Love Island divide as some fans say series opener 'ruined' and demand change as they spot 'copying'
Love Island viewers have been left divided as some claimed the series opener had been 'ruined' by a format change that was likened to another reality TV show. The hit ITV2 dating show returned to scenes on Monday night (June 5) with host Maya Jama welcoming a fresh bunch of singletons into the villa.
The launch episode of the 10th series, which comes a mere couple of months after the second-ever winter series came to an end, saw a number of dramatic twists, with the new islanders firstly left confused as the boys and girls arrived at the same time and the public had already voted for who they wanted to see coupled up initially.
Beautician Ruchee Gurung, 24, from Sutton, Surrey, and Jess Harding, 22, an aesthetics practitioner from London, were the first islanders to make their entrance and were shocked when they were joined by gas engineer Mitchel Taylor, 26, from Sheffield.
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Model Ella Thomas, 23, from Glasgow, and business owner Andre Furtado, 21, from Dudley but born in Portugal, were next in the villa. The contestants’ confusion was eased by host Maya Jama, who broke the news: "None of you guys will be coupling up with each other as that decision has already been made by the public."
Jess was the first to be matched up, with business development executive George Fensom, 24, from Bedford, who admitted he was “very happy” as she was his “type on paper”. However, Jess later admitted she was more interested in “bad boy” types and said she was planning to get to know everyone initially.
There were also mixed feelings between communications manager Mehdi Edno, 26, from Bordeaux in France, after he was paired up with Ruchee. Mehdi told her he “really liked