It’s cheesy, cynical and a cash cow. So why are we glued to Love Island?

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As series 5 of ITV’s runaway reality hit show reaches its finale, we ask a selection of viewers what makes it so unmissable

It’s been hot, brutal, unrelenting, but it’s finally time. Love Island draws to a close on Monday night as the finale reveals which couple has won the nation’s hearts, the £50,000 prize money and a golden opportunity to rinse the influencer economy dry by flogging protein shakes and teeth whitening products.

 

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We're not.

Im not!

Are we? I'm not! 🤮

Nope. Never saw one. Never will.

It's dumb bored women who are in loveless relationships that are glued to this fake shit program because living out their fantasy of having a vain idiotic boyfriend is better than a normal man who doesn't spend hours getting ready when in the real life you don't have that time

Who is 'we'? Never watched it!

Not me.. load of 💩

I am not glued to it, never seen it. You live empty, empty lives. Sad!

I’m not!! I wouldn’t watch that garbage if my life depended on it. Vacuous bollocks

I’m not. It’s usury. Couldn’t think of anything worse.

Meanwhile, the planet burns. But let’s not dwell on trivia, eh?

You are?!

who's glued to it? I'm not. I refuse to watch even one second of it. Watch The Rook, watch Killjoys, watch Agents of Shield, watch Epic Meal time on Youtube, watch good TV, not this garbage

Never watched a single episode never will

I'm not

I'm not it's a pile of crap.

Because it is easy on the brain

Or you rather watch Trump's misgivings?

speak for yourself.

Speak for yourself.

Beautiful naked young bodies

For beta posing as alpha to gamma males its a means to an end. Ive never watched a moment. But nor has Rees Mogg. Dont conflate.

Some of you are. I couldn’t think of anything worse.

I’ve noticed everybody my age has now got the same hair cut and dresses the same , very similar to people I’ve seen from pictures on the programme. I’d hunch my bets at degenerate culture creation.

Congratulations to all of you who must remind us that you haven’t seen it. Bravo.

Are we? Only the gormless watch that crap

BUT I like a few of the characters who came out of that on the chat/panel shows so there was some redeeming value to the British style reality. Here we get the kardashians....🤢

The 'we' part only applies to those gullible enough to watch it instead of just clicking through some subreddit pages after work.

We're not.

Brexit + “Love Island” = UK 😞

I’m so thankful I’m not a part of the “we” in your headline. That would be an astronomical waste of time.. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Cause people are like racoons these days and like to consume garbage content.

We?

Never watched it; is The Guardian a red top in disguise?

We’re not.

I'm not 🙄 never seen a minute of it - got much better things to do 🙄😁

Because we’re all voyeurs. We all like to watch others trip themselves up, have a full on row on tv etc...but we also like to see people fall in love, laugh l, cry and break up or get hitched. Those who snigger are snobs or worse aspiring snobs.

Nope. Trash tv

It's hyped?

What's with the 'we' word.

Guardian journalism going down the pan along with everything else

I’m not. Never watched it. Never will.

Never watched and have zero intention of ever doing so... watching gloss dry has more appeal to me 🙈🙈

It’s one hour of escapism a week- which for some people is a welcome relief from their problems. (Speaking personally)

Fuck 👃

Speak for yourself

It's also tasteless

I have never watched this. I’ve never watched Big Brother, any Get Me Out Of Here series or any other reality TV programmes. Doesn’t rock my boat so I’m sure I’m not missing anything great

I would rather poke out my eyes than watch this rubbish.

The worst premise for a show, and it's on at 8 pm EDT. What a bad example for kids at a time in the evening when preteens can be watching it-- the example in 'dating' or woman-man relationships for them? CBS

I really have no idea. I don't watch it.

Because those who do watch it can't handle reality and will do anything to escape - like watching meat lust over each other and pretending it to be about something meaningful

…some of us aren’t.

wefiles And, b).

I'm not

Who's 'we'? I think you're in the wrong newspaper.

Only the lobotomised.

I never have, nor never will watch a minute of this shite....

Never ever watched one second of it

Soft porn

to what?

I would rather stick pins in my fucking eyes whilst listening to the Bay shitty Rollers.

I've zero interest in seeing this. Glad to not be part of the 'we'.

Not all of us are. Not seen a jot, meself.

We're not

Speak for yourself

I think it is shite and have never watched it.

We? Give it a rest.

We’re not!

'Glued to'? No way, it's just awful 😂 I watched a bit of one episode (my teenage kid is into it - that's the kind of mental level it's aimed at) and it was so boring I couldn't finish it. I felt brain dead after first 15 minutes...

imerincook 😁

Speak for yourself

‘We’ aren’t... you are...

The constant celebration of vacuous celebrity culture over intelligent discourse?

‘We’ are not. Never have, never will watch this crap.

Errrrr. I’m not. Never seen it. Thank god

Not!

Who exactly are 'we'?

'WE' are not.

Only you folks can answer that question!

😂 all these people in the replies FUMING they’ve been accused of watching Love Island

We're not. Million better things to do with your time than watch vacuous airheads prostitute themselves for 50k.

Because the ancient charm of the Beaver will always live on.

I am not. Not seen a single minute of any programme ever. loveisland

Funny enough ppl were doing the same on the streets a week ago so I'm going to take a stab at answering your question. Is it secrety produced by ExtinctionRebellion ?

Eh...we? This we is not!

I’m not

Perhaps lack of a passion for anything else then tv box 🤔

The same reason you voted Brexit. A lot more poorly-read idiots out there than you think.

Do you mean 'Suicide Island'? No history of actual love there after all...

Not me sunshine never watched it= sounds puerile and pretentious so never gave it any time

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