'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6: Who is Bad Lana? 'Young Woman and the Sea' star bend rules to suit desperate singles

'Too Hot to Handle's first reliable cone-shaped host, Lana, is perfectly counterbalanced by Bad Lana
UPDATED JUL 19, 2024
Saskia Marguerite is the voice behind Bad Lana in 'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6 (@Netflix, Instagram/@saskiamarguerite)
Saskia Marguerite is the voice behind Bad Lana in 'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6 (@Netflix, Instagram/@saskiamarguerite)

TKCA 1ZZ, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS: Lana is voiced by many people, and the team controls the AI host. However, according to the credits at the conclusion of the first episode of Season 6, Saskia Marguerite voices Bad Lana in 'Too Hot to Handle'.

She has worked on Disney Plus's 'Young Woman and the Sea', MGM Plus's 'Hotel Cocaine', and the audiobook series 'The Iron Anthology'. While Saskia worked on 'Too Hot to Handle' for Bad Lana, she is also an actress in her own right.

'Too Hot To Handle' Season 6 cast (Netflix)
'Too Hot To Handle' Season 6 cast (Netflix)

Saskia is based in London and has expertise in immersive theater in addition to voice and television work. The extent of Bad Lana's permanence is unknown at this time.

Saskia, though, may also be here to stay if she ends up becoming just as identified with the Netflix series as the "good" Lana.

Saskia Marguerite voiced Bad Lana in 'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6 (Instagram/saskiamarguerite)
Saskia Marguerite voiced Bad Lana in 'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6 (Instagram/@saskiamarguerite)

How does Bad Lana differ from Good Lana in 'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6?

'Too Hot to Handle' on Netflix is not like other dating shows with live hosts. In this instance, the host is a cone by the name of Lana, who functions as an AI assistant and imposes rules and penalties on single people who disobey them.

But for the first time, we have a new co-host in Season 6—Bad Lana, to be exact. However, what distinguishes Bad Lana from the original Lana from 'Too Hot to Handle'?

To begin with, she is the mischievous counterpart of the original host, as her name implies. Furthermore, Bad Lana isn't hesitant to seduce the participants in ways that are novel to the show, despite our normal Lana's desire to ensure that they develop strong, meaningful relationships with one another.

'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6 will now feature 'Bad Lana' (YouTube/Netflix)
'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6 will now feature 'Bad Lana' (YouTube/@netflix)

Bad Lana makesway for singles to break rules in 'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6

Another incarnation of the original Lana is shown as Bad Lana. But this nasty sibling has a somewhat different appearance.

She is shaped like a cone, but instead of blazing horizontally, her red hues imply that she is far more likely to transgress the laws. Instead, she is more likely to urge the actors to disobey the rules and forfeit their prize money.

The rules aren't applied equally when Bad Lana is present. Since she and Lana are incompatible, when Bad Lana assumes control, she breaks the rules and permits the singles to follow suit.

Similar to when she gives two contestants who spend the night in Lana's private suite a reduced menu of physical closeness. When Bad Lana is in charge, she doesn't let anything go to waste, but she is more interested in the competitors' physical than emotional connections.

Lana will get a brand-new sidekick in 'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6 (YouTube/Netflix)
Lana gets a brand-new sidekick in 'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6 (YouTube/@Netflix)

Who is the narrator for 'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6?

'Too Hot to Handle' features a cast of memorable personalities beyond its participants. In addition, viewers have a subtle obsession with Desiree Burch, the show's narrator.

Desiree doesn't engage with the participants throughout the episode, but her sardonic commentary is sure to make you laugh aloud at least once.

Desiree Burch is the narrator of 'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6 (Facebook/desireeburchcomedy)
Desiree Burch is the narrator of 'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6 (Facebook/@desireeburchcomedy)

Stream the first four episodes of 'Too Hot to Handle' Season 6 on Netflix now. The season will have a staggered release schedule, with episodes 5-7 hitting on July 26 and the last episodes, 8–10, airing on August 2.

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