Are 'Love Island USA' and 'Survivor' Filmed in the Same Location? Here's the Bizarre Truth

One group is living high on the hog, throwing all night parties, falling in love, and basically finding all the pleasures of life set right at their feet.

The other group is covered in sweat and bugs, and scrambling for food and shelter.

And, as it turns out, they might well be within hearing distance of one another.

If you've ever wondered if it's true that Love Island USA and Survivor are filmed in the same location, boy do we have the tea for you. Here's what we know about this rumor and whether or not the two extremely different shows share a locale.

We already know that the shows are vastly different. Love Island USA brings people together in a winner-takes-all quest for love in the lap of luxury. There are parties, feasts, and scandals.

Survivor, on the other hand, is manufactured to put contestants through the wringer and ensure that they're lean, mean, and gunning for each other's spots.

And yes — they film close to one another. At least for Love Island USA Season 8. According to Forbes, "Love Island USA Season 8, like the previous three seasons, has been filmed in Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands. If that sounds familiar, CBS also films its iconic reality series Survivor in the same location."

And, the outlet notes, "The Tom Hanks movie Cast Away was also filmed there."

According to comments online from some contestants, the filming locations are so close that Survivor contestants can even hear the all-night parties from Love Island. Talk about rubbing salt in their wounds.

And in order to keep the cast and crew separated, the production teams have had to go to some extraordinary lengths to ensure a demarcation between filming locations.

Speaking about the separation and the lengths the production teams go to, one source told The Sun, "Each show has completely separate producers, directors, and editorial teams. But there’s an overlap with the local crew. Over half of the support staff bounce between both productions during the season.”

But there's even more of a connection.

The outlet adds that "eliminated Survivor contestants are housed at the exact same resort complex used as a production base for Love Island USA.

The famed 'Ponderosa' camp, the name given to the location where voted-out Survivor players decompress after leaving the game, has operated out of Mana Island Resort, the same hotel complex that houses much of the Love Island cast and crew during filming."

Yet despite the crews working arm in arm at times, the cast is strictly kept apart. The source who spoke to The Sun explained, "There’s no partying together, no hanging out, and no interactions allowed whatsoever. The networks enforce very strict separation rules to protect the integrity and secrecy of both shows."

So, if you were hoping for some accidental crossovers, that probably won't happen any time soon. But it does sound intriguing.