The fifth series of Love Island, the nation’s most-watched reality TV show, has seen record-breaking numbers tuning in for this year’s series, but equally high in numbers are the claims that this year’s show is no more than a series of staged events and poorly trained actors.
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Amongst controversial claims thrown at ITV2 producers this year is the idea that all of this year’s contestants could in fact already be linked on the outside world prior to appearing on the dating show.
Danny Williams and Lucie Donlan are reported to have known each other through their connection to ex-islander Charlie Frederick, yet pretended to have never before met.
Another less surprising link is that of Maura Higgins the Longford model and Tommy Fury. The pair already operate in the same circles as Maura Higgins works as a ring girl and Tommy as a professional boxer.
While there exists countless theories linking the current islanders, the most shocking revelation from this week exposed a scene in which the girls are consoling Lucie and somehow manage to jump places mid-take.
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