Love Island 2021 Thread 1

[DavidTheDog]

Coming Monday 28 June.

Just reading this about the improved support contestants will be receiving - counselling sessions and social media support. Love Island: ITV announces new contestant welfare measures

Brad is the classic looks vs personality. First impression I thought he was lovely but within five minutes totally dull- was a good lesson to my daughter watching it with me that personality is so important
Hugo was the opposite for me initially wasn't fussed but seems sweet and good conversationalist
Annoyingly women like Shannon seem to get away with being stunning but a bit dull without losing their appeal to the opposite sex! I think they'll all be after Shannon and despite her saying she likes an older bloke with good chat she'll end up with a good looking but bland Brad type
I think Liberty is going to be a bit of an Amy or Zara (series two) of being pretty and nice but getting turned down for other women

@Blankspace4

Disappointing to not see any kind of body shape diversity whatsoever! Especially as so many teenagers watching

I think it's more diverse than usual. If you look at the earlier series, especially series 1-3, the girls are skinny. They're not this year, Liberty isn't very slim, neither is Kaz. They're not in any way overweight, just not unrealistically thin.

Iain's commentary is great, "don't fight the slow motion".

The intense chat after two hours makes me laugh. Liberty saying, "we haven't had enough one-on-one time"

@Thirtyrock39 agree with everything you just wrote.

I've got about 20 minutes let but I've heard about some toe-sucking-videoing. I can see that JakeToWin is going to keep his fan base on their toes.

Did anyone else notice that Hugo kept tip-toeing around? I mean that literally, he was walking on the tips of his toes a lot!

@Rollergirl11

Did anyone else notice that Hugo kept tip-toeing around? I mean that literally, he was walking on the tips of his toes a lot!

😂 I'm glad I wasn't the only one to notice. I was waiting for one of the other contestants to say something!

Jake looks similar to Fin. Not keen on.
As someone mentioned above Brad reminds me LI Mike.
Kaz reminds me LI Yewandee.

Aaron reminds me Ovie

Hugo has a club foot.

Place marking!

But so pleased this is back - it's my not so secret guilty pleasure

Story Here

@Depechemodebiggestfan noooo. There’s only one Ovie. Never be a Casa Amour entrant like him again. He was a ledge.

@GrealishHairband I mean looks wise

Thanks for the link @Mummylin, I did wonder if there was a medical explanation.

Yeh I think he looks nothing like ovie not even slightly 😂 ovie was HOT this Aaron guy? No 😕

@Depechemodebiggestfan ah! I don’t see it personally. But then I thought Ovie was a god 😆

I’m hooked already and I’ve been searching for their social media to have a nosey before the family members/agents take over and all the normal stuff is deleted/made private and it all becomes voting promo

@BeautifulSofa

I think Toby is gay

That is exactly what my sister said?

@PumpkinKlNG

Yeh I think he looks nothing like ovie not even slightly 😂 ovie was HOT this Aaron guy? No 😕

Agree. Aaron looks absolutely nothing like Ovie Ovie was very attractive , Aaron is not attractive

I actually like Faye ( it may change as the show progresses) She looks as though she has a bit of personality.

My first impressions Took an instant dislike to Sharon and Fay. Shannon is pretty but the others are average looking IMO. Fay is so fake and plastic looking. Two obviously good looking boys, one funny boy and one Dr Alex type. Other one (the model) was meh.

'Brad is the classic looks vs personality. First impression I thought he was lovely but within five minutes totally dull- was a good lesson to my daughter watching it with me that personality is so important'

He does seem crashingly dull doesn't he but might turn out to be a nice lad you never know.

Hugo is this years Dr Alex isn't he.

They all see pleasant enough, seem more realistic looks wise

@Rollergirl11

Did anyone else notice that Hugo kept tip-toeing around? I mean that literally, he was walking on the tips of his toes a lot!

You do know that he's been billed as Love Island's first disabled contestant and was born with club feet for which he's had to have a number of operations. I assume that answers why he has an unusual gait.

I think Aaron is bloody gorgeous, but he doesn't remind me of Ovie. I can't remember who he was with but she's already complained about him being "dull". Honestly! after a couple of hours.

I'm looking forward to the more interesting less fake types coming in. Bring back Chris and Francesca from 2019!

Are they going to be doing “first look” this year? Can’t find it but they did it in the last years?