They’ve released pictures of the new villas.
Whether I like to admit it or not, it appears that Love Island was definitely a thing last summer, a ‘vibe’ if you will, and apparently it is coming back with an ingenious new twist to improve on the staggering 2.4 million people who watched the ITV2 series last time out.
The twist is this: more.
Image credit ITVThat’s right. More. More of it. More of everything. We are the child in the high chair with the bowl of ice cream furiously banging our spoon until our demands have been met.
Ew what is this. Ew what is this Survival of the Fittest. It tastes awful. Ew. Give me more Love Island. Heaps and spoonfuls of it now, please.
What it means is that there will be twice as many contestants and a second gigantic villa from the outset this time round. Meaning more couples, more inevitably messy spats and, fingers crossed, more people that used to be in Blazin’ Squad.
Image credit ITVIt appears that ITV2 are keen to make up for the somewhat disappointing reactions to Survival of the Fittest, dubbed the “winter” Love Island, which started poorly, and doesn’t appear to have improved.
There were over 60,000 applicants for the new series in under 12 hours. However, sadly it’s unlikely that all 60,000 will enter the villa from the outset and fight for their places in an extended Royal Rumble format (a missed opportunity if you ask me).
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