Love Island 2018 becomes ‘most complained about series’ as over 4,000 viewers contact Ofcom

The show left viewers unimpressed on multiple occasions
Dramatic: The show was slammed by unhappy viewers
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Safeeyah Kazi3 August 2018

Love Island 2018 has been declared the “most complained about series” in the reality show’s history after Ofcom received a staggering 4,193 complaints.

The show dramatically took the top spot for the number of complaints made to the media watchdog in comparison with previous years.

During series four, viewers were enraged after villa sweetheart Dani Dyer was left in floods of tears after being shown footage of boyfriend Jack Fincham’s ex-girlfriend arriving in Casa Amor.

The episode received an astonishing 2,525 complaints, marking it as the highest in the programme’s history.

Over 300 complaints were then lodged against the show after Samira Mighty’s hideaway scenes with Frankie Foster were deleted, despite other couples’ being shown.

Loved up: Samira Mighty and Frankie Foster
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Foster previously revealed that he and Mighty spent the night in the Hideaway together, but viewers were not shown the footage, leaving some unhappy.

Another 557 complaints were recorded after Idris Virgo lied to Laura Anderson about Jack Fowler’s kiss with ‘loyal babe’ Georgia Steel, allowing her to believe Fowler had instigated it.

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Series one saw a minor 15 people complain while series two received a handful more with 40 complaints, nine of which were about sexual content.

The third season of the show had 135 complaints, many of which were about smoking in the villa leading to the decision to force islanders to smoke off-camera and alone this year.

Standard Online has contacted representatives of both Love Island and Ofcom for comment.

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