Love Island fans dub 2022 series 'boring' and 'dull'
It's proving a slow burner!
The excitement for the 2022 series of Love Island was huge last week, but since the show returned to ITV2 with host Laura Whitmore on Monday 6th June, fans have been truly disappointed.
As the original cast such as Luca Bish, Gemma Owen, Paige Thorne, Dami Hope and Tasha Ghouri try and get to know each other, viewers have slammed the first few episodes as both 'boring' and 'dull'.
Following Gemma's date with Davide during Wednesday night's episode, many viewers flooded to Twitter to express their thoughts so far...
One wrote: 'This is was the most boring episode, we took last years love island for granted #LoveIsland', with another adding: 'wow i forgot how boring love island in the beginning 😭'.
Another disappointed fan added: 'I’m just really not feeling love island this year. Am I getting old or is it actually just boring 🤣'.
Another commented: 'This years love island is so f---ing boring I'm sorry but they’re giving us nothing #LoveIsland'. (sic)
Check out which Love Island stars you completely forgot about:
Jon Clark
WE KNOW. Jon from TOWIE was first on Love Island back in 2015. Yup. The first series of the 'normal' Love Island because FYI there was a Celebrity Love Island back in the day.
Harley Brash
Harley stepped into the Love Island villa as a bombshell alongside India Reynolds. During her time on the show she dated Chris Taylor and things appeared to work outside the villa... until a few weeks later. They became the first Love Island 2019 couple to split.
Carl Woods
Okay another Islander who you know about but most probably forgot were on Love Island is Katie Price's fiancé Carl. He went on Love Island as a bombshell back in 2016 but only lasted one episode during a speed dating task.
Alex Miller
Another forgotten soul - Alex. He was a Casa Amor beau from the 2018 series and he coupled up with Megan Barton Hanson. Poor Wes Nelson was left DEVO when he returned alone and saw Megan with a new man... Shortly after Wes won Megan back, Alex was dumped from the villa and that's about it.
Tyla Carr
Despite hysterically crying when Jonny Mitchell was dumped from the island, Tyla didn't leave - remember Theo Campbell being an absolute savage and telling her to leave if she'll miss him that much? LOL. Other than that we've practically forgotten about her existence.
Alex Beattie
Another Islander from the 2017 series that we've forgotten about is Alex. Remember him? He was coupled up with Montana, he confessed his love for her shortly before the final but then they split a few weeks later.
Chloe Crowhurst
Chloe was pretty iconic during the 2017 series. She kept stirring the pot and telling everyone's secrets but it was hilarious to watch. Following her time on Love Island though, she's not really done that much. Bless her.
Craig Lawson
Oh Craig. Bless him. He seemed to have a good heart and was totally into Camilla Thurlow - remember he compared them to Professor Green and Millie Mackintosh even though they'd split? Unfortunately Camilla lost interest in him, he was booted from the villa and we've only just remembered him.
Kendall Rae Knight
Kendall wasn't in the villa long. In fact, she was the first to be booted from the show during the 2018 series thanks to her failed romance with Adam Collard. She's basically Amber Davies' twin so we'll probably actually never truly forget her. She was also friends (she went on an influencer trip) with Molly-Mae Hague, so that counts for something, ey?
Ellie Jones
Ellie - aka Jack Fincham's ex girlfriend – entering the villa was one of the most complained about Ofcom moments in 2018 (and the Roxanne Pallet CBB drama happened in the same year). Ellie entered the villa, Dani Dyer was in floods of tears and shortly after returning to the main villa, Ellie was booted from the show.
Callum Macleod
Another Islander who was the first to be booted from the show was Callum. He was coupled up with Amber, she threw shade at him and his sunglasses and then he was dumped from the island.
Sherif
Things looked promising for Sherif and Anna Vakili but things came to an end when he was booted from the show for breaking the rules in the villa.
Ollie Williams
Just three days into Love Island 2020 and Ollie quit the show because he was still in love with his ex-girlfriend. It appeared to be a rogue but honest decision so fair play to him - haven't seen or heard of him since though.
Connor Durman
Connor. Need we say more? Probably, because he's on this list, but Connor was coupled up with Sophie Piper and they had a fair few issues in the villa... After she was dumped from the villa they appeared to reunite but have since split.
Shannon Singh
Poor Shannon made a Love Island record on the 2021 series, being dumped from the villa after just 48 HOURS! It's safe to say she's not the most memorable moment from series seven!
Liam Llewellyn
He entered on Day One during the 2022 series, but Welsh lad Liam Llewellyn decided to quit the show after only a few days.
Lolly Hart
Flight attendant Lolly Hart entered the villa on Day 39 during the 2024 Summer series, and was dumped just days later on Day 44. It's safe to say she didn't have a huge impact on the series.
Of course, the new series is only three days in, and in history the show has always taken a few weeks to fully heat up, as relationships start to build and tensions begin to rise.
Fans will be hoping the arrival of bombshells Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Afia Tonkmor on Thursday night's show will spark some drama, as well as the first recoupling which is due to take place on Friday 10th June.
At the moment, it looks like none of the Islanders are fully happy with their current couplings, including the show's first ever deaf contestant Tasha Ghouri, who seems to be in a love triangle with Luca Bish and Andrew La Page.
Love Island airs every night at 9pm on ITV2.
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