the FBoys were, and who the Nice Guys were.
The major Season 1 twist was that FBoy Garrett Morosky, who chose to keep the entire $100,000 prize to himself, actually had to donate it to a charity of Sarah's choice.
However, things are different on the sophomore season.
As Nikki said in the Season 2 trailer, if an FBoy does decide to keep the money this time around, he will get every penny. As a result, Mia, Louise, and Tamaris had to be even more careful when making their decisions.
Louise told us that before their time on the island commenced, the new leads "worked as a team to decipher the FBoys from the Nice Guys."
"I used Louise and Tamaris a lot to help me guide my way through which guys were FBoys and which guys were Nice Guys," Mia said to Distractify about how the three leaned on one another for support throughout.
During each conversation, even as they tried to build connections, Tamaris, Louise, and Mia made sure to take note of any potential FBoy red flags.
"I am so used to FBoys, and I once was an FGirl. I came in with the mentality that these guys are going to try to play me, and I have to make sure that I outplay them..." Tamaris said about what her strategy was heading into the show. "I don't like to be deceived, and I don't like when people lie to me."
Louise also didn't want to let the FBoys trick her.
"I dealt with so many FBoys in my past, and I had just been cheated on," she added about her pre-show mentality. "So I was coming in this place like, 'I cannot get hurt again. I gotta play them better than they play me.'"
Though strategy was a part of each lead's decision-making process, they weren't eliminating guys solely based off of what they thought their status was.
"I went in with the idea of building a genuine connection," Louise said. "And then I was gonna sort it out and see which guy is the FBoy, which is the Nice Guy, because I mean, at the end of the day, I want a genuine connection. That was my priority the whole time."
The first three episodes of FBoy Island Season 2 will be available to stream on Thursday, July 14. The next three episodes (Episodes 4 through 6) will come out on July 21, followed by another two on July 28. The last two episodes of Season 2 will debut on HBO Max on Aug. 4.
