We Dissect Everything Love Island UK

of the most excited people in Australia for the launch. Yeah. Well, the thing that first struck me was the incredible villa this year. Because they are launching for the first time in the UK winter, they're holding Love Island in South Africa. Usually it's in Spain, and I was thinking because of that, maybe the villa might be a bit subpar, But it

was absolutely incredible. It's huge, isn't it. It made the Australian Love Island villa look like an up little Let's not even compare the two programs in the same sentence. There is no comparison between Love Island UK and Australia. Can I just say one thing? I thought of the fact that it's in South Africa, but it's still called Love Island. I'm not sure if South Africa is an island. Think about that. I think that's we shouldn't even get

into that. Well, this villa was three story, which I thought was amazing, and the pool is actually located on the top floor. Really yeah, And the thing that I loved as well was the new edition of the doghouse, which was the fold out bed. I mean personally, I did like seeing them have to sleep out outside. That was pretty fine. Oh yeah, so is there no bed outside down? Well, there could be, but I think they've introduced this doghouse, so I don't know, make more of

a deal about it. I thought it might be a clue that there might be heaps of intruders coming because I remember there was one stage where there wasn't enough beds for them last year on Love Island, So maybe they're trying to add bulk bedding. Maybe they thought it was too cruel to actually make them sleep outside because I know they often didn't get a very good sleep when the sun came. Maybe super Maybe they'll be attacked by some South African animal it's a risk of or

some insects or something. The other thing I love insects malaria problem. Zeke is in bald but they're outside the whole time anyway. Anyway. But the thing that I love was a new addition as well to the girl's makeup room, and there was a glowing neon sign that said girl Code. And I liked that because I feel like there's so much bitchiness, not bitchiness, but so many private discussions that got on up there. I thought it was a great

way to add that a reminder for them. I always wonder if they get embarrassed, because especially with the Love Island UK, with the girls, they take so long to get ready, it seems I would love to know how long it actually takes for one of those nights out, because it looks kind of like Jordi shawstyle when they're clipping in the hair and the eyelashes and everything. It's not why they've got much more to do on the island except to go swimming and then get ready. I mean,

that's a whole process. You've gotta get ready in the morning, then you're got to go for your swim, and then you got gotta get ready again. I felt like the UK is very different to Australia, though, like I feel like I should have been born in the UK. I love the epic makeup they wear. Do you mean in terms of the time it takes you to get ready? Like?

I love that they actually I feel like I've watched a few other vlogs from people in the UK set from barcun Anesthesia, and they do make it a real sit down process of all getting together and socializing while they do their makeup. And I love that. For anyone that's been on holiday with Sophie, a tropical holiday, they will know. We actually on one of I think it

was our third night there. We were getting ready for a surprise birthday dinner and Sophie's boyfriend Brandon forgot to give her heads up that we would be leaving, and I think she only had twenty minutes to get ready. This is after being in the pool, and my god, she was not happy at all. You did get broken up with after going on and over holidays that DJ okay, let's just move on to the fact that Caroline Flack wasn't there and we had a new host called Laura Whitmore,

who I think we've got mixed reviews. I thought she was good. I don't really care about the host I don't think it's really about the host, But Amy, I think you thought differently. Yeah, I didn't rate it. I just thought she said the same thing every time the men came out, And I don't know, there's something about Caroline Flak that just adds a bit more to Love Island UK. And I think it was only evident once there was a new host, because I know what you're saying.

They don't really have that much to play. Sorry, they don't really have that much to do with the episodes, but the first episode is where they shine it. I don't even notice her, to be honest, when everyone was at this uproar, I'm like, I don't care. It's the Flak attack. It's the moment they do need a host, because in America they actually didn't have a host for the series. I'm not saying they don't need a host. I'm just saying I don't think they add a lot

like she. I think, Emma, what was it? Laura did a good job at her. Going back to what I was saying, in America, they didn't have the addition of the host, and the cast members would just read out the text messages they received. But I think what is Such a compelling moment is when Caroline Flak would walk in and everyone's jaws would just drop, like that impact that she had in there. Oh fuck, something bad, it's

gonna happen. Well, I suppose they're still going to be that impact with the new host, but I don't think she just had the star power of Caroline Flack, and I think it would have been even cooler because there was all of that uproar. I mean, I know it's not obviously great what she did, but allegedly I just think allegedly did yet. But I don't know. I personally missed her in the episode. She'll be back for the real summer SAT. It's like if they brought you know,

they've got Sophie Monk in Australia. It's like if they bought Sally polar on us from Pop Stars. It was a very it was a very C grade version of Carolina is she's she's actually the girlfriend of the voiceover guy. I think I read oh wow. I like that they should have They should have a bit of like a back and forth joke with him and her about it. I couldn't stand a voice though. I don't know. I feel like when you watch Love Island, you realize how

unattractive some of the accents in the UK. Well, moving on, should we talk about the girls because I actually I liked most of them, to be honest, What did you think who was your favorite? We should probably start with Shenise Fudge because she was the girl we all first met her in Page when they first were let into the villa, and she's known as Princess Jasmine and an eyebrow queen. Oh is she actually known as Princess Jasmine? Well,

that's what everyone's calling her after her. So she matched with Naz and she said he looked like a Laddin, which I was like, oh, so racist in this day and age, everyone's so oversensitive. I didn't know. I liked that she had a lot of Disney references, So when they got coupled up, she obviously said about Princess Jasmine and then they were talking about Disney for ages, and then she also said to Olie the Lord Future Lord that he looked like John Smith from Pokahonnas. I was like,

what's wrong with her? She's just trying to categorize everyone. The other thing she was trying to do was overly mention the fact, her last name was Fudge. You know how everyone has their own little It's like fetch, It's not gonna happen. Fudge is not happening. Okay, Well I did think it was funny though, that she's this beauty consultant and was known for having these incredible eyebrows. And the first thing Nas said that he's most attracted to

women have beautiful eyebrows. I thought that was so weird when he said that, because I've never heard of a guy who said they like a woman's eyebrows. I think it might be a uk thing. I actually really liked him, so I'm gonna say I don't really like her. I think she was a bit rude and dismissive of the fact that he was too short and she didn't like him. But I actually really liked him. Think he's going to be like what's his name, the little guy that's friends

with Chris from Kem Kent, No Kem. I think he's going to be like Kem, like that lovable guy, and I think hopefully he stays in for a while. What was interesting is when we first met all the girls before the boys came out, all of them were like, I want to build it, and I want someone that's told and I mean Paul Naz was actually a builder. Can he takes one of the boxes. I find it funny in the UK that they're all like, oh, I

just want to go out of the trade. It's like I would have thought it would be, you know, a doctor or a lawyer or someone I don't know, a lord. I love the fact that they had a lord there and no one seemed that interested. But that's because he told them all he was a farmer. Yeah, that was

his mistake. Do you know what I thought that. I thought it was a bit uncomfortable the way they were discussing men's height, because I feel like it feels like it's okay for women to say that in front of men, But imagine if a man was like, oh, I don't like girls with small tits, Like I know that's this more sexual thing. Well, a lot of them were saying that they liked the big bum and the big boob, So there's not really a huge difference, is that, I don't.

I think the women were just being honest. If you're short, you don't want to go out with a guy that's shorter than you. Let's be honest, wasn't Denise is the same heart as him. Yeah, but she's clearly short. Like, if you're five foot four, you don't want to go out with a guy that's five foot four. It's not that hard to find someone taller than I know, But why is that such a thing. I just felt sorry for him because I don't like he can help. I felt sorry for him. But Okay, if you were there,

would you have stepped forward for him? Well? I think that it Actually no, I would. Wait. I don't think it helped the fact that he came out first, because I feel like most of the time you have stepped forward for him. No, I wouldn't have, but I wouldn't have said in front of him, oh I don't like him because he's sure. But I think I said behind his back. I know they said it in front. I think it's better if they said, oh, it's just that

you're a bit sure. I normally like tall guys. Because it was Actually, the whole thing is based off appearances, so you're meant to pick based on what your type isn't. Unfortunately he wasn't her type, but suren Then after he came out, they're like, oh, what are you looking for in the next Oh, I really want someone tall. I don't know. I thought it was a bit of salt in the wound for Paul now when she'd probably move on to Shanna. I think she is going to be

an absolute crowd favorite. She's already been compared to the hugely popular Olivia, who was on two seasons previous. She seems like she's got a huge personality. I actually thought she reminded me more of Danny Dyer. Yeah. Same. She actually looks like her too, she did. I at first was a little bit like, Oh, I don't know if I like her, and then by the end I thought, yeah, you're gonna be really good value. She just kind of said it how it is, and she seems to be

falling for her partner. What I liked about her, and I think this may be Love Island history, is that she walked in with the sarong, so normally we see their full arses in their gee strings, but we actually didn't see her ass. I didn't see a lot of us actually come to think I did. I did well. I felt like I was kind of torn about the Sarong because when she first entered, I thought, oh, we're going to see a bit more body diversity in here.

When she walked in, She's got an incredible figure, so that's why I was a bit disappointed that she did have the sarong. Yeah, but I think that's how most people that are a bit thicker, where like they're highlighting their curves, but they're just not letting everything. I think it was bad that she wore the sad. I don't think it was bad, but I just I don't know. It wasn't too much. I wouldn't if I was in there.

I wouldn't want my ass hanging out. And to be fair in the videos where they show like who they are, she had her legs out in the photo shoots, so I don't think she was just wearing I think that was just the outfit. Do you think that she and Callum are going to be the kind of power couple at the moment that I'm assuming from what I've seen that he's going to hook up with one of the twins. Well, I feel like the red flag for her was that he had the same job as an ex boyfriend that

cheated on her, possibly once a cheetah or is a cheater? Well, what about Leanne. What do you think of Leanne? I thought she was stunning. I thought it was quite She obviously knew what she was looking for. It has been spoken a lot about before that the women and men of color have often been chosen last, so kind of I don't know, did anyone else for a bit awkward when it was she and Mike the policeman left. It's kind of like, Oh, I don't know, she looks so

cute together. She do look so cute together, but I thought, oh, do they feel awkward it that now they've got a partner on? But she didn't. Actually, the thing is she didn't step forward for anyone, so it was not because she wasn't picked. And also he was like the last person, so he got free range to pick whoever he lived. Exactly. It didn't happen this year, but in the past series it has been the women of color and the men of color who have been put in the sin bin

and chosen last. But it was good to see that didn't happen this year. Well, Sophie is a woman of color and she was probably one of the ones that the guys first wanted to pick. So, yeah, she's stunning. She's just got something about her. I think Leanne did remind me very much of Yrwanda from last season when she was talking about the fact that she finds it really difficult to open up, and I feel like that

might set her back a little bit in the game. Well, there was an article just before Love Island UK launch and it was impairing current contestants to previous contestants, and they were actually compared to be no only look quite similar, but also have similar personalities. And it seems they've tried to go with that same formula of getting, you know, the popular people that were on Love Island, they've seemed

to try and recreate that. One of the girls that I am particularly interested in his page because she dropped quite a bomb in her intro video the fact that she dated Lewis Capaldi. Now, I'm gonna admit I don't know who that is, but I did google it and he seems to be a pretty big singer songwriter. He's a Scottish singer songwriter. Did you know that before? No? I googled it it looks like edge, yes, and actually

wrote down he looks like a poor man's Yeah. I was a bit surprised when I saw him because it kind of seems like maybe she dated him because she was famous and he was famous, and he is rumored that he wrote some really big hits about her. But he was interviewed on radio following her shock that she isn't into appearances and that people do kind of she does warm up to certain guys, so maybe she is

a really nice girl. I also, what I've also found interesting was there was some sort of insinuation from Lewis that she cheated on him, But then when Olie said that he cheated on his first girlfriend ever, she seemed pretty appalled, like it was a red flag. So apparently some viewers have sort of noted that and are a

bit annoyed about it. Well, did you notice that she didn't seem interested in Olie at all when he said he was a farmer, But then as soon as he said I earned some property and it became evident that he was quite wealthy, she suddenly I don't know if it was just editing, but she suddenly seemed a little more interesting. Said property next door to Prince Charles and Camilla, so that probably adds a little bit more intrigued about

him as well. He literally sounded like Prince Harry. I think he's a dead ringer for George from last season. Who was George from last season? He was known for asking Lucy what her favorite flavor of chips was. Sorry on from that what if? How the fucking coffee bean guy? And they were like, oh, he's so hot. I was like ooh. I actually shrieked at Brandon. I said, it looks like he's wearing denches, like his teeth were fat.

He got teeth in and what was worse than what was worse than the teeth was the bowl haircut as well. I hate that. I hate the bowl haircut. How are they in fashion at the moment? Those haircuts they looked insane. And it is funny because he has been compared to Will from the in between US briefcase wanker for those who don't know, he actually reminded me a little bit of Jack that hooked up with Danny Dyer because in terms of his job, so Jack sold pens, and it

seems like he's, you know, selling coffee. So I think they're trying to, as Amy said, go on that old pattern of you know, picking similar people that are going to be popular. He reminded me of Joe in that sense of the job, because he made sandwiches. That's true, We'll see that was the series before and then the series before that. That's what I thought was so funny that the girls were willing to step forward for him,

the guy that sells coffee beans. They didn't actually know that at the time, but the bloody guy, he's going to be a lord. No one stepped forward. I thought it was also appalling the outfit he chose, that two piece pink the cord standing the co orders are calling it. I think that actually is the right word for What about when he dropped that he'd had a threesome after a first date. Oh, because Sophie was all I suppose we got to talk about Sophie, but Sophie was all

in love with him, looking very happy with herself. It's like, can you read the bloody scene? Like well, and he brought it up. The game Amy's referring to is the game where you have to say something and that everyone around them has to work out if it's true or false. And Seana says, I've slept with twenty guys and then bloody mister coffee bean. Yeahs wasn't he calling mister Bean was like, yeah, yeah, that's true. It's like read the crowd, dickhead.

And then did you hear how Mike said that he likes confirmed that he slept with below twenty people and everyone was like, oh, that's you know, love island figures where people are like oh. And then Sophie made some dig towards mister Bean about oh, yeah, that's what people want to hear or something like that. He's like, you know, how do you be rude? Or yeah, he got really

funny about it. He's already been touted as the next Michae, although everyone's saying it's a bit of a red flag that he's already showing that kind of I was like, who's like, Michael Amber Michael, Oh, okay, sorry, that's funny. How quickly we forget Well, they're saying that his behavior is very controlling for someone who's been dating someone for

a day. What did everyone think of Sophie? Because I said before, I think she's stunning and she actually seems really nice, like I like that she's the classy girl from Essex. How she said she doesn't like grind up on people on the dance floor. She did. She's stunning, but I couldn't get over her eyebrows. Why were they all pushed up? I don't even know that that's in fashionamy to be pushed They just needed to be smooth. She did cop a bit of flak in the UK

press for name dropping. So she is the sister of Rochelle Humes, who is a UK singer and television presenter. Did she Tommy get crap from last series about dropping? Who his brother is? Who's Tommy's brother? The fight? The Big Tommy Fury Fury his brother is some huge boxer. I can't even think of his name. But I feel like saying as well, like all of them are going in there to be famous, and if they're pro, what about the dance though? What's this? I can't even remember.

Curtis his brother was a fame on some AJ. Yeah. Well, the other people that have been criticized have been the twins. So the twins came in as the bombshell. So their aim is to steal two of the men they get to. You know what I hate about that the fact that it's like, oh, these sexy playboy twins, that they're all like all the guys' mouths dropped, and they all think that they're going to hook up with one person, Like it just makes me sick being a multiple. I think

that they're going to get with both. It was kind of the same person. The inference that they're all going to get a threesome out of it or something. That's not what I picked up on. I just thought it was gross. I thought it was funny because they did come across as a bit trashy, and they have copped a lot of criticism because apparently they were licking their lips. They were, they were, but I think some of it.

I think they've got there's basically a hate campaign going on in the UK, and their dads had to come and defend them. And I read that they were only twenty so I felt a bit bad. I was. That was one thing I noticed. Every time they said what their age was, I feel like they're all under twenty three.

But do you remember, with a few exceptions, remember from last season, there were debate going on whether some were lying about their age, Like, for example, when that Connor guy walked in and they said he was twenty five, I'm like, bullshit, he looks so old. Do you mean from last series Connor, the guy with the bowl haircut. Sorry, please refer to he is frequickly. But I feel like a lot of people in the Uku sun beds, so I feel like that could age them. Do you know

what shocked me though? In the intro when they this episode started and they showed all of them in their normal jobs and then they just was stripping down to It was funny. But my boyfriend Brandon was watching with me and his face he's like, what is this? I sent Reese to the PlayStation room. I said, look, I'm when I watch Love Island, you and I go play PlayStation. It was a great deal. It was a great It was a great trade off. Or I reckon we should

just have a quick chat about the guys. Obviously, we said Naz, who is the modern day Aladdin. We will think he's going to be pretty popular. Oh yeah, for sure. I think he's going to be one of those sweethearts, a bit like Alex from two series ago Dtor Alex, who was a bit unlucky in love but managed to stay in there and confirm he is Asian and Caribbean. He was playing at home. He does have very stunning features. He was slugged off for his board shots. I thought

that were quite cool. Yeah, he was really definitely wasn't the worst dressed, but I think the board shots were an excuse, to be honest. Next we had Calum arrived, the scaffolder that everyone seemed to think probably was the hottest guy out of everyone there. I think it's slim pickings, but I mean I didn't think any of them were. He looks like he looks like from the previous series it was I can't remember. He owned a PR company and he was partner with Caddie, and I think they

came really close to actually the Scott. I don't know he looks like him anyway. I think he actually looked like It sounds like I'm obsessed with the in between us because I am. He looked like the dumb one in the in between us with muscles. I don't think he was good looking at all. He did not look like someone from the in between I thought he was

probably the best looking. I don't know what they would have stepped forward because I'm not a huge and I said slim pickings like I don't I didn't really actually I probably would have stepped forward for Olie. But what they always do is they always going to bring in the real hotties. Yeah, next, well the girl. Not to be rude, but I didn't find the twins that attractive, but I think that's just the twin factor. Wait, which one's Onie Blonder? The blonde rich guy. I actually cringed

when I saw him. I was like, no, But on first impression, he's pretty good looking and he actually I know you said he reminded you of George, that sort of no name that was trying to hook up with Lucy last year, but he kind of had doctor Alex vibes for me. Well, you might not like him now.

And this is a bit of a spoiler alert, but he has actually already left the villa after three that's being in there, and his departure coincided with a petition which has been signed by more than thirty five thousand people calling him to be removed because he is a trophy hunter. So on his Instagram account he's been featuring quite gruteque. But that's not the reason why he's left, or they're saying, well, he coincides with that, there is

another reason. The reason. The reason he's left is because he's admitted that he had he's in love with somebody on the outside and he thought it would be unfair to the other girls to sort of lead them along. So why don't you decide that when you're in lockdown? Yeah? How long has he had this decision? That's ridiculous. So he's only just gone on there for a little bit of fame. Let's boost up my to be honest, I mean, there's not really that much fame I don't think to

gain from one episode. It's quite interesting because the Love Island UK winter series is actually eight hundred thousand viewers down in the ratings from last year. Is that one episode. There were a couple of episodes. This is the first episode, so they got two point five million people in the UK who watched it, and that was down from eight hundred thousand compared to the first episode of the summer series.

And it's quite interesting because I've gone and had a little look on the Instagram accounts of the New Islanders and you know, normally they're like huge. Some of them have only got about eighty seven thousand followers. That's not a lot for one night though, But if you think about it, that two point five million people tuned in. It's really not. I think that's a pretty good start from that, I think that I think people are probably seeing the Winter series as a bit of the poor

Man Series perhaps. I mean, that's maybe why they were trying to wow it from with the New Villa. Well, I think maybe it's just people in it because it's you know, there's been going I think five seasons. Now, I could be wrong, but you know, it's always on at the same time. It'd be like if they moved Maths to Winter. That's what I was worried about, though. I was worried about the fact of putting two series in the one year. I was excited, but I feel

like it might dilute the brand a little bit. The thing is, I actually think they've chosen the people really well and I'm already hooked. I'm like, when I watched Love Island Australia, it took so long to watch I didn't even watch it. It's my favorite show. It was track, it was terrible. I think the person that we haven't really touched on though, is Mike, and he was quite an interesting character. In his intro video, he said if being sexy was a crime, he'd probably be in jail

by now. Yeah. God, they say the lamest things. Yeah, you can tell. The producers have taught them to say. I liked him until he said that, but I think I'm going to give him a second chunce. It surprised me to hear that he was actually a professional soccer player as well. But I do like that he's a policeman because I feel like that will a lot to the series. It's not like the Australian everyone's like a

wanna be influencer. Do you think they steered away from the typical sports star route because I think he could be a fan favorite and they don't want to be too much like Obi, who was a basketballer. Oh my gosh, I love Obi. Can they bring him back? Well, he's broken up with that girl. It's a It is interesting that he is a police officer because will he have

a career to go back to. I mean, he can't do undercover now No, Well I don't think he was doing undercover because Leanne did ask him, does that mean you capture murderers and stuff? And he's like no. He looks like he could have been on the bill though. I just want to know who you guys think will have some longevity on this program, because normally when get to the end of the show, there are some people that have stayed quite a long time they were in

the original ten. What do you guys think? I think Shana, Mike, and I think Nas might stick around for a bit. He might be sort of that unlucky guy, you know, Anton. He might be like the Anton of the series, doesn't really find someone, but find someone, makes friends with people, and then stays like halfway through it. I think Shenie will as well. I don't like her, I feel like she might once she actually meets someone. I feel like

she might be kind of cute with them. I reckon Mike and Leanne are going to be the golden couple of the series. I think that we're gonna see them go through some ups and downs. But I think he's Mike's really sweet and he's really into her, And because she opened up about not being able to open up to people, I feel like we're going to see a love story come out for those two. I think so if he might be a fan favorite as well. I don't know. I didn't like it that much. Really, Yeah,

I think really seemed really nice. I'm expecting though, that they're going to put in a whole load of male hotties, because when you mentioned Anton, although he was probably a complete idiot and his mum shaved hisass and everything, he did have an amazing body. And I mean, the other guys have got okay bodies, but I haven't seen one

on level with Anton's. Yeah, I haven't really been impressed by any of the guys so far, and a completely superficial levet, but I feel like that's what normally happens. Feel like they kind of bring in the people with the best personalities first, so you kind of the view as a viewer, you start to like their personality, and then they bring in the hot guys like your Tommy.

And what's going to happen is when the twins pick their new people, there's obviously going to be two girls floating around, and then they're going to send in the big hottie. If everyone's going to bloody, just want to recouple with that person. Yeah, that's probably all we have time for. I think we could probably speak about this all afternoon, and there's any being what one episode you did enjoy today's episode? Please let us know because we feel like it is something we might want to continue

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